at a different side of river

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Leechard:

I did not notice you have answered my question regarding "mahler's symphony best performance" a month ago, I am very grateful for your answer and recommendation. I hope I can listen to it soon.

I always think Mozart's Requiem stand at a different side of river to most of his works. It is rather crude and unfair to say is not good enough, afterall he is the only one closest to perfection, but one has a feeling he has allocated some of his genius into his works, instead of pouring heart and soul inside it as requiem does. But the spirituality (mind if I use this word) is evident in requiem, at the begining, you can hear those contrapunctual resonance of strings joins in, which carries a very strange blend of favour and element from Bach's and Mozart his own. Perhaps I am more familiar with Bach's piano and vocal music, as Bach in my opinion represent the summit of Spirituality and Technique in classical music.

Even Mozart himself could not believe his life be fated to have his end so early, hence his last bid will be this composition, and Requiem represent somehow a final confrontation with his Bach question, and an attempt at reconciliation with Spirituality, one could not denied this emergency within, it is very different to other heavenly, light, pleasurely works. Ironically, intentinally by above or not, he died without finishing Lacrimosa, although Sussmayr finished it nicely, sometime I imagine if the whole composition just end abruptly at the eighth bar will be better? - This is my very first listening experience for Requiem, without knowing the Latin lyrics.


Leechard's feedback

You are to the point. Actually, Mozart has arrive his peak only at his death bed.
Hence, he is now reached at a different side of the river, it is the Chinese meaning of 彼岸。

If the listener can have a total shock at this moment, then he will have a complete satisfation, and he will think that this is the real Mozart.

And one more important thing: it seems Mozart has the ability to let his pupil understand his will, and the final work which is done by the pupil comes up with such perfectness and you will never doubt this is the real Mozart in there.

Leechard