ihatehavingausername (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I can't get enough!

taviona (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Awesome symphony is awesome awesome

cromulentinnoc3nce (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Genius.

foerster (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

when Mozart will come back, he only cold say that interpretation on his music is "superficial aesthetics".

thelightisahead (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yup, you got it. And the way he makes the changes is always satisfying too!

Nachtmarchen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I for once appreciate Harnoncourt's modesty in that he respects the wishes and instructions of the composers, it takes quite some insolence to think you know better than Mozart or Beethoven, but that hardly stopped the shallow Karajan from butchering their music through overstaffing, too high tempi and over-romanticization. One of the most destructive influences on music in the last century, the first major conductor to put superficial aesthetics and showmanship before the music itself.

Nachtmarchen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Not to mention how Mozart toys with your expectations, and in such subtle, ingenious ways that you don't even pick up consciously unless you listen to the piece multiple times - after repeating a phrase 2 or 3 times over the course of a piece and you know it he'll suddenly chop it off and go somewhere else, the first symphony where I really noticed this was the first movement of the 38th.

kitchenfiddle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How much would you spend to hear No. 42? - One ear?

thelightisahead (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Mm definitely. When you listen to Mozart's music particuarly, you can hear him hint back to former phrases etc. so many times and in various ways. When I write music, I don't do such things with such facility because I don't have a strong musical memory (whereas his was amazing) so I don't always think to do such hints and references, and keep a unity of structure etc. I dunno, it's all so complex, but Moz and Beet had it all in hand! Lucky boys lol

Cyhor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

many thanks for uploading thisit was a wonder concert