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Comment on Moja bieda by mensch

mensch — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:23:18 +0000

First of all, thank you for assuring me of my juvenility, though I fail to see what it has to do with music.

I am indeed trying to compare three great composers from the Romantic era to figure out why Liszt’s music, or Rachmaninoff’s for that matter, doesn’t do it for me. Both the Ballads and Mazurkas are among my favourite of Chopin’s compositions. What Chopin and Schubert have in common is the great amount of lyricism that can be found in their work.
Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Thalberg, to name a few, often seem to prefer technical showmanship above the narrative quality of music. They fit in the later Romantic tradition of directly translating feelings and concepts into music as per a lot of the ideas of programmatic music proposed by Hector Berlioz. When Liszt is angry he often expresses it in a whirlwind of chords and straining pianistic techniques. When Hector Berlioz tries to make a point, the whole orchestra explodes. It’s powerful music alright, but doesn’t work the same way for me as the more intimate music of the early Romantics does.

That’s not to say I dislike all of Liszt’s work, he’s written some beautiful stuff. I have to look for it though, which isn’t the case with most other composers I like.

Comment on Moja bieda by hovo160

hovo160 — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:31:01 +0000

Hi my young friend. Yes yes, young.
You are trying to compare three geniuses of romantic era. If you dislike Liszt, this mean that you cannot feel the whole power of Chopin’s Polonaise fantasy or Fourth Ballad, Mazurkas … You have not ever feel the real love to somebody, love to die for.
Liszt is outstanding romantic, I’m calling his art meta-romanticism.
I understand, that it’s hard to acquire the logic and the feeling of Liszt’s compositions. For feeling Liszt, you should try to listen each note and harmonic phrase of the composition. Try to realize, that you are performing the composition. Don’t hear, but listennnn.
What about the roughness of Liszt’s pieces, you should know, that in this life there are many hard situations, days, that we lose something, somebody …
Romanticism of Liszt is special because he was trying to go against God, even he was working and staying in capellas for a long time. I can talk a lot about romantics…

I suggest you to listen several compositions listed below.
Liszt Mephisto Waltz (performed by Horowitz), Spanish Rhapsody performed by Gilels, Polonaise 2 performed by Sviatoslav Richter (not Stanislav ), Sonata in B minor (performed by Gilels, the last part, fugato). Listen to Rachmaninoff’s preludes performed by Gilels, you can find fragments from concerts in youtube. Try to find some matches between Bach and Liszt, they exist.

Hi hope this will help you to be one of us, people that live, feel and smile.
Be opened for fantasies !!!

You can reach me at
http://www.facebook.com/hamazasp.avetisyan

Comment on Listen Dammit! I: Scott Walker — Tilt by Niels

Niels — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:43:43 +0000

Terrific music, thank you for this recommendation. Just survived The Cockfighter, it gave me some frightening moments, and now I will enjoy the rest of this album. Love his voice and way of singing.

Comment on Moja bieda by Regina

Regina — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:11:41 +0000

I've just begun to find my way in the world of 'classical music'. And believe me, it's difficult to find out what you like and what you don't like if you haven't had any knowledge of the music when you were younger. (Like you obviously have had) The solution is: listen, listen, listen. Just try all the composers people throw at you. Nowadays I am able to say what I like and what I don't like, and (unfortunately) I must say that Liszt isn't my cup of tea either.

Comment on Running multiple Internet Explorer versions by mensch

mensch — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:41:45 +0000

There's even a website dedicated to the glorious term "fuckwit".

Comment on Running multiple Internet Explorer versions by Pepijn

Pepijn — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:30:31 +0000

There may be some ignorant “fuckwits” (nice!) left in this world, but I think most of the IE6 users are forced to: at work. Until 6 months ago we were using IE6 at university, recently “they” upgraded it to IE7. Do not underestimate the power of bureaucracy!
(Fortunately I managed to install firefox on my own work station, I expect to be fired soon.)

Comment on Running multiple Internet Explorer versions by Bram

Bram — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:09:40 +0000

Sure, MS have a bad history when it comes to compliance to any standard; for decades they’ve been allowed to determine their own. Unfortunately though, there isn’t a single browser that fully complies to the current W3C yardstick. At least MS is no longer reluctant to try.

I don’t understand your point about compatibility view. Joe Schmoe running IE8 doesn’t even need to know about it. It’s a tool for Webdeveloper Schmepdeveloper who is forced to bear in mind the Joe Schmoes still running IE7.

But let’s welcome the long-awaited demise of IE6, and eagerly await the 2010 headlines. “MS to retire IE”; “Gazelle incorporates OS into browser”; “EC to pursue antitrust case”.

Comment on Running multiple Internet Explorer versions by mensch

mensch — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:11:26 +0000

I think the key phrase here would by “mostly compliant”. It’s a step in the right direction, but the competition is way ahead of Trident. While other browsers are already supporting features from the CSS 3 specification, Microsoft is still busy catching up by implementing the CSS 2.1 specification.

The compatibility view is only accessed by clicking a button, something the regular Joe Shmoe wouldn’t even know about. Nobody is going to rely on people clicking a button to see a webpage as it was intended. The IE7 compatibility mode isn’t 100% mimicking IE7 HTML rendering as well, so it really isn’t a reliable alternative to running a standalone version of IE7.

2009 is my lucky year indeed. Hopefully they’ll retire IE in 2010 to continue my seemingly infinite joy and happiness.

Comment on Running multiple Internet Explorer versions by Bram

Bram — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:46:06 +0000

Your criticism may have been valid for years, but it’s also been widely known for years, and by now is largely outdated.

IE8 is mostly W3C standards compliant (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/03/microsoft-s-interoperability-principles-and-ie8.aspx), and features compatibility view, which renders web pages exactly as IE7 would (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/08/27/introducing-compatibility-view.aspx). Also, MS decided to ship Windows 7E without IE, as a result of the EU case you mentioned (http://www.pcworld.com/article/166540/windows_7_without_internet_explorer_microsoft_explains.html).

2009 must be your lucky year.

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