Lieder anyone?


This niche within classical music, largely leaves my cold a defect in my character I'm sure. I suppose it reached a sort of peak in 19th century Germany, becoming an important part of Schubert's output for example. 

But and it's a big but, there is Mahler and Richard Straus, two of my favourite 20th century composers anyway. They both produced achingly beautiful, melancholic song cycles and I never tire of listening to them. If you want to explore them, then anything by Janet Baker or Elizabeth Scwarzkopf are just perfect for Mahler and Leontine Price's 4 Last Songs for Strauss. You can't go wrong with them.

 

David

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Seriously , many of the words and elements are the same ,

German and English are bother and sister as is Swedish.

A young man can learn a normal conversation in 4-5 months.

About a year , 3-4 hours a day all hands on deck should { Your tongue goes

on auto in German .}

 

give you fully correct German . Few use correct any thing .P.S .

Almost every really dirty words are the same.

 

From what I have seen and done, it is very hard to learn any language after 55 or so.

rvpiano, there are about ten record stores within the Cincinnati ring. Maybe half of those carry used classical. One of them, Plaid Room, carries new remastered reissues along with used. The new vinyl is generally from Analogue Productions, Speakers Corner, Analogphonic and other large labels. A great store to visit if you’re in the area!

goofy, how's it going in Cincy after the ref's gave the game to Vegas  ?

What do you think about life there  in general ?

Jim, people are disappointed but still glad the Bengals made it as far as they did. The Bengals just need to find a way to win a Super Bowl to refute this notion that they’re cursed. The ref made a questionable call but that’s in the past. I plan on going to some Reds games this summer. Baseball is more deeply rooted here than anything else. CCM and Music Hall are special too but all in all, I miss Paris and Köln till it hurts.

Man I hear that , Check this ;

As a young soldier you were given train tickets to where you were going getting off the ship at Bremerhaven , 2 AM I got mine to Berlin with 6 hour stop at Koln .

Natch, the Koln Station is 24 /365 open . I’m reading , decide I’ll have some eats.

I sat looking at the huge glass wall , something started to be funny as the sun

arises " how can there be a huge hill here’ .

I sat for a hour watching the Greatest Church in the World rise before my 20-10,

clueless there was such a thing ! Had to ask the waiter .

 

I’m Stiil a Berlin Guy , but with a do-up from God I would be a Klon one given things these days.

 

I’ve watched a lot of football , never saw a ref blow his Teewwer as he watched the

ball in mid-air .

You can’t explain to folks when a man gets German Fever ,, no place like it , no place else you want to be.

EVERY day I wake up wanting Berlin , always hurts and sometimes tears run down my face .