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fergus wrote:

cybot wrote: Anyway the way things are going at the moment this Classical music is starting to appeal to me a hell of a lot more. I'm really, really thrilled that the muse has finally returned. There are some beauties on the shelves and I can't wait to give them the attention they deserve. Sometimes with my wide ranging tastes it's hard to like everything :)

As with any genre it can sometimes be as simple as letting the ears retune in order to re-gain the appreciation Dermot.

BTW great contributions Dermot; well done!

Thanks Fergus!

Decided to listen to this apparently unfinished final opus simply because I tend to associate Mozart with 'happy' music. I have a short section on my soundtrack LP of the Amadeus movie and it always intrigued me to check out the full work under the fearsome batton of Karajan......

cybot wrote:Decided to listen to this apparently unfinished final opus simply because I tend to associate Mozart with 'happy' music. I have a short section on my soundtrack LP of the Amadeus movie and it always intrigued me to check out the full work under the fearsome batton of Karajan......

Did you enjoy the experience Dermot?

She's been mentioned elsewhere so I decided to have a listen to this Virgin Classic LP that features her relaxing tones......This one's from '89.

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:Decided to listen to this apparently unfinished final opus simply because I tend to associate Mozart with 'happy' music. I have a short section on my soundtrack LP of the Amadeus movie and it always intrigued me to check out the full work under the fearsome batton of Karajan......

Did you enjoy the experience Dermot?

Truly magnificent Fergus! What do you think of it in the sense that it's difficult to know where the 'pupil' comes in or the Maestro himself.....or would that bother you at all?

cybot wrote:

Very nice to have that on vinyl Dermot; I am envious!

cybot wrote:

fergus wrote:
Did you enjoy the experience Dermot?

Truly magnificent Fergus! What do you think of it in the sense that it's difficult to know where the 'pupil' comes in or the Maestro himself.....or would that bother you at all?

It is indeed a truly magnificent work Dermot so from that point of view it does not bother me that it was finished by the pupil. Enough of the work was completed by the master for the pupil to build on. I think, however, that if one listens carefully one hears the weak spots later on in the work where Mozart had only outlined the work whereas he had fully scored the beginning.
It is frightening to think that probably the only reason that the Requiem was completed is that Constanze Mozart was in dire financial straights after her husband’s death; otherwise I often wonder if Mozart had left money upon his death would she have asked Sussmayr to complete it?

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:

fergus wrote:
Did you enjoy the experience Dermot?

Truly magnificent Fergus! What do you think of it in the sense that it's difficult to know where the 'pupil' comes in or the Maestro himself.....or would that bother you at all?

It is indeed a truly magnificent work Dermot so from that point of view it does not bother me that it was finished by the pupil. Enough of the work was completed by the master for the pupil to build on. I think, however, that if one listens carefully one hears the weak spots later on in the work where Mozart had only outlined the work whereas he had fully scored the beginning.
It is frightening to think that probably the only reason that the Requiem was completed is that Constanze Mozart was in dire financial straights after her husband’s death; otherwise I often wonder if Mozart had left money upon his death would she have asked Sussmayr to complete it?

Thanks for that Fergus. I would have to agree with you in relation to the 'weak' spots later on in the work. I can't pinpoint them now but I did notice something not quite Mozartian in certain places. Interesting what you said about the financial situation too. One wonders.....

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:

Very nice to have that on vinyl Dermot; I am envious!

Ah it's a beautiful edition all told :)