Ravel vs. Sibelius

[MN Dave]

 

[Brian]

I hate you. 

I'm going to spend three days thinking about this, trying to convince myself that it's a real dead heat race between equals, before voting for Sibelius like I always planned to.

[karlhenning]

You naughty, naughty Dave!

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Not even close - Sibelius by a mile. Hell, by 10 miles!

[MN Dave]

So vote. 

[karlhenning]

No, I canna vote! (Even though it is Election Day . . . .)

[Scarpia]

Sibelius by a light-year.

[Philoctetes]

Ravel, and it's not even close.

[Brian]

Dave, you need to next do brackets for the 1600s/earlier, 1700s, and 1800s, and then have an ultimate final showdown. Actually, since we all know who the two finalists will be, you can just skip starting all those threads and go right to the big climactic throwdown between Sibelius and Beethoven.

[MN Dave]

Dave, you need to next do brackets for the 1600s/earlier, 1700s, and 1800s, and then have an ultimate final showdown. Actually, since we all know who the two finalists will be, you can just skip starting all those threads and go right to the big climactic throwdown between Sibelius and Beethoven.

I'll save time: Beethoven wins!!! 

[karlhenning]

(* chortle *)

[DavidW]

Ravel for writing great orchestral, chamber, piano.  Sibelius is great but doesn't really excel outside of orchestral.

[Luke]

Exactly, David. Ravel by a long way, for many reasons, which doesn't mean I don't love Sibelius too....


....must get to work.....

[karlhenning]

Psst, YHM, Luke.

[Scarpia]

There is often a difference between what people say they like and what they actually like.  In the composer section, the Sibelius Thread has 39 pages, the Ravel thread, 4 pages, mostly speculating why there is no Ravel thread.  I guess there isn't much to say about Ravel.   0:)

[DavidW]

Page count is high for composers that attract ocd multiple recorditis collectors.  Ravel is good enough one doesn't need 20 recordings of each of his works to "get" him.

[Scarpia]

Page count is high for composers that attract ocd multiple recorditis collectors.  Ravel is good enough one doesn't need 20 recordings of each of his works to "get" him.

Yes, the music is so good, there is just nothing to say about it.   

[Benji]

In a fight: Sibelius
In a race: Ravel
In a fire-making competition: Sibelius (  )
In a dance-off: Ravel

It's just too hard to call.

[karlhenning]

In a soufflé bake-off: Ravel
In a cigar smoke-off: Sibelius

[DavidW]

Yes, the music is so good, there is just nothing to say about it.   

Not much has been said about Sibelius on this forum either.  All they do is compare recordings. Pretty boring really.  The Bruckner thread is worse though.