Weekend Music
Yes, same sonata as last week. But I listened to the last movement again and decided I like it as much as the first two. And I guess to be fair to the harmless little scherzo I should include it, too. Is the scherzo ever anybody's favorite movement of anything?
Like this a lot, Mac. Found it on CD a few mos. back by a pianist named Ethella Chuprik, coupled with the “Waldstein” sonata.
I wish it weren’t called the Pastorale, which was probably not Beethoven’s doing. I dislike program music in general, even when the composer intends it. I don’t usually see what I’m supposed to see. And in this case I keep thinking I’m supposed to see dancing peasants ‘n’ stuff, so I have to sort of push that kind of thing out of my head. But it is a beautiful piece. I haven’t gotten to the Waldstein yet–going through my set in order of issue, which is roughly chronological or at least opus number order, but not exactly. I think Waldstein is on the next disk.
I’m a big Chopin fan, so I tend to like the Beethoven piano music that sounds more like Chopin. I’m not keen on the Beethoven Sturm und Drang stuff.
My taste leans that way, too–I mean, not necessarily toward Chopin specifically, but away from S & D, especially on the piano. In the symphonies it works better. For the most part, I actively dislike very loud chords on the piano.
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