莫扎特的交響曲有甚麼好聽？ *李察
(問到底 No.7091 2008 0713 Sunday)
*星期天籟*
曾經很流行的一種觀點以為，任何一個作曲家，
不可能作多過九首交響曲。貝多芬只作了九首，就告
別人世。但是，莫扎特可能是例外的。莫扎特的交響
曲，超過四十首。
如果把這一批交響曲放進機器裡，任憑聲音流出
來，用非常不在意的心情去欣賞，美麗時光，就是屬
於你的。
用一句現代人流行的術語就是，這是毋須用腦的
音樂。音樂自然會給人一種舒暢的感覺，不像貝多芬
那樣，迫人思考。
但李察相信，這種想法是不對的。莫扎特不是叫
你不用腦。而是帶你回到一種自然的，天真的境界之
中。表面上，好似是毋須思考。但其實，卻是提供了
一種非常愉快的思考環境。
貝多芬是在告訴你，他想到了甚麼。但莫扎特卻
只是陪同你一起。在這些交響曲中，他根本沒有告訴
你甚麼。或者，那是莫扎特在非常愉快心情中的作品，
不像《安魂曲》那樣，己經有了終極的主題。這只是
天才在享受生活中的作品。我們，何妨也跟他一同享
受一陣子。畢竟，這樣的光陰，在人世中也是不太多
的。
( Karl Bohm 指揮，Wiener Philharmoniker/Wiener
Symphoniker 演出的"Mozart Symphonies" DVD 裡
面，收錄了莫扎特多首交響曲，是四星級的優秀錄音。)
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(本文貼出日期： 2008.7.12. 香港時間： 6:40 pm)
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1 comment:
Leechard:
I did not notice you have answered my question regarding "mahler's symphony best performance" a month ago, I am very grateful for your answer and recommendation. I hope I can listen to it soon.
I always think Mozart's Requiem stand at a different side of river to most of his works. It is rather crude and unfair to say is not good enough, afterall he is the only one closest to perfection, but one has a feeling he has allocated some of his genius into his works, instead of pouring heart and soul inside it as requiem does. But the spirituality (mind if I use this word) is evident in requiem, at the begining, you can hear those contrapunctual resonance of strings joins in, which carries a very strange blend of favour and element from Bach's and Mozart his own. Perhaps I am more familiar with Bach's piano and vocal music, as Bach in my opinion represent the summit of Spirituality and Technique in classical music.
Even Mozart himself could not believe his life be fated to have his end so early, hence his last bid will be this composition, and Requiem represent somehow a final confrontation with his Bach question, and an attempt at reconciliation with Spirituality, one could not denied this emergency within, it is very different to other heavenly, light, pleasurely works. Ironically, intentinally by above or not, he died without finishing Lacrimosa, although Sussmayr finished it nicely, sometime I imagine if the whole composition just end abruptly at the eighth bar will be better? - This is my very first listening experience for Requiem, without knowing the Latin lyrics.
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