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(western) classical music discussion
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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. 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
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Glorious music...which is all that matters.
It's like this: ![[Image: Trip07206.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i222.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd54%2Fbob01_album%2FTrip07206.jpg) 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. RE: (western) classical music discussion
April 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm
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(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. Quote: 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 
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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. RE: (western) classical music discussion
April 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm
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Thanks for the tip. Any recording you would recommend?
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
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
![[Image: harmlesskitchen.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/yxR97P23/harmlesskitchen.png) I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.  (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. 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. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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