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DarkAngel

#260
October 18, 2009, 02:54:16 PM Last Edit: October 18, 2009, 02:57:12 PM by DarkAngel
Quote from: Coopmv on October 18, 2009, 02:04:36 PM
I do not collect "modern" classical music, period.

Coop where is your cut off point when music becomes too modern.........
Do you have any music beyond 1900 like Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Sibelius?

I assume Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert are still within your target range.......right?

Coopmv

#261
October 18, 2009, 03:00:21 PM Last Edit: October 18, 2009, 03:01:54 PM by Coopmv
Quote from: DarkAngel on October 18, 2009, 02:54:16 PM
Coop where is your cut off point when music becomes too modern.........
Do you have any music beyond 1900 like Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Sibelius?

I assume Mozart is still within your target range.......

I have a good number of recordings of Sibelius' and Nielsen's works and   about a dozen each for Prokofiev and Shostakovich.  I am in the process of building up my Shostakovich collection ...

Yes, I have close to 150 CD's/LP's/tapes of various Mozart works, which include 2 complete symphonies cycles.

Bulldog

#262
October 18, 2009, 03:13:16 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on October 18, 2009, 01:41:09 PM
George,  You are absolutely correct.  Serious means comprehensive in my reference.  

I often get those two words mixed up.  ::) ;D

Antoine Marchand

#263
October 18, 2009, 03:20:55 PM Last Edit: October 18, 2009, 03:22:44 PM by Antoine Marchand
If I have understood rightly: seriousness (sober sincerity in our tastes) and selectiveness (the ability to distinguish, especially to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions) are essential for all good collector; the comprehensiveness (or ability to understand a broad range of topics) is just optional...  :D

BTW, for some strange reason I have never seen my discs as a "collection"; therefore, I don't consider me a "collector", just a humble "music lover".  0:)

DarkAngel

#264
October 18, 2009, 03:41:29 PM
I have noticed another universal truth of classical CD collectors........

The more you read and post at this forum the faster your collection seems to expand   ::)

Coopmv

#265
October 18, 2009, 04:08:20 PM
Quote from: DarkAngel on October 18, 2009, 03:41:29 PM
I have noticed another universal truth of classical CD collectors........

The more you read and post at this forum the faster your collection seems to expand   ::)

I will be the first one to give Q the credit for often mentioning Glossa and Alia Vox, two labels I never had paid attention to until a few months ago.  I have discovered lots of great music offered by these two labels that the old standby such as the Polygram family of labels have never bothered to record ...

Franco

#266
October 18, 2009, 04:59:33 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on October 18, 2009, 02:04:36 PM
I do not collect "modern" classical music, period.

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 18, 2009, 02:05:51 PM
And rightly so. The oxymoron has always put me off... :)

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>:(

Okay, I don't want to hear any more complaints about my not preferring the fortepiano.

Gurn Blanston

#267
October 18, 2009, 05:04:15 PM
Quote from: Franco on October 18, 2009, 04:59:33 PM
>:(

Okay, I don't want to hear any more complaints about my not preferring the fortepiano.

AFAIK, this conversation hadn't even the vaguest connection with you. ???

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Franco

#268
October 18, 2009, 05:08:44 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 18, 2009, 05:04:15 PM
AFAIK, this conversation hadn't even the vaguest connection with you. ???

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Rhorer, Jérémie/Le Cercle de l'Harmonie - K 201 Symphony #29 in A 4th mvmt - Allegro con spirito

No, but I was taking note of the limitations of your taste.

Gurn Blanston

#269
October 18, 2009, 05:18:50 PM
Quote from: Franco on October 18, 2009, 05:08:44 PM
No, but I was taking note of the limitations of your taste.

Actually, they are the limitations of Stuart's taste, but I really don't expect great things from you reading comprehension-wise... ::)

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DavidW

#270
October 18, 2009, 05:21:36 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on October 18, 2009, 03:00:21 PM
I have a good number of recordings of Sibelius' and Nielsen's works and   about a dozen each for Prokofiev and Shostakovich.  I am in the process of building up my Shostakovich collection ...

You might want to try Martinu sometime, I think you'll enjoy his music. :)

Coopmv

#271
October 18, 2009, 05:27:20 PM
Quote from: Franco on October 18, 2009, 04:59:33 PM
>:(

Okay, I don't want to hear any more complaints about my not preferring the fortepiano.

I have no problems with real (not modern) classical music performed on modern piano ...    ;D

Franco

#272
October 18, 2009, 05:46:55 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 18, 2009, 05:18:50 PM
Actually, they are the limitations of Stuart's taste, but I really don't expect great things from you reading comprehension-wise... ::)

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Quatuor Festetics - Hob 03 75 Quartet in G for Strings Op 76 #1 2nd mvmt - Adagio sostenuto

My, you are prickly.  Okay, I got the heavy handed hint.  No more banter with Gurn. ::)

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Gurn Blanston

#273
October 18, 2009, 05:57:44 PM
Quote from: Franco on October 18, 2009, 05:46:55 PM
My, you are prickly.  Okay, I got the heavy handed hint.  No more banter with Gurn. ::)

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Actually, I am a brilliant and perceptive guy, although I am occasionally held back from really shining by an overabundance of humility that I have been trying to peddle off to others over the years, to little avail. However, despite all the talent I possess in this vein, even I am not infallible when it comes to recognizing whether it is banter or not. Since your only 'smiley' in there was one of these " >:( ", I had to take you seriously, so I let you piss me off. Give me a heads up next time and I promise not to do it again. :D

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Antoine Marchand

#274
October 18, 2009, 06:06:31 PM
Quote from: Franco on October 18, 2009, 05:46:55 PM
My, you are prickly.  Okay, I got the heavy handed hint.  No more banter with Gurn. ::)

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It's hard to be a strict pianophile these days.  :'(  ;D

Gurn Blanston

#275
October 18, 2009, 06:15:39 PM
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on October 18, 2009, 06:06:31 PM
It's hard to be a strict pianophile these days.  :'(  ;D

;D

Yes, times are tough, mi amigo. These are the times that try men's souls...  0:)

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Dancing Divertimentian

#276
October 18, 2009, 07:35:21 PM
Quote from: Franco on October 18, 2009, 05:46:55 PM
My, you are prickly.  Okay, I got the heavy handed hint.  No more banter with Gurn. ::)

Hey, Gurn is one of the bantiest of guys. I can certainly attest to that.
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

Dancing Divertimentian

#277
October 18, 2009, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 18, 2009, 01:17:48 PM
For example, I don't have any Händel...

Except for that Handel opera a friendly GMGer sent you awhile back. ;D
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

Opus106

#278
October 19, 2009, 12:18:05 AM
Okay, the current discussion has veered far away from Mozart (hey, it's about Gurn now :D) to warrant another move, to this place. Mods? ;)
Regards,
Navneeth

Wanderer

#279
October 19, 2009, 12:48:10 AM
Quote from: George on October 18, 2009, 01:38:01 PM
Me, I am not a comprehensive collector. I collect what I like. If I didn't love Mozart, I wouldn't own more than a few CDs of his.

The really incomprehensive thing to do would be to dispense with him altogether.  :D

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 18, 2009, 05:57:44 PM
Actually, I am a brilliant and perceptive guy, although I am occasionally held back from really shining by an overabundance of humility that I have been trying to peddle off to others over the years, to little avail. However, despite all the talent I possess in this vein, ... :D
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;D
This reminds me of the old joke: "If humility was a virtue, I'd have it too".
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