In Reply to: Not to mention the Auer cuts in the last movement! [nt] posted by Chris from Lafayette on January 15, 2017 at 17:04:12:
I think the cuts are justified.
Tchaikovsky ain't as tight as Beethoven, and beyond his 6th symphony, he could use some editing here and there. Ballet composers need to churn out a certain number of measures in blocks.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Not to mention the Auer cuts in the last movement! [nt] - DrChaos 13:08:15 01/16/17 (3)
- That's Germanic academic thinking! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:18:57 01/16/17 (2)
- RE: That's Germanic academic thinking! ;-) - rbolaw 08:32:57 01/17/17 (1)
- Yup - I also much prefer the original (longer) version of the Second Sonata - Chris from Lafayette 09:36:51 01/17/17 (0)