Hi I'm Teresa

Teresa · February 27, 2008, 11:19:48 PM

Hi Classical music lovers,

I am an classical non-traditionalist. I play guitar, write rock music and amateur orchestral classical music. I listen to music in all formats, I have Reel to Reel, Cassette, LP, CD, SACD, DVD-Audio and I download MP3's and sometime high resolution files. I have a iPod Shuffle that I wear as Jewelry and carry the earbuds in my purse.

I write for Positive Feedback Online http://www.positivefeedback.com/index.html and have a blog http://sacdlives.blogspot.com/, even though I love analog the most, digital is getting closer especially with the best SACD's. I prefer audiophile recordings but if the price is cheap enough I also will purchase commercial recordings. I discovered GoodMusicGuide.com when checking out linked pages to my website. It seems two of my articles we being heavily trashed here: "Classical Music For Everyone" http://vinylfanatics.com/analoglovers/page20.html and "The Basic Power Orchestral Repertoire or Classical music for folks who don't like Classical music" http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue35/classical_music.htm These works are the result of over 13 years of research and serious listening the first list was in my my print newsletter "The Audio Iconoclast" in 1995.

This is in the Classical Music for Beginners > Topic: A different cut on beginners' classical music thread and before I showed up posters were bad mouthing my lists and saying I didn't like classical music at all. As I pointed out there are close to a million classical compositions and no one likes the same pieces of music, this is a point many of them still do not get. For example how could anyone not love absolute music, chamber music, opera and Mozart and at the same time love classical music? Well big boys I abhor that stuff yet classical music is my favorite type of music and I own over 1000 classical compositions that I listen to regularly.

I discovered classical music after rejecting the classical music on the radio, the standard repertoire from my earlier Survey of Music Literature classes. To me what the establishment called classical was boring in the extreme. Then in large part to Emerson, Lake and Palmer and I discovered a different extremely enjoyable branch of Classical music. I purchased Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition by Herbert von Karajan on DGG LP because of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's version. I was curious what it sounded like with a full orchestra and I was hooked. Next I had to get Prokofiev's Scythian Suite whose second movement "The Enemy God and the Dance of the Pagan Monsters" is from Emerson, Lake and Palmer's Works Volume 1 LP. I was hooked.

I also like Jazz, Rock, Bluegrass with percussion, Folk, World and many other types of music but not necessarily the recommend or popular artists. I like what I like and have been told I have eclectic tastes. I am always willing to try something new and I love streaming audio on the Internet as I can here music before I buy it! Then after I buy it on the first listening I turn the lights out and close my eyes and set in the sweet spot with no distractions.

What is boring to me may be beautiful and soulful to someone else. I have a solution to music I find boring, I take it off sell it and play something I like. After all I listen to music for the enjoyment of music.

After over 45 years of listening to all types of music, percussion is MANDATORY for me in all types of music. Percussion to me is a necessary ingredient in making music, it is the primary thing that adds it's color and spice. Without percussion to me music is very bland and boring.

I love classical orchestral compositions using the full battery of percussion instruments to full colorful effect. My favorites are Symphonic Poems, Tone Poems, Dances, Overtures and Ballet Music. Although Symphonies and Concertos written in a programatic style on a colorful orchestral canvas can be quite enjoyable as well. I don't like advent garde or minimalism much but I do love dissonance if it is used in a tonal structure. I love classical music currently being written, my favorite styles by living composers are neo-classical, neo-romantic, neo modern and other compositions that don't fit any styles. I also love classical music that is Folk, Jazz or Blues influenced. I also like medieval and early renaissance dance music.

My favorite composers of orchestral works (some orchestrated by others) in alphabetical order:
ADAM, ADOLPHE (1803-1856)
ALBÉNIZ, ISAAC (1860-1909)
ALFVÉN, HUGO EMIL (1872-1960)
ALWYN, WILLIAM (1905 - 1985)
ANDERSON. LEROY (1908-1975)
ANTILL, JOHN (1904-1986)
ARGENTO, DOMINICK (1927-
ARNOLD, MALCOLM (1921-
AUBER, DANIEL-FRANÇOIS (1782-1871)
BARBER, SAMUEL (1910-1981)
BARTOK, BELA (1881-1945)
BENJAMIN, ARTHUR (1893-1960)
BERLIOZ, HECTOR (1803-1869)
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD (1918-1990)
BERRY, CHARLES ROLAND
BIZET, GEORGES (1838-1875)
BLISS, ARTHUR (1891-
BORODIN, ALEXANDER (1833-1887)
BOWLES, PAUL (1910-
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN (1913-1976)
BRUCH, MAX (1838-1921)
CHABRIER, EMMANUEL (1841-1894)
CHADWICK, GEORGE (1854-1931)
CHIHARA, PAUL (1938-
COATES, ERIC (1886-1957)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, SAMUEL (1875-
COPLAND, AARON (1900-1990)
DAUGHERTY, MICHAEL (1954-
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE (1862-1918)
DELIBES, LEO (1836-1891)
DELIUS, FREDERICK (1862-1934)
DOHNÁNYI, ERNST VON (1877-1960)
DUKAS, PAUL (1865-1935)
DVORÁK, ANTONÍN (1841-1904)
ELGAR, EDWARD (1857-1934)
END, JACK (1918-
ENESCO, GEORGES (1881-1955)
FALLA, MANUEL DE (1876-1946)
FARNON, ROBERT (1917-
FAURÉ, GABRIEL (1845-1924)
FERNANANDEZ, ARTHUR
FRANCK, CESAR (1822-1890)
GERSHWIN, GEORGE (1898-1937)
GIBBS, CECIL (1889-1960)
GINASTERA, ALBERTO (1916-1983)
GLIÈRE, REINHOLD (1875-1956)
GLINKA, ALEXANDER (1804-1857)
GOTTSCHALK, LOUIS (1829-1869)
GOULD, MORTON (1913-1996)
GOUNOD, CHARLES (1818-1893)
GRAINGER, PERCY (1882-1961)
GRANADOS, ENRIQUE (1867-1916)
GRIEG, EDVARD (1843-1907)
GROFÉ, FERDE (1892-1972)
GUARNIERI, CAMARGO
HALVORSEN, JOHAN (1864-1935)
HANSON, HOWARD (1896-1981)
HERBERT, VICTOR
HÉROLD, LOUIS JOSEPH FERDINAND (1791-1833)
HOLST, GUSTAV (1874-1934)
HONEGGER, ARTHUR (1892-1955)
IBERT, JACQUES (1890-1962)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, MIKHAIL (1859-1935)
IRELAND, JOHN (1879-1962)
IVES, CHARLES (1874-1954)
JANÁÇEK, LEO· (1854-1928)
JÄRNEFELT, ARMAS (1869-1958)
JUTRAS, ANDRÉ (1953-
KABALEVSKY, DMITRI (1904-1987)
KHACHATURIAN, ARAM (1903-1978)
KHRENNIKOV, TIKHON (1913-
KARG-ELERT, SIGFRID (1877-1933)
KODÁLY, ZOLTÁN (1882-1967)
LALO, ÉDOUARD (1823-1892)
LECOCQ, CHARLES (1832-1918)
LECUONA, ERNESTO
LIADOV, ANATOLE (1855-1914)
LISZT, FRANZ (1811-1886)
LITOLFF, HENRY (1818-1891)
LLOYD, GEORGE (1913-1998)
LUTOSLAWSKI, WITOLD (1913-1994)
LUTYENS, ELISABETH (1906-1983)
MAHLER, GUSTAV (1860-1911)
MARTINÒ, BOHUSLAV (1890-1959)
MASSENET, JULES (1842-1912)
McPHEE, COLIN (1900-1964)
MEIJ, JOHAN DE (1953-
MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO (1911-
MEYERBEER, GIACOMO (1791-1864)
MILHAUD, DARIUS (1892-1974)
MINKUS, LEON (1826-1917)
MUSSORGSKY, MODEST (1839-1881)
NELHYBEL, VACLAV (1919-1996)
NELSON, RON (1929-
NIELSEN, CARL (1865-1931)
OFFENBACH, JACQUES (1819-1880)
ORFF, CARL (1895-1982)
OUE, EIJI
PAGANINI, NICOLÒ (1782-1840)
PETIT, PIERRE (1922-2000)
PISTON, WALTER (1894-1976)
PONCE, MANUEL
POULENC, FRANCIS (1899-1963)
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI (1891-1953)
RABAUD, HENRI
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI (1873-1943)
RASMUSSEN, SUNLEIF (1961-
RAVEL, MAURICE (1875-1937)
REED, HERBERT OWEN (1910-
RESPIGHI, OTTORINO (1879-1936)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI (1844-1908)
RODRIGO, JOAQUÍN (1902-1999)
ROGERS, BERNARD (1893-
ROOST, JAN VAN DER (1956-
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO (1792-1868)
RUBINSTEIN, ANTON (1829-1924)
RUGGLES, CARL (1876-1971)
RUSSO, WILLIAM (1928-
SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE (1835-1921)
SATIE, ERIK (1866-1925)
SCHNITTKE, ALFRED (1934-
SCHUMAN, WILLIAM (1910-1992)
SESSIONS, ROGER (1896-
SHANKAR, RAVI (1920-
SHAW, ARTIE
SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI (1906-1975)
SIBELIUS, JEAN (1865-1957)
SMETANA, BEDRICH (1824-1884)
STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864-1949)
STRAVINSKY, IGOR (1882-1971)
SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR (1835-1921)
SUPPÉ, FRANZ VON (1819-1895)
TATE, PHYLLIS (1911-85)
TAYLOR, DEEMS (1885-1966)
TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER ILYICH (1840-1893)
TEXIDOR, JAIME
THOMSON, VIRGIL (1896-1989)
TOMASI, HENRI (1901-1970)
TURINA, JOAQUÍN (1882-1949)
VARÈSE, EDGAR (1883-1965)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH (1872-1958)
VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR (1887-1959)
WAGNER, RICHARD (1813-1883)
WALTON, WILLIAM (1902-1983)
WEILL, KURT (1900-1950)
WEINBERGER, JAROMIR (1844-1937)
WILLS, ARTHUR (1926-
ZAPPA. FRANK (1940-1993)

Thanks for inviting me here.
Teresa

Harry · February 27, 2008, 11:42:38 PM

Capital! I am so glad you introduced yourself, that means you will stay.
Welcome, and I am convinced you will make things livelier around here.
I am looking forward yo your postings and reactions.

Florestan · February 28, 2008, 12:04:44 AM

I'm glad we didn't scare you away and I mean it! After crossing my sword with yours, I think it's time to welcome you. I'm waiting (sword in hand

--- no, just kidding

) for your future posts.

Harry · February 28, 2008, 12:14:12 AM

Music is Love, meaning Teresa is love, which means Peace, for out of love can come only that. 0:)

Ephemerid · February 28, 2008, 03:44:53 AM

Yes, welcome aboard, Teresa!

One of the things I've really enjoyed about being on this board is it has given me encouragement to check out works new to my ears, making various new discoveries on the way. The more the merrier, eh?

The downside is it has also encouraged me to spend more money!!!

~josh

springrite · February 28, 2008, 03:49:57 AM

Quote from: Harry on February 28, 2008, 12:14:12 AM
Music is Love, meaning Teresa is love, which means Peace, for out of love can come only that. 0:)

Oh, that's gooey! I need a mint.

ChamberNut · February 28, 2008, 03:51:15 AM

Welcome aboard Teresa!

springrite · February 28, 2008, 03:52:34 AM

Forgot to say: welcome!

bhodges · February 28, 2008, 06:19:55 AM

Hi Teresa, and welcome. Thanks for the comprehensive introduction, and I can see you are already having fun here.

Since you like percussion, I hope you have discovered Evelyn Glennie, and some of her wonderful recordings of Scottish composer James MacMillan.

--Bruce

Ten thumbs · February 28, 2008, 08:16:02 AM

My wife loves percussion too. I confess I sometimes think I could quite enjoy some pop music if only they would cut out the drums! Anyway, its good to think differently, so good luck.

Gustav · February 28, 2008, 08:30:50 AM

(looks at the list, can't find the names of "Beethoven" "Mozart" and "Bruckner")

karlhenning · February 28, 2008, 08:50:11 AM

Welcome, Teresa!

springrite · February 28, 2008, 08:55:22 AM

Quote from: Gustav on February 28, 2008, 08:30:50 AM
(looks at the list, can't find the names of "Beethoven" "Mozart" and "Bruckner")

OUE, EIJI and Herbie Reed are both there, so you should rest easy. Hehee

Obviously, Teresa did not type out the list. It was an existing list with some names deleted (and possibly some added). So there will be ommissions as well as ones accidentally left on. But I have a feeling the three names you mentioned were left out because they simply weren't Teresa's cup of tea.

Szykneij · February 28, 2008, 09:05:12 AM

Quote from: Teresa on February 27, 2008, 11:19:48 PM

and have my own website http://www.analoglovers.com/

Very nice website. I have a great interest in vinyl recordings and have visited there often before your arrival here.

Quote from: Teresa on February 27, 2008, 11:19:48 PM

Then in large part to Emerson, Lake and Palmer and I discovered a different extremely enjoyable branch of Classical music. I purchased Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition by Herbert von Karajan on DGG LP because of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's version.

Blood, Sweat and Tears introduced me to the music of Satie in much the same way.

Welcome!

Teresa · February 28, 2008, 05:34:18 PM

Quote from: bhodges on February 28, 2008, 06:19:55 AM
Hi Teresa, and welcome. Thanks for the comprehensive introduction, and I can see you are already having fun here. Since you like percussion, I hope you have discovered Evelyn Glennie, and some of her wonderful recordings of Scottish composer James MacMillan.

--Bruce

Thanks Bruce for the suggestion I will check this out! I was amazed to read Evelyn Glennie was deaf, she actually feels the music though her skin.

Quote from: Gustav on February 28, 2008, 08:30:50 AM
(looks at the list, can't find the names of "Beethoven" "Mozart" and "Bruckner")

Beethoven, Mozart and Bruckner are not among my favorite composers. Here is what I currently have by Beethoven and Bruckner:

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)
Concertos for Piano and Orchestra Nos. 1-5
Ashkenazy, Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [4 LPs] London ffrr CSA-2404
The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March (1811)
Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra [Open Reel] Columbia Stereo Tape MQ 572
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale" (1808)
Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin [LP] Denon PCM OX-7222-ND
Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (1813)
Kunzel, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra [CD] Telarc Soundstream CD-80640

BRUCKNER, ANTON (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 9—Scherzo
Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra [CD-R] Reference Recordings

I only have the Scherzo movement from Bruckner's 9th as that is the only movement I like. I have also tried Bruckner's 0, 1, 2, and 4 "Romantic" and non were to my taste.

Also I don't like Mozart have tried about 25 of his 41 Symphonies; a dozen or so of his Concertos, his Serenades, his German Dances and Overtures and I am not impressed with his music at all.

Quote from: springrite on February 28, 2008, 08:55:22 AM
OUE, EIJI and Herbie Reed are both there, so you should rest easy. Hehee

Obviously, Teresa did not type out the list. It was an existing list with some names deleted (and possibly some added). So there will be ommissions as well as ones accidentally left on. But I have a feeling the three names you mentioned were left out because they simply weren't Teresa's cup of tea.

Hi Springbright,

This list is from my "Composers" document which I keep update and no I didn't leave any of my favorite composers out. Glad to see there is another fan of Eiji Oue (I like him both as a conductor and composer) and Herbert Owen Reed.

Here is a sample listing of the works of one of my very favorite composers: Prokofiev

PROKOFIEV, SERGEI (1891-1953)
Chout (Ballet Suite), Op. 21a (1920)
Susskind, London Symphony [CD-R] Everest
Cinderella: Ballet, Op. 87 (1944)
Rignold, Royal Ballet Covent Garden Orch. [LP] RCA Living Stereo/Classic LSC-2135
Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26 (1921)
Ashkenazy, Previn, London Symphony Orchestra [Cassette] London ffrr CS5 6964
Concerto No. 4 for the left hand for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 53
Ashkenazy, Previn, London Symphony Orchestra [Cassette] London ffrr CS5 6964
Lieutenant Kijé: Symphonic Suite, Op. 60 (1933)
Dorati, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic [LP] London Phase 4 Stereo SPC 21146
Sargent, London Symphony [CD-R] Everest
Lieutenant Kijé: Troika
Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra [Open Reel] Columbia Stereo Tape MQ 888
The Love for Three Oranges: Suite, Op. 33a (1923)
Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra [LP] Mercury Living Presence/Classic SR 90006
The Love for Three Oranges: March
Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra [Open Reel] Columbia Stereo Tape MQ 572
Romeo and Juliet: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 from the Ballet, Op. 64 (1935)
Skrowaczewski, Minneapolis [LP] Mercury Living Presence/Speakers Corner SR 90315
Romeo and Juliet: Three Dances
Schwarz, Seattle Symphony [CD] Delos D/CD 3502
Russian Overture, Op. 72 (1936)
Martinon, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra [LP] RCA Living Stereo/Classic LSC-2288
Scythian Suite, Op. 20 (1915)
Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra [LP] Mercury Living Presence/Classic SR 90006
The Stone Flower Ballet, Op. 118 (1950)
Varviso, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [Open Reel] London ffrr/Ampex LCL-80174
Symphony No. 7, Op. 131 (1952)
Martinon, Paris Conservatoire Orch. [LP] RCA Living Stereo/Classic Records LSC-2288

Quote from: Szykniej on February 28, 2008, 09:05:12 AM
Very nice website. I have a great interest in vinyl recordings and have visited there often before your arrival here.

Blood, Sweat and Tears introduced me to the music of Satie in much the same way.

Welcome!

Glad you enjoyed my website and Blood, Sweat and Tears was my introduction to Satie as well: Here is my favorite Satie LP:

SATIE, ERIK (1866-1925)
Les Adventures de Merecure
La Belle Excentrique: Grande Ritournelle
Cinq Grimaces pour un Songe d'une nuit d'été
Deux Préludes posthumes et une Gnossienne
Le Fils des Etoiles
Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3
En Habit de Cheval "In Riding Clothes"
Jack In The Box
Parade: Complete Ballet
Relâche: Complete Ballet
Trios Morceaus en forme
Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra [2 LPs] Vanguard Cardinal VCS-10037/38

And everyone else thanks for the warm welcome.

Hollywood · February 28, 2008, 10:38:31 PM

Greetings from Vienna, Austria Teresa. Welcome to the forum.

J.Z. Herrenberg · February 28, 2008, 11:49:38 PM

Welcome, Teresa!

mahler10th · March 09, 2008, 07:10:03 PM

Hello Teresa, you're new here too! Great. Read your comprehensive intro. I'm all for non conformists - it is they who wake us up to new ideas.
Take it easy, thanks for the nice welcome you gave me too.

Hi I'm Teresa

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springrite

ChamberNut

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bhodges

Ten thumbs

Gustav

karlhenning

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Szykneij

Teresa

Hollywood

J.Z. Herrenberg

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