In Reply to: That's Germanic academic thinking! ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on January 16, 2017 at 16:18:57:
The Rach 2nd cuts, at least those used by Kurt Sanderling in his 1956 DG recording, go too far and hurt the overall result, imo. As you doutbless already know, the Rach 4th piano concerto was significantly revised and shortened by the composer. In some ways I like the original better.
Those elaborate lengthy development sections are very much part of the Rach aesthetic. Brevity and elegant classical restraint ain't his thing. I say, celebrate an artist for what he did best, don't complain that he didn't do something else.
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- 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)