In Reply to: Modern Music for Dummies. Or Intellectual Giants, like posted by oldmkvi on July 2, 2017 at 08:46:14:
He's not as bad as Webern.
Granted further, Wozzeck is a work to be reckoned with whether you find the music 'lyrical' or no.
First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass
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- OK, I'll grant you this... - Ivan303 19:39:13 07/02/17 (8)
- Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra is pretty evocative. B-side of the famous Dorati Mercury recording - jdaniel@jps.net 22:55:08 07/03/17 (7)
- Didn't make it into my collection of Mercury Vinyl... - Ivan303 08:30:11 07/04/17 (6)
- I had the LP and now I have the CD - Chris from Lafayette 18:29:27 07/04/17 (5)
- Not impressed with this particular Merc release - jdaniel@jps.net 21:18:34 07/04/17 (4)
- Geez - if there's one thing that recording is NOT, it's opaque - Chris from Lafayette 00:25:40 07/05/17 (3)
- Relatively speaking of course. After listening to the SFM, it's clear that time and technology marches on. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 06:45:47 07/05/17 (2)
- I generally agree with that statement, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:46:18 07/05/17 (1)
- I just don't think the recording compares favorably with other Mercs, such as P's Romeo and Juliet Suites in - jdaniel@jps.net 11:12:26 07/05/17 (0)