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| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Hi Loydelee, I know that I've heard it but I don't own it. Which label is it on, etc..and I'll see if I can pick it up. I know that I liked it when I heard it. Back when I took music theory I would always choose Beethoven scores to analyze and ide... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD I wonder if these choices in orchestra size aren't in many ways based upon familiarity. There are so many recordings from various orchestras that it would be hard not to find 50 wonderful examples of Beethoven's Eroica by small orchestras, large o... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee. his Stravinsky with the CSO is one of my favorites;http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=75678He has an advantage when it comes to the Estonian, Latvian. Lithuanian and Scandinavian composers. He conducts from underneath... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Keep in mind that it's more difficult to play an instrument slow and soft than loud and fast. The job of an orchestra is to play as an ensemble and not as a group of soloists. In most respects, I see ensemble playing as being the responsibility of... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee, I like the Paavo Jarvi cycle but I am biased because I saw him for ten seasons with our orchestra in Cincinnati. Nevertheless, his interpretations make sense, for example the opening four note motive of the 5th is taken with enthusiasm v... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee, have you seen the Furtwangler box set from Audite. Here's the website; http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=220926I also have the Paavo Jarvi cycle on CD. They were released on vinyl also. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, much of what you said is consistent with comments that I've made. For the most part concerning a clear explanation of music in order to support a preference for a particular work and/or artist. Another suggestion that I made and I'll reph... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazzcourier, so you believe that your speaking on behalf of everyone else? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazzcourier, you're apparently resentful about my having mentioned that I would opt to describe particular works by Paul Bley by using an aesthetic and theoretical vocabulary. This is common practice by the way in all music programs beyond grade s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm not here to argue but I am adding commentary. A lot of these comparisons are ambiguous as most comparisons are prone to be. I have always believed it to be most constructive to talk about music in terms of things like harmony, counterpoint, ar... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I said Soho, I should have said Chelsea. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, I'd certainly consider Wayne Krantz to be one of the 'hipper' players, so maybe he lives in Soho but I don't consider him as un-deserving of his popularity. Yes, popularity doesn't account for musicianship, artistry or technique but it do... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Certainly, and If I were to say that I appreciated everything in the classical raisonne, I'd either be an idiot or a liar. One thing that I do sympathize with is opposition to this notion that anything can be great, or creative or easily labeled a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok2id, there's still a lot of great music being made but there needs to be a willingness and an open mindedness in order to invest in it. Jazz is more of an art form than most other popular styles of music and so it takes a little work but it's w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Music has to change, art has to change. It wouldn't make any sense for someone today to write like Haydn or maybe less so, like Art Tatum. Uri Caine seems interesting to me now. It's rewarding to listen to musicians playing Stan Kenton, Mozart, Bi... |