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In the Thread: The List: Let age publicly

Post Subject: Late 50s and still spicy!Posted by rowuk on: 7/28/2014

I agree with the notion that with age our tastes change, I also listen to and perform a lot of classical to baroque music, mostly with historically correct instruments and with attention to different temper.
I do not consider Bach or Vivaldi any less "spicy", "deep" than Bruckner. The dynamic of Bachs Mass in B minor grabs me in very similar ways that Bruckner 8 does. Beethoven for instance has taken some very interesting twists in the last 10 years or so.
In any case, I am 57 and here is my top 10 for the last 18 months:

J.S.Bach

Beethoven

Vivaldi

C.P.E. Bach

Schumann

Brahms

Britten

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Strauss

Mahler

This represents not only what I listen to, it also is the balance of what I have performed.

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