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.
I think we’ve gone far astray of music. If you lived close by I’d love to meet you in a coffee shop or whatever and discuss all of this. I feel bad, however, dominating this thread on music with philosophy. And I blame myself. I must not fall into the trap of talking about my overall beliefs again. I will keep my thoughts to music. I am posting Schubert’s Piano Sonata 960. It is one of his most beautiful and captivating sonatas. Schubert died at 31. He left an amazing legacy for so few years. |
If you get a chance, you might listen to Uchida playing Scuberts Impromptus, 899 is the most beautiful, but they're both beautiful. Uchida goes for nuance over power. I listened to Brendel playing them this morning because he died last month. He also goes for nuance. I'd post it on youtube but the only have her playing one movement at a time. Religion is filled with dogma, much of it I don't like. Spirituality has no dogma. It is simply a person getting in touch with their connection to the universe, or god, or goddess, or whatever word we want to put on it. In writing @mahgister I discovered the thought "I belong" or "we belong." I'll have to mull over which works better. I was listening to Monteverdi yesterday. I didn't like his madigrals from book 8 but I did like a long piece very much. I think it was something about the creation. |
Monteverdi as Gesualdo as Scriabin are not something we catch on the spot ... They are an acquired taste even for those who liked them at first listening... They are expressive artists on a high level, Gesualdo is almost more "modern" than most classical composer in the 20 th century...
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Thanks for the recommendation. I have a disc of Uchida playing Debussy. As far as spirituality goes, a fairly common hurdle for many of us appears to be our conditioned conceptions of the Divine and awakening. Don Juan constantly challenged Castaneda’s rigid assumptions and expectations. Bulent Rauf did the same with Reshad Feild. So it could be said each of us has our own "personal dogma". ;o) |
