Does anyone ever have a problem with finding a composition you really like, but it seems that a lot of conductors play it to fast.
It gives a feeling that they are rushing through it and missing the feeling of the piece. I know in reality they're not trying to rush through it, but that is the feeling it gives me.
Anyone else find that to be the case ?
A good example for me is Bach's Brandenburg concertos, I have heard it before played at a slightly slower pass, and it sounded good. So, I know it has been played that way.
Even Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" you hear being played at different tempos. Too fast and you seem to lose the feel of the piece. Your thoughts on that please.
2007-04-05 06:23:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I meant pace, not pass I always have typos somewhere when I try and type to fast.
2007-04-05 06:36:00 · update #1
Nic, what are your thoughts on the tempo in a lot of Baroque music specifically, being played to fast.
For instance the opening of Handel's "Water Music" the very beginning overture. 9 out 10 times it is killed by the tempo in which its played.
2007-04-05 06:56:31 · update #2
Walter E, I totally agree about Sir Neville Marriner, I usually love the way he conducts pieces. He seems to get it.
Thanks I'll check out his take on Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos"
2007-04-05 07:05:44 · update #3
YES!!! My worst experience was Scheherazade. I played piccolo on this piece. I studied my butt off with this particular number to get it up to tempo (damn Russian composers). I would play this day and night (I still have it memorized). It seemed anytime I went to rehearsal, the tempo kept changing! I had no heart in the song, it was completely technical. I felt like I was in a race to finish the song. Til this day, If I listen to it, my heart starts beating fast!
MORE---I totally understand what you're saying. It isn't easy music to play, especially when you start getting into the Baroque composers. To the naked ear it is beautiful, but if you know how it should be played, the conductors can really kill the arrangement. Also, I think Dpantz makes a great point about the editing. I prefer live symphony over recordings. When you hear it live, it can be nearly flawless.
ADDED-----ooops, you meant listening, sorry, I thought you meant playing the music, but yes, there are conductors that do seem to like to change the pace. I think they do this the most with Russian Compositions.
2007-04-05 06:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
certain the velocity is determined by the conductor. each so often the composer provides a metronome marking indicating the precise % they choose the piece performed at. there is practically continually a velocity marking on the initiating of somewhat or circulation jointly with : andante, allegro, vivace, lento, and so on... those markings also tell the conductor how rapidly or sluggish to play. those markings aren't any more as strict as a metronome marking so there is a few room for extraordinarily own decision by the conductor. In string quartets and different products performed and not using a conductor that's continually the first violinists decision or a consensus of the gamers.
2016-10-17 23:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I am a French Classical Fin du Siecle specialist. I find that only certain conductors even UNDERSTAND certain pieces. Bernstein and Debussy's Nocturnes or Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, or Boulez and the Images pour Orchestre - -Tortelier is excellent on all this too - one particularly horrible conductor for Debussy is Vladimir Goldshmann - doesn't have a clue as to tempi (or balance, for that matter). As for the Brandenburgs the one that nails it (IMO) is Sir Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martins in the Field.
2007-04-05 06:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am skilled in this area a bit.
If you are referring to the recordings, I can tell you that it is that when a recording is made there are many edits done that make the composition lose it's pace and flow.
But if you mean in a live setting, it has to be the conductor is not that very good.
2007-04-05 07:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by dpantz74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fasting is a part of Lent.
Perhaps you mean 'too fast'.
Yes, that's annoying.
John Elliot Gardner is the worst.
His recordings of Bach, with the Montiverdi Choir, are ridiculously fast.
2007-04-05 06:29:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a matter of interpretation, but I see your point.
2007-04-05 06:34:01 · answer #6 · answered by surffsav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nates
2007-04-05 06:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋