tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post149166708973149475..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: CDs that should be in every medicine cabinetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-3422436489039201322011-07-07T15:10:36.495+01:002011-07-07T15:10:36.495+01:00They are wonderful recordings, the whole lot of th...They are wonderful recordings, the whole lot of them (and I've still got the vinyl). When I first heard them I thought the 6th symphony was the great masterpiece of all - and sometimes I still think that's right!Peter Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949244658026262074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-41497914879973088962011-07-07T07:15:56.746+01:002011-07-07T07:15:56.746+01:00Lovely to hear that it is Dvorak that's healin...Lovely to hear that it is Dvorak that's healing you. Try to get your strength back slowly. Glad you're listening to the Norns here: No More Scary Sea Interludes for Monsieur Pliable. You've been warned.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-15096859686419641132011-07-06T14:49:38.728+01:002011-07-06T14:49:38.728+01:00In connection with Lyle's comment above, Istvá...In connection with Lyle's comment above, István Kertész is an interesting case study in lineage - János Ferencsik, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer <i>et al</i>. And the influences on Dvořák included Smetana and Brahms.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-83441500713018961762011-07-06T14:23:26.384+01:002011-07-06T14:23:26.384+01:00Gavin, more concatenation - I was listening to the...Gavin, more concatenation - I was listening to the 6th Symphony last night and can only echo what you say about the final movement.<br /><br />Thank you.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-67303593536780685762011-07-06T14:16:36.792+01:002011-07-06T14:16:36.792+01:00The final movement of the 6th is a life-affirming ...The final movement of the 6th is a life-affirming burst of sunshine... like Brandenburg 3 or the Trepak from The Nutcracker (G major anyone)? Thank you for this post.Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-50403318120709502912011-07-06T14:00:53.696+01:002011-07-06T14:00:53.696+01:00Pliable - That connection you make via lineage is ...Pliable - That connection you make via lineage is terrific (other than the fact it made me feel a little thick headed it had never occurred to me before ;-) <br /><br />Your use of the word "mystical" has opened a path for me as well. The English major in me went to the Oxford dictionary to check etymology and it goes back to the Greek for "initiated person". And that surely goes back to the pre-Christian mystery cults. <br /><br />The question is whether or not one needs lots of preliminary experience in a particular genre, i.e. to be an initiate, to enable a transcendent experience when listening to that music.<br /><br />At any rate, eagerly await part two of this post.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-87259979719270520912011-07-06T12:59:12.001+01:002011-07-06T12:59:12.001+01:00David Cavlovic commented via Facebook:
'The D...<i>David Cavlovic commented via Facebook:</i><br /><br />'The Dvorak Symphony set is definitely in my medicine cabinet. In fact, by the powers invested in me, through the auspicies of the Peroxided Order of the Sisters of St. Andrew (yes, the famous St. Andrews' Sisters), I have pronounced this set a Desert Island Disc.'Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com