Beethoven In The Temperaments

Carl wrote:

>And there was some post not too long ago (from you?) about a set of
>Beethovan recordings coming out in un-equal. I'd like to get updated >on
that.

Ok, I have been holding off officially telling anybody on this list to
go order the CD, as the record company really got delayed on getting it
pressed. However, I am told that they will begin shipping this Wednesday.
The CD is "Beethoven In The Temperaments- Historical tunings on the
Modern Concert Grand". It contains four Sonatas, ("Pathetique, op 14 no.1,
Moonlight, and Waldstein"). The first two are done on a Prinz( Kirnberger
III, and the second two are done on a Young(1799).
The performer is Enid Katahn, a Steinway artist of many years and the
piano is the Steinway D at Blair School of music, Vanderbilt University .
I chose these pieces for their key, chronological order, and
relationships to each other; as the harmonic journey through the keys
becomes more important when we have left 12 TET behind.
I took a chance and began with the key of C#min (the Pathetique). I
mean, if your gonna break the ice, use a big hammer.................
It is pretty dramatic to hear what a full syntonic comma sounds like on a
modern piano, and Beethoven shows how to do it in the second movement.
There is a lot of stuff, but I won't take the bandwidth here.
I suppose Bach was a microtonalist, as he obviously was able to cope
with a variety of tuning systems.

The CD is going to be in stores, (or available) January 1, but for those
that would make a Christmas present out of it, it can be ordered directly
from Gasparo's 1-800 number. go to http://www.gasparo.com and you can see
it all.
Thanks for asking, those that have heard it have all been struck by the
restoration of the "Character of the Keys"
Regards,
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works
Nashville, Tn


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