Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by bluemooze, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

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    Wow. That's certainly 'different'. No. 2 and 3 are certainly in my top 5 favourite!!! Opera is close to my heart....but I am VERY picky.
     
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  2. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    Now playing the following CD, which just arrived today for a first listen. The CD is OOP and used but the liner notes is in pristine condition and CD itself is in mint condition ...

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  3. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    Here goes.....
    1. I think all of Bruckner's Symphonies sound too much alike.
    2. Rudolf Serkin may be the most boring pianist that ever banged the horse teeth.
    3. The guy that wrote "In Case of Brahms" on top of the exit sign may have been on to something.

    :p
     
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  4. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    For me, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, etc, created the modern classical music ...
     
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  5. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    Recordings from 1984-97, reissued on this 1998 compilation. Accompaniment by various orchestras & conductors. I'm not a connoisseur of classical singing, but I find her voice very pleasing.
     
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  6. ibanez_ax

    ibanez_ax Forum Resident


    Well, if you insist.

    The Harpsichord. Every time I hear it, I think of this guy.

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    Opera, especially the Italian stuff where at the end everyone is either dead or screaming for revenge. :rant:

    The fortepiano. For the love of God, stop the tinkle-tinkle sounds and play the damn thing on a Steinway.

    I listen to a fair share of 20th Century music that is NOT late romantic, but some 12 tone stuff sounds like the aural equivalent of a Jackson Pollock painting.

    People who think all "Classical" music sounds the same. If the opportunity presents itself, I'll play the second movement of Beethoven's 6th symphony followed by the second movement of Bruckner's 9th symphony. That usually shuts 'em up.
     
  7. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

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    That's hilarious!! :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:



    Agreed on the Steinway (Or Boesendorfer)....:righton:

    I would play a Chopin Nocturne and then Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. :goodie:
     
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  8. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

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    On the TT.... Richter playing Schumann and Brahms

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  9. ubertrout

    ubertrout Forum Resident

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    1. Performers who vocalize while performing, especially Glenn Gould. I can't filter it out and it ruins it for me.
    2. Opera in audio-only format. I enjoy it live or on blu-ray, but I just don't find it interesting as audio only.
    3. Most orchestral music written after about 1915, subject to many caveats. Atonality was a dead end, and composers seem to be searching in vain for a way back to relevance for an audience beyond musicians.
     
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  10. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Now playing the following CD from my JS Bach collection, a long-time favorite and not a solo keyboard piece ... :agree::winkgrin:

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  11. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    So the soprano here was Janet Perry, who sang the soprano role in the 1984 Karajan Beethoven 9th recording IIRC ...
     
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  12. Wes H

    Wes H Forum Resident

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    1. Atonal music.
    2. Opera (although I like sacred choral music -- go figure)
     
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  13. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Not exactly I Solisti di Zagreb but it is Croatian Baroque Ensemble ... What do you think @DeepFloyd11 ?
     
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  14. Wes H

    Wes H Forum Resident

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    Virginia
    Last LP tonight:
    J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No.3
    and the Double Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Orchestra. Euphoria Records, 1978.

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  15. ibanez_ax

    ibanez_ax Forum Resident

    I also like a lot of Masses and Requiems.
     
  16. Bubbamike

    Bubbamike Forum Resident

    Simple, Beautiful, delightful. But a bit repetitious.

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  17. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    I didn't need another 9th, but this was fifty cents & there's nothing wrong with it. More interesting was a work new to me, the Symphonic Variations, Op, 78 (1877). Recorded live in June, 2007, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore. Producer: Andrew Walton (K & A Productions Ltd.) Engineer: Leszek Wojcik.
     
  18. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    To my Euro friends on this thread, have you ever received junk US emails? I have no clue as to how I started to receive emails from various UK marketers, including one from Lottoland ... :biglaugh::winkgrin:
     
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  19. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Same here. I have over 2000 LP's and CD's on vocal/choral works starting with Early music (Medieval and Renaissance) to early 20th century works by Mahler and Grieg ...
     
  20. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA


    I have found Marie Joao Pires to be a pretty good Bach pianist ...
     
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  21. password196

    password196 Forum Resident

    Location:
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    Pet Peeves:
    1 Organ Recitals
    2 "Pops" Concerts
    3 The Viola

    Less Than Appreciated:
    1 Historically Informed Performance Practice
    2 Early Music
    3 Mr. Harnoncourt
     
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  22. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

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    Canada
    Well we definitely share the atonal music dislike! It really hurts me physically and mentally.

    As for Opera, now that I have known you a little bit through this social network, I am sure certain arias and singers would definitely come close to your heart - if you would give them a chance....:wave:

    Maybe you allow me to suggest a few...and this goes for our other members of the thread who are not too keen on opera! :wiggle:

    Here's one performance I would like you to listen to when you have time, preferably watching her sing, please if possible, listen with earphones and concentrate on her passionate interpretation, the control she has in her breathing. It's an aria from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint- Saens.
    I love this mezzo soprano, she has a beautiful voice and great technique. Plus really pretty too. Elina Garanca. I am a big fan.

     
  23. Soulpope

    Soulpope Common one

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    Vienna, Austria
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    (CD Deutsche Grammophon Universal Japan DSD UCCG-51013 SHM-CD) 2016 .... recorded June 1966 and June 1972 .... classic recordings with a tremendous Symphony 8 as icing on the cake .... btw excellent sounding DSD transfer ....
     
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  24. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    Is it OK to name performers (that could lead to heated discussions, though...) or do you want to limit this to composers and the music?
     
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  25. SteelyTom

    SteelyTom Forum Resident

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    Boston, Mass.
    NP, surely one of the masterpieces of the past quarter century and, alas, the composer's swan song before his premature death in 1998. Good recording and performance, though it sounds just a little tentative to me, a little too careful perhaps.

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