Isle of the Dead vs. Death and Transfiguration

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Isle of the Dead
12 (52.2%)
Death and Transfiguration
11 (47.8%)

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Voting closed: April 05, 2013, 05:25:54 PM

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madaboutmahler

#40
March 31, 2013, 07:12:49 AM
Horrible horrible question.... both absolutely incredible pieces which I love very much.
*debates with self for at least 10 minutes....*
ARGH, i don't know.

Rach.  :'(
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

Todd

#41
March 31, 2013, 07:20:38 AM
Tod und Verklärung by a hundred leagues.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Jean Rivier

#42
April 05, 2013, 09:55:51 AM
One more vote for the Island of the dead. Although both symphonic poems I seem very good.

Dancing Divertimentian

#43
April 10, 2013, 07:06:48 PM
Well, sad to see the poll end. Accounting for Monkey Greg's mis-vote the final tally had Strauss up a vote. But it was close, very close.


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Karl Henning

#44
April 11, 2013, 02:06:29 AM
Are you suggesting the poll is . . . skewed? ; )
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Dancing Divertimentian

#45
April 11, 2013, 01:00:55 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 11, 2013, 02:06:29 AM
Are you suggesting the poll is . . . skewed? ; )

Oops, no. I didn't mean to imply any malfeasance on Monkey Greg's part. I just meant his "swing" vote made the difference in giving Strauss the, err...victory.



Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Jaakko Keskinen

#46
December 19, 2015, 12:10:35 PM
Sorry, I think Tod und Verklärung blows the entire Isle of the dead out of the water!
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Cato

#47
December 19, 2015, 01:00:50 PM
Quote from: Alberich on December 19, 2015, 12:10:35 PM
Sorry, I think Tod und Verklärung blows the entire Isle of the Dead out of the water!

I demand a recount!  ;D

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jochanaan

#48
December 19, 2015, 05:47:11 PM
Hmmm...Both are among my top favorite pieces.  While I'm not a major fan of Strauss, D&T is my favorite of his, by a fair margin, mostly because of the transcendent finale; and Isle is quite possibly my favorite thing by Rach (at least, until I hear Paganini Rhapsody, the Third Symphony or Symphonic Dances again!).

So my final answer? -- Yes! :laugh:
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Daverz

#49
December 19, 2015, 07:08:09 PM
Quote from: Alberich on December 19, 2015, 12:10:35 PM
Sorry, I think Tod und Verklärung blows the entire Isle of the dead out of the water!

You had me at "blows".

(I did not like it, finding it too loud, but that was a long time ago....)

Isle on the other hand is one of Rach's best things. 

Jaakko Keskinen

#50
December 20, 2015, 03:41:40 AM
Quote from: Cato on December 19, 2015, 01:00:50 PM
How did you come across this topic after nearly 3 years?

Browsing, my friend. Browsing.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo
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