Schubert's D-major sonata (op 53) is the one I listen to. Two of the movements were favorites of mine before I'd ever heard the whole sonata -- the jesting Scherzo, and the singing Rondo. I used to wish he hadn't varied the theme of the rondo, because I just wanted to hear it as stated, over and over. Repeated listenings have helped me accept it the way he wrote it. Heifetz, incidentally, recorded an arrangement of the rondo -- twice, I think. I guess this is a recommendation. I listened to the whole thing enough times that the first two movements are now familiar friends.
Thanks for that review. I wish I'd heard the concert -- all of it. I guess I'd have enjoyed the recital as well, though I often don't get a lot out of a work the first time I hear it (there have been exceptions). I remember it was only about the third or fourth time I listened to Ravel's "left hand" that I started to get it, and soon after that I couldn't live without it.
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Date: 2005-10-04 07:12 pm (UTC)Thanks for that review. I wish I'd heard the concert -- all of it. I guess I'd have enjoyed the recital as well, though I often don't get a lot out of a work the first time I hear it (there have been exceptions). I remember it was only about the third or fourth time I listened to Ravel's "left hand" that I started to get it, and soon after that I couldn't live without it.