(western) classical music discussion

[Rev. Rye]

At 46:10, that's a pretty snappy interpretation.  On listening, it sounds borderline manic.  Not much mystery, but an awful lot of fire and brimstone!

Next step. . . Metallica!

Of course, that said, that recording is from a different reconstruction than many are used to. Surprisingly, despite being two centuries and several continents separated from Mozart, unlike Sussmayer, Robert Levin somehow managed to do a better Mozart than Sussmayer, who would likely have been, at most, two degrees of separation from him.

Levin is a pianist who is well-known for improvising cadenzas for Mozart's works that do an exceptional job at creating stuff that sounds like authentic Mozart off the top of his head:





And surprisingly, despite the piano concerti and sonatas having extremely different needs from the requiem, he does an exceptional job of pulling this off.