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Oh, the simpler the questions, the harder it is to answer...
Today I am playing Allegri's Miserere. There are few compositions that affect me like this. I dream of the perfect interpretation, which does not exist and which I have never found... but this one isn't bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC9Wua_nMTs
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Let's make this topic a little less sterile!
Given that the only thing that, from my point of view, is up for debate are personal tastes, preferably when they are sincere, I ask:
@ XenaKis
If Gesualdo had done everything, what was the use of what came after, including Xenakis and ... ?????
@ Antares
Compromise of what? Vivaldi and his Vespro in particular, and in what way can it rise above the rest?
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Compromise for me with my current tastes... I based it exclusively on those
danielescarpetti wrote:Given that the only thing that, from my point of view, is up for debate are personal tastes,
... in effect this is the premise, it is a topic about satisfaction levels. Obviously there are those who like apples and there are those who like pears.
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thallo wrote:Oh, the simpler the questions, the harder it is to answer...
the fact is that in my opinion it's not a simple question, it's simply a question without an answer (even if everyone asks it in all parts of the world)....
as an example, some time ago I used to like Chesnokov very much
lately I don't listen to him anymore.....
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jack wrote:... in effect this is the premise, it is a topic on the satisfaction index. Evidently there are those who like apples and there are those who like pears.
...mmmmmh, I don't know how to interpret this consideration of yours. Perhaps you think that I want to call into question some music or some composer - in this case Vivaldi, whom you imperiously stated will be for a lifetime - but, I can assure you, that is not my intention.
In the case of Antares, I was only moved by curiosity to understand his compromise. But Antares is very reserved and, rightly so, did not want to tell me anything more.
Rather, I will start from your "fruit" comparison because I would say that the question posed to us here by pianothor is substantially similar - in fact it is even more improbable - to when someone asks you: what is your favorite food? Now, if at this moment I were in the mood for a nice watermelon and someone offered me a nice plate of lasagna bolognese, even while enjoying both abundantly, it would not be something I would welcome.
It is the same for music, divided by eras and genres, sub-eras and sub-genres, and so on.
I do not think there can exist an opera that considers itself a favorite in an absolute sense.
As Bianca says, there can be an opera (but also more generally a composer) that today (today understood in a broad sense, naturally) - as Claudio said - we listen to more than others. It is not certain that it will be the one from yesterday, and it is not certain it will be the one from tomorrow. But it could also be both the one from yesterday and the one from tomorrow. Who knows?!
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Personally in my life I have been asked this question at least 8 times, and every time I have answered in ways that were even contradictory, since a change of opinion over time is perfectly normal. I think it would be nice to answer this topic again in a few months, and see how much people's ideas change
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Daniele, it's just that during this period I'm really enjoying Vivaldi; you know, if they had asked me a year ago, I would have said something about Liszt probably
In truth, I was more inclined towards Monteverdi's Vespers, but at the current moment, adoring Vivaldi and the Baroque, I have chosen that Vespers which I also like so much!
I must say, however, that currently my tastes, in addition to the Baroque, include Classicism and the Late Renaissance, so maybe in a few months I would opt for Monteverdi or Mozart, who knows
Rather than a compromise, it is actually a "snapshot"
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I am crazy about all kinds of fruit. When it is good and ripe.
Except for persimmons ....( the rap)
