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In Reply to: Re: Read "An Equal Music" anyone? posted by Ears on June 10, 2002 at 12:47:38:
And what about those Manchester Sonatas? for violin solo, I suppose?Myself I just ordered Beethoven's quintet in C minor op 104, another work featured in the book - couldn't resist the curiosity. it's the rearrengement by Beethoven of his Piano Trio nș 3 for a string quintet.
Well, I liked the book indeed and I'm going to re-read it , there were lots of details I read in a haste and I think are worth a longer reflection.
Mario
The sonatas are good, and I'm not the biggest Vivaldi fan in the world. They're for violin and continuo(harpsichord, archlute, theorbo, and guitar on the discs I have). The third movement(largo) of the 1st sonata was the piece in the book--the scene in the Venice church. IMO, the scene in "An Equal Music" is better than the largo itself or maybe just better than the performance of the largo that I have. Or maybe the book raised my expectations too high. Andrew Manze, who I generally like, is the violinist and fails to move me with the largo. He tends to be better in the allegros and prestos. The slower the tempo the worse he seems to be, but there are other slow movements in these sonatas that I still like better than the largo of "Equal Music." I got the disc with the "Equal Music" sonata on it first and liked the music well enough to buy the other disc to complete the set.I think I'll re-read "Equal Music", too. I also recommend "Stormy Applause" by Dubinsky if you haven't read that one. It's nonfiction written by the founder of the Borodin Quartet and tells of their struggles.
thanks, IŽll try to find those or other Manchester sonatas. IŽll tell you when I got my opus 104 Beethoven transcription.And Herman Hesse's "Gertrud", did you read? As I said, there are some similarities in the plot and the 2 main characters ( also a failed love between 2 music lovers, also a mutual atraction later ,in a triangular mode, when she is married and plays his works...). But that's all. The whole "feeling" is much different, more passionate and mystical. A quite different ending too. A shorter but more intense novel - try it, music is deeply breathing all along those pages.
Mario
I haven't read "Gertrud". I'm in luck; my local library has it. Thx for the recommendation.
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