Originally posted by visualnickmos
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Satie's Gymnopédies
Elgar's Crown of India; I really cannot understand why Tony Payne agreed to do work on this score when asked, especially when his realisation of the composer's Third Symphony is so remarkable and spectacular a success.Comment
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I thought he did a great job with The Crown of India. Tony Payne should never have had to do the job at all, had some total idiot not thrown the orchestral parts away in the 1960s.Originally posted by ahinton View PostComment
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Hiya Beefy,Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostLiquid lunch, Stan?
No sorry to disappoint. I'm teetotal my old mate!Comment
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'Crown of India' is not a work I especially get on with either. Although I can think of much worse.Originally posted by ahinton View PostComment
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1st movement of Schubert's Octet. Don't ask me why, but I just want to burst into tears whenever I hear it. Very strange!Money can't buy you happiness............but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike MilliganComment
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Believe me, I am not for one moment criticising the job that he did, which was splendid; my concern was wheher it was worth the bother given the content of the original, something that I would never think to wonder about in respect of Elgar's Third Symphony or even his sixth and last Pomp & Circumstance March on which Tony Payne also did such wonderful work.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostComment
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A bit late to this feast, but surely Satie's Vexations, by definition, fits the thread.s title to perfection.Comment
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I have somehow managed to be unaware of this thread until now. Turning to the first post, I was astonished to see Tatiana's letter scene on the "annoying" list. For me, it is one of the finest and most moving scenes in all opera. With any half-decent performance (though NOT with the Royal Opera House's production) a handkerchief is definitely required. The libretto of this scene is largely straight from Pushkin, and some familiarity with the poem adds greatly to appreciation of the scene.Originally posted by Caliban View PostOK festivities over, Christmas tree fairies are back in the cupboard... How about a few "bêtes noires"? I've just been listening to the French "Tribune des Critiques" programme about The Nutcracker, and I realise that my list of REALLY annoying pieces has three items vying for top
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1= Tchaikovsky "Nutcracker" - Pas de Deux.. That ruddy downward scale repeated ad nauseam, louder and louder (ffff by the end
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1= Tchaikovsky "Tatiana's Letter" scene, Eugene Onegin (have avoided it sufficiently long to forget what it sounds like)
1= Liszt "Les Préludes"
Anyone else got any bugbear pieces? (I expect "Bolero" to feature strongly - though I rather like it, in the right hands)
Happy New Year all
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Sorry David - just can't stand the music!Originally posted by David-G View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Yes Cali but compared to Bolero it's wonderful. Now if you want something really annoying then try some of this Reich or Glass that monotonously goes on and then it goes on again - is it laziness or lack of musical imagination?Originally posted by Caliban View PostSorry David - just can't stand the music!Comment
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