Many thanks, Sean, for your kind words.Seán wrote:Hi Paul, that is a wonderful read, beautifully constructed and hugely informative, well done and thank you.
What are you listening to?
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Gryphon Diablo 300, dCS Rossini (with matching clock), Kharma Exquisite Mini, Ansuz C2, Finite Elemente Master Reference.
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markof wrote: I find the forum a great source of music inspiration. If I think I might be interested, I trial an album in Spotify and purchase it later if I like what I hear.
That is a very sensible approach Mark and a good way to build a very personal collection. One thing can then lead to another. Another way to enhance this approach might be to start with your favoured composer and then move both backwards and then forwards in time and his contemporaries e.g. if say you like the music of Vivaldi then why not sample Telemann and Vivaldi. It can lead you down some interesting avenues.
Happy listening.
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I have been listening to this set recently....
....which was most enjoyable except for Symphony No. 6 which still gives me difficulty.
....which was most enjoyable except for Symphony No. 6 which still gives me difficulty.
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^^ I know it's me Fergus, but I just can't get on with them at all at present... I've put them to one side and will have another try in due course.
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Jared wrote:^^ I know it's me Fergus, but I just can't get on with them at all at present... I've put them to one side and will have another try in due course.
Interestingly I took a slightly different tack this time around Jared in that I did not exactly listen to the music as a whole but rather I was listening to each section of the orchestra individually as each work was playing in an attempt to see what was going on. It was an interesting exercise and it worked for me in that I really appreciated the orchestral textures this time. Martinu's 6th however remains to be cracked and I think that will take considerably longer to achieve!
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To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Do be do be do: Sinatra
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^^ you're like me Fergus... tackle something 'difficult' to your ear, then go back to something uplifting like Pergolesi for safe ground!
I wonder which you'll crack first... Martinu 6 or Nielsen 6?
Seriously though, I think you have the right approach there, and it is one which I have a tendency to adopt... break expansive movements down into bite size, manageable chunks and expand on them. I'm pleased this has paid off for you, and may be a tack I adopt upon my next listen.
In the meantime however...
I wonder which you'll crack first... Martinu 6 or Nielsen 6?
Seriously though, I think you have the right approach there, and it is one which I have a tendency to adopt... break expansive movements down into bite size, manageable chunks and expand on them. I'm pleased this has paid off for you, and may be a tack I adopt upon my next listen.
In the meantime however...
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Brass Bands are all very well in their place -
outdoors and several miles away....
outdoors and several miles away....
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Fergus, I am delighted to see that you are enjoying Martinů's works, I find them deeply refreshing, new and vibrant at every sitting and that is a very fine set.fergus wrote:I have been listening to this set recently....
....which was most enjoyable except for Symphony No. 6 which still gives me difficulty.
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JB, I have often wondered about that set, do you like it?jaybee wrote:
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler