Schubert: Moments Musicaux Op.94 No. 3-5

Schubert this time!

I saw that the Moments Musicaux Op. 94 no. 4 and 5 are missing on the site. Perhaps my recordings done in 03 and 06/2006 could fill that gap.


Best regards,

Harald

Schubert - Op.94 no.3, Moments Musicaux in F minor
Schubert - Op.94 no.4, Moments Musicaux in C-sharp minor
Schubert - Op.94 no.5, Moments Musicaux in F minor

 

:shock: Excellent !

I was preparing No. 3 for submitting it here. I think that it is no longer convenient. :wink:

 

Wow indeed. I enjoyed the first and last recording. It was well done!

When will you start the impromptus? :wink:

 

Very good indeed and I have put them up on the site.

To the opposite of most other here, I am no big fan of Schubert. Most of his works are overly long and I have to really try to stay focused in the endless swims of perfectly polite melodies and harmonies. Schubert dreamed his way through his short life and so does hos music. I need something that sticks out more. Someone once said: "I cannot help it but I tend to fall asleep listening to Schubert's music. Even on recitals but it does not matter. When I wake up, I am in heaven."

There are a couple of exceptions and that is for example the famous no.3 in the series of Moments Musicaux which is hauntingly beautiful and I believe you do all these three pieces very much justice.

 

Indeed Schubert can be terribly longwinded, which can get terribly tedious if you are not
in the right serene mindset. I do tend to get impatient sometimes with some of his
longer works (like the Gasteiner Sonata). Even some shorter works, like the famous A flat
major Moment Musical, try my endurance. But on these all too rare occasions when the
patience and serenity are there, and the stars line up in the perfect constellation, it is like
being in heaven.

 

Schubert

Even though I have only played No. 3, it's obvious to me that you play all three of these with eloquent expression. I join Robert and Chris in admitting that Schubert is not one of my favorite composers. I find the endless repetitions cumbersome. However. I love some of his melodies. You played these very well.

 

Schubert

I am a big Schubert fan and I loved the way you played these three pieces! I also learned a lot from hearing your interpretations.
Raymond

 

Excellent! Thanks for those, you made my day.

Pete

 

Many thanks for the positive comments!

I think the middle part in no. 4 is an example for the "polite melodies and harmonies" robert mentioned. I remember that I enjoyed playing that part... ;-)

Some aspects of my interpretation were inspired by recordings of A. Brendel. Listening to famous pianists can be useful for your own interpretation. You only remember some parts of a piece, so the danger of "copying" is not so big in my opinion.

 

Oh C'mon Schubert isn't that bad! Sure some sonatas are 20+ minutes long, but they all have their charm. Somehow this German has some melodies that remind me of the American Revolution. I don't know why.

 

I fell in love with Schubert listening to Die schöne Müllerin, of all things. It bored me at first, but it gets much more interesting as it goes on, and repeated listening made me a fan. The contrast between what you might expect, reading Müller's poetry in "Die liebe Farbe" and "Die böse Farbe", and what Schubert did with those pieces musically, is sheer genius. I love it.

Harald, thanks very much for your recordings, which were very well done.