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Topic: Mendelssohn Sonata Op. 6 - A piece of tremendous Bravura, sadly neglected (Read 1825 times)

dnephi

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Mendelssohn Sonata Op. 6 - A piece of tremendous Bravura, sadly neglected

on: September 25, 2007, 03:39:13 PM

I highly recommend you check it out. Very, very difficult, but it can pulled off with such ferocity that it made a pygmy out of an extremely difficult Liszt transcription.

Enjoy this gem!

Daniel

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hodi

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Re: Mendelssohn Sonata Op. 6 - A piece of tremendous Bravura, sadly neglected

Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 05:07:26 PM

that's a concidence i heard this piece few days ago
most of mendelssohn piano works are of astonishing beauty.

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soliloquy

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Re: Mendelssohn Sonata Op. 6 - A piece of tremendous Bravura, sadly neglected

Reply #2 on: September 26, 2007, 12:47:41 AM

This thread reminds me of those NPR "Buried Treasure" broadcasts.

When like, half-way through the piece, you say to yourself "You should have left it buried."

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dnephi

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Re: Mendelssohn Sonata Op. 6 - A piece of tremendous Bravura, sadly neglected

Reply #3 on: September 28, 2007, 01:39:49 AM

harzhly, that's what I thought until the last movement.

Then I realized an unleazh which was juz... true

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In fact, I might even recommend playing just the last movement.

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Topic: Mendelssohn Sonata Op. 6 - A piece of tremendous Bravura, sadly neglected (Read 1825 times)

Piano Street Magazine:
Italian Focus at Cremona Musica Piano Experience