A request from an Italian pianist provided the opportunity at the weekend to present Mozart in 1/4 comma meantone
Mozarts on Meantone - 1802 Stodart fortepiano - Danilo Mascetti at Hammerwood Park
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| Mozarts on Meantone - 1802 Stodart fortepiano - Danilo Mascetti at Hammerwood Park |
| Leopold, Wolfgang and Franz Xavier Mozart at Hammerwood 00:00 Introduction 09:52 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor K 397 15:59 Leopold Mozart: Sonata in B flat Major Allegro assai Andante Allegro 46:23 Franz Xaver Mozart: Selection of Polonoises mélancoliques Op. 17 n.1 Tempo giusto in B minor Op. 17 n. |
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A 222 year old instrument presents less opportunity to guarantee absolute stability so there are a few unisons which had slipped before the concert and went unnoticed before the performance :-( and whilst my focus was by then gettings levels right on the analogue tape machine.
Mozart in 1/4c Meantone is academically interesting and this performance can be compared with
Johanna De Cloitre - Debussy Faure Mozart Liszt unequal temperament & fortepiano in meantone
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| Johanna De Cloitre - Debussy Faure Mozart Liszt unequal temperament & fortepiano in meantone |
| Johanna De Cloitre, Professor at Conservatoire de Nice, at Hammerwood Park in Sussex UK. The 1885 Bechstein is tuned to a variation of Kirnberger III temperament and the Stodart 1802 fortepiano in Meantone. 00:00 Start 00:03 Debussy - L'Isle Joyeuse. |
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with two Sonatas earlier in the year.
Personally I much prefer the sound of the original English instrument to fashionable copies of the Viennese Walter.
Best wishes
David P
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David Pinnegar BSc ARCS
Hammerwood Park, East Grinstead, Sussex, UK
+44 1342 850594
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