Robert Levin Mozart Lecture Part 2

Robert Levin talking about Mozart Piano Sonatas.

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[tnmtemerity]

@bsd300d I'd say more than likely it is too much sustain pedal. The reason the bass strings cross over is so you can put longer strings in any given size piano.

[bayreuth79]

Someone with attention deficiency disorder wouldn't have the concentration to compose the music that Mozart composed, especially when you consider that such passages as the contrapuntal finale of the "Jupiter".

[metstudioversions]

@bartelman5 carl sagan fan over here LOL

[bartelman5]

He sounds like Carl Sagan :p

[DerAlteKlavieren]

Those lowest notes remind me of the low F and G on the harpsichord.

[bsd300d]

Are the crossed bass string in my baby grand why some of notes get muddled when i play?

[davidgee100]

very, very critically important commentary. Yes, modern performances create different impressions than those of earlier times on different instruments.

[fagottehautboy]

Are you learning to count the beats? That's how I do it. Nothing gets me going than real quarter comma meantone. I refuse to use electronic devices to tune, mostly because none were available to the players, theorists, composers, etc. who invented those tunings. Those glitches can be so much fun! Yay wolf tones! I mean what's the point of a Bb minor chord if it's well in tune?

[continuo1685]

thanks. but given that the human ear is not capable of hearing a pure third (we can get close, but not exact, which leads to various glitches), I have wondered whether a device like that would help the process, especially during the learning stage...

btw, while j.s. rightfully sits at the top of the composer heap, it is d. scarlatti's wild honesty that wins my heart, and not g.f. -- at least at this point during my development

[sk8nruff]

seems like it's a laptop with an audio input and some sort of unnecessary hi-tech software. Trust your ears for those pure thirds and fifths. BTW, you're either a fan of J.S. or G.F. ;) Cheers!