trio to the
scherzo of Beethoven's 9th. Tradition has one bar of cut time equal 2
bars of the preceding 3/4, but B's own metronome mark demands a
tempo
*twice as fast.* I played it once thus under Rene Leibowitz, and it
was
a revelation--much more exciting and dramatic than the traditional
way.
Andrew Stiller
Wow, did the trio keep at W=116 the entire way? That would be one
frantic
performance!
Yep. Really put the "P" in Presto.
It would be
fascinating to hear it played as written, which, if the quarter note
is kept
constant, would mean the stringendo takes the tempo from dotted H=116
to
dotted H=155, equal to the trio's tempo of W=116.
Lee Actor
If I recall correctly, Leibowitz did record the complete B. Symphs.
with the composer's metronome marks strictly observed throughout. His
recordings are hard to find, but well worth the effort: he was ahead of
his time on all kinds of historical performance issues, and I regard
the semester I played under his baton to be one of the high points of
my musical life.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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