tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post2380343378259858808..comments2023-05-27T07:47:26.610-05:00Comments on Bass Blog: A Fantastic FingeringMichael Hovnanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822257921093170726noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388014615339890178.post-47317552237878722812015-08-04T17:36:11.432-05:002015-08-04T17:36:11.432-05:00"For my taste, the 'small' or 'qu..."For my taste, the 'small' or 'quick' little crescendos and diminuendos, such as occur throughout this any many other passages in Berlioz, can almost never be too exaggerated." The incredibly fast crescendi (sometimes over just two beats), especially in the first movement of this work,are really hard to execute. You often have to drop to piano immediately afterwards, and what is actually heard more often than not is just an accent on the last note of the crescendo. The author of this blog may not care for the following observation: The only conductor in my experience who really insisted on a true crescendo, and actually achieved it, was the fin de siecle middle eastern fellow alluded to earlier.nocynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998727400312237867noreply@blogger.com