Giorgio Molinari plays Felix Mendelssohn

There was the inauguration of the restorated organ in Zoppola in 2007 May the fifth.
Constructed in 1912 by Mascioni with pneumatic transmission, following the guidelines of Giuseppe Bottazzo, who was an important member of the Church Music Reformist's Movement by the so called Cecilians Musicians,this organ is now restored by Mascioni themselves.
In the inauguration's concert of the so called Great Mascioni was played by Giorgio Molinari and Roberto Gri.
In this video Giorgio Molinari plays the first movement of the third Organ Sonata, "con moto maestoso", and he shown all his sensibility in the musical interpretation.
Great!

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[organman52]

The worst problem of all is that he plays this piece as if he has never heard another work by Mendelssohn. One needs to be acquainted with this master's symphonies, quartets, concertos, oratorios in order to have a better understanding of the sonatas. I hasten to add that he is too busy playing the notes [well, most of them] to be concerned about the structure of this magnificent piece. A complete and utter failure.

[acanthoscelides]

i can't understand what yuo are saying now.......but.....ae u a musician?

[organman52]

There's really no nice way to say this - the performer has added a four-note upbeat to the composer's first measure, and then he changed the last note in the alto voice of the 1st measure to a G natural. I have a simple question: what gives him the right to distort this masterpiece in this fashion? The fluctuations in tempo are disturbing enough that I couldn't listen beyond the opening section of the movement. This piece is way beyond this man's ability. Do some Walther and Pachelbel chorales.

[acanthoscelides]

you are really ill-mannered and i think more word to answer back to your stupid accusation.

this man's ability, if you sayed, and his interpretation of this masterpiece are very great.

bye

[EliaMarius]

@acanthoscelides credo che ti stai sbagliando...e non parlare di ciò che non sai, se nemmeno hai capito cosa ha detto.

[AleSonia14]

Complimenti vivissimi al Maestro Molinari! E' sempre un piacere ascoltarlo!

[organman52]

Ah - now I get it - he's a puppet. Look at his left hand at 0:11.

[organman52]

'Ill-mannered' you say? No - just honest. And if you can take the truth, then you are hopeless. But join the majority - most people can't stand to hear anything that they don't want to hear - EVEN IF it is the absolute truth.

By the way, where did you learn the word 'masterpiece' ?

[GazTheMusicMan]

I agree with GrandeChoeur, and am not convinced by some of the rubato either, nor the gaps taken to manage stop changes!

[joeyboi87]

i would actually say its the right speed...I dont think you know what your talking about