Vinyl did beat Hi Resolution...

[Del monaco]

Bruckner is glorious..maybe try a different conductor for Mahler? Some conductors find the angst and a few find the incredible beauty in Mahlers music..

Yes.Listen to Bernstein’s 60s set with the NYO or Barbirolli. For Bruckner, there’s the glory of Giulini in the 8th and 9th. Jochum and Wand also offer great sets.

 

[k90tour]

Bruckner is glorious..maybe try a different conductor for Mahler? Some conductors find the angst and a few find the incredible beauty in Mahlers music..

Well, I have played much of it in orchestras. It's not just about one's record collection. It was never written for recordings.

 

[the caretaker]

Radio 3 breakfast is your absolute friend. I would do that over any specific repertoire recommendations. Especially if they include Mahler!

What? Sniffy about marvelous Mahler..but joyous about John Williams!!! You never cease to amaze me! It takes alsorts to make a world I suppose..

 

[k90tour]

And yes yes yes, heard all those recordings when you were in shorts.

 

[the caretaker]

Well, I have played much of it in orchestras. It's not just about one's record collection. It was never written for recordings.

Who is your favourite conductor of Mahler?

 

[the caretaker]

It's good to be passionate about things. Classical music, as has been pointed out, is such a vast field that it's unsurprising that not everyone will like the same things. Even eminent composers were often at each other's throats (I can't recall who it was who said of Wagner 'He has wonderful moments, and terrible half-hours'; one of the Italian opera composers maybe).

(With me, it's more about literature. I can quite understand someone not getting on with, say, P G Wodehouse, or James Joyce, but if someone says they can't be doing with Shakespeare, I think they're just not trying hard enough).

It was George Bernard Shaw...

 

[k90tour]

Who is your favourite conductor of Mahler?

I don't have a favourite. Different days, a different mood.

 

[the caretaker]

You really do need to do a bit of reading and listening. If you think Williams is just a film "hack" and not also a world-class classical composer, you are seriously ill-informed. Mind you, it's possible he is not a ukulele virtuoso...so there is that.

Being patronised by somebody who is a big fan of John Williams..do you not see the absurdity?

 

[the caretaker]

I don't have a favourite. Different days, a different mood.

Your a dark horse..in the orchestra, did you play the ukulele?

 

[the caretaker]

And Brahms fell asleep at the premiere of the other's fifth symphony. I have some sympathy for Brahms.

Don't like Brahms...a poor man's Beethoven..

 

[the caretaker]

Personally, I find Wagner and Mahler tedious. Ditto for Bruckner whose's symphonies all seem to me to be stuck in a 2/4 rut. 8-] They all wander about for ages making gestures, then often go off and die somewhere.

But "classical" music is a *vast* canvas. e.g. few people listen to Rubbra's symphonies, but I enjoy most of them.

Wow...you find Mahler tedious? Have you listened to Mahlers 2nd symphony? And people call me ignorant! All the hobgoblins are crawling out of the safety of classic fm today....

 

[Del monaco]

Don't like Brahms...a poor man's Beethoven..

I think I need to give Brahms a bit more time. I like his piano concertos and
parts of his German Requiem. I also quite like his Fourth Symphony.

 

[the caretaker]

I don't have a favourite. Different days, a different mood.

Nice bit of fence your sitting on there mate..someone who is actually in the soup as it were? Their insight might be a lot better than the codswallop I am hearing here...

 

[the caretaker]

I think I need to give Brahms a bit more time. I like his piano concertos and
parts of his German Requiem. I also quite like his Fourth Symphony.

Boring, and ugly...I would rather listen to John Williams..

 

[Del monaco]

I remember playing Solti and Mahler’s 3rd whilst driving across the Alps a few summers ago.Felt very apt.

 

[k90tour]

Boring, and ugly...I would rather listen to John Williams..

Do you know his piano solo music and chamber music?

 

[vince rocker]

Being patronised by somebody who is a big fan of John Williams..do you not see the absurdity?

I suppose you think you are some kind of performance art comedy act here to entertain us. Endless trolling is just tiresome. Why don't you go somewhere your "gift" will be appreciated?

 

[Nic Robinson]

What? Sniffy about marvelous Mahler..but joyous about John Williams!!! You never cease to amaze me! It takes alsorts to make a world I suppose..

You need to keep up. I never said I was sniffy about Mahler. Merely that he isn't on my list of recommendations to a classical novice.

 

[Nic Robinson]

Being patronised by somebody who is a big fan of John Williams..do you not see the absurdity?

I think pretty much anyone could get away with it.

 

[Nic Robinson]

Boring, and ugly...I would rather listen to John Williams..

And now my picture of your musicianship is complete.