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Started by Ûberstürzter Neumann, February 26, 2013, 04:57:13 AM

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Quote from: Ûberstürzter Neumann on February 26, 2013, 10:58:29 AMOh, I am also fond of Baroque, also the early one. And while it seems to me that most great composers had German as their mother tongue I do find some time to other Europeans as well.
By 'the early one', do you mean early Baroque, or early music, before Baroque?
How about after Bruckner? Do you listen to more recent stuff, e.g. Mahler, Schönberg, Hartmann, or even Stockhausen?
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Quote from: Ûberstürzter Neumann on February 27, 2013, 07:53:30 AM
@ChamberNut. Thanks. Nice avatar, BTW!

Thank you!  :)  Ditto, nice avatar.  Bruckner is my favourite symphonic composer.

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Quote from: North Star on February 27, 2013, 08:08:11 AM
By 'the early one', do you mean early Baroque, or early music, before Baroque?
How about after Bruckner? Do you listen to more recent stuff, e.g. Mahler, Schönberg, Hartmann, or even Stockhausen?
Mostly early Baroque. I don't listen much to Renaissance music these days.
As for post Bruckner. I am quite fond of the second Vienna school. I have a decent collection of Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Martinu, Bartok, Enescu, Schnittke to mention a few. But the day only have 24 hours and in this period of my life, I have partly for personal reason chosen to direct my attention mostly to those mentioned in my OP. That doesn not at all mean that other music does not interest me or that I have anything else than respect for other composers I don't listen to.
Which in particular goes for Mahler. I understand that he is one of the titans in music history, I have made an attempt to appreciate him, but so far I just don't get him I am afraid...

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Quote from: Ûberstürzter Neumann on February 27, 2013, 08:55:17 AM
Mostly early Baroque. I don't listen much to Renaissance music these days.
As for post Bruckner. I am quite fond of the second Vienna school. I have a decent collection of Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Martinu, Bartok, Enescu, Schnittke to mention a few. But the day only have 24 hours and in this period of my life, I have partly for personal reason chosen to direct my attention mostly to those mentioned in my OP. That doesn not at all mean that other music does not interest me or that I have anything else than respect for other composers I don't listen to.
Which in particular goes for Mahler. I understand that he is one of the titans in music history, I have made an attempt to appreciate him, but so far I just don't get him I am afraid...
Great choices there, all among my favourites  :) (apart from Schnittke, whose music I don't know by much more than reputation. I don't know much Enescu, either, but like very much e.g. the 3rd VS).
Good to see love for the 2nd Viennese School, too.
I certainly understand concentrating on smaller parts of the repertoire, there is way too much great music for anyone to discover all of it in one lifetime.

You'll certainly find company here for discussing anything related to those composers listed, and there can't be too many recordings of their music that no-one here has heard.
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