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Originally Posted by GordonH  Do you think Maurice Andre is to blame for making the Haydn slower?
If I look at the timings on my CD's his are the slowest.
Its interesting to see the different speeds of the three movements across all the recordings I have of Andre doing the Haydn:
1966 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Allegro 6:25
Andante 4:00
Allegro 4:32
1971 (Erato)
Allegro 6:31
Andante 4:24
Allegro 4:38
1979 (EMI)
Allegro 6:56
Andante 4:10
Allegro 4:59
1995 (EMI)
Allegro 6:45
Andante 4:14
Allegro 4:36
Compare with Hakan Hardenberger
1986
Allegro 6:10
Andante 3:47
Allegro 4:26
His second movement is considerably faster.
Niklas Eklund does the second movement even faster:
1999
Allegro 6:44
Andante 3:22
Allegro 4:39 |
I think Maurice Andrés contribution to the trumpet world were in his almost unparalleled command of the instrument, control of air, attack, beauty of sound, phrasing- but not his interpretations of Austrian/German music (Haydn, Hummel, Bach, Leopold Mozart, Molter.............).
Yes, Maurice André has an influence on just about any classical solo. He is one of the definers of 20th century solo trumpet playing - just not for me on Austrian/German music. He also broke every rule there was on baroque ornamentation - it became André ornamentation - in all of its glory. I still bought all of the albums and CDs - and still enjoy them! You can't help but getting drawn in to his playing. The rest does not matter!