Schumann vs Mendelssohn

[Josquin des Prez]

Quite so. What are your favorite recordings of NB's music?

I don't know about recordings, but my favored piece is the fourth string quartet, opus 14.

[Florestan]

I don't know about recordings, but my favored piece is the fourth string quartet, opus 14.

Never heard it --- any recommendations?

[Josquin des Prez]

Never heard it --- any recommendations?

I only have this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Norbert-Burgm%C3%BCller-String-Quartets-opp/dp/B00004Y6OB/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1288902823&sr=8-6

I liked the performance, though i can't say how good it is, since i have nothing to compare it to. Actually, i'm not even sure if there's even another recording to compare it to in the first place.

[Florestan]

I only have this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Norbert-Burgm%C3%BCller-String-Quartets-opp/dp/B00004Y6OB/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1288902823&sr=8-6

I liked the performance, though i can't say how good it is, since i have nothing to compare it to. Actually, i'm not even sure if there's even another recording to compare it to in the first place.

Yeah, looks like this is the only one.. Anyway, I've been listening to his two symphonies and IMO they are much more Sturm-und-Drang-ish than any  Haydn would ever get! 

[Air]

Organ: Mendelssohn, I guess...
Orchestral: Tie
Choral: Tie
Operatic: meh
Chamber: Schumann
Concerti: Schumann
Songs: SCHUMANN
Piano: SCHUMANN

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Schumann. One of those guys who just bled piano tunes.

[marvinbrown]

 

  I voted Schumann because I  love his solo piano work, his song cycles and Scene's from Goethe's Faust.  I have yet to explore the chamber music which I bought recently in a 6CD set from EMI to commemorate Schumann's 200th Anniversary. 

  Unfortunately after listening to Mendelssohn's concertos, Midsummer's Night Dream I am not tempted to explore any further.  Yes the Violin Concerto in E minor is GLORIOUS but that's where it begins and ends for Mendelssohn as far as I am concerned.

  marvin

[The Six]

Next to that piece, Mozart sounds like Scriabin.

[Mirror Image]

I don't like either composer enough to choose.

[Sid]

Having recently seen two of these guys works recently in concert, I think I like them equally. I saw the lyrical and "wholly ravishing" (as Clara called it) Schumann Cello Concerto, and the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2, whose finale struck me as such a grand and sublime statement. They're the kind of composers whose much I really like to see live to just hear that electricity their music creates. I would really like to see Mendelssohn's Octet (such intense music from someone in their teens), but am gearing up to see a couple of his symphonies performed by the Sydney based Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra in their next season. I would maybe like to get a cd or two of Schumann's solo piano music at some stage, as I have liked what I have heard on radio from him in that department so far...

[Leon]

Having recently seen two of these guys works recently in concert, I think I like them equally. I saw the lyrical and "wholly ravishing" (as Clara called it) Schumann Cello Concerto, and the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2, whose finale struck me as such a grand and sublime statement. They're the kind of composers whose much I really like to see live to just hear that electricity their music creates. I would really like to see Mendelssohn's Octet (such intense music from someone in their teens), but am gearing up to see a couple of his symphonies performed by the Sydney based Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra in their next season. I would maybe like to get a cd or two of Schumann's solo piano music at some stage, as I have liked what I have heard on radio from him in that department so far...

It is interesting you use the verb "to see" instead of "to hear" music.  I know you mean you attended live performances, but it struck me as odd in an interesting way.  (I assure you I am not trying to be sarcastic or picky, I really found it unique.)

You only said "heard" when referring to a radio performance.

Does seeing the performers add to your enjoyment?  Or is it merely a euphemism for experiencing the music live and all the intangibles that includes, as opposed to hearing the same works on a CD or the radio?

[Sid]

Well, I did write "see" many times in that post! I suppose I like seeing the music being made before my eyes better than anything else. Of course the sound is more important than the view (I've been to venues where the view was great, but the sound not so good). But I think that I am not only aurally stimulated by music, but also visually by what's going on...

[knight66]

I am currently wading through sludge whilst rehearsing 'Elijah'. If for no other reason then: Schumann.

Though Mendy's goodies do pile up, especially his chamber music. But I do wish he had not gone down the route of romanticising Bach in his choral works. I once had a sight reading test where I was given about 20 pages of 'St Paul' to sing through. Dreck.

Mike

[Sergeant Rock]

I am currently wading through sludge whilst rehearsing 'Elijah'. If for no other reason then: Schumann.

Though Mendy's goodies do pile up, especially his chamber music. But I do wish he had not gone down the route of romanticising Bach in his choral works. I once had a sight reading test where I was given about 20 pages of 'St Paul' to sing through. Dreck.

Mike

I said earlier in this thread that "I can't think of a single piece by him that I don't love." But I haven't heard Elijah or St. Paul. Maybe I shouldn't 

Sarge

[knight66]

I said earlier in this thread that "I can't think of a single piece by him that I don't love." But I haven't heard Elijah or St. Paul. Maybe I shouldn't 

Sarge

Good idea, though some folks do like both. They tend to sit round the walls of communal rooms in old people's homes and wet themselves on a regular basis. Not sure if there is a cause and effect there.

Mike