Schubert

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani sees Schubert as the lyrical composer par excellence, whom he sets off against a Beethovenian background: he would like to be Beethoven and tries his hand at the large form, but his lyricism catches up with him1. Yet he makes him one of the most modern musicians, because he subverts sonata form through the lied2, and because of the recurring dissonant minor second and a hypnotic repetition, as Gould discovers on hearing Richter play the Sonata D. 9603. He describes a music that oscillates between depression and ecstasy, a melancholy happiness, "sublime but deathly", with suffering even in the smile4. He reads closely the Trio No. 2, whose cello theme returns like Vinteuil's phrase5, as well as Die schöne Müllerin, with its clear water in which the miller drowns6. He also compares the step of the Wanderer to Nerval's slow walk.

1. 1Musicosophie 1. Schubert et les maîtres chanteurs3 Dec 2020 · 3:41
2. 2Musicosophie 6. La Variation Jazz... de Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 1:44:44
3. 3Musicosophie 3. Qu'appelle-t-on une musique moderne?3 Dec 2020 · 55:57
4. 4Musicosophie 5. Bonheur contre pulsion de mort en musique11 Dec 2020 · 1:08:54
5. 5SCHUBERT - LES CAPTIVES DIVINES • Pagani Parle Musique3 Aug 2022 · 14:55
6. 6UN PRINTEMPS DES PEUPLES ?18 Mar 2023 · 55:25

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