Poll
Question:
Whom do you listen to most often?
Option 1: Bach
votes: 10
Option 2: Beethoven
votes: 13
Option 3: Mozart
votes: 14
Option 4: Mahler
votes: 5
Option 5: Bruckner
votes: 2
Option 6: Stravinsky
votes: 4
Option 7: Shostakovich
votes: 2
Option 8: Chopin
votes: 3
Silly poll Fridays. :)
Beethoven is still the one I listen to the most, by far.
I think I still listen to Chopin the most, though lately I've been enjoying Mozart--who didn't write his own stuff, don't you know.
Actually, an excellent poll, expertly phrased. Couldn't say definitively, but Stravinsky is either right, or close.
Quote from: MN Dave on September 04, 2009, 05:25:18 AM
I think I still listen to Chopin the most
Can't be bad!
Can't vote on this one. Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven are in a dead heat for 60% of my listening, the remaining 40% is wildly divided among "everyone else" :)
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Quote from: Gurn Blanston on September 04, 2009, 05:26:34 AM
Can't vote on this one. Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven are in a dead heat for 60% of my listening, the remaining 40% is wildly divided among "everyone else" :)
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Vote for the one who wrote the most music.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 04, 2009, 05:26:09 AM
Actually, an excellent poll, expertly phrased. Couldn't say definitively, but Stravinsky is either right, or close.
Then click yon voting thingy, please. :)
Oh! Thought I had.
Quote from: MN Dave on September 04, 2009, 05:27:30 AM
Vote for the one who wrote the most music.
Well, clearly HE has been omitted from the poll... :D
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Oh, don't even go there, Gurn! ;D
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on September 04, 2009, 05:43:28 AM
Well, clearly HE has been omitted from the poll... :D
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Okay, then stick a pin in it.
Bach's the only one I listen to on a daily basis. About half the discs in my car are Bach as are half the discs in the "prime" pile in front of my entertainment center.
Mahler isn't for everyday consumption. Mozart or Beethoven get the most play, with Wolfie just edging out Ludwig van, I think.
Sarge
Chopin.
It shifts, but for the last few months Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Stravinsky in about equal doses. I wouldn't want to declare one as #1.
I want a banana option.
But...!
These people are all dead!!
Quote from: Dana on September 04, 2009, 06:10:16 AM
I want a banana option.
Yeah. And where is 'Other'? And MN Dave??? By far I listen to you most often. 0:)
P.S. Since when were silly polls restricted to Fridays? ;D :P
I can't really reply to this survey, because I have no idea which composer I listen the most to. I like to listen to as wide a variety of classical music as possible, and would hate to confine myself to a handful of great composers,as magnificent as their music is .
I crave variety. I want to hear old, music,new music, familiar and unfamiliar works from every period. If you listen to the same handful of works over and over again, it gets monotonous.
It's rather like your food preferences. It's wonderful to eat a juicy,flavorful steak, but eating steak day after day after day would get terribly boring,(not to mention all the cholesterol) .
Sure, I love the immortal masterpieces of Bach,Handel,Haydn,Mozart,
Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc as much as any one.
But there is still so much music I haven't heard yet and very much want to. I still haven't heard all 27 of Myaskovsky's symphonies, or those of Havergal Brian, or Roger Sessions, William Schuman, Roy Harris,
and I want to hear more of the music of composers such as Vincent D'Indy, Charles Koechlin, Henze, Martinu, Stenhammar, Paul Creston,
Rued Langaard, Kurt Atterberg, Jon Leifs, Villa-Lobos, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and so many other composers.
I thought I knew an awful lot of classical music,and I certainly do,
but there's so much to explore !
One of my favorite sayings goes that "The more you know about a subject, the more you realize how much you don't know about it ".
Some people really, really like to complicate things. ::)
Whom do you listen to most often, from the given options? Sounds like a straight forward question. No soliloquies about dead or alive composers or whom you are wanting to discover to avoid monotony, blah blah blah required.
Plenty of other threads for that.
Quote from: Franco on September 04, 2009, 06:05:49 AM
It shifts, but for the last few months Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Stravinsky in about equal doses. I wouldn't want to declare one as #1.
Same here but change Stravinsky to either Brahms or Shostakovich, I'd have to think about it. :)
Currently Bach is my #1 frequent listen.
Of the peope listed, I would say I listen to Beethoven and Stravinsky most often (mostly the piano sonatas and string quartets), but they're not the ones I listen to most out of all composers. That distinction these days would really go to Brahms.
Ah, Brahms.
Now that summer is over and I'm feeling half human again, I should begin listening more. As I said on another thread, I am expecting to receive the complete Haydn symphonies any day now, and I think I'd like to make a project of working through the entire set. This is Haydn we're talking about, though, so it won't feel like work.
I think it's a fun poll with a limited range. Not every poll is obliged to embrace unlimited possibilities.
I dig Brahms. 8)
Wagner
Never heard of him.
(http://www.ilseng.net/img/fugle_07_mus1.jpg)
Ah, Act III of Die Meisterrodenter
(http://livetleker.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/musstort.jpg)
Hagen the Cat
For the sake of the poll, I chose Stravinsky. But the composer I listen to the most is Sibelius.
We need more chopinzees. ;D
Quote from: MN Dave on September 04, 2009, 10:13:52 AM
We need more chopinzees. ;D
They're all busy eating bananas.
has to be good ol' gustav.... 0:)
Mozart is kicking much booty.
Bruckner would currently be my choice, though overall it's the Mahler...
I voted for...
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;D
Why narrow the selection down so much? iTunes tells me the answer is Janacek, though my gut says it's Beethoven.
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Shostakobachinsky.
Quote from: corey on September 04, 2009, 11:30:37 AM
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Shostakobachinsky.
bless you ;D
Mahler.
Shostakovich/Arvo Part -photo finish :)
Quote from: corey on September 04, 2009, 11:30:37 AMLately, I've been listening to a lot of Shostakobachinsky.
I knew her. Great gal. Way into engineering.
Bach 45 %
Other baroque music 20 %
Medieval,Rennaiss. 12 %
Beethoven, Mozart 20 %
Romantic, Modern 3%
Quote from: premont on September 04, 2009, 03:13:35 PM
Bach 45 %
Other baroque music 20 %
Medieval,Rennaiss. 12 %
Beethoven 20 %
Romantic, Modern 3%
No other Classical, premont?
Beethoven
Quote from: Dana on September 04, 2009, 02:33:11 PM
I knew her. Great gal. Way into engineering.
In fact, as Woody Allen claimed, a mechanic in the sack.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 04, 2009, 06:39:39 PM
In fact, as Woody Allen claimed, a mechanic in the sack.
Must have been talking about his daughter... ::) :)
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Listening to:
Philharmonia Hungarica \ Dorati - Hob 09 16 #03 Minuet in G for Orchestra
Ouch!
Quote from: premont on September 04, 2009, 03:13:35 PM
Bach 45 %
Other baroque music 20 %
Medieval,Rennaiss. 12 %
Beethoven, Mozart 20 %
Romantic, Modern 3%
My numbers are about:
Bach 50%
Other Baroque 5%
Medieval, Renn. 0%
Classical Era 5%
Early Romantic 10%
Romantic 10%
Late Romantic/Early 20th cent. 15%
Remainder 5%
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 04, 2009, 06:53:37 PM
Ouch!
Oops, sorry
Karl... :)
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Listening to:
Philharmonia Hungarica \ Dorati - Hob 09 16 #08 Minuet in C for Orchestra
Pre-Baroque, Renaissance 10%
Baroque 40%
Classical Era 20%
Early Romantic 10%
Romantic 10%
Late Romantic/Early 20th century 10%
What is not listed, I do not listen to ...
Beethoven and Mozart, neck and neck.
Pre-Baroque, Renaissance 2%
Baroque 3%
Classical Era 10%
Early Romantic (LvB - 1860) 25%
Late Romantic/Early 20th century 45%
Mid 20th century to present 15%
Medieval, Renaissance: 3%
Baroque (non-Bach): 7%
Bach: 15%
Classical (non-Beethoven): 5%
Beethoven: 15%
Early Romantic/Transition: 10%
Romantic: 15%
Late Romantic/20th Century: 25%
Late 20th/21st Centuries: 5%
Medieval 2%
Renaissance 2%
Baroque 30%
Classical 30%
Romantic 30%
Modern 6%
Or something like that.
Quote from: Bulldog on September 04, 2009, 05:53:34 AM
Bach's the only one I listen to on a daily basis. About half the discs in my car are Bach as are half the discs in the "prime" pile in front of my entertainment center.
:-*
You can't knock the Bach. ;D
Quote from: Bulldog on September 04, 2009, 05:53:34 AM
Bach's the only one I listen to on a daily basis. About half the discs in my car are Bach as are half the discs in the "prime" pile in front of my entertainment center.
Quote from: Marc on September 05, 2009, 10:43:42 AM
:-*
Bulldog & Rowlf?
How sweet, it's doggy love. :P
(http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/blacksheep101/dog-mating-mismatch.jpg)
How sweet, it's doggy love.
Oh, btw: I voted for Bach!
Bach
Here I have to vote for Mozart, although of the 'greats' I listen to Schubert the most. Most of all I listen to Fanny Hensel but the excuse for this idiosyncrasy is that there is no other music more beautiful than her lieder.
See? If you delete your account and then reactivate, you can vote for Chopin again! ;D
Quote from: MN Dave on September 06, 2009, 02:16:42 PM
See? If you delete your account and then reactivate, you can vote for Chopin again! ;D
Hmphh. That's just wrong. Well, I don't need to vote for Mozart again, he's still in the lead. :D
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Listening to:
Cyril Huvé / Jorja Fleezanis - Bia 293 Op 23 Sonata #4 in a for Fortepiano & Violin 3rd mvmt - Allegro molto
(http://www.glarkware.com/media/product-preview-adult-mozart-large.gif)
Quote from: MN Dave on September 06, 2009, 02:16:42 PM
See? If you delete your account and then reactivate, you can vote for Chopin again! ;D
I once did that, but I actually voted for the other option on some poll. And once seeing a post I highly disagreed replied to really chew them off!!... and... and... uh it was me that wrote the old post, oops. :-[
:D
Quote from: DavidW on September 06, 2009, 04:23:12 PM
I once did that, but I actually voted for the other option on some poll. And once seeing a post I highly disagreed replied to really chew them off!!... and... and... uh it was me that wrote the old post, oops. :-[
:D
Ah, the opposite side of the 'value of deleting your account' is now heard from. ;D
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Listening to:
Gidon Kremer (Violin) / Martha Argerich (Piano) - Bia 293 Op 23 Violin Sonata #4 in a 1st mvmt - Presto
Why did I say "chew them off"? That makes me sound like a ravenous beast. :D Er kind of meant "chew them out."
Turns out I had a friend that fell into the same thing from old threads, we got into a joke that maybe I would every six months reply on the same thread to disagree with my last post. That way the forum would think I was crazy. ;D jeje
Quote from: DavidW on September 06, 2009, 04:27:55 PMWhy did I say "chew them off"? That makes me sound like a ravenous beast. :D
I once had a conductor who was pretty chewy.
Quote from: Dana on September 06, 2009, 04:31:37 PM
I once had a conductor who was pretty chewy.
(http://www.members.shaw.ca/david.p.z.888/star_wars/pics/chewbacca.jpg)
Quote from: Dana on September 06, 2009, 04:31:37 PM
I once had a conductor who was pretty chewy.
Did you nibble your way to an A? ;)
Somehow we never really saw A to A.
Quote from: Dana on September 06, 2009, 05:18:44 PM
Somehow we never really saw A to A.
haha good one! :D
After a minute or two of deliberation, I went for Beethoven. Although I suspect Chopin runs him a close second.
FK
WB, Mark!
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 01, 2009, 10:58:41 AM
WB, Mark!
Thank you, sir!
I trust all has been well here during my last, protracted absence?
FK
Quote from: Classical Review on October 01, 2009, 12:31:02 PM
I trust all has been well here during my last, protracted absence?
Nice to see you back - I wondered where you'd gone. (We added some new potted plants while you were away, and tidied up the shrubbery.)
Quote from: Elgarian on October 01, 2009, 12:39:07 PM
Nice to see you back - I wondered where you'd gone. (We added some new potted plants while you were away, and tidied up the shrubbery.)
Place looks nice.
I've been busy (VERY busy) in 'real' life. But I won't derail this thread with that.
FK
Mozart is the only decent opera composer on that list?? :( What gives? No serious opera composers here?? :-\
75% of my listening is opera: Wagner, Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss, Puccini........<sigh> Mozart wins by default :'(!
marvin
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 01, 2009, 02:17:50 PM
Mozart is the only decent opera composer on that list?? :( What gives? No serious opera composers here?? :-\
75% of my listening is opera: Wagner, Verdi, Mozart, Richard Strauss, Puccini........<sigh> Mozart wins by default :'(!
marvin
I too listen to plenty of opera, and well, vocal music in general, more than instrumental works. Verdi and Mozart are the two opera composers I cannot live without. But I also love choral works and, here lately, a lot of Early Music, masses, motets, chansons, virelais, etc. by Machaut, Dufay, Desprez, Lasso, Ockeghem and their contemporaries.
Lately its mainly been Shostakovich but overall I listen to Mahler the most and return to his music most often :).
Going a little OT, Conor71, I notice that you're championing 'Barbirolli's Sibelius' beneath your avatar. I'm assuming you mean the symphonies. How do these compare (in your opinion) with those by other conductors? (Supposing, of course, that you've heard more than one set.)
FK
I get too many new cd's and composers in, to get ever addicted to one composer. However if I have to name one, it would surely be Tchaikovsky, for me that is number one in my book, and I could not do without him.
The Strauss family's music is also a returning pleasant event in my life, so I add this too my list.
I'm with you in a love for Tchaikovsky, Harry. I owe the great man a debt - his music was my entry into classical music. But why do critics seem to sneer so much whenever his name is mentioned?
FK
Quote from: Classical Review on October 02, 2009, 12:09:50 AM
Going a little OT, Conor71, I notice that you're championing 'Barbirolli's Sibelius' beneath your avatar. I'm assuming you mean the symphonies. How do these compare (in your opinion) with those by other conductors? (Supposing, of course, that you've heard more than one set.)
FK
Mark, your site looks nice, and the reviews are easy to read, but I rather miss thoughts about recording quality, and the level of performance. For the rest is really up to scratch.
Congrats.
Quote from: Classical Review on October 02, 2009, 12:34:29 AM
I'm with you in a love for Tchaikovsky, Harry. I owe the great man a debt - his music was my entry into classical music. But why do critics seem to sneer so much whenever his name is mentioned?
FK
Because you have to love music, before you understand it, and that is absent with these guys.
Thank you, Harry! Kind words indeed.
I mention recorded sound a little here and there. And sometimes, moments of outstanding performance, too. But my main concern is introducing works to audiences unfamiliar with them. And as I keep to a fairly strict word count to make my reviews easier to read (it ranges from about 470 to 550 words), I'm often pushed for space to say everything I'd like.
FK
Quote from: Classical Review on October 02, 2009, 12:09:50 AM
Going a little OT, Conor71, I notice that you're championing 'Barbirolli's Sibelius' beneath your avatar. I'm assuming you mean the symphonies. How do these compare (in your opinion) with those by other conductors? (Supposing, of course, that you've heard more than one set.)
I like Barbirolli's Sibelius so far (still quite a new set) and have found his Symphonies to be nicely detailed with broad tempos and lively playing - The Symphonies which work best are the 1st, 2nd (possibly the best version Ive heard), 4th and 6th, I was a little disappointed with the 5th and the 3rd.
Overall a nice cycle but not my favourite from the 6 Symphony sets I own - that is probably Rattle's set as it so consistent and has excellent sound :).
Quote from: Conor71 on October 02, 2009, 10:11:14 AM
I like Barbirolli's Sibelius so far (still quite a new set) and have found his Symphonies to be nicely detailed with broad tempos and lively playing - The Symphonies which work best are the 1st, 2nd (possibly the best version Ive heard), 4th and 6th, I was a little disappointed with the 5th and the 3rd.
Overall a nice cycle but not my favourite from the 6 Symphony sets I own - that is probably Rattle's set as it so consistent and has excellent sound :).
Thanks for sharing. If Barbirolli's take on the Second Symphony is as good as you say, I must try to hear it. I'm addicted to Vanska's on BIS - and unconvinced (as yet) that anything can better it.
As for Rattle, I'm a big fan of his. But his readings of Sibelius' symphonies don't grab me emotionally. Yes, he's done his homework. He clearly knows the scores. But don't you think that in these works in particular, his attention to individual details can obscure the bigger picture?
Anyway, better not take this thread further OT.
FK