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| Six degrees of tonality: A well-tempered piano |  | Creators: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Edvard Grieg, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Domenico Scarlatti, Enid Katahn
Label: Gasparo Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 164077
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 344
UPC: 755101034422
EAN: 0755101034422
ASIN: B00005B7GY
Release Date: April 24, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | 1/4 Comma Meantone Tuning | | • | Prelleur temperament | | • | Allegro | | • | Adagio e cantabile | | • | Finale. Tempo di Menuet | | • | Moderato cantabile molto espressivo | | • | Allegro molto | | • | Adagio ma non troppo / Fuga, Allegro ma non troppo | | • | DeMorgan temperament | | • | Coleman 11 temperament | | • | 1/4 Comma Meantone | | • | Prelleur, 1731 | | • | Equal |
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| Customer Reviews:
Interesting May 11, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like the previous reviewer, I have only recently learned about all the different temperaments. Honestly I have to say that the differences between the equal vs. Prelleur Fantasie are very subtle; perhaps I haven't listened for a long enough time to pick everything up.
I'll have to say, however, that I don't find the 1/4 comma meantone version bland at all, but rather very interesting because of how hilariously off it can sound at times. That was a difference I picked up right away, (well, I guess I have to admit that 41 cents is a pretty big interval to be off by... ), which pretty much overshadows the "habit-forming" pure thirds.
A real ear-opener May 26, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm a lifelong music lover, but just recently started learning about the history of temperaments (as in Stuart Isacoff's entertaining book on the subject). I got this CD to see if I could really hear the difference between Meantone, well temperaments, and equal temperament. At first I wasn't sure, but the more I became familiar with the compositions and the pianist's style, the more surprised I became at the marked contrasts in tone and coloration. The Mozart Fantasie recorded successively in Meantone, Prelleur (a graduated well temperament), and equal temperament is the best basis for comparison. It demonstrates in brilliantly conclusive fashion how superior the well temperament is for Mozart's compositions. The other two tunings sound dispirited and bland by comparison. The generations of musicians and listeners who have been restricted almost exclusively to equal temperament are the poorer for it. I heartily recommend this CD both as an educational tool and as a record of exquisite piano works played as their composers probably intended.
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