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#41 Anoushik

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:30 AM

Apparently you haven't listened enough to Schubert's compositions.

In the contrary, Schubert is a great composer because his music sounds simple, but it's not. His every composition contains so many different layers of melodic material and themes yet it sounds effortless. For this reason alone he is a brilliant composer. Listen to his piano sonatas (they are a bit long, I have to admit) and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Edit: This message is directed to Spectra.

Edited by anoushik, 06 January 2005 - 03:30 AM.


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Posted 06 January 2005 - 04:21 AM

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Apparently you haven't listened enough to Schubert's compositions.

In the contrary, Schubert is a great composer because his music sounds simple, but it's not. His every composition contains so many different layers of melodic material and themes yet it sounds effortless. For this reason alone he is a brilliant composer. Listen to his piano sonatas (they are a bit long, I have to admit) and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Edit: This message is directed to Spectra.


So far I don't like his music because it's very soft (I don't know how musicians use the termin for it...). I think you can play his music at midnight and your neighbours (maybe my neigbours: all pissed off at Sona's Ravel, Rach, Bethoven and other heavy playing) wont even bother at all.

Anyway, his music simply doesn't feet my taste =] I guess it's ok, no?

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 10:51 AM

QUOTE (spectra @ Jan 6 2005, 05:21 AM)
So far I don't like his music because it's very soft (I don't know how musicians use the termin for it...). I think you can play his music at midnight and your neighbours (maybe my neigbours: all pissed off at Sona's Ravel, Rach, Bethoven and other heavy playing) wont even bother at all.

Anyway, his music simply doesn't feet my taste =] I guess it's ok, no?

A bit off topic, but as a pissed off neighbor myself I can tell you that it is a very bad thing to annoy your neighbors at night. If your sleep is disturbed at night the follosing day is pretty much ruined too. So next time you listen to heavy playing at midnight please think of the consequences wink.gif

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 12:57 PM

QUOTE (anoushik @ Jan 6 2005, 04:30 AM)
Apparently you haven't listened enough to Schubert's compositions.

In the contrary, Schubert is a great composer because his music sounds simple, but it's not. His every composition contains so many different layers of melodic material and themes yet it sounds effortless. For this reason alone he is a brilliant composer. Listen to his piano sonatas (they are a bit long, I have to admit) and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Edit: This message is directed to Spectra.


To add, Schubert music is a lot "Beethoveenish." smile.gif That was what probably Beethoven musics will sound like if they were softer. smile.gif

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:16 PM

QUOTE (spectra @ Jan 6 2005, 02:21 AM)
Anyway, his music simply doesn't feet my taste =] I guess it's ok, no?

Of course it's OK tongue.gif Similarly I don't like Schumann's piano music in general. I've found that people who usually like Schubert don't like Schumann and people who usually like Schumann don't like Schubert. Interesting smile.gif

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:20 PM

QUOTE (Sasun @ Jan 6 2005, 08:51 AM)
A bit off topic, but as a pissed off neighbor myself I can tell you that it is a very bad thing to annoy your neighbors at night. If your sleep is disturbed at night the follosing day is pretty much ruined too. So next time you listen to heavy playing at midnight please think of the consequences wink.gif

Sasun, Spectra's post was a bit misleading. He doesn't listen to music at midnight but in his household there is another pianist who practices the piano. He is just saying that my neighbors are more generous since they have never complained about me practicing the piano while they have a neighbor who's uneasy about someone practicing the piano during the day smile.gif

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:20 PM

QUOTE (Domino @ Jan 6 2005, 10:57 AM)
To add, Schubert music is a lot "Beethoveenish."  smile.gif That was what probably Beethoven musics will sound like if they were softer.  smile.gif

Agree completely! smile.gif

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:35 PM

I get goosebumps every time I listen to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Summer, especially during the last third of it (Presto).

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:38 PM

QUOTE (anoushik @ Jan 6 2005, 04:20 PM)
Sasun, Spectra's post was a bit misleading. He doesn't listen to music at midnight but in his household there is another pianist who practices the piano. He is just saying that my neighbors are more generous since they have never complained about me practicing the piano while they have a neighbor who's uneasy about someone practicing the piano during the day smile.gif

OK smile.gif

I am curious, did you conclude all that from his post?

#50 Anoushik

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Posted 06 January 2005 - 03:50 PM

QUOTE (Sasun @ Jan 6 2005, 01:38 PM)
OK smile.gif

I am curious, did you conclude all that from his post?

I know him smile.gif

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Posted 23 January 2005 - 02:05 PM

Another favorite: Schubert's Piano Sonata in Bb, D. 960 smile.gif

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Posted 23 January 2005 - 07:21 PM

QUOTE (anoushik @ Jan 23 2005, 03:05 PM)
Another favorite: Schubert's Piano Sonata in Bb, D. 960 smile.gif


Number 21? One of my favoured. smile.gif

Edited by Fadix, 23 January 2005 - 07:21 PM.


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Posted 23 January 2005 - 10:29 PM

Speaking of Chopin and Gomidas we all have to be proud of an outstanding Armenian pianist Artur Papazian.



http://www.papart.com/catalog.htm



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Posted 24 January 2005 - 07:48 PM

QUOTE (Domino @ Jan 23 2005, 05:21 PM)
Number 21? One of my favoured. smile.gif

Yes, that's it! Domino, I appreciate so much the fact that you know this piece smile.gif

#55 Anoushik

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Posted 24 January 2005 - 07:50 PM

QUOTE (gamavor @ Jan 23 2005, 08:29 PM)
Speaking of Chopin and Gomidas we all have to be proud of an outstanding Armenian pianist Artur Papazian.

Thank you Gamavor. I'd heard only a bit about him. Haven't heard his playing. I'll look through his website smile.gif

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Posted 25 January 2005 - 03:14 PM

QUOTE (anoushik @ Jan 24 2005, 07:50 PM)
Thank you Gamavor. I'd heard only a bit about him. Haven't heard his playing. I'll look through his website smile.gif


I cannot say that I can single out peices but I enjoy Baroque music the most.

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Posted 27 January 2005 - 07:29 PM

Rachmaninov's Vocalise in E minor - one of my favorites.

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Posted 23 February 2005 - 11:42 AM

I recently purchased this CD and really enjoying it.He has deep voice which I prefer and the music is pure delight.

Thomas Quastoff
Berliner Barock Solisten-Bach
Cantatas

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Posted 04 April 2005 - 06:29 PM

I had the privileged to hear Suren Bagratuni in concert. He is incredible! I was mesmerized by his virtuous playing of cello. That was a night to remember. He also played Armenian composers works in memory of AG.
His bio.
http://www.ongaku-re...e=SurenBio.html

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Posted 04 April 2005 - 10:11 PM

Thank you Armat. I'm curious, do many classical Armenian musicians come to perform in the East? (Boston, New York...)




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