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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Don't worry monkie...I, at least, won't harp on his omission from the list.
Don't worry monkie...I, at least, won't harp on his omission from the list.
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You're a sweetie Boris.
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Boris, Can I ask you 2 things?
What do you think of Mahler? (he is my favorite composer)
And, do you remember your thread about opera music?
Why havent you included Kiri Te Kanawa as a recommended soprano?Periodista : A proposito del escudo de la fe, Elisa, a mí me sorprendía Reutemann diciendo que estaba dispuesto a enfrentarse con el mismísimo demonio (Menem) y después terminó bajándose de la candidatura. Ahí parece que fuera ganando el demonio.
Elisa Carrio: No, porque si usted lee bien el Génesis dice que la mujer pisará la serpiente.Comment
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Our resident Thersites gibbers imprecations simianly at his betters...Originally posted by paiktis22
german composers are overated they anit worth a damn
Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Molly--We all know patty is a troll, best to ignore him so he doesn't ruin another thread.
Plan--Mahler is terrific, he should have been on the list. His symphonies 1, 5 and 8 in particular are fantastic, as is Das Lied von der Erde.
Te Kanawa--what can I say? She's very good, I just wouldn't put her at the top. Her voice is lovely, her singing superb. I guess it's just the expression that's missing, for me. She's great in roles where you can get away being passive and bland (The Countess in Figaro, Desdemona in Otello), but unconvincing in anything requiring fire. She doesn't have much oomph, I suppose.
Rumor has it she is a rather dim bulb, but that doesn't really matter (especially since I had Zinka "If-Only-Her-Tits-Were-Brains" Milanov on the list!).Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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I've never been a big Ravel fan (he's another I would have left off the list), but that could be because I despise Bolero so much...Originally posted by devilmunchkin
i voted for beethoven..but i had a hard time deciding as i REALLY love ravel...
kass, saint-saens wrote Danse MAcabre....a very very awesome tune...
monk: i can't believe you left off tchaikovsky!
As for Saint-Saens, if you would like to check out some of his other pieces, I'd recommend looking for the following:
Carnival of the Animals
"Bacchanale" from Samson & Delilah
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" (Esp. last movement)Tutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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boris: try ravel's "String quartet in F Major - 2nd Mvt."
THAT is my fav Ravel piece...and yes...i've heard the carnival of the animals...
what about Mussorgky??? Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain are timeless classics
my fav piano piece is Chopin's "Rainsdrop Prelude"...however...and you might want to shoot me for this...i like movie soundtracks...i love danny elfman cd's....and (i don't know the composer) the sndtrck to RObin HOod Prince of Theives always makes me shiver"Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boyComment
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Oh, I'm familiar with other Ravel works. I just have such an incredible animosity over Bolero. Grrrrr.Originally posted by devilmunchkin
boris: try ravel's "String quartet in F Major - 2nd Mvt."
THAT is my fav Ravel piece...
And Boris Godunov!what about Mussorgky??? Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain are timeless classics
however...and you might want to shoot me for this...i like movie soundtracks...i love danny elfman cd's....and (i don't know the composer) the sndtrck to RObin HOod Prince of Theives always makes me shiver
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Thanks for your comments on "Boris Godunov", Boris. The way you describe it certainly picked my curiosity, and I'd like to see it when I have the opportunity.
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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Yeah Paiktis, greek composers rulz
I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.
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Thanks for the adviceOriginally posted by Boris Godunov
Well, it depends on what genres you prefer.
I had the privelege of being able to sing in his Ein Deutsches Requiem when I was in college, which was my introduction to his music. But that's a long, rather intense piece for first aquaintance.
The pieces monkie mentioned are his most well-known and probably good starting points:
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Lullaby
Waltz in A flat
Academic Festival Overture.
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And paiktis, can´t you direct your trollings against the Turks or the French? 
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I think it comes down to a bare-knuckle fight between Bach and Beethoven.yadaComment
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Bach would take him, easily.
If Beethoven even looked like he was winning, one of Bach's sons would join in and start whompin' on ole deafy.
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Yep, and Karl Beethoven would join in, ungrateful brat that he was.
And if that didn't work, Johann Sebastian 'twenty kids' sh@gmonster would have no problems taunting old Ludwig into submission...
oh yes, the music. Right. Music...yadaComment
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Anyone here like Rosinni or Orff?http://monkspider.blogspot.com/Comment
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so what would u guys recomend for the casual classical listener?
i know (and love) some of the really famous works, beethoven's 5th, 1812 overture, ride of the valkyries... but i'm not too familiar with composers like bach or about half of those on the pollI'm 49% Apathetic, 23% Indifferent, 46% Redundant, 26% Repetative and 45% Mathetically Deficient.Comment
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