RE: (western) classical music discussion
April 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2015 at 4:55 pm by Alex K.)
(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

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