Mozart Sonata for two pianos k. 448 in re majeur Mov 1 *period instruments*
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By the way, the reference to the sustaining mechanism was in a letter to his father.
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We read of sustaining mechanism operated by means of knee paddles. In fact Mozart refers to how easy it was to operate the knee paddles on a Stein fortepiano. So if he bothered to make reference to it, it must be that he approved of, and made use of, such a device in his own playing..
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Well, if fortepianos and harpsichords were not as few and far between as they are, I (and no doubt many other pianists!) would be glad to perform each composer on the instrument of his period. Since that is not feasible we do our best on the instrument we have - and unashamedly love it!
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@Ladarzak I totally disagree. It's fantastic to hear Mozart on fortepiano, but the modern piano's allowed us to reveal others wonders of the Mozart's music. Those opinion like "Mozart must be played on fortepiano" is a bit simple, and sounds rather like the will of establishing "something right / something wrong" than the an opinion led by a passion for this music.
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i listen to this while i study.
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I totally agree! :D
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The sound is far more clear on 2 fortepiano than 2 piano. Excellent performance.
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@Ladarzak Oh, I'm not so sure of that. I admit prejudice because I'm at an all-Steinway school and we have some heavenly instruments, and I am working on a Mozart sonata. Now, if you want to say that you prefer the fortepiano sound to the Steinway, I won't argue that, - "de gustibus non disputandum," but I think Mozart can still sound awesome on a modern piano.
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Awesome awesome AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess they're fortepianos right?... they don't sound quite like harpsichords. I am jealous... I wish I had one... :)
Amazing to hear this performed on a period instrument.
virtuosowannabe 2 years ago 9
@AgnesRegina It's not about liking or disliking the sound of fortepiano or piano, it's just : Mozart's music must be played on fortepiano, Chopin's on piano and Bach's on harpsichord or clavicorde.
Playing Mozart on a piano is like playing Chopin on Korg synthesizer
Sakurazuka1999 9 months ago 5