Top 10 Favorite Tone Poems

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kyjo

#60
September 30, 2013, 11:03:17 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 30, 2013, 10:55:16 AM
Well, I for one am very glad that Strauss' bloated, boring-as-hell works continue to find their way into concert halls all over the world.  ;D

.....and I continue to wonder to myself why the hell they are so often performed compared to other, much more deserving music! ;D

madaboutmahler

#61
September 30, 2013, 11:14:35 AM
I'm with Greg on this one, but am glad you like Elgar, Kyle! I listen to the Strauss tone poems a lot less nowadays, but Also Sprach is certainly a firm favourite of mine! :D And the Mondscheinmusik from Capriccio is certainly a contender for my 4 favourite minutes of music ever! :D Do you not like Salome either?
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

kyjo

#62
September 30, 2013, 11:27:38 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on September 30, 2013, 11:14:35 AM
I'm with Greg on this one, but am glad you like Elgar, Kyle! I listen to the Strauss tone poems a lot less nowadays, but Also Sprach is certainly a firm favourite of mine! :D And the Mondscheinmusik from Capriccio is certainly a contender for my 4 favourite minutes of music ever! :D Do you not like Salome either?

Sorry, Daniel, we can't agree about everything! :D I think I've been a little too harsh on Strauss lately, and just be aware that everything negative I say about him is in good humor. :) I'm planning to give Strauss another go sometime down the road, but probably not too soon. There's just so much other music that is calling me. I like a couple works by Strauss pretty well, mainly Burleske, Metamorphosen and Four Last Songs. I remain lukewarm about Salome. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either.

Mirror Image

#63
September 30, 2013, 11:28:21 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on September 30, 2013, 11:14:35 AM
I'm with Greg on this one, but am glad you like Elgar, Kyle! I listen to the Strauss tone poems a lot less nowadays, but Also Sprach is certainly a firm favourite of mine! :D And the Mondscheinmusik from Capriccio is certainly a contender for my 4 favourite minutes of music ever! :D Do you not like Salome either?

The bolded texts is one of the best things I've seen Daniel post in quite some time. :D

Karl Henning

#64
September 30, 2013, 11:29:05 AM
Metamorphosen is a table-pounder, to be sure.
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

Mirror Image

#65
September 30, 2013, 11:30:04 AM
Quote from: kyjo on September 30, 2013, 11:27:38 AM
Sorry, Daniel, we can't agree about everything! :D I think I've been a little too harsh on Strauss lately, and just be aware that everything negative I say about him is in good humor. :) I'm planning to give Strauss another go sometime down the road, but probably not too soon. There's just so much other music that is calling me. I like a couple works by Strauss pretty well, mainly Burleske, Metamorphosen and Four Last Songs. I remain lukewarm about Salome. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either.

I wish I was joking when I called Strauss' music 'superficial garbage,' but I wasn't. :)

kyjo

#66
September 30, 2013, 11:33:55 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 30, 2013, 11:28:21 AM
The bolded texts is one of the best things I've seen Daniel post in quite some time. :D

Yes! Let's hope that downward trend continues! :P

kyjo

#67
September 30, 2013, 11:34:25 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 30, 2013, 11:30:04 AM
I wish I was joking when I called Strauss' music 'superficial garbage,' but I wasn't. :)

Yeah, on second thought, I wasn't being too harsh on Strauss. :D

Mirror Image

#68
September 30, 2013, 11:34:25 AM
Quote from: kyjo on September 30, 2013, 11:33:55 AM
Yes! Let's hope that downward trend continues! :P

Agreed!

DavidW

#69
September 30, 2013, 11:45:06 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 30, 2013, 11:30:04 AM
I wish I was joking when I called Strauss' music 'superficial garbage,' but I wasn't. :)

I'm sure that in a couple of years he'll be your favorite composer! :D

Mirror Image

#70
September 30, 2013, 11:51:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on September 30, 2013, 11:45:06 AM
I'm sure that in a couple of years he'll be your favorite composer! :D

Actually, believe it or not, I went through a Strauss phase when I first started to seriously get into classical, but, if you couldn't tell already, time has proven to be the enemy in regards to his music. I can barely listen to anything he has written these days without rolling my eyes or farting. :D

Wanderer

#71
September 30, 2013, 12:31:05 PM
It's like a "being a philistine and proud of it" skit!

Karl Henning

#72
September 30, 2013, 12:37:48 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on September 30, 2013, 12:31:05 PM
It's like a “being a philistine and proud of it” skit!

Aye.
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

The new erato

#73
September 30, 2013, 01:32:46 PM
I didn't know that philistines farted, but am very grateful for all the things I learn here.

kyjo

#74
September 30, 2013, 01:43:38 PM
Ahem, back to the thread topic, please.......

Dancing Divertimentian

#75
September 30, 2013, 05:33:14 PM Last Edit: September 30, 2013, 05:50:53 PM by Dancing Divertimentian
Quote from: kyjo on September 30, 2013, 01:43:38 PM
Ahem, back to the thread topic, please.......

Aww...just when the thread was getting interesting... 0:)


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

kyjo

#76
September 30, 2013, 05:35:09 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on September 30, 2013, 05:33:14 PM
Aww...just when the thread was getting interesting senseless... 0:)

Fixed. :)

Dancing Divertimentian

#77
September 30, 2013, 05:52:12 PM
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

mszczuj

#78
October 01, 2013, 05:45:17 PM
Moreless chronologically:

Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
Balakiriev Tamara
Strauss Don Juan
Strauss Tod und Verklärung
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige streiche
Strauss Don Quixote
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Dukas L'apprenti sorcier
Scriabin Le Poème de l'extase
Lyapunov Hashish

vandermolen

#79
October 03, 2013, 01:06:02 PM
Quote from: mszczuj on October 01, 2013, 05:45:17 PM
Moreless chronologically:

Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
Balakiriev Tamara
Strauss Don Juan
Strauss Tod und Verklärung
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige streiche
Strauss Don Quixote
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Dukas L'apprenti sorcier
Scriabin Le Poème de l'extase
Lyapunov Hashish

'Tamara' is a wonderfully atmospheric score.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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