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color=#0000ff>Hi there. Hamelin is Canada's great virtuoso and I've heard
him play many pieces, some of which no one else wants to even try to tackle,
like Busoni and Godowsky. He is phenomenally gifted and I could quite
imagine him giving Dukas the respectful exposition he deserves. The music
is quite unattractive on the tonal level but you're right, it might have
structural stuff going on that is quite interesting to follow and admire.
I am not a huge fan of atonal music and this stuff goes quite a bit into that
territory. Reminds me of the unlistenable organ stuff of Messian...which I
would consider making captured Al Qaeda operatives to listen to 24 hours a
day....would surely drive them into insanity or coughing up
names.....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Fred Houpt</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jean-Christophe
Ponsero<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 19, 2010 2:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion
of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.<BR><B>Subject:</B> [f_minor] Re :
Dukas<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I discovered the Dukas sonata in the international piano festival in La
Roque d'Anthéron (outdoor performances in the south of France), played by
Marc-André Hammelin, a Canadian pianst who loves exploring untrodden paths
from Sorabji to Godowsky or Kapustine. I was really seduced by it but I would
not play it as it exceeds my technical skills by far. I notably love the 3rd
toccata-like movement. Apart from Hammelin, another good recording exists by
François-René Duchâble, available on Youtube.</DIV>
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<DIV>I believe it is a very interesting work, rich of many ideas and
well-structured, even though it sounds very "chromatic" as you say. After
all, it was composed in 1901 so nothing suprising about it! The structure
reminds me of Beethoven but the harmony rather of Franck and Wagner.</DIV>
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<DIV> I said I'd be glad to hear a Gould performance of it because it would
be one of these rather obscure works he could have defended with panache
like the Bizet or the Strauss pieces.<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De :</SPAN></B> "Houpt, Fred"
<fred.houpt@rbc.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B>
Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
<f_minor@glenngould.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé le
:</SPAN></B> Lun 19 juillet 2010, 17h 43min 18s<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> [f_minor] Dukas<BR></FONT><BR>
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color=#0000ff>Someone mentioned Paul Dukas's music last week. So, I downloaded
some piano solo works and frankly, they are the most hideously chromatic and
unattractive pieces I've run into in a long time. I also downloaded a piano
reduction of the famous Sorcerer's Apprentice, which is quite
delightful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703294115-19072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Anyone tried to play any of the Dukas sonatas and such?
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=703294115-19072010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Fred Houpt</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT
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