redshifter
High Fidelity Gentility• redrum....I mean redshifter• Pee-pee. Hoo-hoo.• I ♥ Garfield
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the 1812 overture has canons in the climax. hard to beat that.
the gloria from beethoven's mass is like an extended climax.
rossini wrote some wonderful crescendi.
i also like the crescando in handel's royal fireworks, the first movement.
some of beethoven's symphonies have great climaxes in unusual places. the 6th symphony has a wonderful crescendo in the first movement capped off by trombone fanfares. the slow movement in his 9th symphony has a magical crescendo that starts with the strings playing a legato section of faster notes. his "wellington's victory" has a great climax right after the charge of the cavalry section, with all the muskets and canons going off and the orchestra just going crazy. did you know "wellington's victory" was beethoven's most popular piece of music in his time?
for rock zep's "stairway to heaven" comes to mind. rock is harder because stylistically it tends to maintain the same energy throughout the song. although i have a grateful dead bootleg from the filmore east shows in 1971 that has a version of "hard to handle" with a jerry garcia guitar solo that just builds and builds. by the time the band swings back into the verse garcia is wailing on and holding a peak note, then just drops back into the groove. the dead were an amazing live act.
the gloria from beethoven's mass is like an extended climax.
rossini wrote some wonderful crescendi.
i also like the crescando in handel's royal fireworks, the first movement.
some of beethoven's symphonies have great climaxes in unusual places. the 6th symphony has a wonderful crescendo in the first movement capped off by trombone fanfares. the slow movement in his 9th symphony has a magical crescendo that starts with the strings playing a legato section of faster notes. his "wellington's victory" has a great climax right after the charge of the cavalry section, with all the muskets and canons going off and the orchestra just going crazy. did you know "wellington's victory" was beethoven's most popular piece of music in his time?
for rock zep's "stairway to heaven" comes to mind. rock is harder because stylistically it tends to maintain the same energy throughout the song. although i have a grateful dead bootleg from the filmore east shows in 1971 that has a version of "hard to handle" with a jerry garcia guitar solo that just builds and builds. by the time the band swings back into the verse garcia is wailing on and holding a peak note, then just drops back into the groove. the dead were an amazing live act.