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fantabulous!

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keaggy220 wrote:

Carefully watch the Conductor through this 2 minutes clip. The symphony plays splendidly so I think this guy is serious - which makes it funnier...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1d6QwaZXvY

"The louder, the better"

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We can all be happy that we have all of these great masters! :D We agree. :D However, it would be unfortunate if an innocent reader stumbled upon your aspersions regarding Brahms 1st PC and Double Concerto without the accompanying caveat that your highly subjective conclusions are distinctly in the...

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I might occasionally over-react to some posts of the large Brahms cult's idolatry of their man, but I really do love most of Brahms' works---and even those that I've criticized (or quoted from others) I enjoy listening to occasionally (when I've got the time :wink: ). Tschüß! Jack I'm curious which...

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Schumann is ... heads and shoulders above Brahms in original rhythmic expression and harmonic/melodic invention. *** Yet with Brahms, even some of his best-known orchestral works (1st mvt, First Piano Concerto, "Double Concerto, 1st mvt) there is that artificial "straining too hard" to over-compens...

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Yet with Brahms, even some of his best-known orchestral works (1st mvt, First Piano Concerto, "Double Concerto, 1st mvt) there is that artificial "straining too hard" to over-compensate for frequently inferior inspiration---and the form becomes wobbly due often to overuse of synthetic material. Tsc...

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Brahms has a superb sense of the form, and regarding the rhythm he is perhaps the greatest German composer after Beethoven. But, in the same time, he is a master of the variation, a much more free style of composition. However, I think that the greatness of Brahms is in the fact that the beauty of ...

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Love Brahms, prefer him so much more than either Mozart & Beethoven. To me; he's way ahead of them...the symphonies contain great profundity, and I'm usually allergic to that sort of large scale writing. Also the Ballades for piano and mixed piano/strings work (Trios, Quartets & Quintet), but above...

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It goes without saying that Johannes Brahms was the last of the "Immortals" ........

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keninottawa wrote:By the way, I've gone and ordered the Brahms four-hand versions of the Deutsches Requiem as well as the Symphony no. 1. I'll be sure to give you my analysis once the discs come in the mail!

Also consider Brahms own arrangement of his piano concerto no. 1 in d minor, op. 15, for 4 hands ........

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arglebargle wrote: Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante K364, 1st movement

Gotta agree, except that I wouldn't limit this to the 1st mvt (2d mvt is sublimely beautiful).

I would also add Brahms Violin Concerto.

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Schubert's Quintets
Schubert's Trios
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata
Brahms 2d Piano Concerto
Brahms 3d Symphony
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Mozart's piano concerti (all of them)

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I love this recording: Bernstein + E. Power Biggs + NYPO

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Belated birthday wishes, Karl ........

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Obviously Shosty's 14th, but, Kurtag hands down beats all others, I really like him though... :D Have you listened to Pettersson 7 ? Nothing has come remotely close to infusing my brain with depressing thoughts as that symphony. It's in a class of its own ..... by several orders of magnitude .........

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The ability to appreciate classical music is entirely a matter of genetics ......

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According to the article: "Atchison was charged with three felonies, the most serious of which is crossing state lines with intent to have sex with someone under 12."

That's nearly impossible to prove. Maybe he just wanted to bring her gifts and chat with her?

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Barry Z wrote:Objectively, I agree that the seventh was the greater of the two symphonies.

Really? And how did you "objectively" arrive at this conclusion?

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Also good:

Backhaus / Bohm
Arrau / Haitink
Ashkenazy / Haitink

No slouches:

Brendel / Abbado
Weissenberg / Maag
Peter Serkin / Shaw

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[Pollini] recorded the Beethoven and the Brahms Concertos with Abbado, they are both good but there is so much competition in these works, he just doesn't rise to the top... Correct. This is a hyper-competitive arena. The greatest pianist can be brought down by a simply not having the right "magic"...

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Yi-Peng wrote: DVD of Zimerman/Bernstein

My favorite DVD of anything ........

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Has anyone heard Kondrashin conducting Brahms 2d PC? There are two of interest: Richter/Kondrashin/Czech Phil (1950 mono) (w/Saint-Sains Egyptian) http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/full/48/489972.JPG Cliburn/Kondrashin/Moscow Phil (1972) (w/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rach) http://www...

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Gilels (Reiner) (Jochum)
Richter
Serkin (Szell)
Fleisher (Szell)
Zimerman (Bernstein)
Rubinstein (Krips)
Cliburn (Reiner)
Solomon (Dobrowen)
Katchen (Ferencsik)

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Third Movement of Mendelssohn's Third Symphony -- 3 times .......

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Super.

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Mozart died from antimony poisoning admnistered by his doctor
Beethoven died from lead poisoning administered by his doctor

Somehow Bach was able to avoid the quack medicine ........

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I'll take Prokofiev over Debussy any day ..........

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ch1525 wrote: A 46 CD set for $625!!!! That's about $13.60 per CD!!!

I'm surprised that Brahms complete output comprises only 46 CD's. That's roughly half of Beethoven's output and a small fraction of Mozart's and Bach's ........

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And then why just those four suggestions, including the lovely but secondary (on Brahms' own terms) Serenade? Sheesh. Hey, lighten. Even Brahms listening has a starting point. IOW, you gotta start somewhere ........ so I selected 4 sets of works which most logically follow from the opening post's p...

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knotslip wrote: Brahms - Violin Concerto

Brahms Piano Concerti
Brahms Double Concerto
Brahms Symphonies
Brahms Serenade no. 1

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Elgar induces a rapid, non-restful sleep ..........

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Febnyc wrote: -- although he wrote four symphonies, none of them appear to have been recorded. However, the chamber pieces are excellent.

These 4 symphonies merit investigation .........

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SaulChanukah wrote:There is something amazing about his performance.

It is an amazing performance. And I rate Cliburn just as highly.

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Saphire wrote:
You never know, they might stumble across Wellington's Victory as well. A really "non-great" work both intrinsically and extrinsically.

Saphire

What is "intrinsic greatness?"

What is "extrinsic greatness?"

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You might want to avoid Brahms 1st Symphony .......

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I buy both in equal measure ...........

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It would also not be cute with Bach. Speaking of which, there are some works that are almost impossible to realize adequately and according to the intentions of the composer by live forces, including the St. Matthew Passion, which requires among other things two complete sets of soloists. So in a s...

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Nice pictures .........

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Gurn Blanston wrote: Period instrument is my only interest

What about food, water, sex, money, happiness, love, health? No interest in those?

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Saint-Saens is so decidedly a first-rank composer that it boggles my mind when anyone opines otherwise. That he composed with great facility and didn't always infuse his music with ponderous depth should not be a detraction ....... because what really matters at the end of the day is that we derive ...

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It must be devastating to be banned from the vibrant Vietnamese art scene. I understand that the only thing worse is to be banned from Bangladesh .......

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Truly great masterpieces are tough to outgrow because they harbor hidden, deepseated complexities and emotional depth that become further appreciated with repeated listening. Even works as seemingly trite as Mozart's 40th Symphony and Beethoven's Fifth become susceptible to heightened appreciation w...

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some guy wrote:Tchelio, welcome and enjoy!

Yes, Tchelio, welcome!

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It strikes me that Chopin inspires tremendous loyalty in some listeners - (some of whom are not even Polish :D). Perhaps more than any other composer. Do you think that is so? Definitely. Why? Perhaps because Chopin was such a horsesh!t orchestrator that he's attained "underdog" status ..... such t...

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I like groupings of 4:

1
Bach
Beethoven
Brahms
Mozart

2
Wagner
Haydn
Schubert
Handel

3
Bruckner
Mahler
Tchaikovsky
Prokofiev

4
Stravinsky
Shostakovich
Schumann
Mendelssohn

5
Dvorak
Chopin
Verdi
Liszt

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Dissing Schumann is silly. Europe produced plenty of great composers, and Brahms needs his place up there, as does Schumann. Ordinarily, it would never dawn on me to compare Brahms to Schumann; however, when a previous post endorses the position that "Schumann is artistic, Brahms is artificial," su...

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Thanks for reminding me to enjoy the 4th again. Been listening to the last 3 Bruckner syms with transcendent delight and rapt fascination for the last few days. I need to work back to his earlier glories. Klemperer's live 4th is quite my cup of tea. Yeah, ditto . . . . . . Thanks for reminding me, ...

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I believe it was Weingartner who once said, "Schumann ist künsterisch, Brahms ist gekünstelt" (Schumann is artistic, Brahms is artificial). This comparison was not intended to insult Brahms. It does, however, show a difference in their basic inspiration and work ethic---similarly like Haydn (the "a...

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