In Reply to: RE: Don't forget the lieder and piano waltzes and intermezzi posted by Thornhill on April 16, 2012 at 17:59:43:
Agreed. I have Gardiner's German Requiem too, and I know what you mean. However, I think many of today's very large concert halls need to be filled with today's large orchestras and large choruses, or they sound empty. Alas, something can be lost, as you say.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - 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)
Follow Ups
- 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)