Clair de Lune - My GOD. What a masterpiece

[DigDug]

This is a gift from god.

 

[Howard]

Don't tell me you just finished watching Ocean's Eleven?

 

[Howard]

dp

 

[DigDug]

haha, no. I have some recordings of debussy played by Thibedau or whatever hisname is. Magnificent.

 

[Descartes]

Expose yourself to more "classical" music. Clair de Lune is a decent piece, but by FAR a masterpiece.

 

[DigDug]

It is a masterpiece because it breaths such life. Classical music is so rigid, so lifeless in many ways. I bow my hat to those french impressionists who gave a big middle finger to the stodgy bunk of the classical period.

That you can deny Clair de Lune to be a masterpiece is testament to exactly what I'm speaking about. Your definition of "masterpiece" has to do more with technical conformity than enjoyment of the music.

 

[IronWing]

I was going to ask for :camera:s. I guess not. :brokenheart:

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: DigDug
It is a masterpiece because it breaths such life. Classical music is so rigid, so lifeless in many ways. I bow my hat to those french impressionists who gave a big middle finger to the stodgy bunk of the classical period.

Well, you went ahead and confirmed it: You know nothing about the classical period or "classical" music in general.

Expose yourself a little more before you make ignorant judgements.

[edit]Sorry, didn't mean to sound so mean.[/edit]

 

[Shadowknight]

I don't have any particular pieces in mind, but during my Music Appreciation class 10 years ago, I had a preference for the Baroque era over the classical.

 

[aphex]

<rant>

I freaking hate ****** ass recordings of classical music... I want CLEAN, NO HISSING, STUDIO QUALITY SOUND DAMNIT!

</rant>

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Expose yourself to more "classical" music. Clair de Lune is a decent piece, but by FAR a masterpiece.

Or just try listening to it 20 times in a row, you'll hate it.

There are very few things I can listen to an innumerable amount of times and still like, but Erlkonig performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore is one of them. Try that over Claire de Lune.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: aphex
<rant>

I freaking hate ****** ass recordings of classical music... I want CLEAN, NO HISSING, STUDIO QUALITY SOUND DAMNIT!

</rant>

Decca and Phillips have some of the consistently better quality recordings. You can get a lot of great albums from Amazon UK that you can't get around here as well.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: Descartes
Expose yourself to more "classical" music. Clair de Lune is a decent piece, but by FAR a masterpiece.

Or just try listening to it 20 times in a row, you'll hate it.

There are very few things I can listen to an innumerable amount of times and still like, but Erlkonig performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore is one of them. Try that over Claire de Lune.

That's a good lied. E minor, right?

OP, you badly need more exposure. To call Mozart's oevre dead and lifeless, actually, that means you need a shrink too. Get help.

 

[djheater]

I listen to a ggreat deal of jazz and an appreciable amount of classical music. I'll listen to anything moving.

Clair de lune is a great piece, masterpiece is subjective, unless your audience is classical musicians or critics.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: oboeguy
That's a good lied. E minor, right?

OP, you badly need more exposure. To call Mozart's oevre dead and lifeless, actually, that means you need a shrink too. Get help.

G minor *e-penis.... FLEX*

Beware of cheap imitations, of recordings done by sopranos, tenors, and "stacatto" pianists.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: oboeguy
That's a good lied. E minor, right?

OP, you badly need more exposure. To call Mozart's oevre dead and lifeless, actually, that means you need a shrink too. Get help.

G minor *e-penis.... FLEX*

Beware of cheap imitations, of recordings done by sopranos, tenors, and "stacatto" pianists.

Doh! Well, it's been a while. At least I remembered it was a minor key. 😀

 

[DigDug]

Well, you went ahead and confirmed it: You know nothing about the classical period or "classical" music in general.

How are you to say that Clair de Lune is *not* a masterpiece? I don't WANT to know anything about the classical period, if it is simply some encyclopedic understanding of what is considered good - which is precisely what you hang on to. Classical music was a product of elitism, so perhaps this is what drive you and the likes of you. The worst music snobs I've ever met were the "classical music" ones. Oh, that horn was slightly flat. Oh this was clearly not how Handel wanted it played. Shut the f*ck up, tools.

How can you be someone who appreciates music, yet can deride another's view of what is considered a masterpiece?

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: DigDug
This is a gift from god.

If you like French music, do you like Erik Satie?

 

[DigDug]

Doh! Well, it's been a while. At least I remembered it was a minor key.

Ha ha my good fellow. Shall we retire to the reading room for some more caviar?

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: aphex
<rant>

I freaking hate ****** ass recordings of classical music... I want CLEAN, NO HISSING, STUDIO QUALITY SOUND DAMNIT!

</rant>

Decca and Phillips have some of the consistently better quality recordings. You can get a lot of great albums from Amazon UK that you can't get around here as well.

Deutsch Grammophone FTW

 

[DigDug]

If you like French music, do you like Erik Satie?

My god, yes. So beautiful. But the gymnopedies will be laughed off this board if I were to call them masterpieces.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: DigDug

If you like French music, do you like Erik Satie?

My god, yes. So beautiful. But the gymnopedies will be laughed off this board if I were to call them masterpieces.

So let the fvckers laugh. 😀 I have his complete solo piano works plus a few selected items. :thumbsup:

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: DigDug

If you like French music, do you like Erik Satie?

My god, yes. So beautiful. But the gymnopedies will be laughed off this board if I were to call them masterpieces.

I'm not going to laugh you off. Hell, I might admit that they are Satie's masterpieces... dunno if I'd consider them masterpieces in a more broad context. Actually, I do. I wouldn't. Claire de Lune is simply not a masterpiece. Debussy certainly didn't tout it as one, he wrote many other things.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

That song, from the best classical piano, is just...

Beautiful.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
I don't have any particular pieces in mind, but during my Music Appreciation class 10 years ago, I had a preference for the Baroque era over the classical.

Vivaldi ftw!