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In the Thread: ... and some Bruckner buzz
Post Subject: Continuing the postPosted by dady on: 12/23/2024
Dear Romy, I love the way you express yourself without anesthesia. The world had become and is becoming too correct in its forms and it is appreciated to find people who express themselves without mincing words.
For a long time I have tried to enjoy Mahler but I always came across boredom. Bruckner has been more of the same, except for the fourth symphony which had the form "of" a symphony.
I also could not tolerate Wagner, I listened to some parts, but once after a colleague asked me to transfer the tetralogy from CD to vinyl, the stylus got dirty and I had to start over, it was with Karajan's Valkyrie, that repetitive effect in my brain, unexpectedly opened doors of listening and enjoyment. Unexpectedly, Mahler then Bruckner but the first, slowly transformed, also unexpectedly, into an incredible source of sensations. I recommend that you listen to the Second several times, but several times, the Fourth, it's a piece of cake and the Sixth seemed like a piece of crap to me, it seemed horrible, now I'm discovering it, and the Eighth, my God, there's a version of Lausanne on Bluray, which has an impossible dynamic range, but be careful, it's not something so simple, it's not Beethoven or Mozart who occupied 10 exclusive years of my life.
After my absence from music for two years, the music was already in my brain, I already enjoyed it just thinking about it, remembering how it happened, and now I can assure you that Mahler is something that had nothing to do with neurasthenia. Mahler only composed when he was on vacation, he left his family to go exclusively to compose, his wife cheated on him with all his friends, and on top of that he knew it.
He was so, so committed to his work that he would hit musicians with a stick and that's why he only lived exclusively for his work.
He was an incredible professional, he transformed the Vienna Symphony from a band of out-of-tune outlaws into a professional orchestra which became one of the most important in the world. There is a lieder called Krugerlieder, it will blow your mind, with Thielemann and Elina Garanca. Don't give up, you deserve the mastery of the genius Gustav, patience Romy.
Merry Christmas.
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