How Many CD's do you own?

[Bulldog]

22.129 % 

Why not round it off to 22.13%?

[71 dB]

Why not round it off to 22.13%?

Why not just call Bach greater?

[Bulldog]

Why not just call Bach greater?

By 75% - I can live with that.

[karlhenning]

Why not just call Bach greater?

Why not just call Bach superior?

[71 dB]

Why not just call Bach superior?

Because it's misleading.

[knight66]

 

[marvinbrown]

  knight I am partly responsible for this.  I made one innocent....OK maybe it wasn't that innocent  comment about how I had no interest in acquiring more baroque CDs beyond J.S. Bach and I should have known better  ..... !  Once again apologies are in order for sparking a needless J.S. Bach vs. other baroque composers war. Next time I'll keep my mouth shut  !


  PS: at the risk of sounding insincere I truly believe that baroque music begins and ends with J.S. Bach  ! 'Nough said!
  marvin

[71 dB]

PS: at the risk of sounding insincere I truly believe that baroque music begins and ends with J.S. Bach  ! 'Nough said!
  marvin

Believe all you want but you are very wrong. Well, baroque pretty much ends with Bach but if you think nothing happened in music between 1600 - 1700 and Bach just invented everything after renaissance you are completely wrong. Without Schütz, Buxtehude, etc. Bach would have been so much lesser composer. Do you really believe there was only one significant composer between 1600-1750? Think about it and you start to see how crazy your opinion is. Even if you ignore the composers before Bach how can you ignore Handel and Rameau? Bach didn't write Traité de l’harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels, Rameau did.

[The new erato]

You've been working out 71dB? Your arguments are SOOOOO much stronger than they used to be!   

[71 dB]

You've been working out 71dB? Your arguments are SOOOOO much stronger than they used to be!   

Really? Thanks for the compliment erato!  0:)

[marvinbrown]

Believe all you want but you are very wrong. Well, baroque pretty much ends with Bach but if you think nothing happened in music between 1600 - 1700 and Bach just invented everything after renaissance you are completely wrong. Without Schütz, Buxtehude, etc. Bach would have been so much lesser composer. Do you really believe there was only one significant composer between 1600-1750? Think about it and you start to see how crazy your opinion is. Even if you ignore the composers before Bach how can you ignore Handel and Rameau? Bach didn't write Traité de l'harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels, Rameau did.

71 dB I do realize that other composers came before J.S. Bach and that J.S.Bach probably learned from these composers.  J.S.Bach for example was fond of Vivladi's l'estro harmonicos and incorporated aspects of Vivaldi's works in his own compositions.  But IMHO J.S. Bach represtents a culmination, a peak in the Baroque period.  I would go so far as to say that as far as Baroque music is concerned J.S.Bach's works are all encompassing.  J.S. Bach took all that came before, added to it, perfected it and produced a volume of work that is of the highest order. Now about my collection,  due to limited funds there are a limited number of CDs that I can afford to buy each month.  My listening hours are also restricted.  Usually 1-2 hours during the week and 2-4 hours during the weekend.  I do not have the luxury of time nor money to explore every composer out there.  I have to choose wisely, usually going for music that I consider to be the "best", music that I deem to be of the highest artistic order and here is where IMHO J.S.Bach reigns supreme!

  marvin

[71 dB]

71 dB I do realize that other composers came before J.S. Bach and that J.S.Bach probably learned from these composers.  J.S.Bach for example was fond of Vivladi's l'estro harmonicos and incorporated aspects of Vivaldi's works in his own compositions.  But IMHO J.S. Bach represtents a culmination, a peak in the Baroque period.  I would go so far as to say that as far as Baroque music is concerned J.S.Bach's works are all encompassing.  J.S. Bach took all that came before, added to it, perfected it and produced a volume of work that is of the highest order. Now about my collection,  due to limited funds there are a limited number of CDs that I can afford to buy each month.  My listening hours are also restricted.  Usually 1-2 hours during the week and 2-4 hours during the weekend.  I do not have the luxury of time nor money to explore every composer out there.  I have to choose wisely, usually going for music that I consider to be the "best", music that I deem to be of the highest artistic order and here is where IMHO J.S.Bach reigns supreme!

  marvin

If you select only one baroque composer J. S. Bach is the only choice, of course. I understand that money/time is limited for many. I didn't mean you have to explore other composers here and now. I mean if you someday do have more funds/time there is TONS OF really awesome baroque music to be found beyond Bach. J.S. Bach isn't all encompassing just as Brahms isn't all encompassing in romantic era or Beethoven in classism. Rameau has lot's of things in his music I don't find in J. S. Bach.

But for now, by all means enjoy J. S. Bach!   0:)

[knight66]

Then of course: rhww was Handel, who was not exactly a second rater. I don't think Telemann has had a mention either.

Mike

[ChamberNut]

I'm at a very modest 262 CDs (compared to some other GMGers).

[knight66]

But out of a chamber nut; a symphonic tree could grow.

Keep buying keep buying keep buying...........

Mike

[springrite]

But out of a chamber nut; a symphonic tree could grow.

... and more and bigger nuts will be harvested...

[ChamberNut]

But out of a chamber nut; a symphonic tree could grow.

Keep buying keep buying keep buying...........

Mike

Well, a good portion of my collection is indeed orchestral/symphonic.   

If I had a choice between buying more discs, or having more uninterrupted/alone time to just listen to music, I'd chose the latter.

[DavidW]

I'm at a very modest 262 CDs (compared to some other GMGers).

That's roughly what I have.  I had a ton in grad school, sold it down when I was unemployed and since I've been gainfully employed I buy cds at a rate that is probably 1% that of a normal gmger!

[mn dave]

Mass in C?

[Kullervo]

Probably Transiberian Orchestra.