Felix Delbrueck wrote:
>What gave you the 'revelation'? Was it a particular performance?
I think it might have been the first symphony or the first piano concerto,
which I don't think is as bad as all that. A romantic concerto where the
piano has a less despotic role. I like it. Not the piece that the second
is obviously, but I think Rachmaninov has a nerve for berating anyone for
playing it, when he can get away with writing a load of pants in HIS first
piano concerto.
The symphonies I have on RCA cheapie. The ones with the maps on the front.
It is Kurt Sanderling conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden or whatever.
MILES better than Herb's, IMO.
>Brahms'or Wagner's transitions and developments sound mechanical rather
>than organic,
I don't actually know of any composer who writes more organically than
Brahms. One of the problems I found when listening to Brahms was the
inability to detect the structure, BECAUSE it's so organic.
David Stewart
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