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Re: [F_minor] Re: Cornelia Foss reveals all!!!

The two recordings I have are:

-- Giarmana/Lucchetti duo in all of Grieg's 2-pianist music (2CD set).

-- Richter/Leonskaya playing only K 545, 475, and 533/494.

Both delightful.


Brad Lehman


Houpt, Fred wrote:
Now, that is news to me. Has anyone recorded these souped up
Mozart/Grieg pieces? Sounds very much like Grieg's visit to the old
Liszt in Rome had quite an effect on him.

Fred 

-----Original Message-----
From: f_minor-bounces@email.rutgers.edu
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@email.rutgers.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Lehman
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:10 PM
To: paul wiener; f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: [F_minor] Re: Cornelia Foss reveals all!!!

I'll accept your characterization of Grieg's piano works as b-level music if you accept mine of most of Mozart's piano sonatas as b-level. 

I have no comment on that, but there are several Grieg arrangements of
Mozart piano sonatas.  They're for two pianos.  Pianist 1 simply plays
the Mozart sonata unchanged.  Pianist 2 plays Grieg's counterpoint and
souped-up harmonies, intensifying the Mozart.  I think it's beautiful.

The Mozart sonatas given this treatment are K 545, 283, 457, 533/494,
and the 475 fantasia in C minor.  After hearing these enough times, it's
hard for me to hear the plain Mozart version anymore without wishing
Grieg's graffiti were there!


Brad Lehman 
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