Mandolin and piano mp3's

[Peter]

These pieces are now available on the rare Beethoven page - enjoy!
www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk/selected.html

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'Man know thyself'

[Chris]

Very enjoyable! This is a side to Beethoven about which many people do not know.

[Joy]

These pieces were very early pieces. Learned a lot from the background information that I did not realize. Very informative.

Joy

[Rod]

Originally posted by Peter:
These pieces are now available on the rare Beethoven page - enjoy!
www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk/selected.html

Also on this disk for fp and mandoline is a grand sonata by Hummel, apparently the premiere work for this combination. A competent piece but none of its movements has any of the charm of B's four works in the genre, of which a set of variations is the most substantial (circa 9.5 mins). I don't think an instrument of the mandoline's nature can credibly be accomodated in a serious large scale sonata, at least alongside the piano.

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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin

[Peter]

Originally posted by Rod:
I don't think an instrument of the mandoline's nature can credibly be accomodated in a serious large scale sonata, at least alongside the piano.

One large scale sonata that was written for an unusual instrument was Schubert's sonata for Arpeggione and piano - I have only heard it though played on the 'cello (Rostropovich and Britten - wonderful recording). The Arpeggione (invented by Staufer in Vienna, 1823) was a six stringed instrument tuned as for guitar but played with a bow.

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'Man know thyself'

[This message has been edited by Peter (edited 08-15-2001).]