To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces.
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If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that.
Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound.
After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.
Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully.
Brahms is one of my all-time favorite composers.
I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.
I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.
I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.
Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
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