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the best for last?: Mozart, The Last Five Symphonies (Philips Duo)

Posted in reseña, tagged , , , , on March 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »

One grows accustomed to approaching the `last’ works of an artist with an aging master in mind, perhaps resting just a bit on laurels accrued over a lifetime of meritorious productivity. Not so with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of those giants who was taken early from his craft. Perhaps, from an aesthetic point of view, an early demise was not purely tragic. Given what we think we know of Mozart, a long life might have represented endless artistic decline. He died at something close to the apex of his trajectory. (more…)

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divine perspective nor experience with death required: Mozart, Requiem / McNair, Watkinson, Araiza, Lloyd; Marriner

Posted in reseña, tagged , , , , on December 24, 2007| Leave a Comment »

When the Carmelite priest Roland Murphy penned an exquisite commentary on the amorous biblical book called the Song of Songs, it was observed that this might well stand as final evidence that experience is not a prerequisite of true knowledge.

From what this non-professional reviewer has gleaned of Mozart’s life, the colorful composer was unacquainted both with penitence and the spiritual sublimities of which this Requiem sings. Ditto the experience of death, though he (rightly) believed his own was impending. (more…)

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