[gerelmx1986]

In a forum some one told they wont withstand 8 CDs of Harpsichord music (multi-genre lover i think or rock mostly) would you fellow classical lovers of this forum, withstand 8 CDs of Harpsichord music (be it handel or Bach)?

 

[uchihaitachi]

  In a forum some one told they wont withstand 8 CDs of Harpsichord music (multi-genre lover i think or rock mostly) would you fellow classical lovers of this forum, withstand 8 CDs of Harpsichord music (be it handel or Bach)?

Why not? I don't think I will be able to listen to more than 1 CD in one sitting though if it's the harpsichord.

 

[thelonious58]

Why not? I don't think I will be able to listen to more than 1 CD in one sitting though if it's the harpsichord.

Agreed! No dynamic range, very much like heavy metal in terms of no light and shade

 

[Buddhahacker]

Assuming I had the time, I could withstand upwards of 8 hours of harpsichord.  After awhile it will just turn into background noise.

 

[thelonious58]

The Nazis seemed to have "adopted" composers whose music and image conformed to their "model" of Nordic/Aryan purity. Kinda weird, as I don't believe Wagner was "pure" of race. Mozart -- who knows? (Interestingly, the swastika is a Buddhist symbol....).

And poor old Bruckner, H's favourite composer, was hardly anti-semitic. Neither was Sibelius, who was "adopted" by the Nazis as a shining example of Nordic virility but felt distinctly uncomfortable about it. I wonder how Carl Nielsen would have behaved towards the Nazis? My guess is that he would have resisted their advances

 

[gerelmx1986]

  Assuming I had the time, I could withstand upwards of 8 hours of harpsichord.  After awhile it will just turn into background noise.

I can lsiten to 8 CDs of harpsichord but it depends on the recording/mastering quality, if it's darn good mastered/recorded then i listen to as many as i can, but if it's poor quality i do alternate with another stuff

 

[uchihaitachi]

Anybody heard simone dinnerstein's goldberg?
 
Wondering whether it's worth buying

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Hewitt is better, imo.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

And poor old Bruckner, H's favourite composer, was hardly anti-semitic. Neither was Sibelius, who was "adopted" by the Nazis as a shining example of Nordic virility but felt distinctly uncomfortable about it. I wonder how Carl Nielsen would have behaved towards the Nazis? My guess is that he would have resisted their advances

Leni Riefenstahl. Not a musician. Her film, Olympiad set the bar for sports photography decades later. And of course, Triumph of the Will.

 

[uchihaitachi]

Hewitt is better, imo.

I presume Dinnerstein's is hyped up?

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Goldbergs need a breezy grace. Hewitt does it. For me. Tureck second. Among female pianists.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

I presume Dinnerstein's is hyped up?

Preview it on iTunes or other service? Presto?

 

[uchihaitachi]

Preview it on iTunes or other service? Presto?

I can't really tell with the few snippets..
 
Landowska has a very unique goldberg that's worth checking out

 

[Claritas]

Anybody heard simone dinnerstein's goldberg?

It made no impression on me. Boring, soft, unoriginal; but it's not offensive.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

I can't really tell with the few snippets..

Landowska has a very unique goldberg that's worth checking out

I am allergic to harpsichords.