tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post7379914257867475151..comments2023-11-03T09:05:31.265-04:00Comments on Soho the Dog: Giusto mezzoMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-60128307252059788812007-01-22T14:38:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:38:00.000-05:00The Concerto is a lovely piece; I got to know it t...The Concerto is a lovely piece; I got to know it through a recording by Joshua Bell. I don't remember who wrote the booklet notes, but he spends most of the time talking about what an overwrought piece of trash the Chausson is. Think he could have gotten away with that in the days when you could still read the back of the record in the store? Yeesh. Ignore the naysayers; Jeffrey is right.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-20148500648658228182007-01-21T10:59:00.000-05:002007-01-21T10:59:00.000-05:00There's some wonderful Chausson that does away wit...There's some wonderful Chausson that does away with the distance between drama and audience. I'm thinking especially of the Concerto (his title for what is in effect a piano sextet), a marvelous example of passionate late 19th-century chamber music.Jeffrey Kallberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803942172374832727noreply@blogger.com