it is pieced together from different sections of the bible. 

http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/jeansptx/messiahh.htm


Of course it makes no fucking sense.

(April 5, 2015 at 5:40 pm)Minimalist Wrote: it is pieced together from different sections of the bible. 

http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/jeansptx/messiahh.htm


Of course it makes no fucking sense.

What's the color code?

The parts of the text that made it into the libretto.

Ah that makes sense. Or not, as it were

Glorious music...which is all that matters.

It's like this:



The interior of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul which I took in 2007.  You don't have to buy the bullshit to appreciate the architecture.

(March 26, 2015 at 1:19 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: I am convinced that you will come around, if you hear the right recordings, and give them a chance.

Ok, so... Mozart...

Since I'm not a big Opera fan, with some Wagner and Händel being the exception, I skipped Don Giovanni and first went for the Horn concertos. Nice, but again I have this Mozart effect where I so often think I'm hearing the same appoggiaturas and phrases over and over again. And sure, I threw it in my car radio and it was nice, but to just sit there and listen? I don't know. Same goes for most of the piano sonatas.

Then, the piano quartets. Now we're getting somewhere





The piano quartets automatically win because they have such a nice dynamic. I also stumbled across this and really like it.

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Alex K, to help convince you of my taste, I recommend you buy:

http://www.amazon.de/Brandenburg-Con-1-6...B000002AQ4

There are many recordings of the Brandenburgs, but none that I have heard come close to this one.  Since you already have a great love of Bach, this recording should convince you that I am not just some savage trying to mislead you about what is great.  Listen to it a few times, both as the focus of your attention, and also while you do something else (like posting online).  If you do not love it, I will not know what to say to you.

I bought it and I love it. No seriously, I've listened to it 10 times over the past few days, headbanging to the epic riffs in #3 first movement. I don't know what the hell the flute is doing from 3:58 on in #5 first movement, but what the hell

For some reason I far prefer Mozart's String quintets to his quartets.

This is magnificent...and in a minor key which is where Mozart does some great work.

Thanks for the tip. Any recording you would recommend?

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I've also bought a recording of the Partitas by a young Russian-German shooting star I. Levit, who does them in a quite expressive fashion (within the limits). Unfortunately it's not on YT. This version is also very nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELShZDVjoFw

My personal pick for the string quintets is the Arthur Grumiaux string trio. When I first decided to get serious about Mozart, this was the recording I selected.

(April 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm)Alex K Wrote:

(March 26, 2015 at 1:19 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: I am convinced that you will come around, if you hear the right recordings, and give them a chance.

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Quote:Alex K, to help convince you of my taste, I recommend you buy:

http://www.amazon.de/Brandenburg-Con-1-6...B000002AQ4

There are many recordings of the Brandenburgs, but none that I have heard come close to this one.  Since you already have a great love of Bach, this recording should convince you that I am not just some savage trying to mislead you about what is great.  Listen to it a few times, both as the focus of your attention, and also while you do something else (like posting online).  If you do not love it, I will not know what to say to you.

I bought it and I love it. No seriously, I've listened to it 10 times over the past few days, headbanging to the epic riffs in #3 first movement. I don't know what the hell the flute is doing from 3:58 on in #5 first movement, but what the hell

I am glad you tried it and that you the good taste to love it!  Jeanne Lamon also did the best Handel's Water Music that I have ever heard, and I have a couple of other recordings that are superb and more than good enough.  But Lamon is better.  In fact, I have never heard a recording conducted by her that I did not prefer to every other recording I have ever heard of the same piece of music.  I think she can do no wrong as a conductor.

I am looking forward to what you will say about the Requiem that I recommended.  Hopefully, after I see your thoughts on that, we will remain on speaking terms.