Posted by Barry Guerrero on December 31, 2002 at 01:11:31:
In Reply to: La Mer posted by Curious on December 31, 2002 at 01:05:05:
Yes, listen to the brass chorales near the end of the first and third movements. "La Mer" is not difficult to play at all. However, there's a short little fanfare-like figure near the very end of the piece that gets repeated. I've yet to hear one single recording where I could hear that figure. I tried to play it as loud as I could, and I still got the impression that it just didn't cut through the dense texture there.
Barry Guerrero