I suspect you are just saying that to be facetious.
I'm certain he is liked be everyone here.
Asher Peterson
>/classical/ the most pretentious thread on the internet agreeing on something universally outside of anything non classical is a lesser form of """"Sup Forumssic"""" \/ I I. I\/I I I T I o U. I. I u S I. Sup Forums N € \/\/
I just got home from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra doing Tchaikovsky's symphony no 5 and I suddenly understand why people consider him cheesy. Nice try genius, but you can't get rid of your repressed homosexuality by repeating the angsty minor theme in a major key in the last movement and pretending that solves everything.
That said the performance itself was great. Jaap van Zweden conducting and the CSO brass and woodwinds killed it. Early half of the program was ill also with the Lohengrin overture and Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 played by Denis Kozhukhin (followed by an encore of what I'm 95% sure was Debussy but I couldn't ID it)
Christian Davis
post yfw amerimongrels won't post their awful music here anymore
Nathaniel Brooks
>tfw you've heard everything and there's nothing fundamentally new out there
modern rap stations...unless you're living in the middle of nowhere
also
indie discotheque is rather good
Jaxon Gutierrez
I meant music that's actually worth listening to
Brody Perez
*vomits*
Kevin Wilson
I'm not familiar with much classical but I want compositions that are basically multiple voices that go together perfectly. No polyphonic choral singing please. I like listening to the art of fugue but you can probably understand how a lot of it goes over my head.
John Martin
I would say this is the safest guess
Ayden Rodriguez
>thinking that any other period of music is better than Baroque music
In response to someone from the previous thread who said Glenn Gould had some of the best Bach recordings:
>>>>>>glenn gould
what an obvious hack he is though, how could you listen to anyone who plays Bach on the piano- also he puts slowdowns in his music in an attempt to be "expressive" but it just ends up sounding contrived and annoying
What's seeing classical music live like? Does it make that much of a difference? Especially considering I'll probably be listening to worse conductors/performers than the best CD's.
Aiden Young
You can't really move in your seat or cough or really make any sort of noise (until the 10 second coughing break between movements) and you might fall asleep during parts you don't care too much about. Still though, even if the performance isn't as good as [insert recording here] I still think its worth it because there's something about live music that you can't really replicate with recordings. I wouldn't really go as far as to say its some spiritual or deeply emotional hogwash though. I've posted about it on here before but so far the best performance I've ever seen was SF Symphony Tchaikovsky's 6th. Live performances allow for the dynamics of the music to really shine through, the softs can get really soft and the louds can get really loud, and you're able to feel it in a similar way you can feel fireworks going off. The double bass pizzicatos at the end were so much more reverberant live than I have ever listened to recorded.
TL;DR good performances are good performances. you're in it for the experience not for the best quality of music. I wouldn't expect some grandiose life-changing experience though (definitely don't think this if it's something "spiritual" like Mahler - you WILL be let down). look forward to something enjoyable because music is enjoyable
Lucas Clark
He's actually technically and artistically flawless, perfectly imagining the notes that Bach set down before him, whereas you are a chump who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Charles Thompson
Thanks for the response. I guess I'll just have to go to a performance to see what's special about it. Wish I could see HIP/baroque performances though, but the chances of that in australia are probably zero.
Josiah Turner
Literally the best way to experience classical, provided its a good ensemble.
since the time of Beethoven, why has every great composer except Wagner, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky been on the political left?
Jose Perry
Daily reminder that you can't enjoy classical music if you're not christian
Austin Morales
Wagner was politically left for most of his early life and lots of composers have expressed rightist views. Don't you mean Christian? Daily reminder that YOU can't enjoy classical unless you are using it to make yourself feel superior to someone.
That's some very good music. I accept your apology
Easton Ortiz
The Soviet output is far too good for anyone to hate communism
Colton Cruz
Not all. John Adams composed an opera praising Richard Nixon and another condemning Israel.
Oliver Foster
Those operas didn't really do either of those things. Nixon in China wasn't politically critical of either Mao or Nixon, it just depicted them as reasonable, nuanced people. While Death of Klinghoffer did the same with Palestinian terrorists which equates to criticism of Israel for people who only see politics as black and white.
Brody Brooks
They still wouldn't be considered on the "political left." Maybe closer to right-center.
Can you maybe recommond stuff similar to this one, I have no clue when it comes to classical music, but quit enjoyed it. youtube.com/watch?v=9E6b3swbnWg
''Richard Wagner the composer, at the time Royal Saxon Court Conductor, had been inspired by the revolutionary spirit since 1848 and was befriended by Röckel and Bakunin. He wrote passionate articles in the Volksblätter inciting people to revolt, and when fighting broke out he took a very active part in it, making hand grenades and standing as a look out at the top of the Kreuzkirche.'' May Uprising in Dresden, 3 May 1849 - 9 May 1849
Lincoln Thompson
Mendelssohn suck ?
Christian Williams
Mahler and Schoenberg both converted to Christianity, proving the original poster's point.
