Just listened to this newly "finished" K.442(3). At 11+ minutes, there is only a few fairly small additions or slight changes in the "original" completion by Abbe Maximilian Stadler. It is doubtful in my opinion that Mozart would have repeated himself unnecessarily as in this "premier completion" by Levin. Stadler's 5-minute version, that we have known for many years, is sufficient.All Levin did was drag this very enjoyable movement out too long, with only minor additions. I say, he should have left it alone.
Not only is this a stunningly beautiful CD and fantastic overview of Silvestrov's compositions for solo piano, Berman says before performing Pastoral, a piece Silvestrov wrote while on route to Berlin to escape the war, that Berman actually commissioned these pieces. Stunning,.
“With a heart filled with endless love for those who scorned me, I wandered far away. For many and many a year I sang songs. Whenever I tried to sing of love, it turned to pain. And again, when I tried to sing of pain, it turned to love.” ― Franz Schubert
