Great composers that are not your cup of tea

[Saul]

cant listen to Mahler.....

[max]

I feel exactly the same - he simply died too young, before reaching musical maturity, but his final utterings were really very promising indeed.

Oh wow! This would really have pleased Mozart that all he needed was just a little bit more practice.

[Harry]

cant listen to Mahler.....

That puzzles me exeedingly Saul!

[Harry]

Speaking for myself, I hardly listen to any Mozart, Puccini, R. Strauss or Verdi - too

That must be trying indeed!

[Harry]

Death Rattle, for solo voice, K. 627

Is the name Simon by any chance?

[marvinbrown]

Well, but you could easily learn how to survive on a diet without them - from us!    Great, however, that you enjoy them. It's our love of music that unites us, and we were just teasing a bit. In the end, we're all musical brothers/sisters (well, mostly brothers .. )   0:)

  AGREED  !

  marvin

[Bonehelm]

Just finished listening to Wagner's famous mastersinger of Nuremberg.

Can't say I like Wagner. I treasure Bruckner's symphonies, though..

[mahlertitan]

Just finished listening to Wagner's famous mastersinger of Nuremberg.

Can't say I like Wagner. I treasure Bruckner's symphonies, though..

which ones?

[Bonehelm]

which ones?

4th, 7th, 8th, 9th. The other's im still trying to decipher...might need to borrow Tchaikovsky's infamous Nutcracker 

[mahlertitan]

4th, 7th, 8th, 9th. The other's im still trying to decipher...might need to borrow Tchaikovsky's infamous Nutcracker 

you should do 5th next, i find the 5th very accessible. (relatively speaking）

[Saul]

That puzzles me exeedingly Saul!

His music just sounds to Germanic and Wagnerian for a nice Jewish boy, plus its way too long.

[Kullervo]

Is the name Simon by any chance?

Simon makes his singing debut. Who'd have known he was a baritone?

[hautbois]

you should do 5th next, i find the 5th very accessible. (relatively speaking）

In fact, i find it the most accesible, at least to me it is, and still is.

Howard

[Bonehelm]

you should do 5th next, i find the 5th very accessible. (relatively speaking）

Thanks for the suggestion, and who willl be the conductor/orchestra of your choice in the recording? I have access to Karajan/VPO on CD.

[Que]

His music just sounds to Germanic and Wagnerian for a nice Jewish boy, plus its way too long.

All nice Jewish boys composed in the Germanic tradition!
But Mahler's music is absolutely not Wagnerian IMO.

Q

[Harry]

But Mahler's music is absolutely not Wagnerian IMO.

Q

Absolutely right Que!
Heaven forbid, for that would rule out Mahler for me!

[Bonehelm]

I too, do not see any signs of Wagnerism in Mahler...perhaps because the opera composer wasn't so much of a symphonist..

[Brahmsian]

Franz Liszt

[karlhenning]

Franz Liszt

For you, Ray, may I suggest: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, symphonic poem No. 13, S107

[Amfortas]

I have trouble with Haydn and Mozart -- the 18th Century style sounds so foursquare and predictable to me, I get bored. I like certain works by them, but...zzz. In grad school I had to write 5 papers on Don Giovanni, I never want to hear that opera again