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post #31 of 118
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Originally Posted by Concordia
Getting to know Liszt that well? You do have time on your hands.

When I was in college, we would start Friday evenings off (when the pizza was ordered and the gin & OJ in force) by listening to Beethoven Op 74 and following up with Dvorak's Op 97, his Viola Quintet.

These days, I would add Bach WTC or indeed much of his keyboard output and the Schubert Quintet in C.

Late Beethoven is still a mountain to be scaled properly, and I hope to find three others who are willing to do the necessary work on the project. That could be an interesting summer.

Beethoven and Dvorak? What college did you go to?!

Here, it's beer and pizza and hip-hop. I prefer a more subdued repertoire of the Eagles and Billy Joelm, though
post #32 of 118
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Originally Posted by Connemara


Liszt=God. He beats out Chopin as best pianist ever.

Agreed, but Chopin's no slouch.


I've always been partial to Mussogsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The event that made me foreswear television for life back in about '77 was a commercial for salad dressing in which the bottle was shown to rise like the sun over a horizon of greens, IIRC, to the strains of the opening theme. The prospect at that tender age of repeated offense to my sensibilities delivered by an electronic box made my future appear very bleak and was more than I could bear. The only exception I made, of course, was for the original Saturday Night Live.
post #33 of 118
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Originally Posted by Nantucket Red
Agreed, but Chopin's no slouch.


I've always been partial to Mussogsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The event that made me foreswear television for life back in about '77 was a commercial for salad dressing in which the bottle was shown to rise like the sun over a horizon of greens, IIRC, to the strains of the opening theme. The prospect at that tender age of repeated offense to my sensibilities delivered by an electronic box made my future appear very bleak and was more than I could bear. The only exception I made, of course, was for the original Saturday Night Live.

again, what recordings are you guys going by?
post #34 of 118
10 years ago it would have been a Beethoven sonata (Horowitz). but now, a Mozart piano concerto (#20) (Academy of St. Martin in the Field). -Jeff
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Originally Posted by Violinist
again, what recordings are you guys going by?
Dude. Point made.
post #36 of 118
Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.
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Originally Posted by Manton
Dude. Point made.

Hi I wore a black suit to a concert last night.
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Originally Posted by Violinist
Hi I wore a black suit to a concert last night.
What do I look like, your confessor?
post #39 of 118
LK/Violinist: You must read Godel, Escher, Bach. Great book! It also belongs in that other thread on books.
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What do I look like, your confessor?

no... I'm just saying cast ye the first stone.
post #41 of 118
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What do I look like, your confessor?

Why, what color is your suit?
post #42 of 118
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Originally Posted by Violinist
The caprices are like the bible for violinists, from a technical standpoint. Most major soloists have recorded the 24 caprici, and some of them are really cool. Others present little interest to anyone but violinists because of their technical difficult and lack of redeaming qualities. His concertos are really nice. They invoke all the drama and virtuosity of Italian opera. People say they are too technical but if you just listen, I think they are very dramatic and great to listen to listen to. Listen to the tutti intoduction of the 1st concerto, and most people would think as good as a Haydn symphony.
Indeed, I've always been attracted to the technical complexities of music which is why I also sometimes prefer to listen to piano scales rather than a complete piece which tend to be played by many without any emotion. Less is more.
post #43 of 118
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Originally Posted by Concordia
Why, what color is your suit?
Like all confessors, black.
post #44 of 118
Mahler's 5th Symphony.

I'm a rookie. I like it.
post #45 of 118
The Chaconne from Bach's Violin Partita no. 2 played by Wanda Wilkomirska is it for me. Even Milstein and Menuhin don't come close for my ears.

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