Piano Concerto Op 54 - R. Schumann
2005.07.25 0:44

This is a perfect music. Perfect combination of piano and orchestra both in harmony and melody. Besides it contains tints of Oriental atomosphere. Or rather turkish, slightly arabeque, anyway it is not completely Occidental.
Robert Schumann must have learned lots of music from different parts of the world from where he live. This is not an opus of his instinct but a work of all the collection he earned from his music study. This is also a perfect combination of his elaborate and half instinctive musical sense. We can hear traits of Chopin, Bach - crystalisation of Occidental music to tints of Turkish, Arabesque mood.
It is because of its nature - the reason why we feel as if we were in the Middle East.
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I enjoy Schumann(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.25 8:08 (#13152268) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
Though by any chance have you heard any of Greigs work , he is by far one of my favourite composers .His first opus was what really got me into classical works , not so much for the overtly popularised hall of the mountain kings piece or the whole pier quint colourisation , specifically for the pieces which fell outside this realm .Though i did in fact first hear his work whilst performing pier quint at His majesties theatre .Though i should also probably mention my mum , who is a semi professional soprano and aficionado on all things classicalThough she far prefers Beethoven--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:I enjoy Schumann(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) on 2005.07.25 23:22 (#13155975) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Greig, Greig,...I've got a number of clasical collections, I must have the one...Yeah I have the one, the title of his work is Solveij. Let's try listening...
It's still too early to judge how his music is though, it is just my mere impression though he must have been influenced from Chopin. Tomorrow is off. I will go to the music shop and buy a collection of his works. I am looking forward to listening to the music you like the most.
Beethoven! I've got a collection of his work and *sometimes* I listen to his works. *Romance* is my favorite, but overall impression on his work is *difficult*.
I spend considerable time in listening to clasical music, and I intend to keep on donig so.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:I enjoy Schumann(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 6:20 (#13160125) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
I was never that big on Beethoven or Mozart , perhaps its a certain natural disdain i have for the popular , I do love moonlight sonata though.Chopin was defiantly an influence for Greig , though his inspiration for the actual music was most defiantly Nordic and Arabic folk lore.--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
Re:I enjoy Schumann(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.27 21:40 (#13175192) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Today I bought a couple of CDs of Greig and try listening to his music. Those are Opus 43, The Tryst, At the brook, Blueberry slope. Along with the one I listened - Solveij, song from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 op55 - the one I happened to have, I'd like to examine the feature of his music as much as I can.
His Opus 43 shows a striking similarity to Les jeux d'eau `a la Villa d'Este of Liszt's, and I can deny Chopin's influence on his other four works though the works of Greigs' are more lyric I must say.
But I have a good time to listen to his music. It might be rare for musicians of late 19th century not to escape from the Chopin's or Listz's influence, as Chopin had got a strong influence from Bach's work.
Many musics are interconnected as in the case of slashdotters(?). I just knew Greig by name but now I started appreciating his great music. I will report to you furthermore as I have chances to his music.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters