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Mikael Rasmusson <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:42:12 -0000
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Richard Pennycuick:

>I have two Joachim overtures - Henry IV and Hamlet - as fillers for his
>Op 11 Violin Concerto on IMP and conducted by Leon Botstein.  They're very
>eclectic pieces, eg there's a short phrase from Beethoven's 9th in one, but
>mostly, among others, they sound like Liszt, not one of Don's favourite
>composers.  ...

This is very ironic, since Joachim went from the Liszt camp to the Brahms
camp just because the music of the New German School was too bold for him.

Mikael

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