本帖最后由 estoy1 于 2009-12-4 23:19 编辑
Thanks for your reply.
I would like to make two comments :
1. Even though Beethoven believed in God, the message conveyed by the conclusion of his music , Symphony No 9 ‘Ode to Joy’ , is that : the ultimate freedom and will rest in mankind, not God. We , human beings , are our own saviour, and only through searching from within ourselves and in the harmony of mankind that we can liberate our pain and sufferings – This is the wisdom and ultimate insight of Beethoven. Beethoven was torn by pains and tolerated all his sufferings, and eventully he realized he could only find peace in his own music. This is not to say that he did not seek the help of God, he did, but the final answer rest in himself – his sanctuary was in his own music.
2. What I was saying about 2:39 was that Gulda handled the chord too roughly than what some other pianists would tend to play and interpret. The chord was played fortissimo, I supposed, but if it were played with subtlety, not big bangs, it would sound much better, and would have more classical sense.
The person putting up this video in Youtube called it “funny”, well, think about why one would describe the performance of a very classical and grand Emperor Concerto “funny” ! Again, where is this classical sensitivity ?!
By the second music stage of Beethoven, i.e. after 1800, he was already maturing into a composer with more inner intensity and classical logic, and was thus producing music with more dramatic subtlety. The Emperor Concerto was composed around 1811, I don’t think Beethoven would want a ferocious bang at the chord for such a majestic piece. Rather, it should sound like an energetic and GRAND fortissimo exclamation, at least this is what the interpretations of other pianists tell me.
Anyway, listening to Classical music is about listening and comparing performances of different interpretations. Not necessarily we have to find every piece perfect. |
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发表于 2009-12-3 13:30:59
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