Brahms vs. Tchaikovsky!!!

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Ataraxia

July 27, 2012, 12:09:56 PM
Please vote. Thanks.

mahler10th

#1
July 27, 2012, 12:12:44 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 27, 2012, 12:09:56 PM
Please vote. Thanks.

I think you actually forgot to put 'for Tchaikovsky' at the end there instead of 'Thanks.'   >:D

Ataraxia

#2
July 27, 2012, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: Scots John on July 27, 2012, 12:12:44 PM
I think you actually forgot to put 'for Tchaikovsky' at the end there instead of 'Thanks.'   >:D

Why you! I oughta...!

Sammy

#3
July 27, 2012, 03:09:57 PM
Being more interested in solo and chamber music, Brahms easily gets my vote. 

jwinter

#4
July 27, 2012, 03:33:57 PM
Brahms for me, no contest.  Not that I dislike Tchaikovsky, of course...
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Karl Henning

#5
July 27, 2012, 04:49:48 PM
Neither would easily get my vote. Hard pressed, I should have to say Tchaikovsky.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Lisztianwagner

#6
July 28, 2012, 02:57:57 AM
I voted for Tchaikovsky.
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

johnshade

#7
July 28, 2012, 12:11:55 PM

Brahms. I listen to his symphonies and concertos much more often than those of Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff are my favorite Russian composers.

JS

The sun's a thief, and with her great attraction robs the vast sea, the moon's an arrant thief, and her pale fire she snatches from the sun  (Shakespeare)

Brahmsian

#8
July 28, 2012, 12:18:14 PM
You know my answer!  :D

Although I could never do without Tchaikovsky.

Brahmsian

#9
July 28, 2012, 12:21:21 PM
Dave, what was your choice?  8)

Ataraxia

#10
July 28, 2012, 12:24:54 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 28, 2012, 12:21:21 PM
Dave, what was your choice?  8)

The one from Germany.

Karl Henning

#11
July 28, 2012, 03:04:50 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 28, 2012, 12:24:54 PM
The one from Germany.

We all know you meant to vote for the one from Russia, though.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

North Star

#12
July 28, 2012, 03:15:37 PM
This is an extremely hard one, but at gunpoint, I'd perhaps prefer choosing Tchaikovsky instead of the bullet.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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mahler10th

#13
July 28, 2012, 03:37:02 PM
Quote from: North Star on July 28, 2012, 03:15:37 PM
This is an extremely hard one, but at gunpoint, I'd perhaps prefer choosing Tchaikovsky instead of the bullet.

I will discuss this with my friend, Hans Rott, and he will meet you on the next train out of town.

Ataraxia

#14
July 29, 2012, 04:46:59 AM
It's a closer race than I thought it would be.

Sergeant Rock

#15
July 29, 2012, 05:06:44 AM
Based on nothing more than his Fourth, Brahms.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Ataraxia

#16
July 29, 2012, 05:07:28 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 29, 2012, 05:06:44 AM
Based on nothing more than his Fourth, Brahms.

I love you, Sarge.

In a very manly sort of way, of course.

Sergeant Rock

#17
July 29, 2012, 05:13:00 AM
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Ataraxia

#18
July 29, 2012, 05:25:13 AM
What's your favorite 4th, Sarge? Right now mine is Royal Philharmonic/Reiner.

Sergeant Rock

#19
July 29, 2012, 05:33:02 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on July 29, 2012, 05:25:13 AM
What's your favorite 4th, Sarge? Right now mine is Royal Philharmonic/Reiner.

Furtwängler/Berlin Phil 1943
Wand/NDR
Eschenbach/Schleswig-Holstein Festival O
Kleiber/Vienna Phil

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"
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