真幸運
這片我之前一度很有興趣敗下，
但聽過的朋友說覺得可有可無，
可能過一陣子再看看吧。
我手邊有Larry Todd的孟德爾頌傳記，
(將近700頁，才花700多元就買到)
裡面對於這首第三號協奏曲的著墨倒是不多，
但有分別列舉接近完成的前兩樂章跟小提琴協奏曲的幾個主題，
作這兩者的譜例比較，
的確頗多相似之處，而且還是同一個調。
小提琴協奏曲前前後後他寫了六年，
中間一度就是把心力轉到這首第三號協奏曲上。
今年DECCA出的Mendelssohn Discoveries這張唱片(Chailly指揮萊比錫)中，
也有收錄這首協奏曲，
獨奏者Prosseda就是前幾年發現前兩樂章手稿的鋼琴家，
第三樂章則是委託 Marcello Bufalini (我也不知他是誰) 完成，
也相當有掌握到孟德爾頌的風格。
另外要提的，不曉得之前是不是有說過，
DG前幾年也有發行一片小提琴家Daniel Hope錄的小提琴協奏曲原始版本，
或者精確點應該說是定稿前的其中一個版本，
聽了之後會發現跟最終版本的差異有多大，
這個早一點的版本有些地方聽起來真的會覺得有點莫名其妙，
又可見連孟德爾頌這樣的天才 -- 而且還是個非常非常言以律己的天才，
都需要經過多少的嘔心瀝血、千錘百鍊，
才能完成這樣一首偉大的音樂，
而不是光靠天份和靈感，就能下筆如神。
更何況是我們這些凡夫俗子.........
: The RSPC has never achieved the recorded catalog prominence of bands in
: Leipzig or Dresden, despite its 170-year history.
: This musical group sounds like a strong regional band, and
: given how much regional players around the world have been improving
: in the past decade or two,
: noting that the group is a regional band is not a first nod against the music.
: Frank Beermann?
: He rose through the ranks of Germany's regional music organizations,
: stepping right up in opera, Detmold to Darmstadt, to Freiburg, Hamburg,
: and then really began to hit a career stride with assignments in Berlin,
: Stockholm, Bonn, Munich, Leipzig, Barcelona, and Marseille.
: As an opera leader, Beermann has a reputation for bel canto readings of
: Donizetti and others.
: Since 2007-2008, Beermann is appointed music director in Chemnitz.
: This gives off a clue that maybe he is something of an
: orchestra builder (like many notable leaders in the past),
: and so might be charged with building up the RSPC.
: Matthias Kirschnereit?
: He studied in Detmold, too,
: and had a break-through win in the Bonn German Music competition
: and the Australian Geza Anda competition. He has recorded a few solo discs,
: with his big splash probably embodied in the
: complete set of Mozart piano concertos he has added to the catalog.
: In that set, Frank Beermann is again at the helm, and the band is Bamberg SO.
: One suspects that the complete Mozart concerto set will leave a lasting mark
: in the catalog, though how long it will be available in
: your local commercial markets, nobody can say for sure.
: Kirschnereit is fully the equal of nearly any distinguished Mozartian of
: the recent or far past, for whom we have recorded documentation.
: He reaches right up there, high.
: His Mozart can stand open comparison with Brendel, Perahia, Uchida, Rubinstein,
: Curzon, Clara Haskil, you name it.
: Kirschnereit has already been named to the piano competition jury of
: the pending Gina Bachauer competition, set for 2010.
: The sound is very good in this set.
: It offers a medium-sized sounding hall,
: probably the home of the band in Chemnitz. Frequency balance is fine.
: No complaints about the engineering balances of reflected versus direct sound,
: either.
: You can hear plenty of detail, from the piano (Steinway D), and from the band.
: This lets us listeners really hear all the ensemble moments that
: Mendelssohn wrote into these works,
: and as it turns out, that really heightens the sparkle and energy that
: permeates these readings.
: Kirschnereit is his own man when it comes to Mendelssohn and the piano.
: Typically, players emphasize the lyrical-romantic axis when playing
: Mendelssohn.
: The risk of focusing on that axis is mainly that Mendelssohn in
: his piano music can come off, sounding far too much like a German middle class,
: drawing room composer, with musical colors more often pastel than not,
: musical effects much more genteel than not.
: Kirschnereit knows enough to phrase those melodies with singing verve.
: However, he also adds punch.
: He prefers not to peddle any more than he has to,
: so his playing comes through with enormous clarity.
: These talents serve Mendelssohn as well as they have already served in that
: Arte Nova released complete set of Mozart piano concertos.
: Competition among alternative readings for the first
: and second Mendelssohn piano concertos is pretty high.
: Derek Han, Murray Perahia, Stephen Hough, Rudolf Serkin, Howard Shelley,
: Andras Schiff, Thibaudet, Anton Kuerti, John Ogdon.
: An Amazon search turns up, towards a thousand or more listings.
: Kirschnereit and friends belong towards the higher reaches of
: the preferred lists.
: You can get recordings of Mendelssohn played differently;
: you can hardly get recordings of this music, played better.
: Beyond the first two concertos,
: the additional lure of this set will be
: the reconstructed piano concerto in E minor,
: and the early student work for piano and string orchestra.
: That earlier music is just fine,
: though perhaps not as forcefully characterized
: as Mendelssohn's later music of large reputation.
: You can compare this early concerto with
: the contemporary Mendelssohn string symphonies,
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