K与Opus

星期六, 八月 06, 2005

Music of Privacy – String Quartet No.3, Op.73

这可能是他最经常被演奏的四重奏之一。“The third quartet contains so many Shostakovich fingerprints that it must be considered one of the most characteristic of all his middle-period compositions…

Shostakovich himself considered his Third String Quartet to be one of his most successful works and in 1950 advised the young Edison Denisov - later to become a distinguished composer in his own right - to take it as his model:When you look through it, you'll see why the first movement has to be played lovingly, not angrily.”这是个很重要的来自作曲家的对于整部四重奏的基调的暗示。无论如何,“Life is beautiful. All that is dark and ignominious will disappear. All that is beautiful will triumph”。‘胜利’是一个容易被标本化的词语,我更愿意理解为‘Hope’。

So, after the hilarious conclusion of this ‘prelude’, the beginning of the next movement presents rather a shock; humor now wears a totally different face: innocent wit has turned sour, and we are confronted with a grim and sardonic waltz. Waltz是肖氏用来表达讥讽的常用的方式,熟练程度让人怀疑他是否是一笔挥就写完整个乐章。不能不赞叹他的第二乐章在整部四重奏里的安排,因此,第三乐章笔锋一转,粗暴的和弦出现的时候才有那样的震撼,让人毛发直竖。“The next two movements see his bitterness breaking, firstly into violence and aggression, then into sorrow and despair.

末乐章的第一小提琴奏出的peace高高远远的飘来,让人甜蜜的心碎,wiping everything off。这也是他的四重奏里最不参其它杂质的明亮和充满信心和希望的结束,虽则典型肖氏的非现实的atmosphere还是若隐若现的在那里。

星期三, 七月 27, 2005

Music of Privacy - Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for

  
  “We often hope to find some kind of weighty message or testament in a great composer’s final work. Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata is certainly no disappointment in this respect. The first movement begins with the plucking of the open strings on the viola—a coolly impersonal, “objective” theme. The piano is restricted to ascetic textures, acting as an equal partner to the viola. A short chorale fragment appears, gravely reflective like so many other chorales in Shostakovich. Twice the viola breaks through the ice with passionate monologues, but it is always forced back to the pizzicato theme. The Scherzo is one of Shostakovich’s grotesque dance movements; the viola adopts a folk style for a chain of raucous street songs. The finale is something unique in Shostakovich: a close and continuous dialogue with another composer, namely the Beethoven of the “Moonlight” Sonata. The sonata fades in and out; its elements are defamiliarized, developed, or dramatized—and then restored to their familiar form. There had been quotations from Wagner and Rossini in the 15th Symphony, but the Finale of this Sonata goes far beyond mere quotation, although the reason for the inclusion of pre-existing music is equally elusive. Whatever meaning the Beethoven movement might have had for Shostakovich, he has left us a beautiful and moving farewell.”
  
   他选择 Sonata for Viola and Piano 应该是有理由的罢,viola 在 piano 的陪伴下从未如此孤单,略显中性的声音在那里独斟自饮。以上所说和 “Moonlight” 的对话不见得真有根据,不过不能否认这近乎冥想的自问自答,时间在这里被拉长,好像面对终结的黑暗时回一个无限缓慢的手势。

星期三, 七月 20, 2005

Music of Privacy

“An early work, Shostakovich's Prelude and Scherzo for Octet, Op. 11 (1924-5) was probably composed while he was still a student at the Leningrad Conservatory from which he graduated in 1925.”

Op.11就已经能看出Shostakovich的标志性语汇,当然和后来的弦乐四重奏相比,其技术上的实验性要多一些。Shostakovich和他同时代的一些苏联作曲家不同的地方是他一直没有离开苏联,然而只有他可以代表那个时代。无论他的交响曲多么流行,在我眼里Shostakovich的音乐里属于个人的部分是占主要地位的,他的音乐语汇就是born to be private,从他的Op.11开始。

星期三, 七月 13, 2005

富特文格勒(8)

  富特文格勒战时的录音是象Music&Arts等公司发掘的对象,不光是史料价值,也是因为其风格的炽烈和一往无前。这么一来,那些战后的特别以EMI录音室为代表的那些录音自然就受了些冷落。
  
  重新聆听他的EMI版录音,锋芒自然褪淡,然而线条和织体却反而清晰凸现。期望一个辉煌的结束,等待一次灿烂的爆发,人们怕是要失望的。然而酝酿却更持久,更宽广,过程在这里汹涌起伏,结果只是个Symbol,重要与否,指挥家已然‘说’得明明白白。

星期日, 六月 26, 2005

无题

富特文格勒的巨大的休止符,雄伟,无边,沉默,好像星际间的void;积蓄,思考,期盼,好像海啸来临前的平静;淳厚,浓郁,香浓美味,oopssorry,走了题了J,不过以前有个前辈把他的音乐比喻为茅台,呵呵,所以这么写也没过分到那里去。

话归正传,除了富特文格勒,确实没有第二个指挥能有那样的气魄和大手笔,敢于把一个休止符拉得那么长。这些休止符里,听者被他施了魔法,在静止的时间里忘了此生彼世,奉了他的神谕仰首等望天象。

星期一, 六月 20, 2005

无题

以前第一次听富特文格勒,印象最深的是他的(故意的不整齐的)弦乐齐奏,在EMI的录音室版里体现非常明显。我曾经被这种仿佛蕴藏了无穷力量的效果所着 迷,简直到了过分的程度:若没有听到那样的效果就会大失所望。后来渐渐的相信这是他自己也不能完全驾驭的一种方式,这其是富特文格勒的杰出之处。

最近听富特文格勒,出乎意料的印象的是他的定音鼓。听听M&A的Brahms第一和他的Coriolan Overture,就能明白为什么他坚信音乐的自有的力量。Coriolan Overture听了无数遍,前两天抱着试着一听的心态听了M&A出了他战时Beethoven集合里的这个小曲目,居然被震撼。以前我无法相信 他如何能在有纳粹的音乐会上以一种非但不是敷衍了事而是炽烈的方式指挥,觉得不可思议,直到听到这几张唱片。定音鼓在他那里可以是当头的棒喝,末日的钟 声,摩西的惩戒和愤怒。。。作为一个听者,我无法想象这么强烈和穿透力的信息怎么可能被回避和扭曲。

星期三, 六月 08, 2005

其它

RR平时听classical不多,有时却妙语如珠。近来听富特文格勒多一些,RR在边上颇不以为然,说这些陈年烂芝麻,听着象看老电影,与我何干?我还 一时辨不过。盖因RR听音乐多以个人的mood为主,音乐为辅的态度,从那个角度说,这个论点当然精辟。富特文格勒在的年代距我们如此之远,有时确实 feel foreign,每个人都有一个context,时代的,教育的,经历的,还有,最重要的一个,自我意识的。Somehow只有最具有pure的自我意识 的才是在横向和纵向上能做到universal,比如Bach,比如Mozart。富特文格勒,however,他的音乐就掺合了好多复杂的因素,这也在 某种程度上说明为什么他的风格在不同的时期有如此大的不同。听他指挥的Beethoven从战前到战后,好像在读一部“德国文化界的历史”,此言非过。

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傍晚回来在车上听卡瓦里埃利,人声的婉转,和声,共鸣;朴素简单,然而穿透的不费吹灰之力。恰逢其时乌云里的太阳投射了光下来,一片金光,于是有在Stage上被God的光辉笼罩的错觉,人的mind好像‘洗了一个澡’。