Mozart Phantasy in c-minor for Fortepiano

Richard Fuller performs Mozarts music on a Hammerklavier. It sounds as it did in the times of Mozart.

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Music

Tags:

• Mozart
• phantasy
• c-minor
• Fortepiano
• Vienna
• Richard
• Fuller

[infernobegins]

I have never heard a fortepiano. It sounds as a mixture of a harpsichord and pianoforte. I cannot say that I am a fan. I prefer the softer sound of the modern pianoforte. The action was definitely improved to create a gentler tone. Classical music is just as valid on modern instruments. I think Mozart would have loved a Steinway.

[Peter1945]

I Think you are right. Mozart would have liked a Steinway or a Bösendorfer, but he hadn´t and he composed for his instrument, so you can hear the maximum of his feelings and thoughts when you listen to it. Sometimes I have there is a small orchestra specially the deeper tones have an special life in hjis compositions, isn´t it so ?

[Montefusco1]

I think it sounds wonderful, I would prefer a modern piano for jazz and ragtime, but anything else on a fortepiano, organ, or harpsichord

[grantco131313]

Not if you're memory fails you when you play :-) I think "maximum musical value" will have more to do with the player's abilities than whether there was music in front of them. When is the last time you listened to a recording of someone playing and thought to yourself, "Did you hear that? He must have been reading the music rather than playing from memory!"

[VelikyRostov9]

I love the tone you produce in concert with this instrument; for it is all at once whimsical, bracing, robust, and fragiley wobblesome.  Thank you.

[Marylmac]

I never knew of this type of instrument before I met Richard. It's very beautiful and quite addictive! I like how it's got that slight harpsichord twang in it, rather than the smooth sound of the modern piano. Very nice.

[Christina5Archer]

It sounds a lot more natural and flowing played on a fortepiano.

[omgtkseth]

@ludustestudinis interesting.

[ludustestudinis]

@infernobegins @Peter1945 The fortepiano has two qualities that the modern grand lacks. One is that its sound decays quickly, which, among other things, allows for bringing out the beat hierarchy in a natural way. The distinction between good and bad notes was crucial for all music from Bach to Schubert. The modern grand is the incarnation of the later Wagnerian ideal of a seamless line. You personally might prefer Wagner's aestehetics over Mozart's, but you should be aware of the difference.

[ttomace]

@tristan01101 You play?. I just started the veena.

[ttomace]

@tristan01101 TRUE.

[ttomace]

delightful!

[tristan01101]

This sounds like Sitar meets Piano.

[grantco1313]

@infernobegins I think Mozart would have found trill and fast notes more difficult to play on a modern piano, which they usually are :-)