Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>> I've just listened to it, like, 4 times back-to-back, and you know 
>>> what? I think I'm going to play it yet again...
>>
>> I usually choose one single Bach or Beethoven piece to go along all 
>> day. ;)
> I defy you to dance to that though. ;-) Let alone sing along...

Believe it or not, people danced to Bach's "profane" music... :)

> OTOH, Bach contains way more detail to enjoy, so......

What's wrong with good ol' Ludwig?  well, scrap that, let Enya fans have 
their share... :P

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>> OTOH, Bach contains way more detail to enjoy, so......
> 
> What's wrong with good ol' Ludwig?

Dunno. What's he sound like?

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Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>> OTOH, Bach contains way more detail to enjoy, so......
>>
>> What's wrong with good ol' Ludwig?
> 
> Dunno. What's he sound like?

Sounds fantastic. :D

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:28:21 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Enya, "And Winter Came...", track #3: "White is in the Winter Night".
> 
> Just so you know, it ****in PWNZ! I've just listened to it, like, 4
> times back-to-back, and you know what? I think I'm going to play it yet
> again...
> 
> Such PWN3RSH1P is rare indeed!

I agree, very good track and album.  :-)

Jim

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:00:31 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> OTOH, Bach contains way more detail to enjoy, so......
>> 
>> What's wrong with good ol' Ludwig?
> 
> Dunno. What's he sound like?

His later work is loud, largely due to his deafness.  Check out his fifth 
symphony (a very well known work) or the 9th.

Or "Fur Elise" for solo piano.  He had quite a range of works.

Jim

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > Dunno. What's he sound like?
>
> His later work is loud, largely due to his deafness.  Check out his fifth
> symphony (a very well known work) or the 9th.

Or his late string quartets (~Op. 127-135), some of the last music he wrote, not
to mention some of the best.

 - Ricky

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triple_r wrote:
> Or his late string quartets (~Op. 127-135), some of the last music he wrote, not
> to mention some of the best.

Or "Musical Offering", which takes one theme and beats it with a club of 
wonderous complexity until it's naught but a greasy stain on the concrete.

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"triple_r" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > > Dunno. What's he sound like?
> >
> > His later work is loud, largely due to his deafness.  Check out his fifth
> > symphony (a very well known work) or the 9th.
>
> Or his late string quartets (~Op. 127-135), some of the last music he wrote, not
> to mention some of the best.

I don't know what loudness you guys are talking about.  If you're talking about
dynamics of expression, Beethoven always had a passion for very contrasting
dynamics.  His music is filled with passion and extreme emotional states, even
from before deafness:  going from pianissimo to fortissimo and vice-versa --
using the full dynamic range the developing piano-forte allowed in contrast
with the older harpsichord.  How can you convey passion without dynamics?

Think Beethoven is loud?  Ever heard Wagner?  But yes, not too many people
enjoyed his "savage" sounds, like Chopin once put it.

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> triple_r wrote:
> > Or his late string quartets (~Op. 127-135), some of the last music he wrote, not
> > to mention some of the best.
>
> Or "Musical Offering", which takes one theme and beats it with a club of
> wonderous complexity until it's naught but a greasy stain on the concrete.

Are you talking of the 32 variations?  Yes, a magnificent masterpiece... :)

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > > His later work is loud, largely due to his deafness.  Check out his fifth
> > > symphony (a very well known work) or the 9th.
> >
> > Or his late string quartets (~Op. 127-135), some of the last music he wrote, not
> > to mention some of the best.
>
> Think Beethoven is loud?

Didn't mean to imply loud, only worth checking out for a good cross-section of
Beethoven.

> How can you convey passion without dynamics?

Glenn Gould seems to pull this off somehow.  Full of passion, but not much for
dynamics.

> Ever heard Wagner?  But yes, not too many people
> enjoyed his "savage" sounds, like Chopin once put it.

Or, as Mark Twain put it, "Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is
better than it sounds."

 - Ricky

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