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| Jazz for aficionados Rok, Faddis is actually much better known for his "screech" playing, his lead trumpet playing in big bands. That Peterson record he did is a rare opportunity to hear him in that sort of setting. Another recording he sounds fantastic on is Leonard ... | |
| What is Musicality? Uberdine, to the excellent recommendations by Schubert and Frogman, I would add the Haydn concerti, and there are great sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven and Brahms. | |
| What is Musicality? Detlof, I think I see where you are coming from now. What I think you mean is that music, on the page, is nothing without the performer(s) to bring it to life, and you are also saying that it is the performer who imparts emotion to it. Yet, you al... | |
| What is Musicality? Hi Detlof - I think you misunderstood me slightly. I did not mean to equate music exactly with emotion. What I meant is that almost all music is expressive of some emotion, which is not the same thing. In fact, music can be much more expressive of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados So is no one interested in the topic I proposed? | |
| What is Musicality? Mapman, one answer to your question might be that emotions, while a part of music, are not all of it. Otherwise, we wouldn't talk about "musicality" as something separate from "emotion." Sometimes a composer wants a completely non-emotional effect... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, I can't resist one more question - please explain to us how Wagner's music (or anyone else's, for that matter) can possibly be construed as EVIL (aside from the evil of using it torture Jews in the Nazi death camps by blasting it incessa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, I must protest that you go a little too far in your latest posts. Wagner never carried his anti-Semitism nearly so far as Hitler and the Nazis did. And yes, Hitler DID use Wagner's music at both his public rallies, and in the death camps... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lots of interesting posts here lately, sorry I have not been able to respond sooner! Frogman - clearly, I have not been listening to much Mel Torme. Your comments that he could swing his ass off and scat almost like Ella blew me away - I have neve... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, while I am not actually the biggest Sinatra fan either, I don't think very many would agree that Mel Torme was much better. While he did have a pleasant voice, that was about as far as it went, IMO. I would certainly stop short of callin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, there are quite a lot of recordings of the piece out there. One of the relatively recent ones that is great is with conductor John Eliot Gardiner's period instrument group. A slightly older one from the 80s, on DG, with the Chicago Symphony s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - I am in an extremely busy stretch at work right now, so sorry for the slow response. The short answer to your question is that my orchestra has never programmed that piece, nor have I yet had the opportunity to participate in a profession... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed Hi Mceljo - what some studies have suggested is that although the ear has limits to "hearing" certain frequencies, the brain DOES somehow perceive them anyway. As far as I know, this has not been proven yet, but it is strongly suggested in differe... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers I agree, Omsed. Horns, driven by tube electronics, sound more life-like, if we are talking non-amplified live acoustic music, than anything else. But stats do a fine job as well, I have heard some great ones. | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed For me, Sebrof has hit the nail on the head here - the human ear/brain are still unsurpassed by any technology yet invented. One must develop one's ears to really hear and understand differences in pieces of equipment, and this requires ABA testin... |