I've been posting here for a few months but haven't formally introduced myself yet.
Hi. I'm Pat.
I listen to music from all time periods from Medieval to current.
My background is in string music. Until recently my collection was heavy on symphonies and violin concerti, but now I am adding lots of chamber and keyboard music, and some vocal works.
My musical tastes are probably conservative by GMG standards. I listen to lots of Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Dvořák, etc.
My collection doesn't get much more obscure than the likes of Biber and Ives.
I tend to prefer historically-informed / period instrument performances, but I'm not ideological about it. For me it's about performances being musically satisfying, not necessarily academically correct. I think it's great to have diverse options in recordings, even if not every option is to my taste.
That's all I've got for now.
Hi, Pat. Welcome to GMG. I appreciate the fact you aren't an ideologue. This is congruent with my own tastes. If you could stretch out to encompass Haydn, I would pronounce you very well rounded musically.... ;)
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Hi Pat, and welcome. Hard to argue with any of the composers you mention! I also like HIP groups and recordings, though not exclusively. (Most of my listening is from the 20th and 21st centuries.)
Anyway, have a good time here.
--Bruce
Quote from: Brewski on August 05, 2013, 06:59:52 AM
Hi Pat, and welcome. Hard to argue with any of the composers you mention! I also like HIP groups and recordings, though not exclusively. (Most of my listening is from the 20th and 21st centuries.)
--Bruce
So it's
all HIP & PI then.... :)
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Quote from: Gurn Blanston on August 04, 2013, 05:28:11 PM
Hi, Pat. Welcome to GMG. I appreciate the fact you aren't an ideologue. This is congruent with my own tastes. If you could stretch out to encompass Haydn, I would pronounce you very well rounded musically.... ;)
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LOL. I should have seen that coming. :laugh:
Actually I
am listening to more Haydn than before and won't pretend that's a coincidence.
Welcome, Pat!
Yeah, you're definitely a conservative listener, but that's okay there's a lot of them here on GMG. Welcome aboard!
Well, Pat, if you could just wait a little longer, and make this introduction a bit more belated than it is, then this may be the first introduction thread by someone who needs no introduction.
Welcome, belatedly!