tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post1761095413529168872..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: A musician supremeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-28366086983921921252015-10-07T14:36:37.592+01:002015-10-07T14:36:37.592+01:00Thanks Philip, George Onslow's String Quintet ...Thanks Philip, George Onslow's String Quintet Op. 38 is a real gem.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-46888742631880136542015-10-07T14:13:11.361+01:002015-10-07T14:13:11.361+01:00Just a word of thanks, Bob. Your post about George...Just a word of thanks, Bob. Your post about George Onslow sent me to the NML, and I'm now well into listening not just to his string quartets (which I listened to in the Ruggieri performances -- stunning), but also symphonies, piano trios, sextets/quintets/nonet for various combinations (three of the string quintets in performances led by Anner Bylsma), cello sonatas. I find that there is much to be said for listening to each work twice in one sitting, first absorbing the work as an integral whole, the second concentrating on the<br />lower registers, for what you say about his writing of bass lines is so very true. In that regard, hearing the cello in the Ruggieri performances is a good place to start and put the ears on the alert. If anyone doubts the enormous importance of the bass line, I would say only that without it there would be no Bach Chaconne. Frightening thought! I have a way to go, even with the small sampling of his vast output I have available to me, but I am inclined to think that this is great music.<br /><br />And so, I thank you for alerting me to Onslow. I'm taking a break from him at present, for your post on Coltrane so roused my curiosity I could not wait to give his music a far more intense listening than I've given it before. This is a musical arena in which I have much to learn. Two posts within three days and you've given me a cornucopia of music to listen to and think about -- and I stress those last two words, though I'll not explain why at this point. Many will know what I'm getting at, anyway.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.com