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vandermolen

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July 30, 2020, 11:33:50 AM
Rubbra: Symphony 7
Vaughan Williams: Symphony 6
Vaughan Williams: Symphony 9
Mahler: Symphony 9
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

j winter

#21
July 30, 2020, 11:46:29 AM
Brahms 1st symphony comes immediately to mind... it's all good of course, but the opening and the finale, if done with sufficient drama, are the best parts IMO...
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Brian

#22
July 30, 2020, 11:54:10 AM
Janacek's Sinfonietta  ;)

ritter

#23
July 30, 2020, 12:00:51 PM
Three that come immediately to mind:

- Pli selon pli
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- L'Orfeo

vandermolen

#25
August 01, 2020, 01:28:52 AM
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Old San Antone

#26
August 01, 2020, 05:11:01 AM
Debussy - String Quartet

Dylan Quinlivan

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August 04, 2020, 06:51:28 AM Last Edit: August 05, 2020, 06:26:20 AM by Dylan Quinlivan
I like both, top just  :D  but it would be nice for readers to describe the main points in a few phrases, so it would turn out to be cooler discussion. I'm just learning so far, for example, I want to mention studydriver.com/isaac-newton-essay/ works about the well-known Isaac Newton in Essays. A dozen of essays describe shortly and interestingly his life, activities, achievements, influence, his eternal contribution and many more interesting ones, go on and study additionally.

Maestro267

#28
August 11, 2020, 07:41:47 AM
Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony
Bruckner - Symphony No. 5
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