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(western) classical music discussion
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Keep digging, guys.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...73481.html Quote:Long-lost Mozart score discovered tucked away in Czech museum  RE: (western) classical music discussion
February 15, 2016 at 5:15 am
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2016 at 5:15 am by Alex K.)
Yup, drill baby drill, I'm waiting for Bach's St. Mark Passion here
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
Praise the Lord, everything about this performance makes me happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation...-T74hZ-lYI You don't hear many counteraltos like that, and I love the German tenor.
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
That looks great. I'll have to save it to my youtube "Watch Later" list so I can see it on the big screen. More and more I am getting to appreciate "original instrumentation" renditions because they always seem more 'up-tempo' than the others.
 RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 10, 2016 at 11:06 am
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2016 at 11:09 am by abaris.)
(March 10, 2016 at 11:00 am)Minimalist Wrote: That looks great. I'll have to save it to my youtube "Watch Later" list so I can see it on the big screen. More and more I am getting to appreciate "original instrumentation" renditions because they always seem more 'up-tempo' than the others. Most of all, the composers intended their pieces to be played in a certain way, using certain instruments and arrangements. On a side note, I never understood why some people refuse to listen to religious works just because of some misunderstood principle. I'm not suddenly turning religious just because I listen to Händel or Bach. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
I suspect it is the stylistic influence of the Romantic era. A certain ponderous reading which may work for Brahms, although I'm not a big fan of Brahms, but which deadens Mozart or Haydn. Obviously, its even worse with the baroque.
Think of scoring Praetorius for full orchestra! RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 10, 2016 at 12:02 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2016 at 12:03 pm by Alex K.)
At least in Germany, performance of Renaissance and Baroque music, until around the 1970s, was influenced by strange academic opinions - you could think they analyzed it to death, had many preconceived notions about what it had to be like, and forgot that it was music. The historically informed performances seem like a breath of fresh air. And, as Gardiner says, this music is relevant and alive today, it's not a bunch of dusty museum pieces. Took a while for everyone to understand that.
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
Yeah, John Eliot Gardiner's interpretations of Beethoven were a breath of fresh air. Again, when comparing them to Solti or Klemperer or even Von Karajan they seem so much more vivid.
(March 10, 2016 at 12:02 pm)Alex K Wrote: At least in Germany, performance of Renaissance and Baroque music, until around the 1970s, was influenced by strange academic opinions - you could think they analyzed it to death, had many preconceived notions about what it had to be like, and forgot that it was music. The historically informed performances seem like a breath of fresh air. And, as Gardiner says, this music is relevant and alive today, it's not a bunch of dusty museum pieces. Took a while for everyone to understand that. The failed to see one fundamental truth. Music at all times was intended to be entertaining. Mozart wrote many of his operas not for the gentry but for the commoners, to be performed at his friend Schikaneder's theatre.
(March 10, 2016 at 11:06 am)abaris Wrote: I'm not suddenly turning religious just because I listen to Händel or Bach. I tend to turn religious from that, but the resulting religion is Bach
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
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