The symphonies are tough

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Topic - Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - MichaelV8 08:39:07 04/15/12 (83)

Ever Hear of the Three B's? How Times Have Changed - Mike Porper 14:08:52 05/16/12 (1)

RE: Ever Hear of the Three B's? How Times Have Changed - josh358 18:37:43 05/17/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - Bob Neill 06:15:04 04/24/12 (0)

Thank you everyone... and Josh and Chris - MichaelV8 16:16:51 04/20/12 (1)

Best all-around Brahms' 3rd--Wand's 80's NDR, believe on RCA - jdaniel@jps.net 11:02:07 04/22/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - Rockethead26 09:03:20 04/20/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - josh358 17:52:21 04/19/12 (6)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - MichaelV8 15:28:53 04/20/12 (5)

I really dislike that Katchen set, Michael - jult52 04:02:13 04/21/12 (3)

Why is that? - MichaelV8 19:16:04 04/21/12 (2)

Katchen bangs the keys instead - jult52 03:10:54 04/22/12 (1)

RE: Thanks, I should have asked first. nt - MichaelV8 16:54:09 04/22/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - josh358 19:04:28 04/20/12 (0)

Was 1959... - old geezer 18:25:31 04/18/12 (1)

RE: Was 1959... - MichaelV8 09:32:41 04/19/12 (0)

RE: Late?...I haven't even started - KLechterO78s 03:22:53 04/18/12 (9)

Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25 - Kal Rubinson 17:50:52 04/18/12 (2)

Leonard Fleischer? - Mali 20:38:27 04/18/12 (1)

I did. - Kal Rubinson 05:56:10 04/19/12 (0)

Piano Quintet Op. 34 - Kas 17:11:11 04/18/12 (1)

Yes - that Gulda/Hagen performance is excellent - and below the radar of a lot of listeners [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 22:39:35 04/18/12 (0)

The Double Conerto - Mali 15:10:47 04/18/12 (1)

Yes - That one is VERY good! - Chris from Lafayette 16:47:16 04/18/12 (0)

RE: Late?...I haven't even started - MichaelV8 13:06:48 04/18/12 (0)

RE: Late?...I haven't even started - ahendler 07:11:44 04/18/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - learsfool 20:48:12 04/17/12 (0)

The symphonies are tough - Daverz 15:29:34 04/16/12 (34)

I would gladly trade all of of Tchaikovsky for any single Brahms - madisonears 21:51:31 04/19/12 (1)

How awful for you! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 08:58:58 04/20/12 (0)

Brahms was fighting bombasticism at times - MichaelV8 17:30:37 04/18/12 (24)

Hope I never see that word again! - madisonears 22:21:49 04/19/12 (0)

RE: Brahms was fighting bombasticism at times - josh358 17:59:02 04/19/12 (0)

Abbado's Brahms Sym. 1 is very listenable... - kuma 20:48:54 04/18/12 (0)

What makes you think he was fighting it? - genungo 18:32:21 04/18/12 (20)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - MichaelV8 09:39:25 04/19/12 (19)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - genungo 04:52:57 04/20/12 (2)

I think of Brahms mainly as a chamber music - jult52 06:01:53 04/20/12 (1)

I prefer to think of him... - genungo 16:02:11 04/20/12 (0)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - josh358 18:08:27 04/19/12 (13)

Structure - Chris from Lafayette 22:59:49 04/19/12 (12)

RE: Structure - josh358 06:25:53 04/20/12 (11)

I don't want to be limited by Germanic-only concepts of structure - Chris from Lafayette 13:41:29 04/20/12 (10)

Leonard Bernstein 1953 American Decca Recordings - AlanPre 12:50:09 05/14/12 (0)

RE: I don't want to be limited by Germanic-only concepts of structure - josh358 15:18:26 04/20/12 (8)

Just to be clear. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:43:56 04/20/12 (7)

RE: Just to be clear. . . - josh358 18:48:01 04/20/12 (6)

Thanks for the link, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 23:14:38 04/20/12 (5)

RE: Thanks for the link, but. . . - josh358 05:23:05 04/21/12 (4)

RE: Thanks for the link, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:37:18 04/21/12 (3)

RE: Thanks for the link, but. . . - josh358 08:52:44 04/22/12 (2)

Interesting - I never met Jonathan Berger - Chris from Lafayette 13:50:50 04/22/12 (1)

RE: Interesting - I never met Jonathan Berger - josh358 14:41:35 05/18/12 (0)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - Brian Cheney 10:48:03 04/19/12 (1)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - josh358 18:01:04 04/19/12 (0)

RE: The symphonies are tough - Russell 10:27:09 04/18/12 (1)

RE: The symphonies are tough - josh358 18:10:39 04/19/12 (0)

RE: The symphonies are tough - jec01 06:24:50 04/17/12 (0)

Bruno Walter, Serge Koussevitzky............ - Todd Krieger 19:56:46 04/16/12 (2)

What about Szell in the Brahms 2nd symphony? - pbarach 19:02:02 04/17/12 (0)

vouching for Walter - TGR 16:59:58 04/17/12 (0)

I can't agree on that one. Came to like the 2nd pretty early in teen years. Though only now getting into the - jdaniel@jps.net 19:09:01 04/16/12 (0)

Violin Sonata No. 1 - Mali 11:01:13 04/16/12 (3)

But you forgot one of the biggest features of that CD - Chris from Lafayette 15:04:54 04/16/12 (2)

RE: But you forgot one of the biggest features of that CD - Mali 15:34:04 04/16/12 (1)

Dark Eyes - boboli 18:24:37 04/16/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - Thornhill 16:11:29 04/15/12 (9)

Thanks for the recommendations. Most helpul. - BillyBenBilly 17:45:05 04/16/12 (0)

Don't forget the lieder and piano waltzes and intermezzi - rbolaw 09:21:49 04/16/12 (3)

RE: Don't forget the lieder and piano waltzes and intermezzi - Thornhill 17:59:43 04/16/12 (2)

RE: Don't forget the lieder and piano waltzes and intermezzi - rbolaw 12:04:38 04/17/12 (1)

RE: Don't forget the lieder and piano waltzes and intermezzi - josh358 18:15:16 04/19/12 (0)

If you think Brahms Orchestral music suffers from denseness - Chuck Y 19:26:37 04/15/12 (2)

RE: If you think Brahms Orchestral music suffers from denseness - Thornhill 18:02:36 04/16/12 (1)

That's interesting Thornhill - jult52 06:11:08 04/20/12 (0)

RE: Has anyone else come late to Brahms? - ahendler 18:31:27 04/15/12 (0)

See the thread below which discusses Brahms VC.... - Chuck Y 12:16:51 04/15/12 (4)

RE: See the thread below which discusses Brahms VC.... - Todd Krieger 19:49:57 04/16/12 (0)

RE: See the thread below which discusses Brahms VC.... - MichaelV8 15:39:07 04/15/12 (2)

Interesting that you call Brahms' melodic gift - jult52 06:44:32 04/16/12 (1)

RE: Interesting that you call Brahms' melodic gift - josh358 18:33:20 04/19/12 (0)

I find that Brahms is demading. I listen when I'm prepared - Jay Buridan 09:36:49 04/15/12 (2)

RE: I find that Brahms is demading. I listen when I'm prepared - MichaelV8 15:54:38 04/15/12 (1)

Brahms isn't "easy listening" music is what I mean to say - Jay Buridan 08:35:50 04/16/12 (0)

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The symphonies are tough - Daverz 15:29:34 04/16/12 (34)

I would gladly trade all of of Tchaikovsky for any single Brahms - madisonears 21:51:31 04/19/12 (1)

How awful for you! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 08:58:58 04/20/12 (0)

Brahms was fighting bombasticism at times - MichaelV8 17:30:37 04/18/12 (24)

Hope I never see that word again! - madisonears 22:21:49 04/19/12 (0)

RE: Brahms was fighting bombasticism at times - josh358 17:59:02 04/19/12 (0)

Abbado's Brahms Sym. 1 is very listenable... - kuma 20:48:54 04/18/12 (0)

What makes you think he was fighting it? - genungo 18:32:21 04/18/12 (20)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - MichaelV8 09:39:25 04/19/12 (19)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - genungo 04:52:57 04/20/12 (2)

I think of Brahms mainly as a chamber music - jult52 06:01:53 04/20/12 (1)

I prefer to think of him... - genungo 16:02:11 04/20/12 (0)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - josh358 18:08:27 04/19/12 (13)

Structure - Chris from Lafayette 22:59:49 04/19/12 (12)

RE: Structure - josh358 06:25:53 04/20/12 (11)

I don't want to be limited by Germanic-only concepts of structure - Chris from Lafayette 13:41:29 04/20/12 (10)

Leonard Bernstein 1953 American Decca Recordings - AlanPre 12:50:09 05/14/12 (0)

RE: I don't want to be limited by Germanic-only concepts of structure - josh358 15:18:26 04/20/12 (8)

Just to be clear. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:43:56 04/20/12 (7)

RE: Just to be clear. . . - josh358 18:48:01 04/20/12 (6)

Thanks for the link, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 23:14:38 04/20/12 (5)

RE: Thanks for the link, but. . . - josh358 05:23:05 04/21/12 (4)

RE: Thanks for the link, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:37:18 04/21/12 (3)

RE: Thanks for the link, but. . . - josh358 08:52:44 04/22/12 (2)

Interesting - I never met Jonathan Berger - Chris from Lafayette 13:50:50 04/22/12 (1)

RE: Interesting - I never met Jonathan Berger - josh358 14:41:35 05/18/12 (0)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - Brian Cheney 10:48:03 04/19/12 (1)

RE: What makes you think he was fighting it? - josh358 18:01:04 04/19/12 (0)

RE: The symphonies are tough - Russell 10:27:09 04/18/12 (1)

RE: The symphonies are tough - josh358 18:10:39 04/19/12 (0)

RE: The symphonies are tough - jec01 06:24:50 04/17/12 (0)

Bruno Walter, Serge Koussevitzky............ - Todd Krieger 19:56:46 04/16/12 (2)

What about Szell in the Brahms 2nd symphony? - pbarach 19:02:02 04/17/12 (0)

vouching for Walter - TGR 16:59:58 04/17/12 (0)

I can't agree on that one. Came to like the 2nd pretty early in teen years. Though only now getting into the - jdaniel@jps.net 19:09:01 04/16/12 (0)

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