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In Reply to: Heard it live this weekend posted by M3 lover on May 25, 2015 at 10:26:30:
Brahms was the man. The way he could dovetail orchestral colors is just...wow.
His piano works--even the hackneyed Intermezzo that every piano student plays--is so tight: there's not one redundant note. When it comes to efficiency, Brahms is second only to Bach.
Ironically, I would have agreed with you during the CD era: Brahms on CD sounds just awful, (Dvorak as well) because of all the string writing above the stave.
Brahms is subtle, no doubt: a lot of his gorgeous chord progressions fly by so fast, you might as well be driving with R Strauss on Route 66--and he refuses to stop at the dinosaur gas station.
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Follow Ups
- Very, very sad to hear you say that. From an orchestration POV alone... - jdaniel@jps.net 19:46:31 05/25/15 (2)
- With all due respect - M3 lover 09:46:21 05/26/15 (1)
- Glad you liked the reference. : ) In any case, maybe what Brahms was doing will suddenly lock into place at - jdaniel@jps.net 18:51:01 05/26/15 (0)