I might snag Toscanini's Beethoven. I've been sampling the symphonies and I'm impressed. So much fire.

Love Robert Rich. Great taste in here. 

That might be up my alley. I'll check that out.   Thanks

Malfunction

Another trick is to hum. When your hum starts to create more resonance inside your head and sound muffled, you got it. 

Very nice.

I'm no  purist... I just want to hear something genuine. Of course a fundamental respect for the composer's writings is to be expected, but a freedom of interpretation is very welcome... just don't stink it up with ego. Express from the heart. 

I'm a fan. I have his Schumann symphonies and watched some interviews of him... also waiting on his Mahler set to arrive. I really like his style. I'm pretty curious as to how is own compositions sound.

Didn't Bernstein compose his own work, as well?

  I see where you're coming from. Although I don't go drooling over any technical wankery if the heart isn't involved. It's true there are plenty of dry talents out there, but that's always the case. It seems like so much more today because the population has been growing at a ridiculous rate...

The heart always comes first. Art then translates it through varying degrees of moderation like skill and control.

    Skill and control are characteristics of moderation. So, you can no longer argue that moderation isn't a key factor. This balanced with the heart is what creates great art. The type of balance varies between each artist, but it is always there.

I agree with you that expressing pure emotion/feeling/sensation is what art is all about. I'm not new to music either. I've been playing the guitar and have been passionately enjoying music for many years. But you seem to throw out restraint in such a cavalier way that it seems more of an...

Not to "be" moderate, but to use moderation as a tool for transferring imagination into reality. 

I have love for ya', Big... I'm hoping this isn't coming off blatantly offensive.