Renato Vinicius ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>During all the years of CM listening I have noted that some musics have
>the ability to keep it's core characteristics when diferent instruments
>are used to play them, and others are not.
>
>For exemple, a two part invention of J.S.Bach, writen for haspichard can be
>played with violins, guitars, on the piano or with a choir without loosing
>it's identity, beauty etc.  But a Prelude of Chopin, or a Beethoven Quartet
>can not - or it will sound 'nonsense' or akward?

Chopin, of course, seems to have understood the soul of the piano better
than anyone else.  His is (among) the most pianistic music ever written.
Mind you, I have heard an arrangement of one of the nocturnes for horn
and piano, which sounded OK.

Beethoven quartet? maybe, although his own arrangement for piano duet of
the Grosse Fugue sounds every bit as good.

But I'm interested to know whether you think anyone else falls into the
same category as Bach.

Deryk Barker
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