"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
...
> DaleW wrote:
>
>>> A flinty, dry white would be appropriate for later Schoenberg but
>>> Verklarte
>>> Nacht demands a fruit-forward, Parker bomb{;-)
>>> BTW has Betsy recorded it?
>>> Graham
>>
>> No, she has played before, but never recorded.
>> If it makes you feel better about the wine match, this was the 1943
>> version for string orchestra, not the original. Not really 12 tone,
>> but some dischord stirred into the romance.
>
> That's probably a good thing. My initial thought about Verklärte Nacht
> was that one should eschew wine altogether and instead seek out some
> Xanax to counterbalance the music.
>
> Mark Lipton
> (Still a slave to tonality, sadly)
> --
Could one link wine with composers?
Chopin - PN
Ravel & Debussy - Sancerre
Beethoven - Left Bank claret
Brahms - Barolo
etc:
Bach? Hmmmm! Elliot Carter - anything to anaesthetize as quickly as
possible!
Graham