Roaming with the Romantics

[kishnevi]

Well, since there doesn't seem to be a general thread for this era,  I'll start one, the ambit being anything that doesn't seem to fit comfortably in one of the other threads.  For purposes of this thread,  anything from Beethoven and Hummel through to the so-called "neoRomantic school"  is suitable, as long as it can be described as some form of "romanticism".

[springrite]

You remember this scene from a classic movie: Guy tries to lure a girl. Got her to a room, then puts in Rachmaninov PC2. Girl says: "No! That's not fair!"

[kyjo]

You remember this scene from a classic movie: Guy tries to lure a girl. Got her to a room, then puts in Rachmaninov PC2. Girl says: "No! That's not fair!"

That gets me every time!

[ibanezmonster]

You remember this scene from a classic movie: Guy tries to lure a girl. Got her to a room, then puts in Rachmaninov PC2. Girl says: "No! That's not fair!"

I don't get it. Is he forcing her to play piano?

[springrite]

I don't get it. Is he forcing her to play piano?

Typo. Should be "puts ON', as in playing the LP. A girl just can't resist that.

[DavidW]

I'm listening to alot of this type of music of late.  Mendelssohn's string quartets are so awesome!  Sometimes I just forget and then when I play them I'm like wow!

I've biding my time to have enough free time to listen to Bruckner's 8th symphony, which should be this evening.  That is the kind of symphonies that you blast through your speakers and you're flung through the rear wall just from the sheer power of it's awesomeness.

I also look forward to listening to Brendel perform some of Schubert's sonatas this weekend.

And of course Brahms 3rd symphony still lingers in my mind.

[mc ukrneal]

I've biding my time to have enough free time to listen to Bruckner's 8th symphony, which should be this evening.  That is the kind of symphonies that you blast through your speakers and you're flung through the rear wall just from the sheer power of it's awesomeness.

And come out the other end with a big grin on your face!

A BIG THUMBS UP!!

[ibanezmonster]

Typo. Should be "puts ON', as in playing the LP. A girl just can't resist that.

Okay, that was my second guess.

[kyjo]

I've biding my time to have enough free time to listen to Bruckner's 8th symphony, which should be this evening.  That is the kind of symphonies that you blast through your speakers and you're flung through the rear wall just from the sheer power of it's awesomeness.

A truly awesome symphony indeed and one of my favorites by Bruckner! What performance will you be listening to, by any chance? The ones I return to most often are Karajan and Wand. The same could be said for all the Bruckner symphonies. These two conductors lived and breathed Bruckner.

[DavidW]

Skrowaczewski.

[kyjo]

Skrowaczewski.

Cool, David. It's been a while since I've listened to the Skrowaczewski cycle, but I remember having quite favorable impressions of it. If memory serves, it's probably my third or fourth favorite Bruckner cycle.

[TheGSMoeller]

Skrowaczewski.

His Bruckner 5th is phenomenal. The coda of the finale is so detailed, he even has the horns play up an octave which is very effective.

[marvinbrown]

Well, since there doesn't seem to be a general thread for this era,  I'll start one, the ambit being anything that doesn't seem to fit comfortably in one of the other threads.  For purposes of this thread,  anything from Beethoven and Hummel through to the so-called "neoRomantic school"  is suitable, as long as it can be described as some form of "romanticism".

  I think Richard Strauss fits this bill quite nicely.  Just listen to Elektra as the music weaves and meanders effortlessly between the Modern and Late Romantic styles! Did I understand the gist of your thread or am I mistaken yet again?

  marvin

[DavidW]

Cool Greg I'll listen to the 5th next in that box.

And come out the other end with a big grin on your face!

A BIG THUMBS UP!!

That was me Friday night.  It was awesome.