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md
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"Romantic" music
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Dec 28 14:02 UTC 1997 |
"Romantic" in quotes because I don't mean Romantic as in late Schubert
through early Mahler, I mean "romantic" as in snuggling by the fireplace
with your sweetheart.
Rachmaninov's slow movements are the gold standard, I guess. The 3rd
movement of his 2nd symphony, the 18th variation from his Paganini
Rhapsody, and so on. What turns you on?
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mary
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response 1 of 10:
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Dec 28 14:43 UTC 1997 |
I tend to hear instruments as voices so an orchestra is a choir, a chamber
ensemble is a group of friends, and a solo instrument is one-on-one
conversation. Maybe this is why I tend to think of the most romantic
music as simple (as in non-complex) music played in an intimate setting by
either a piano or a cello (base voices).
The one piece that immediately comes to mind is Mendelssohn's Songs
Without Words, Op.19, No.1. I don't think I've ever heard John play it
where the routine of life didn't stop for a few while the music summarized
lots of feelings. It is an elegantly beautiful piece of music.
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teflon
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response 2 of 10:
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Jan 4 14:25 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, that's a nice one. I think for me it would have to be "vocalise" by
(I think) Rochmanin. It's such a lovely peice that it just makes me stop
whatever I'm doing and relax a bit, whenever I hear it.
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md
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response 3 of 10:
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Jan 4 16:22 UTC 1998 |
The composer is Rachmaninov. Yes, "Vocalise" is exceptionally
beautiful in that way. Rachmaninov had a serious knack for that.
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teflon
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response 4 of 10:
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Jan 4 22:56 UTC 1998 |
I know how to spell it. The only reason that I misspelled his name is because
my brain moves faster than my fingers, it all. <Snif>
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md
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response 5 of 10:
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Jan 5 00:10 UTC 1998 |
Wait'll you get to my age and your fingers move faster than
your brain.
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orinoco
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response 6 of 10:
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Jan 5 03:35 UTC 1998 |
Myself, I find that music intended to sound romantic is too sappy for my
tastes. The music I find romantic tends to be dissonantly beautiful -
heartache and love all in one, I guess. So, Stravinsky's less violent pieces,
such as the slower movements from _Rite of Spring_, are the example that
springs to mind - pieces on the tail end of the Romantic period.
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srw
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response 7 of 10:
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Jan 8 01:27 UTC 1998 |
I love those but don't find them particularly romantic.
I find the Bachianas Brazileiras #5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
romantic, at least parts of it. I don't think it was intended to be,
though. It's a favorite of mine, anyway.
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srw
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response 8 of 10:
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Jan 8 01:29 UTC 1998 |
(It's scored for a soprano and 8 cellos. That's part of it.)
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faile
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response 9 of 10:
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Jan 8 04:46 UTC 1998 |
The second movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony gets me every time.
There's just something about the simple melody in the English Horn and the
contrasts in teh strings... oooh.
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orinoco
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response 10 of 10:
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Feb 19 23:45 UTC 1998 |
Ooh, yeah, Dvorak. Good stuff, that. Have you heard his Piano Quintet in
A Major? Probably the best piece of chamber music I've ever heard..
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