On 11.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote:
Personally I don't think it really matters that much, I am not crazy
> about Mozart's early works anyway, and if it turns out to be a
> worthwile piece I couldn't care less whether it is by Mozart or not.
That's interesting. I'm not excited about much of any of the music
from c. 1750-70 -- the galant style just seems very boring to me
(even Haydn from that period). But you do lots of music from that
period, no? What do you find is the difference between the music you
do and Mozart's pre-1770 work? Youth and inexperience? Lack of
sophistication?
>
Well, I could now start talking about the "Mozart Block" which I
certainly suffer from, at least as far as anything from his earlier
years is concerned. Let's not, that is a very complex matter.
However, daring to let some value judgements enter this discussion, I
find Mozart's early music no more mature than by any other 10-year-old
(or 8-year-old or 5-year-old for that matter). In fact I find early
music by Mendelssohn much more ingenious than Mozart's (I know others
will have a different opinion, that's fine by me).
There is no question Mozart was a great genius, the operas, piano
concertos, late string quartets, string quintets are amazing works. But
if the early works were the only part of his work to survive, I rather
doubt we would even know the name Mozart.
On the other hand, I do find Haydn's "early" music extremely ingenious.
The difference is that we don't actually know any of Haydn's real early
music (with one or two possible exceptions I believe).
The problem with pre-classical and early classical music is quite
complex. There are very good reasons why we find a lot of that music
boring today. It is true I have done some music from that period, but I
very carefully selected it, and I am carefully trying to avoid the
boring music which I think you refer to.
To just allow myself a little self promotion here: Our CDs with
Stamitz/Gluck and Haydn trios (second volume just came out) are examples
of totally non-boring music from that period, at least in my opinion.
Perhaps you have a little listen at
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/johannesg
or even better, spend a little money and buy the CDs. I guess you
probably would care more for the Haydn. (The second volume is out, but I
don't think we will sell it through CDBaby, as we are now in other
distribution channels. I don't think it has reached the shops yet).
Johannes
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http://www.musikmanufaktur.com
http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de
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