In Reply to: So, you like Bruckner? posted by hesson11 on April 12, 2016 at 18:26:34:
Took me 50 years. The music is big, powerful but can also be quite beautiful. I like 4, 7, 8 and 9 so far. I srarted out by just listening to the adagio movements. It is all right to do that
Alan
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - So, you like Bruckner? - hesson11 18:26:34 04/12/16 (58)
- RE: So, you like Bruckner? - domingo.fernandez@primephonic.com 08:41:51 04/14/16 (0)
- Public library is your friend - madisonears 18:38:21 04/13/16 (4)
- Use the local library for movies but not much for music... - Ivan303 19:10:53 04/13/16 (2)
- I'm such a dinosaur - madisonears 17:51:33 04/14/16 (1)
- 3000+ Classical LPs line the walls of my listening room.... - Ivan303 07:07:24 04/15/16 (0)
- I'm with you on that, Tom - hesson11 18:49:39 04/13/16 (0)
- Bruckner is the Donald Trump of this board - TGR 17:42:27 04/13/16 (20)
- Wrong - For Bruckner Himself - Every One of His Symphonies Was Important - Newey 19:20:24 04/13/16 (17)
- Of course - TGR 16:05:59 04/14/16 (3)
- The easy answer is that Bruckner at his best is pretty glorious and transcendent - Chris from Lafayette 19:07:23 04/14/16 (2)
- Amen to that Nt - Frihed89 07:32:17 04/19/16 (0)
- Exactly [nt] - Newey 23:57:42 04/14/16 (0)
- Are you going to attend the CSO Season finale.... - kuma 00:27:52 04/14/16 (3)
- It Burns Me Up That I'll Be Out of Town - Newey 23:59:21 04/14/16 (2)
- Out of Town - So check out CSO Broadcasts for it. - oldmkvi 08:02:10 04/17/16 (1)
- Ah - Of Course - WFMT - thanks [nt] - Newey 20:58:32 04/18/16 (0)
- Sorry no: the first two symphonies are charming and we'll leave it at that - jdaniel@jps.net 20:15:32 04/13/16 (8)
- Disagree - Newey 21:49:38 04/13/16 (7)
- Re: 2nd Symphony ... the slow mov't is lovely and one of the few times in which Bruckner IMHO isn't trying - jdaniel@jps.net 08:22:18 04/14/16 (5)
- Uh. . . which version of No. 1 were you listening to? Linz or Vienna? - Chris from Lafayette 10:07:43 04/14/16 (4)
- Vinyl Addicts - Newey 11:57:42 04/15/16 (3)
- "grate on my nerves." Like some of your posts... - oldmkvi 08:05:14 04/17/16 (2)
- RE: "Moniker." - Ivan303 18:05:13 04/18/16 (1)
- Used To Go By Severius! Supremus Invictus - Newey 20:59:34 04/18/16 (0)
- OK, you've inspired me to listen to the 1st again before bed. Jochum's FWIW. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 22:11:58 04/13/16 (0)
- MAKE DIATONICA GREAT AGAIN!!!! Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:13:58 04/13/16 (0)
- And yet just about every European (not British) conductor seems to want to take a whack at him... - Ivan303 18:12:40 04/13/16 (0)
- Until he missed the grounder against the Mets that helped lose the series..... - Awe-d-o-file 12:17:46 04/13/16 (1)
- RE: Until he missed the grounder against the Mets that helped lose the series..... - rbolaw 15:21:39 04/13/16 (0)
- Interesting insights into Bruckner performance . . . - Mel 10:24:51 04/13/16 (0)
- Thank you - hesson11 10:24:40 04/13/16 (0)
- My take on Bruckner - Mahlernut 08:43:06 04/13/16 (1)
- I think it was Beecham who made a funny comment about Bruckner - Chris from Lafayette 09:22:04 04/13/16 (0)
- I kind of agree with jdaniel (below) that the Fourth is a good entry point - Chris from Lafayette 00:15:39 04/13/16 (1)
- RE: I kind of agree with jdaniel (below) that the Fourth is a good entry point - johngladneyproffitt 13:16:59 12/13/16 (0)
- RE: So, you like Bruckner? - Mali 22:01:52 04/12/16 (0)
- How To Listen To Bruckner - Newey 20:12:45 04/12/16 (0)
- RE: So, you like Bruckner? - ahendler 19:56:39 04/12/16 (0)
- IMHO the 4th is the easiest entry point - jdaniel@jps.net 19:35:25 04/12/16 (19)
- "Only Wand gets the harps right" - Huh? - Chris from Lafayette 19:43:52 04/12/16 (18)
- This is a typical jdanielism -- don't fight it, just enjoy it. ;-) nt - rbolaw 07:02:37 04/13/16 (2)
- Not trying to fight it, just trying to understand it [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 08:54:42 04/13/16 (0)
- Ha. Going back to the Lubeck recording, its the engineer who gets the harps "right." (Or wrong, depending... - jdaniel@jps.net 07:37:39 04/13/16 (0)
- You should know by now not to take me literally. This isn't College Freshman Music Class ; ) People comfortable in their - jdaniel@jps.net 20:30:00 04/12/16 (9)
- Unique? - Rick W 08:40:35 04/13/16 (4)
- Boulez interesting choice I know and he was his stereotypical self but he can surprise - jdaniel@jps.net 09:05:21 04/13/16 (3)
- Boulez/Bartok/NYPO - rbolaw 18:29:55 04/13/16 (1)
- What struck me most was that Boulez could really "let go" if he wanted to. A reminder not to pigeon-hole. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 22:14:05 04/13/16 (0)
- Had to look up seraphic :-) nt - Rick W 09:14:06 04/13/16 (0)
- All people "comfortable in their knowledge" like to joke around? - Chris from Lafayette 20:56:18 04/12/16 (3)
- He give harps their due. But hang on: soon I shall release a little known fact about Tchaikovsky's... - jdaniel@jps.net 21:15:25 04/12/16 (2)
- Wand's way with the harps and strings-youtube - jdaniel@jps.net 22:17:57 04/12/16 (1)
- vs Boulez in the same spot - jdaniel@jps.net 22:23:52 04/12/16 (0)
- Those Brief Arpeggios For Harp - Newey 19:54:55 04/12/16 (4)
- On A Serious Note - I Shall Release A Little Known Fact About Harps In Bruckner - Newey 19:56:19 04/12/16 (3)
- Spoiler alert, LOL: the 8th was the first time he used them; Bruck didn't think they belonged in a "proper" - jdaniel@jps.net 20:19:07 04/12/16 (2)
- Liner Notes Knowlwdge - Newey 21:17:16 04/12/16 (1)
- Sigh. Yes. But do those Bruckner scholars know.... - jdaniel@jps.net 21:24:07 04/12/16 (0)
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- RE: So, you like Bruckner? - ahendler 19:56:39 04/12/16 (0)