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

Wow, I'm impressed.  One day I'll look them up

Thanks,

fred 

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[mailto:f_minor-bounces@email.rutgers.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Lehman
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:10 PM
To: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
Subject: 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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