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predoje (July 19th, 2008 @ 1:16 pm)

He is funy!

kajohada (July 16th, 2008 @ 10:56 am)

gulda plays like a wild pig,very strange!!:(((

Vlaanderson (July 14th, 2008 @ 5:13 am)

We have different views of some aspects, but I agree with all your perspectives. You'll have to admit that all we discussed was a comparison of Beethoven's and Mozart's lives, wich isn't possible. To get back to what I wanted to say is that Gulda is a Mozart interpret, and when he featured Beethovens piano Concertos it was only to complete his repertoire. You can see in this interpretation that Beethoven is featured in a classical and not viennese/romantic way, it's nice, but not Beethovens aim.

clarihuge (July 11th, 2008 @ 7:29 pm)

Well, certainly you cannot put in the same level "Die Zauberflöte" with any of his violin concerti. The first one is one of the most sublime masterpieces of art, and although it has many "happy" melodies (like the Papageno's songs for example) it also has very dramatic and profound moments (like some arias of Pamina, The Night Queen or Sarastro).

clarihuge (July 11th, 2008 @ 7:24 pm)

Well, I really don't want to discuss with you, because I don't think that would be fair for Mozart or Beethoven. Both of them were great geniuses in their own way, and both of them suffer a lot of painful situations in their lives, and of course all that is reflected in their best music. I'm sure you'll agree with me in what I'm saying. It's only that it really bothers me when some people say that Mozart's music is "happy" only because they can't get the actual profoundness of his music.

theoryninja (July 9th, 2008 @ 7:01 pm)

Are you kidding. The storm section of Beethoven's 6th symphony is unbearably tragic.

Vlaanderson (July 8th, 2008 @ 6:38 am)

But I admit, some of Mozarts masterpieces are really sad, like the ones you quoted for example.

Vlaanderson (July 8th, 2008 @ 6:36 am)

Beethoven was an alcoholic, being a child his father forced him to play piano until his fingers were blistered and he never married. Oh I forgot, he was deaf. Mozart was married, he had children, he was much more recognized than Beethoven by the nobleness, his Operas were already at the time "blockbusters". Sure he had depressive times, and read my comment again I said "His music is, !in general!, happier.", beacause Beethoven never wrote pieces like "Die Zauberflöte" or "Violinkonzert D-Dur".

spencerific (July 8th, 2008 @ 1:12 am)

well to be fair.. his Requiem was loosely based on sketches and was finished by his student. Not that it takes away from its brilliance, but he really didn't write much of it. Also, I don't think their lives can really be compared. They both went through different situations, all of which weren't very joyful. Both talented composers in their own right.

clarihuge (July 7th, 2008 @ 8:10 pm)

Obviously you don't know much about Mozart's life. His life was really, really unhappy, if not more, at least as much as Beethoven's. Mozart never won the recognition that Beethoven had during his lifetime period, and he had many financial problems til the end of his life. And if you think that Mozart's music is happier, well, you have to listen to his piano concerto nº 20 and 24, or his opera Don Giovanni, or the Requiem, or the clarinet concerto... Beethoven never wrote music as sad as that.

nobodicos (July 7th, 2008 @ 1:44 pm)

Hey! Life should be fun! This guy made it fun. My hat is off to him and I thank him.

Vlaanderson (July 7th, 2008 @ 2:40 am)

Well I said happier than Beethoven's life :). And for sure his music is, in general, happier.