Comments on: The Beauty of Limited Musical Capacity http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/ A beginners guide to classical music, by someone who switched at 23 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JonJ http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-57 JonJ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:40:39 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/#comment-57 Oh, I forgot to mention Bluebeard's Castle. There's some involving Bartok for you. Oh, I forgot to mention Bluebeard’s Castle. There’s some involving Bartok for you.

]]> By: Ben http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Ben Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:41:27 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/#comment-53 Hey Jon! You sound more disciplined with your MP3 use than I was. About the Bartok - I actually got hold of the "Concerto" and "Music" before I did the string quartets. The former always feels a bit... fakey I guess. And while I like the latter I always here the middle two movements as Being John Malkovich, and The Shining... Hey Jon! You sound more disciplined with your MP3 use than I was. About the Bartok – I actually got hold of the “Concerto” and “Music” before I did the string quartets. The former always feels a bit… fakey I guess. And while I like the latter I always here the middle two movements as Being John Malkovich, and The Shining…

]]> By: JonJ http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-49 JonJ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:54:08 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/06/the-beauty-of-limited-musical-capacity/#comment-49 I have a 60 GB iPod, which of course holds a lot more than 10 CDs. But I understand your point that even with a large capacity, one tends to listen to the same things. I combat this by deliberately choosing something completely different when I realize that I have been over-indulging in a few things. About Bartok leaving you cold, I understand that, too. Especially some of the string quartets can leave some people uninvolved. But try getting acquainted with the Concerto for Orchestra and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, and then see if the quartets don't sound a bit different. I have a 60 GB iPod, which of course holds a lot more than 10 CDs. But I understand your point that even with a large capacity, one tends to listen to the same things. I combat this by deliberately choosing something completely different when I realize that I have been over-indulging in a few things.

About Bartok leaving you cold, I understand that, too. Especially some of the string quartets can leave some people uninvolved. But try getting acquainted with the Concerto for Orchestra and the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, and then see if the quartets don’t sound a bit different.

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