[TPIN] Increasing Facility Using Other Instrument Literature/Methods

[David Adams]

I thought about this several months ago when I excitedly purchased  
McNabb's "Exquisite" CD, but decided against inciting the inevitable  
TPIN flames...  I listened several times to it, had others listen as  
well, and frankly was not moved in a musical sense.  His playing on  
the Tchaikovsky and Bach is technically incredible, as many have  
noted.  BUT, he misses many of the expressive opportunities that  
violinists insist are necessary to pull off these pieces.  It is  
obvious that the pieces were not intended for the trumpet.  If the  
musical elements were present that would not be so evident.  As a  
parallel listening exercise, I listened to Sergei Nakariakov(sp?),  
and the effect is very different  - the MUSICAL effect is there.  So,  
in a nutshell, I think it is great to do works originally intended  
for other instruments - I love Bach, esp. the Cello Sonatas, for  
example, but we still need to make sure the musical content is  
there.  Call it soul or whatever.  Sergei seems to get it, but  
Malcolm, despite his incredible technical virtuosity, doesn't do  
justice to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.  BTW, I think the more  
modern pieces on "Exquisite" are really terrific.  Before all you  
McNabb idolizers flame me, have a top violinist listen to his  
Tchaikovsky and see how they react.  Also, listen to Sergei - a true  
artist, in my opinion.  David Adams
On Jan 7, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Thomas Hall wrote:

> o reason why we shouldn't be able to do stuff like that.  Ever listen
> to Malcolm McNabb's CD "Exquisite"?  He recorded the Bach Double  
> Violin
> Concerto and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.  Absolutely amazing!
>
>
> On Dec 31, 2007 4:46 AM, <nickmondello at optonline.net> wrote:
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