Peter Goldstein wrote:

>He is, rather, an extremely subtle creator of almost indefinable moods;
>his themes and their tonal relationships tend to act more on the heart
>than the mind.  What makes him remarkable is his refusal to separate
>happiness from sadness-in his music, joy and serenity rarely exist apart
>from melancholy and doubt.  As I see it, it is his great achievement to
>make this mixture profound and not merely sentimental, but in any case it
>is profundity of a very different order from Haydn's.

Not to be critical of Mozart's music, where is the emotion you are talking
about? I have to admit that I haven't heard a lot of Mozart, and that my
concept of emotion is biased towards the Romantic/20th c.  definition.
Despite that (or rather because of that), what is your reccommended
listening for the "emotional" Mozart?

>In my view, there's room to appreciate and indeed love them all.  But we'll
>always have our personal preferences, which is what most of the fun is about
>anyway.

Well said.

Joseph Sowa
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