Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

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ChamberNut

At last night's music appreciation class, I heard a work of Brahms I had not heard before:

Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor, Op. 79

I was absolutely floored!!  Marvelous!   :)

greg

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 04:50:34 AM
At last night's music appreciation class, I heard a work of Brahms I had not heard before:

Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor, Op. 79

I was absolutely floored!!  Marvelous!   :)
you've gone this long in your life without hearing that one?
wow, that's pretty sad......  :'(

don't tell me you haven't heard the first rhapsody either?

ok, quick, go to youtube!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=in18sXiNhQw

(and there's a bunch more)

ChamberNut

Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on May 01, 2008, 07:06:23 AM
you've gone this long in your life without hearing that one?
wow, that's pretty sad......  :'(

don't tell me you haven't heard the first rhapsody either?

That's part of the journey, not discovering everything at once.   :-\

And no, I haven't heard the first one either.

MN Dave

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 07:33:36 AM
That's part of the journey, not discovering everything at once.   :-\

Yes.

The new erato

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 04:50:34 AM
At last night's music appreciation class, I heard a work of Brahms I had not heard before:

Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor, Op. 79

I was absolutely floored!!  Marvelous!   :)
And which performance was it?

ChamberNut


The new erato

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 09:42:21 AM
It was Emmanuel Ax.  Sony.
Thank you. Don't know that one, but like Ax in Brahms chamber music like this:



Fine record.

ChamberNut

Quote from: erato on May 01, 2008, 09:46:53 AM
Thank you. Don't know that one, but like Ax in Brahms chamber music like this:



Fine record.

That's my favorite Brahms CD (well, 2 CDs)  :)

greg

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 07:33:36 AM
That's part of the journey, not discovering everything at once.   :-\

And no, I haven't heard the first one either.
if only i could rewind time and discover the Mahler symphonies for the first time  :-[

BachQ

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Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on May 01, 2008, 11:38:45 AM
if only i could rewind time and discover the Mahler symphonies for the first time   :-[

You could try a brain transplant (just make sure that the person whose brain you are transplanting has never heard Mahler's music before) ........

greg

Quote from: Dm on May 01, 2008, 11:42:56 AM
You could try a brain transplant (just make sure the person whose brain your transplanting never heard Mahler before) ........
but then i most likely wouldn't enjoy it!

BachQ

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 09:54:39 AM
That's my favorite Brahms CD (well, 2 CDs)  :)

Chambernut obviously likes to Ax Ma .........

BachQ

Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on May 01, 2008, 11:43:28 AM
but then i most likely wouldn't enjoy it!

picky picky

Since when did you become so hypercritical?

If transplant with PERSON A fails, just try it with PERSON B ......... and if that fails ........... PERSON C ........

greg

Quote from: Dm on May 01, 2008, 11:46:52 AM
picky picky

Since when did you become so hypercritical?

If transplant with PERSON A fails, just try it with PERSON B ......... and if that fails ........... PERSON C ........
Maybe I'll put a beehive in my head instead?

BachQ

Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on May 01, 2008, 11:47:43 AM
Maybe I'll put a beehive in my head instead?

Just go with a beehive hairdo instead: 

Haffner

Quote from: Dm on May 01, 2008, 11:42:56 AM
You could try a brain transplant (just make sure the person whose brain your transplanting never heard Mahler before) ........



That Jim Carrey... "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".


I'd want to go back to the time that Wagner's Ring... and Mahler's 9th first "clicked".

M forever

Quote from: ChamberNut on May 01, 2008, 04:50:34 AM
At last night's music appreciation class, I heard a work of Brahms I had not heard before:

Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor, Op. 79

I was absolutely floored!!  Marvelous!   :)

I heard that recently in concert with the BSO and James Levine. I had heard it on recordings, and I played it once while at the music academy in the student orchestra, but apart from that, the BSO concert was the only time I ever heard it in concert or even saw it offered. Which is hard to understand because it is a highly attractive work and Brahms is not exactly an "unknown" or "unpopular" composer...

eyeresist

Quote from: M forever on May 01, 2008, 01:53:08 PM
I heard that recently in concert with the BSO and James Levine. I had heard it on recordings, and I played it once while at the music academy in the student orchestra, but apart from that, the BSO concert was the only time I ever heard it in concert or even saw it offered. Which is hard to understand because it is a highly attractive work and Brahms is not exactly an "unknown" or "unpopular" composer...
You might be thinking of the Serenade No. 2, which is certainly a wonderful work - as is no. 1. I'm surprised they aren't usually included in symphonic cycles. They're lighter than the symphonies or piano concertos, but by no means are they juvenilia!

M forever

You are right, I was thinking of the 2nd *serenade*, not the 2nd *rhapsody*.

ChamberNut

Quote from: Dm on May 01, 2008, 11:45:26 AM
Chambernut obviously likes to Ax Ma .........

;D   :D   0:)