Monday, March 17, 2014

Schumann -- Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor






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  1. Iulia FlameMarch 17, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    Upon hearing such jewel-toned strains of music, spirits could be dancing through the spheres. I have this sense that Rachmaninoff must have loved Schumann a great deal.

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    1. Tim BuckMarch 17, 2014 at 3:50 PM

      There's just something about Schumann's piano music. A something elliptical, gnomic, and a little dark. A something always on the tip of the tongue.

      I like Rachmaninoff's music a lot, but his music is emotionally gooier than Schumann's more circumspect approach. I don't want to overstate this, because Schumann did convey a lot of feeling in his works. But it was a stranger feeling.

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    2. Iulia FlameMarch 17, 2014 at 6:48 PM

      There is a subtlety to the music. Rachmaninoff is like a refuge--I go to his pieces knowing the pathways already. In some of the notes--I can guess the words of the hymns or the hints of the bells they are echoing. This, however, is a Grand Adventure. Schumann is a country I have seen from a distance, perhaps from a train; but not yet explored at close range.

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    3. julianzaMarch 21, 2014 at 3:53 PM

      Well, you know, Schumann had all those psychological issues...so that must account... but anyway, I must get this piece so I can play it. I love Rach; don't find his music gooey. Please explain. Cloying, somehow? What?

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    4. Tim BuckMarch 21, 2014 at 5:33 PM

      It's more heart-on-the-sleeve, generally, than Schumann's.

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  2. Iulia FlameMarch 24, 2014 at 11:34 PM

    More ringingly obvious, perhaps. I nearly always hear bells in Rachmaninoff.

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