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Posted by Zoltan on March 4, 2010, 4:09 pm, in reply to "Re: "Feelings" and feelings about Rachmaninoff"
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It seems to me that we have a *very* different understanding of what "organic continuity" in a symphony should be, even when you argue with "fairly common knowledge", and then continue with a generalization based on the composers nationality.
We also seem to have understood Mr. Hedley's words very differently ("he doesn't like this music" <--> "he likes this music", hence our conclusions), and since I'm unable to rephrase my thoughts I will just once more give the most relevant quote, the very first sentence of his review:
"A successful performance of almost any major Rachmaninov work will leave the listener thinking that the music is better than it really is"
I've already given this "review" more attention than it deserves and give up in explaining my frustration with it.
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