tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post7113369745990869209..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: The Church of the Schubert C-Major QuintetLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-4987055688746488662009-03-22T08:21:00.000-07:002009-03-22T08:21:00.000-07:00I am lucky enough to have heard "Boheme" fewer tim...I am lucky enough to have heard "Boheme" fewer times than Nozze - so I am not sick of it yet.<BR/><BR/>Apparently we're getting Nozze in the 2010-11 season; Opera Tattler found information about who was signed to play Figaro.<BR/><BR/>I have <I>never</I> seen "Troyens," weep, gnash.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-82515813782961238642009-03-13T16:46:00.000-07:002009-03-13T16:46:00.000-07:00Oh, sure, I could stand to give "Nozze" a rest as ...Oh, sure, I could stand to give "Nozze" a rest as well, but I could probably stand to hear it 30 more times before I die, as long as the casts were decent. (As opposed to "La boheme," which I hope never to hear again. Fat chance.) My four favorite operas would be, roughly, "Nozze," "Falstaff," "Peter Grimes" and "Troyens." Though "Tales of Hoffmann" might be in there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-15212823058787878912009-03-12T16:18:00.000-07:002009-03-12T16:18:00.000-07:00Gosh, we agree on three of your four best operas. ...Gosh, we agree on three of your four best operas. My top four would be <I>Tristan</I>, <I>Nozze</I>, <I>Falstaff</I>, and <I>Troyens</I>. And I too could give <I>Nozze</I> a rest, even though I admire it the most. I've seen <I>Troyens</I> four times (3 in New York, once in LA), and I'd consider myself lucky to see it again ever.<BR/><BR/>My candidates for greatest piece of all time are the Schubert, Beethoven Opus 131, Mozart g minor quintet, and, uh, the Matthew Passion.<BR/><BR/>A useless exercise, I suppose, but fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-46718553560873448312009-03-12T10:38:00.000-07:002009-03-12T10:38:00.000-07:00Paul, I didn't intend to start a list of candidate...Paul, I didn't intend to start a list of candidates, but sure. It's entertaining to see what people think. Let's just say that I don't think it's anything any of us can prove. :)<BR/><BR/>Robert, what do you think changed, to make you just shrug over the Schubert?<BR/><BR/>Tim, my contenders for greatest opera are <I>Tristan</I>, <I>Nozze</I>, <I>Poppea</I>, and <I>Falstaff</I>. My problem right now is having heard <I>Nozze</I> enough times in the last decade to need to give it a break.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-82557578240553067002009-03-12T10:06:00.000-07:002009-03-12T10:06:00.000-07:00Brahms Clarinet Quintet. But I want one of those r...Brahms Clarinet Quintet. But I want one of those roomy desert islands, with plenty of hard drive space or CD shelving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-19484152624539197632009-03-11T14:32:00.000-07:002009-03-11T14:32:00.000-07:00"The Marriage of Figaro.""The Marriage of Figaro."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-80010393310376458842009-03-11T08:15:00.000-07:002009-03-11T08:15:00.000-07:00Are we starting a list for all-time best piece of ...Are we starting a list for all-time best piece of music?<BR/><BR/>St. John Passion by J.S. BachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-45797818521534503582009-03-11T02:28:00.000-07:002009-03-11T02:28:00.000-07:00It is a glorious work, I agree. On the matter of '...It is a glorious work, I agree. On the matter of 'the greatest piece of music' -- and with the understanding that this question is so daft one can only approach it as matter of fun and idle curiosity -- I have wondered what would emerge if one put the question to, say, 100 professional musicians of eminence, with the condition that they should not confine their musing to their own instrument. One hundred different works is entirely possible, but my suspicion is that if one work did come out ahead it would be the Chaconne from the second of Bach's unaccompanied violin partitas. I just wonder -- such surveys are almost always much skewed in any case by the inability of people not to confuse 'greatest' and 'favourite'.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-54575981448314656232009-03-10T21:42:00.000-07:002009-03-10T21:42:00.000-07:00I was relatively youthful when I first heard/recor...I was relatively youthful when I first heard/recorded this doozy--with some pretty awesome players if I may add. After all these years, I still say it's the loudest string quintet I've ever heard. It rocks.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-5150495677840065542009-03-10T20:13:00.000-07:002009-03-10T20:13:00.000-07:00the Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, op. 132?o...the Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, op. 132?<BR/><BR/>or, sure, Tristan<BR/><BR/>not that I didn't love the quintet, though it was really more of a septet in my seat, what with the constantly crinkling plastic bag behind me and the woman to my right alternating loud coughs with loud cough drop unwrappingPatrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-60246143630896954712009-03-10T19:24:00.000-07:002009-03-10T19:24:00.000-07:00Fifteen years ago, I might have agreed with this. ...Fifteen years ago, I might have agreed with this. <BR/><BR/>The last time I heard this though, my reaction amounted to just a shrug. I'll listen again in fifteen years, just in case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com