Mozart sucks

Nixie · 2nd February 2006, 10:52 AM

A few good melodies (i.e. the Molto Allegro of K.550), but overall, not impressive at all. Greatly overrated. None of his contemporaries are very interesting either. Must have been the time period. Go back to Bach or forward to Beethoven and beyond, and then there's good stuff...

SY · 2nd February 2006, 11:12 AM

I'm glad you're not trolling or anything.

jackinnj · 2nd February 2006, 11:12 AM

Mozart speaks to the soul, Bach speaks to God.

Mozart can be a little thin -- good for light sopranos --

One of my favorite tenor arias is, however, "Un Aura Amarosa" in Cosi

ps -- Bach was a rabid anti-Papist

Nixie · 2nd February 2006, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SY
I'm glad you're not trolling or anything.

The title may suggest I'm trolling, but I don't think such an interpretation is in agreement with the content of the post.

jackinnj, I don't follow that 'speaks to the soul' thing at all. It sounds nice, but when I think about it, it doesn't mean anything.
And if you insist on it, then I should ask who you think, say, Schubert, speaks to (I'm guessing not his syphilis!)

As for Bach speaking to gAWD, I love the music yet I'm the biggest atheist on this spiral arm; the motivation behind music is to me largely irrelevant.

poobah · 2nd February 2006, 01:33 PM

I can help you with this... send me your Mozart CD's. And then relax!

Nixie · 2nd February 2006, 02:18 PM

You don't think I'd pay for a CD if I didn't like him, now! It's all downloaded mp3s.

Christer · 2nd February 2006, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nixie
You don't think I'd pay for a CD if I didn't like him, now! It's all downloaded mp3s.

Now there's the reason. You get what you pay for.

Everybody tends to discover the composers in their own individual order. You will probably discover Mozart too one day, when you are ready for it. Somebody else maybe loves Mozart, but can't understand Beethoven, until suddenly, one day, it is all revealed...

Don't forget that interpretation means a lot in classical music. Mayby you have just happened to try boring performers?

poobah · 2nd February 2006, 03:36 PM

Christer is very right,

The performance and interpretation means everything. The best Rhapsody in Blue was, IMO, Leonard Bernstein at the keys in New York... early CD... so-so recording... even some bad notes in the piano work, but the best music!

And Beethoven is always hard to listen to the first few times... it's complicated music.

Listen to Mozart's operas... that really the only opera I will listen to... he did his best work when pretty sopranos were involved.

jackinnj · 3rd February 2006, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nixie
You don't think I'd pay for a CD if I didn't like him, now! It's all downloaded mp3s.

res ipsit loquitor

audio-kraut · 3rd February 2006, 12:42 PM

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Bach was a rabid anti-Papist

and mozart a good catholic..which goes to show who had the intellectual greater depth, which also extends into his musical work.

Mozart - someone on cbc compared it to fast food...tastes nice but not much nutritional value.

2nd February 2006, 10:52 AM	#1
Nixie Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC	Mozart sucks A few good melodies (i.e. the Molto Allegro of K.550), but overall, not impressive at all. Greatly overrated. None of his contemporaries are very interesting either. Must have been the time period. Go back to Bach or forward to Beethoven and beyond, and then there's good stuff...

2nd February 2006, 11:12 AM	#2
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	I'm glad you're not trolling or anything. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

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2nd February 2006, 11:12 AM	#3
jackinnj diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Llanddewi Brefi, NJ	Mozart speaks to the soul, Bach speaks to God. Mozart can be a little thin -- good for light sopranos -- One of my favorite tenor arias is, however, "Un Aura Amarosa" in Cosi ps -- Bach was a rabid anti-Papist

2nd February 2006, 01:33 PM	#5
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	I can help you with this... send me your Mozart CD's. And then relax!

2nd February 2006, 02:18 PM	#6
Nixie Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC	You don't think I'd pay for a CD if I didn't like him, now! It's all downloaded mp3s.

2nd February 2006, 03:36 PM	#8
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	Christer is very right, The performance and interpretation means everything. The best Rhapsody in Blue was, IMO, Leonard Bernstein at the keys in New York... early CD... so-so recording... even some bad notes in the piano work, but the best music! And Beethoven is always hard to listen to the first few times... it's complicated music. Listen to Mozart's operas... that really the only opera I will listen to... he did his best work when pretty sopranos were involved.

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