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December 29, 2004 at 7:33 AM

I went to my local classical cd store today, get some cd's of my violin repertoir for next year. I'm keeping my Suk Appasionata, adding some Bach (already got a cd of them), Mozart Number 4, and a sonata by Brahms, Elgar or Schubert. I got the Brahms and Elgar today, as well as the Mozart Concerto, and I ordered the Schubert (the AMus syllabus just had to include one of the rarer schumann sonatas now didn't it? The cd of the Brahms sonata had a schumann sonata on it, but it was number 2, and I needed number 1.) I should have it in about three weeks, still plenty of time to decide.

I'm currently listening to the Brahms, and will then put the elgar on.

Brahms (No. 1 in G Major, op. 78) for me, I was expecting something different. It seems rather slow, all the way through. It's a lovely sonata, but not really what I was expecting. I guess I was expecting something a bit more showy, especially from the third movement. I guess you can be showy in other aspects, but not really what I wanted.

The Elgar sonata in E minor, Op 82 also sounds the same. I shall wait for the Schumann I guess.

Perhaps I will choose the Brahms. The Bach is the Largo and Allegro from Sonata in C, there's the 1st and 2nd movements from the Mozart Concerto, and Appasionato rocks along at a fair pace, so something slow with lots of vibrato and *feeling* might be better for the program.

We shall see.