Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
Hah! You're right! I'd be interested to hear what you'd suggest as far as a strategy for "getting" Free Jazz. As I stated earlier, I enjoy it when players weave outside elements into inside compositions (Post-Bop) but I have a visceral negative reaction to out and out Free playing. How does one make the leap???
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@frogman thatnks for that link. I never heard of this Haydn oratorio! Listening to it now. I much prefer Haydn's choral/liturgical writing to instrumental (I'm probably alone in feeling that way, but there it is). |
Here is the search criteria I used to find the Callas performance: maria callas puccini la rondine youtube video I see three choices. I took the third choice where I saw a picture of Callas and the baritone (probaby famous) that was 5 minutes and 18 seconds. The baritone sets it up and then Callas comes in. I hope you can get the subtitles because they added a lot for me.I’ve seen it performed twice, but who can remember what was said in the beginning? I would like to talk further about art in general. As a writer I have had to make choices about "inside" and "outside." I will ask people this: Who has read "Ulysses" or "Finnigan’s Wake" all the way through? More later when I have more time. |
i will put the Mozart Requiem with Bach great mass and Bruckner great mass...I prefer the Hogwood version. Why ? Because it direct it as an opera of the soul more than a liturgical mass. With children chorus. Astounding interpretation that beat even the others astounding one. What means this "a soul opera" ? We all fear of dying and we all ask for mercy... Mozart genius is so great his soul opera communicate this and only this perfectly... Only Hogwood genius understood this and instead of a mass deliver the greatest soul opera ever written...
A word about Antal Dorati genius un Haydn, i concur with frogman, a stupendous version... But do you know the Dorati version of Liszt masterpiece "Christus" which is also as the Te deum of Bruckner and the Mozart requiem a "soul opera" not only a liturgical piece ? I understood Liszt only the day i heard a pianist able to play him... Then i realized i knew nothing about Liszt mastery after Dorati Christus, which inspired Bruckner... Liszt is a musical genius not just a pianist on par with all the greatest ...
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I prefer John Cowper Powys to Joyce litterary madness (genius) ... I could not read neither of these two works ...Anyway for someone not mastering litterary English it is impossible... I advise everyone to read Morwynn of Powys to begin with ... A tale about evil and Hell ... Powys was a seer not just a writer obsessed by writings as Joyce was ...
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