Try Kapell or Lipatti for the Concerto. nt - clarkjohnsen

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Topic - Q: Of the top-rank composers, whose music is the hardest to perform? - clarkjohnsen 13:03:34 02/17/04 (47)

Notes or make music? - olddoc 15:27:56 02/20/04 (0)

So what you're saying is - JeffMO 14:46:31 02/18/04 (1)

No. Notice that I re-phrased, to make the distinction clear. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:12:36 02/19/04 (0)

It has to be Robert Schumann, here's why. - clarkjohnsen 07:40:17 02/18/04 (12)

Saw Dohnanyi lead the L.A. Phil in Schumann's 2nd at WDCH two weeks ago. - sjb 17:05:48 02/18/04 (6)

Re: Saw Dohnanyi lead the L.A. Phil in Schumann's 2nd at WDCH two weeks ago. - Todd Krieger 14:05:43 02/20/04 (4)

Can't comment on the LAPO, but there is something about the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance - JimIv 21:06:14 02/21/04 (0)

Re: Saw Dohnanyi lead the L.A. Phil in Schumann's 2nd at WDCH two weeks ago. - sjb 23:55:43 02/20/04 (2)

Re: Saw Dohnanyi lead the L.A. Phil in Schumann's 2nd at WDCH two weeks ago. - Todd Krieger 23:32:09 02/21/04 (1)

Re: Saw Dohnanyi lead the L.A. Phil in Schumann's 2nd at WDCH two weeks ago. - sjb 23:53:50 02/21/04 (0)

Exactly. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:11:37 02/19/04 (0)

Having just performed one - markrohr 09:54:28 02/18/04 (0)

Robert Schumann fersher. - Harmonia 09:25:31 02/18/04 (1)

Try Kapell or Lipatti for the Concerto. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:41:53 02/18/04 (0)

Re: It has to be Robert Schumann, here's why. - Todd Krieger 08:58:25 02/18/04 (1)

"Bruckner... most difficult music... in regard to keeping the listener's attention." - clarkjohnsen 09:43:17 02/18/04 (1)

Mozart - edta 05:02:56 02/18/04 (2)

I have to agree, so often, even with the best musicians, there is â€œno joyâ€ - gd 05:38:46 02/18/04 (1)

I think that's why the amateurs often do it better than the professionals. - Records R Black 08:13:49 02/20/04 (0)

Re: Q: Of the top-rank composers, whose music is the hardest to perform? - Rorick 04:32:22 02/18/04 (0)

IÂ´d dare say Robert SchumannÂ´s symphonies... - orejones 03:57:28 02/18/04 (6)

Re: IÂ´d dare say Robert SchumannÂ´s symphonies... - Mr. X 16:49:56 02/19/04 (0)

I'll vote for Gardiner as definitive, if it's ever appropriate to use that term. - Records R Black 10:00:04 02/19/04 (0)

At last! (See message above) nt - clarkjohnsen 07:31:36 02/18/04 (0)

Finding a (symphonic) Schumann interpreter - markrohr 06:32:24 02/18/04 (0)

Re: IÂ´d dare say Robert SchumannÂ´s symphonies... - edta 05:00:59 02/18/04 (1)

Re: IÂ´d dare say Robert SchumannÂ´s symphonies... - Todd Krieger 09:27:22 02/18/04 (0)

Re: Q: Of the top-rank composers, whose music is the hardest to perform? - Todd Krieger 22:34:33 02/17/04 (5)

No no no! (IMO) It was a post of yours that inspired the question. - clarkjohnsen 07:29:50 02/18/04 (0)

Good ones, though - markrohr 04:52:42 02/18/04 (3)

Re: Good ones, though - Todd Krieger 09:08:10 02/18/04 (2)

There's a Strauss story - markrohr 09:41:50 02/18/04 (1)

Re: There's a Strauss story - Brian Cheney 18:01:01 02/18/04 (0)

Re: Q: Of the top-rank composers, whose music is the hardest to perform? - Brian Cheney 20:31:04 02/17/04 (1)

Mozart. Yep. - edta 18:16:58 02/18/04 (0)

Liszt, - The Mephisto Waltz springs to mind, - but I'm no expert - Sordidman 18:00:07 02/17/04 (0)

Beethoven, the late string quartets - Auricle 16:35:40 02/17/04 (2)

Clark! What I said was . . . - Auricle 04:15:27 02/19/04 (0)

Boy, I really have to disagree here. - clarkjohnsen 07:19:04 02/18/04 (0)

Mozart and then probably Haydn - - Timbo in Oz 15:03:12 02/17/04 (1)

Re: Mozart and then probably Haydn - - edta 18:25:21 02/18/04 (0)

Re: Q: Of the top-rank composers, whose music is the hardest to perform? - Ears 14:06:43 02/17/04 (0)

Haydn, for one. nt - markrohr 14:05:17 02/17/04 (4)

Beecham? Bernstein? The Tatrai Quartet? nt - clarkjohnsen 07:31:00 02/18/04 (3)

Just because it's been done doesn't make it easy - markrohr 07:40:34 02/18/04 (2)

That wasn't the question! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:36:05 02/18/04 (1)

The answer still obtains nt - markrohr 09:55:40 02/18/04 (0)

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Try Kapell or Lipatti for the Concerto. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:41:53 02/18/04 (0)