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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - risabet 18:47:20 02/28/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Baroque and classical. I must say that I've lately begun listening to a lot of Americana. Ives, Copland, etc.

  
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• when actively choosing? the same. - Timbo in Oz 16:31:27 02/25/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  But we have ABC Classic FM on ALL the time. So we hear all sorts of stuff and turn it up when we LIKE it.

  I prefer from Brahms, Schumann back into the medieval period.

  I was introduced to performing baroque and renaissance music as a tween when I was an Anglican Cathedral choir boy. Early 1960s, just as the whole HIP thing took off.

  
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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - 6bq5 09:52:06 02/24/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  I also have a soft spot for the Baroque and earlier material-
  Sacred and secular, choral and instrumental-
  Locke, Purcell, Handel, Bach, Teleman, etc...
  
  Having said that, My collection has a smattering of everything else up to the modern composers-
  
  Happy listening
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - learsfool 22:01:55 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Much of my listening is determined by my work - however, if I am listening purely for pleasure, then I would have to say the Classical era, particularly Mozart.
  

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• Romantic period. (NT) - jeffreybehr 21:53:22 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

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  William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
  
  

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• The "one wrong note" composers: Prokofiev, Shostakovich, etc. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 21:12:37 02/21/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

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  • Did you ever hear the story. . . - Chris from Lafayette 22:06:48 02/21/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: The "one wrong note" composers: Prokofiev, Shostakovich, etc. nt posted by jdaniel@jps.net on February 21, 2015 at 21:12:37

    . . . about the visitor who knocked at Prokofiev's door, and one of his kids opened it. "I need to talk to your father," said the visitor, "Is he here?" "Oh, yes!", the boy replied, "He's in the back, putting in the wrong notes."
    

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• JS Bach... - musetap 20:32:28 02/21/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  And, yes, I consider him a genre.
  
  
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  • Seconded - jimbill 09:06:12 02/25/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: JS Bach... posted by musetap on February 21, 2015 at 20:32:28

    nt
    

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• A lot of what is recommended here... - Ivan303 19:13:51 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Get busy!
  
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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - fantja 17:55:43 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Thanks! for sharing- John C.
  

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• Listening to *most* - Amphissa 17:54:35 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  
  I listen mostly to music starting with Beethoven, although I do like selective works by Bach (including the works for solo cello and solo violin).
  
  I really have tried with modern composers and I do like some of them, but I do not like excessive dissonance and most modernism leaves me cold.
  
  I listen mostly to orchestral music, including concertos, but also enjoy chamber music, both solo instrument and small ensemble.
  
  I do not *listen* to opera, but I like some opera works and love to see them live and watch on video.
  
  That said, classical does not consume *all* of my listening time.
  
  
  "Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
  
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - fantja 17:54:28 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Another vote for Baroque.
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - banpuku 17:53:10 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  String quartets. Favorites are, I order of preference:

  Bartok
  Shostakovich
  Beethoven
  Dvorak
  Schoenberg
  
  

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• Yes....... - Todd Krieger 17:09:19 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  If I had to answer the question, it's probably "Romantic"..... But I try to listen to everything..... (I admit, "Gregorian Chant" is a hole in my collection. Don't have much pre-Bach either.)
      
  
  

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• No Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky. No piano or violin music. Nothing in G major. nt - rbolaw 13:51:07 02/21/15 (10)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  
  

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  • Hard to believe you are serious! (nt) - John C. - Aussie 15:31:57 02/21/15 (8)
    In Reply to: RE: No Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky. No piano or violin music. Nothing in G major. nt posted by rbolaw on February 21, 2015 at 13:51:07

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    Enjoying 12,000 mostly classical CDs via Sennheiser HD800 headphones & M2TECH Vaughan DAC -> HeadRoom BlockHead headphone amplifier fed from a Meridian (Sooloos) server system.
    The main 7.1 MC electrostatic speaker system is for A/V at night.
    
    

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    • Or D minor - the saddest of all keys? - andy evans 01:59:26 02/22/15 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: Hard to believe you are serious! (nt) posted by John C. - Aussie on February 21, 2015 at 15:31:57

      Nigel Tufnel:"It's part of a trilogy, a musical trilogy I'm working on in D minor which is the saddest of all keys, I find. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don't know why…….."
      

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      • The reason they weep... - D Harvey 06:54:47 02/22/15 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: Or D minor - the saddest of all keys? posted by andy evans on February 22, 2015 at 01:59:26

        ...is cuz some assclown is playing "the white keys" again.
        
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    • More seriously: Almost any genre from the Golden Age ... - rbolaw 16:09:26 02/21/15 (5)
      In Reply to: RE: Hard to believe you are serious! (nt) posted by John C. - Aussie on February 21, 2015 at 15:31:57

      the Golden Age being from about 1955 to the present.
      

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      • (Tongue firmly in cheek) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 22:01:24 02/21/15 (3)
        In Reply to: RE: More seriously: Almost any genre from the Golden Age ... posted by rbolaw on February 21, 2015 at 16:09:26

        
        
        

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        • not entirely ... - rbolaw 07:49:32 02/22/15 (2)
          In Reply to: RE: (Tongue firmly in cheek) [nt] posted by Chris from Lafayette on February 21, 2015 at 22:01:24

          I actually got a chuckle out of your post, since these days most of my music listening centers around the periods pre-1860 and post- OK, can't say 1955 and toss out early Miles Davis and Messiaen, so post-1935. If there was a fallow period in Western music, I'd put it from the death of Schubert in 1828 to the emergence of Debussy and modernism around 1894.
          
          Some great music in that period, though. A few years ago I spent a lot of time studying and listening to that music -- Alkan, Reinecke, and so forth, while reading Charles Rosen's superb (but dense) book, The Romantic Generation. But I would follow Mark Twain's example and call it not the Golden Age, but the Gilded Age. ;)
          

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          • rbolaw - jult52 09:39:49 02/25/15 (0)
            In Reply to: RE: not entirely ... posted by rbolaw on February 22, 2015 at 07:49:32

            I'm also a fan of Rosen's "Romantic Generation." It's one of the few books that have very actively affected the way I listen to Liszt, Chopin, Berlioz and others from that era.
            

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          • Schumann GT Schubert (IMHO) - Chris from Lafayette 15:47:15 02/22/15 (0)
            In Reply to: RE: not entirely ... posted by rbolaw on February 22, 2015 at 07:49:32

            I have no doubt that you'll eventually come around on Alkan too! ;-)
            

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      • I listen to the TWO Golden Ages. - D Harvey 16:59:09 02/21/15 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: More seriously: Almost any genre from the Golden Age ... posted by rbolaw on February 21, 2015 at 16:09:26

        Renaissance thru Baroque, and then 1890 or so to the present!
        
        Not to say I never listen to what came in between. But that stuff remains by and large less compelling than the rest to my ears.
        
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  • I like how you think... - Paul_A 15:03:42 02/21/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: No Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky. No piano or violin music. Nothing in G major. nt posted by rbolaw on February 21, 2015 at 13:51:07

    ...but I have to disagree with you about G.
    

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• Renaissance and later. - Pat D 13:47:50 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Not very much medieval, really, save for some chant.
  
  Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, some modern, but yeah, not too much 12 tone stuff.
  
  Symphonic and orchestral music, chamber music, solo voice, choral singing, keyboard, organ.
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• Everything but the early music and current hits... - kuma 13:43:17 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  I might not be able to get to those before I kick a bucket but just too many good ones I missed in between that I still need to catch up.
  

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• Almost any genre from the Golden Age. . . - Chris from Lafayette 13:17:55 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  . . . the Golden Age being from about 1860 through about 1955, but not including the works of the Second Vienna School or their post-Webern successors (even though I have a number of recordings of this music - go figure!) I like the earlier stuff too (especially Bach), just not as much.
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - Chuck Y 12:54:40 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Music for the solo piano from Beethoven forward thru the neo-classical period. About 75% of my listening time is devoted to this. Age related? I think maybe so.
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 10:45:40 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Easily 60% chamber, and of that 70% string quartet.
  
  
  
  So I guess that puts me at 130% non-orchestral!
  
  There are three kinds of people in the world; those who can count and those who can't.
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - Mike K 09:29:11 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Almost exclusively solo piano and solo guitar, although I do have some
  recordings of small groups featuring trumpet that I really like. Don't
  much care for string quartets, symphonic pieces, or opera.
  

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• Haydn to today, orchestra & chamber, no choral/opera/serial/atonal * - krisjan 07:21:33 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

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• Everything except Second Vienna School - Jay Buridan 07:09:30 02/21/15 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  and serial.
  

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  • I can listen to some Schoenberg... - Ivan303 19:17:41 02/21/15 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: Everything except Second Vienna School posted by Jay Buridan on February 21, 2015 at 07:09:30

    OK, emphasis on 'SOME', not all.
    
    Can not get ANY of Webern no matter how hard I try.
    
    
    
    
    

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    • Sometimes I listen to Berg's violin concerto - Jay Buridan 10:20:04 02/22/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: I can listen to some Schoenberg... posted by Ivan303 on February 21, 2015 at 19:17:41

      But can't stomach Webern.
      

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  • An excellent alternative to serial music -- - rbolaw 08:04:14 02/21/15 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: Everything except Second Vienna School posted by Jay Buridan on February 21, 2015 at 07:09:30

    cereal music (link below). It's magically delicious.

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    • LMAO :) - Jay Buridan 10:17:34 02/22/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: An excellent alternative to serial music -- posted by rbolaw on February 21, 2015 at 08:04:14

      :)
      

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• Vocal, Choral (incl. Requiems), and Chamber (esp. String Quartets) - John Marks 04:19:07 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Listening to Morten Feldman's 1979 string quartet in a great new recording by the Flux Quartet on Mode records.
  
  They are considerate enough to include an audio-only 24/48 DVD of the whole quartet so you can listen to it uninterrupted and not have to change CDs.
  
  ATB,
  
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• Nothing before Beethoven - andy evans 01:47:52 02/21/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  Bits of Bach at times, but otherwise Beethoven onwards. No Mozart or Haydn. Just does nothing for me these days.

  Otherwise a lot of Janacek, Scriabin, Bartok, Debussy, Ravel, de Falla, Wagner, Schubert. Plus all kinds of piano music. Some other vocal music - R.Strauss songs, Alban Berg…...
  

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• RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - jazz1 22:43:58 02/20/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 20, 2015 at 21:48:16

  My tastes are similar to yours mostly Baroque, lots of Bach, Handel, Purcell etc, Harmonia Mundi being one of my fav label but also more modern chamber music, little big orchestral works which I can only take in small dose. I also like jazz especially female vocal.
  In total I only have about 2500 titles to choose from and they are nearly all on my pc except 300 or so SACD's.
  I do not play much music on my tv I rather just listen, which I do on average 3 hours a day. Yesterday I had a 6 hours session with friends
  My speakers are the stunning Vivid Giya 2, played though Lindemann electronics and PS audio DAC and a Sony SACD player. Pure magic...
  

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  • RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? - Tom 06:53:10 02/21/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: What Classical Music Genre do you find yourself listening to most? posted by jazz1 on February 20, 2015 at 22:43:58

    The Frenchies...late 19th century through mid-20th.
    
    The Russians...from The Five through Schnittke.
    
    And Beethoven...just because.
    

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