tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292231557057121306.post7800401535196441758..comments2024-01-28T22:22:58.088-08:00Comments on A415: Nic on performing Brahms: Pt. 2Philharmonia Baroque Orchestrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05565228927019091596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292231557057121306.post-26714041706777136202010-02-19T17:01:01.279-08:002010-02-19T17:01:01.279-08:00Don't tempt us!!!Don't tempt us!!!Philharmonia Baroque Orchestrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565228927019091596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7292231557057121306.post-57193093552459718612010-02-10T11:52:50.922-08:002010-02-10T11:52:50.922-08:00"He writes a rest rather than a low D#; most ..."He writes a rest rather than a low D#; most basses could not yet play that note."<br /><br />You know what this means? It means that Wagner expected scordatura tuning for the opening, rumbling E-flat of Das Rheingold. What fun it would be to hear *that* score on period instruments.Michael Zwiebachhttp://www.sfcv.orgnoreply@blogger.com