Which composers do you associate with which GMG members?

[gomro]

Wuorinen - Gomro

I'm happy to have made someone's list, and Wuorinen might as well be the choice, but it seems odd that no one paired me with Stockhausen, despite my avatar...

[RebLem]

Well, since no one has listed moi  I guess I'll have to do it myself.

I associate myself with Byrd, Bach, Dvorak, Stenhammar (the string quartets), Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and anything conducted by George Szell.

[Mark]

Well, since no one has listed moi  I guess I'll have to do it myself.

I associate myself with Byrd, Bach, Dvorak, Stenhammar (the string quartets), Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and anything conducted by George Szell.

Apologies, Reblem. I always think of you as being one of this forum's more eclectic listeners - your round-up of your week's listening always gives me this impression, certainly. Based on that, I couldn't readily pin you down to any particular composers.

[jochanaan]

I'm actually gratified not to be named yet on this thread--I must be known as an eclectic. Although I'm a little surprised no one connected me with Varèse.

[greg]

I'm actually gratified not to be named yet on this thread--I must be known as an eclectic. Although I'm a little surprised no one connected me with Varèse.

Varese- Jochanaan

done. 

[Kullervo]

I'm actually gratified not to be named yet on this thread--I must be known as an eclectic. Although I'm a little surprised no one connected me with Varèse.

It's because our skulls have a density higher than 21.5.

[greg]

ahhhhhhhhh

[BachQ]

Varèse -- Jochanaan

[greg]

Varèse -- Jochanaan

i'm close enough

[BachQ]

i'm close enough

perhaps ....... but your poop flew right past us .........

[Renfield]

And it seems as if I've managed to slip "unassociated" for 7 pages! Hurray!

(I don't care much for being associated with composers, listen as I do to almost anything I come across; though I would associate myself with Mahler, first and foremost. )

[Kullervo]

Copland -> Karl

Massenet -> Hector

Boulez -> James

Bach -> Don

Mahler -> Renfield

Siegfried Wagner -> Harry

Stenhammer -> Sarge

Almost any obscure 20th C. symphonist -> Dundonnell

Vaughan Williams -> sound67

Ahem!

[Renfield]

Ahem!

Oh! Sorry.

(And thanks for the right association. )

[Mark]

Oh! Sorry.

(And thanks for the right association. )

Good old Corey. I'd have never spotted that.

[jochanaan]

It's because our skulls have a density higher than 21.5.

[12tone.]

Every time I see this I think of our Harry:




EDIT:

And every time I see this, I think of our Mark:

[Mark]

EDIT:

And every time I see this, I think of our Mark:

Cheeky sod!

Harry has ten times more Naxos CDs than I. In fact, for the record, my Naxos collection is quickly being dwarfed by my non-Naxos collection.

[Tsaraslondon]

Spot on Verdi is one of the (around ten) composers sharing my top rank, and one of the greatest romantics, full-stop. I don't get much opportunity to talk about him, though, and if I do, people could mistake me for not liking him that much... (the plot of Rigoletto really, really, really annoys me, but I love him for his flaws... )

But don't blame Verdi for the plot of Rigoletto, blame Victor Hugo. Of course it is arch Romanticism at its best. It's last act, in particular, harks back to the writings of Chateaubriand, who was considered the father of French Romanticism.

[longears]

Re. M forever (Michael Schaffer):

Yeah, he likes a lot of composers, has a special thing for Russians (and Russian orchestras), Strauss, and Mahler...but he has said he feels the deepest connection to Bruckner and Sibelius. In the Sibelius thread at the old forum, he posted a ton.

Indeed, I am - somehow we became really good friends during the Mystery Orchestra stuff in the summer, and talk quite often - yes, he's opinionated, but generally, "all bark and no bite" as the saying goes!

The wildfires really were a close call for him, they came within 1 mile of where he lives and they were evacuated - except he was already out of town with work and so couldn't even go back for anything when he found about it. He was really distressed about his bass and his CD collection, he said the other stuff could burn. But now the fire has thankfully been controlled there.

He's had a rough fall with cinema work projects in L.A., a lot of mega-stress 16 hr days 6 days a week, and so isn't on the Internet at all much, but he says "Hi", really it's lack of time is why he's not around GMG anymore. Somehow in the middle of all this, he's been squeezing in hairraising races down to Disney Hall to catch the Los Angeles Sibelius cycle, he missed only the 4 & 7 concert, tried but ended up stuck in traffic that night. His reports back have been quite colorful, except for an uneven 2nd on opening night, it sounds like it's been great. Especially this week, he saw the Sibelius Academy orchestra do the Lemminkainen Legends under Salonen, he was literally blown away by how fantastic the group was. Technically, musically, totally incredible performance.

I will tell him you guys asked about him!

Thanks for this report, Greta.  It's good to know that he and his fiddle are okay, and that the LA Sibelius cycle has been mostly successful. 

[marvinbrown]

But don't blame Verdi for the plot of Rigoletto, blame Victor Hugo. Of course it is arch Romanticism at its best. It's last act, in particular, harks back to the writings of Chateaubriand, who was considered the father of French Romanticism.

  Lethe, Tsaraslondon:

 Yes the ending of Rigoletto is rather disturbing (a naive woman sacrifices herself for a man who couldn't give a damn about her), it was based on Victor Hugo's  Le Roi S'amuse and after the censorship officials got through with him Verdi had to change the character from King Francois I to Duke among other changes and I think the location was also changed to Mantua from Paris?? or Vernice?? . Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken??

 marvin