Chabrier - Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille for piano four hands (extracts) скачать в хорошем качестве

Chabrier - Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille for piano four hands (extracts)

"Was it merely admiration [for Wagner's Tristan and Isolde] that inspired this Quadrille? Or was Chabrier trying to rid himself of a love he found too oppressive by shattering his idol ? For if this quadrille is a game, it is a game of slaughter. Tradition has it that at the end of a meal among Wagnerians, presided over by Hans von Bülow, Cosima's first husband, the latter, choking with indignation, collapsed on hearing Chabrier attack his Quadrille. Be that as it may, Souvenirs de Munich (dedicated to Antoine Lascoux, a music-loving judge who was the driving force behind the famous 'Petit Bayreuth') illustrates the ambiguity of Chabrier's attitude to the works of Wagner."