A small group of respectful but differently minded students sounds wonderful, although I love teaching myself things, too.
Are "manners" really about mutual respect?
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A small group of respectful but differently minded students sounds wonderful, although I love teaching myself things, too.
Are "manners" really about mutual respect?
Maybe, but they're also about familiarity with custom, and therefore cliquism.
Rachmaninoff or Liszt?
Rakh or Liszt, that's a tough question. Rakh has the PCs, preludes, and most of all the All-night Vigil and Symphonic Dances on his side. Liszt Années de pèlerinage, the PS and gobs of other music.
I think I'll go with Rakhmaninov, if forced to choose. Perhaps.
Stravinsky or Sibelius?
Liszt of course. And Sibelius I guess.
Sweet or sassy?
Can't I have both??!
Christmas or your birthday?
My birthday. Cheaper and less obnoxious music.
Okay, innocent or slutty? (Hey, you're 22 :))
Slutty, not in the sense of 'will sleep with other guys if I'm with her," but "really, really likes sex."
If you were a lesbian, would you be the butch or the lipstick one? Speaking strictly visually here. If you ARE a lesbian, welcome to the forum.
I think that's another thing you can't really choose. In any case, I don't know the answer.
Keeping a fish tank: family fun or cruelty to animals?
Family fun, the fish are probably better off.
Keeping birds (in a cage) as pets?
Both! Haha.
EDIT: Birds in cages? I wouldn't.
Richter or Horowitz?
Richter.
Argerich or Pollini?
Haven't listened to Argerich except for the Tchaikovsky PC, but Pollini's Chopin is wonderful, so him I suppose.
Richter for me too.
Amarcord or La Strada?
Haven't listened to Argerich? Try the Ravel PC, all of her Chopin, particularly the scherzi and Barcarolle, Schumann Kreisleriana & Kinderszenen. And then there are the chamber music recordings - the piano duo discs with Freire and Pletnev are superb, as is the Prokofiev VS disc with Kremer.
Haven't seen either movie yet.
Tchaikovsky or Brahms?
Brahms is deeper of course but that also means his pain is deeper. But still Brahms.
Okay, man, I'll listen to a bunch of Argerich and you watch some Fellini okay?
Ravel or Debussy?
You're right, Brahms is deeper, although that doesn't make Tchaikovsky shallow, of course. But to say that Brahms's pain was deeper than the man's who composed the Pathétique Symphony, the Manfred, Swan Lake even, and the Piano Trio. But, in any case, I'd take Brahms over Tchai, too. Not least for all that chamber music.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
It's a deal!Quote:
Okay, man, I'll listen to a bunch of Argerich and you watch some Fellini okay?
Ravel.Quote:
Ravel or Debussy?
Vivaldi or Händel?
Well, maybe Brahms's pain just resonates more with me, so I notice it better.
I was expecting Debussy! I would be hard pressed to decide.
Vivaldi most likely.
Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata or Tolstoy's?
Oh, you have your eyes on a married woman, too? ;)
Beethoven's, by a country mile. I read the Tolstoy 5 years ago, and it felt rather pathetically moralistic. I did find the reason for why he didn't go after the pianist amusing, though.
Ravel is one of my very favourite composers, Debussy is among the top 15. Everything in Ravel is just so perfect, and nothing is overdone.
Prokofiev or Shostakovich?
Ah, Rembrandt! I haven't actually seen Girl at Window before. It's beautiful, of course, but I'll go with the avant-garde mastery of A Woman Bathing in a Stream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_du_..._de_la_Galette or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Lilies ?
Good choice :)
Water-Lilies. So over-the-top, color-wise.
Church At Auvers or this trippy wheat field?
I don't know, the trippy wheat field has more pleasing colours, but Church at Auvers is very striking even for van Gogh - it's quite a bit like Picasso. Cubism quite a bit ahead of the curve, Vincent. I'd rather have the golden wheat field on my wall, though.
Wivenhoe Park or Het Steen
The Constable, as I think I mentioned earlier I'm not a huge Rubens fan.
Picasso's Blue or Rose period?
Blue period.
Schumann or Schubert?
'Bert. Schwanengesang!
Good choice on the blue by the way.
Appassionata or Hammerklavier?
"Leise flehen meine Lieder Durch die Nacht zu 'dir" :) Fine choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Hammerklavier. That slow movement, that finale.Quote:
Appassionata or Hammerklavier?
Elgar or Britten?
Correct. We have a winner!Quote:
Originally Posted by North Star
We have a loser, too. I barely know Elgar except through the Cello Concerto, and Britten even less. Where to start, if you please?
Since I flunked out, let's change gears.
Reading sitting or lying down?
Lying down.
Ernie or Bert?
Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Nocturne (Bostridge & Rattle's recording of those three). Then there's the VC, Ceremony of Carols, the cello suites, SQ2/3, the operas (Grimes is a good place to start those - you could also listen to the Sea Interludes & Passacaglia first, it's a rather popular item separately, too, then there's Midsummer Night's Dream, Turn of the Screw, Billy Budd, Death in Venice... add to that the songs, and you see that Britten used rather good texts in his works). For starters. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
Elgar: Sospiri, Dream Children, Music Makers, Sea Pictures, Violin Sonata, Enigma Variations, Falstaff, Violin Concerto, Dream of Gerontius
Lying down.Quote:
Since I flunked out, let's change gears.
Reading sitting or lying down?
Bert.
Cezanne or Degas?
Cezanne...although I'm not much of a fan.
Rothko or Diebenkorn?
Rothko.
Inchbold or Millais?
Cezannne. Didn't we do that one before?Quote:
Originally Posted by North Star
Millais
Egyptian pyramids or Mayan pyramids?
Ah yes, I thought it sounded familiar ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
Egyptian, I think.Quote:
Egyptian pyramids or Mayan pyramids?
Kipling or Hardy?
I had not seen Inchbold's work until just now, but I like it. Still, the prize goes to Millais for his exuberant coloring.
Derain or Franz Marc?
EDIT: Hardy!
Derain or Franz Marc?
Derain
Janáček or Martinů?
Well, Hardy is a better author, but sometimes I get in the mood for Kipling's bad weirdness.
Derain
St Paul's (London) or St Peter's (Rome)?
Edit: Okay, okay, never heard of 'em. You two enjoy. I'm going to bed. :)
St. Peter's cause of the opulence, so I bet you Clopin likes St. Paul's more.
I had to play in Martinu's flute/oboe/clarinet trio once. Like Pompey hasn't forgiven Dvorak, I can't forgive Martinu (or the lady who put that on our program). Janacek.
Pisarro or Morisot?
EDIT: Night Pompey :)
St. Peter for me too.
Morisot.
(You should listen to Martinu's nonet and then reconsider if you want to forgive him ;) )
Childe Hassam or Caillebotte?
I prefer Caillebotte's firmness and solidity. The Avenue in the Rain sure is wonderful though.
Okayyyyy, maybe I'll give Martinu another chance. After all that Argerich and Elgar and Britten you've assigned me!
The Bakery Girl of Monceau or The Baker's Wife (Pagnol).
^^The above are my co-worker's suggestions, as I have not seen either film I cannot offer an opinion!
Hah! I'm not saying you have to listen to this, of course. But, I'm glad you like Janáček, or did you vote just to spite Bohuslav? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lykren
I haven't seen them either. Time for me to go as well.Quote:
The Bakery Girl of Monceau or The Baker's Wife (Pagnol).
^^The above are my co-worker's suggestion, as I have not seen either film I cannot offer an opinion!
Okay, back to questions people can answer, eh?
Geoffrey Hill or Seamus Heaney?