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Mozart was known to be able to sit at the keyboard and produce endless variations on a theme; Beethoven was a renowned improviser well before he was a renowned composer; and Chopin was rumored to have rarely performed his own compositions the same way twice.

众所周知，莫扎特能坐在键盘前，即兴演奏出一段主题的无数种变调；贝多芬在成为著名的作曲家前，早已因他的即兴能力闻名；而有关肖邦的传闻早就声称，这位钢琴家面对自己的作品时，几乎从未作过两次完全相同的演奏。

Performances of complete piano cycles feature prominently in his concert programming: Schubert's solo piano music, Beethoven and Mozart Sonatas, Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Grieg and above all, the complete works of Brahms, a composer with whom Oppitz has a special affinity.

他的音乐会曲目主要以完整的钢琴套曲为特色，其中包括舒伯特的全部独奏钢琴作品、贝多芬和莫扎特的独奏钢琴作品、巴赫的平均律钢琴曲、格里格的钢琴曲以及他特别喜欢的作曲家勃拉姆斯的全部钢琴作品。

Haydn was a countryman, son of a wheelwright, his family still part of the peasantry (for this very reason—or rather, for its democratic implications—Beethoven treasured a painting of the little hut in which Haydn was born); whereas Mozart was a townsman, his father was university-educated (trained as a lawyer, in fact, although he chose music as a profession) and the author of a best-selling book.

海顿来自乡村，是一个车轮修造匠的儿子，他的家族仍属于小农阶级（由于这个原因，作为一种平民化的象征，贝多芬珍藏着一幅以海顿小屋为主题的画作）；而莫扎特则是城市居民，他的父亲接受过高等教育（法学专业，虽然他最终选择以音乐作为终身职业）并且是一本畅销书的作者。

It's my land. It's your land. It's my home. It's your home -- my religion, your religion and the Appassionato Sonata is all about Beethoven's passion at a time when he realized he was about to lose his hearing.

这是我的国家也是你的国家，这是我的家乡也是你的家乡，我的信仰你的信仰，激情奏鸣曲正是描绘了贝多芬在他知道他将失聪之时的那段激情。

It's my home, your home, my religion, your religion and the Appassionato Sonata is all about Beethoven's passion at a time when he realized that he was about to lose his hearing.

这是我的家，你的家，我的信仰，你的信仰，而热情奏鸣曲完全是关于贝多芬在得知自己将要失去听力时的激情的。

It's your home ,-- my religion, your religion , and the Appassionato Sanota Sonata is all about Beethoven's passion at a time when he realize realized he was about to lose his hearing.

我的宗教信仰，你的宗教信仰，而《激情奏鸣曲》表达的正是关于贝多芬在他明白他将失去听力的时候的热烈的心情。

I would try to link first note with last through sheer conductorial momentum- no speed but rather through tempi coerced into coalescence- and minimize all of the piano-specialty gestures which, annoyingly and perversely in view of Beethoven's essentially anti-instrumental bias, still get in the way of the music much of the time.

我试着通过彻底的指挥式的动力将第一个音符和最后一个音符联结起来--不是通过速率，而是通过乐拍强制性的结合--以及，我必须最小化所有专业的钢琴姿势，不快地和固执地想到贝多芬本质上的反器乐法的偏见，这些姿势在当代仍旧阻碍着音乐如此之多。

Beethoven's String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, op. 131 was completed in 1826 and was composed of each musical element fully presenting the late musical styles of Beethoven. It presents the removal from traditional boundary limitations with extremely subjective thoughts and is the creation of the essential spirit of romantic music. Beethoven completed this String Quartet eight months before his death.

弦乐四重奏作品编号131完成於1826年，其各项音乐特徵充分表现出贝多芬晚期作品的音乐风格，以极度主观的思维脱离传统的束缚，开创出浪漫主义最基本的精神，在他逝世前八个月所完成的这首弦乐四重奏可说是他晚期作品中非常具代表性的杰作，其形式及内容迈入崭新的境界，可谓他晚期风格的最佳写照。

Ingenious motivic development and interplay, subtle "conversations" between the instruments, and great variety of textures, all contributed to making the quartet the most elevated type of chamber music, in which a composer was likely to express some of his most advanced and original thoughts about musical composition.

莫扎特、贝多芬以及后来很多伟大的作曲家都以海顿的形式为范本对弦乐四重奏进行创作和发展。精巧的音乐动机的发展和相互影响，乐器间精致的问答呼应，以及许多形式不同的乐曲结构，所有这些使得弦乐四重奏成为室内乐中最重要的音乐形式。

He well knew how the oldpeople had followed him in their thoughts,how ignorant,too,they still must be of his success,and when drivingby the house with the singing master,he had stopped out－side;with the light still burning up in the garret,he hadfelt he must go to them.

多么美丽的自然，多么新鲜的泉水啊！从这一刻钟起，他认识到这是一种生动如画的音乐——这里面表现出自然的外貌，反映出人心的搏动。这在他灵魂中留下极深刻的印象。贝多芬和海顿成了他最喜爱的作曲家。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。