@C2209w For me this finale is unbelievably well played without a hint of rushing. It sounds very calm and has a real dignity as well as freedom and spontenaity. Op 33 was written to reach the widest possible public all over Europe for people for all kinds of backgrounds and traditions to play in their homes. From the little I know of Haydn I believe a player need only look for the most natural way for the music to come out. There's no single right way of playing it. This is great music.
It is very well made, and technically impressive, but a lot of the beauty of the piece is lost at this speed. There's a version by the Salomon Quartet on Hyperion which I think is as fast as the piece will go and still sound like great music.
@CARNFORTH I love the tempo of this performance here - its revelatory, but I suppose other groups might capture the cold severity that comes out in Haydn sometimes. This finale can give the sensation of being plunged in a cold ice bath sometimes. With music as rich as this is it realistic or even desirable to expect more than a fraction of what the composition contains to be realised in one performance?
AMAZING wow... LOVE IT
yayyabbyy 1 year ago
Not too fast, this version reflects well aspects of croatian popular music.
Haydn was a genius and he never rennounced to his cultural roots.
C2209w 2 years ago
@C2209w For me this finale is unbelievably well played without a hint of rushing. It sounds very calm and has a real dignity as well as freedom and spontenaity. Op 33 was written to reach the widest possible public all over Europe for people for all kinds of backgrounds and traditions to play in their homes. From the little I know of Haydn I believe a player need only look for the most natural way for the music to come out. There's no single right way of playing it. This is great music.
mvnn100 1 year ago
It is very well made, and technically impressive, but a lot of the beauty of the piece is lost at this speed. There's a version by the Salomon Quartet on Hyperion which I think is as fast as the piece will go and still sound like great music.
CARNFORTH 2 years ago
@CARNFORTH I love the tempo of this performance here - its revelatory, but I suppose other groups might capture the cold severity that comes out in Haydn sometimes. This finale can give the sensation of being plunged in a cold ice bath sometimes. With music as rich as this is it realistic or even desirable to expect more than a fraction of what the composition contains to be realised in one performance?
mvnn100 1 year ago
but very well made
zuzzita 2 years ago
Perhaps a tad too fast?
CARNFORTH 2 years ago
you're right i think
zuzzita 2 years ago