Re: Alfor's Rarities
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:12 am
Many thanks for this Alfor!alfor wrote: Raffaele D'ALESSANDRO
3eme Sonatine op. 39
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Many thanks for this Alfor!alfor wrote: Raffaele D'ALESSANDRO
3eme Sonatine op. 39
Yes, Britten's anti-war stance was definitely not popular in England at that time from everything I've read. It seems like it took until the War Requiem for his stance to become widely accepted and even popular. I continue to gobble up everything published about Britten. Just wish he'd written more piano music!Timtin wrote:Further to the conversation about Britten, I vividly remember a conversation
with a great aunt of mine who lived in Aldeburgh for much of her life.
According to her, many local residents disliked him not because of his lifestyle
or because of the type of music he wrote, but because of the fame he enjoyed
in England at that time in spite of his decision to go to America when he did.
More recently, the main local gripe involved the giant scallop on the beach.
Seconded. I have recordings of the 1931 Serenata for violin & small orch, the 1945 Partita for harpsichord flute oboe & string quartet, the 1955 Harpsichord Concerto and the Harpsichord Sonata (Sonata all'antico) from the 1950s. All really good pieces. Many thanks.Dani_area_51 wrote:Thank you for Rieti Alfor. Have other several pieces by him and it's good to increase the amount of works.
Re Schutt's longer pieces, you can satisfy your curiosity by looking at a recently uploaded YouTube video of a 2008 performance of his Piano Quartet. I guess that this is an early work, and doesn't have the refinement of his later output, but it is really interesting to hear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yq3J5Cf ... ture=feedufleubis wrote:alfor wrote:To Ferruccio, with compliments:
Raffaele D'ALESSANDRO
3eme Sonatine op. 39 Eduard SCHÜTT
Lose Blätter Sammlung kleiner Klavierstücke op. 13
(Schumann/Tchaikovsky influenced. Is it salon-music, is it "Hausmusik" or should it be labelled
"Character pieces"? Please judge yourself - and let me know, if you like!)
I like the Schütt pieces, Alfor, they are miniatures in the same vein as many of your recent posts, so Album Leaf, or Character Pieces when interesting titles appear and Klavierstücke when no programmatic title is suggested. This is how I see pieces like these. Yes, it sounds like salon music to me. That said, there is a lot of room on my piano desk for the lesser-known composers of pleasant, cheery music like Schütt brings us but does make me curious about what his bigger pieces might look like.
Thanks for pointing out this lovely piano quartet. It is written in a lushly romantic idiom and a delight to hear. My only criticism would be that the writing for viola and cello is not on a par with that of the piano and violin which makes it appear somewhat like an adapted violin/piano sonata. Nevertheless, a real delight!
I like the Schütt pieces, Alfor, they are miniatures in the same vein as many of your recent posts, so Album Leaf, or Character Pieces when interesting titles appear and Klavierstücke when no programmatic title is suggested. This is how I see pieces like these. Yes, it sounds like salon music to me. That said, there is a lot of room on my piano desk for the lesser-known composers of pleasant, cheery music like Schütt brings us but does make me curious about what his bigger pieces might look like.
Re Schutt's longer pieces, you can satisfy your curiosity by looking at a recently uploaded YouTube video of a 2008 performance of his Piano Quartet. I guess that this is an early work, and doesn't have the refinement of his later output, but it is really interesting to hear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yq3J5Cf ... ture=feedu