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I swear I'm not getting influenced by the guy who hates every conductor but I dislike Gielen's so far. The trio (I think that's what it's called) in the scherzo usually gives me goosebumps but here it's kinda underwhelming.
>>130533739 >There's a reason Mozart's Requiem is performed at church services for the dead! It's because they're already dead and can't be bored to death by Mozart's music
>>130542889 The first 3 numbers in act 2 of Mozart's Figaro (bonus if immediately after hearing the finale of act 1). Actually makes Salieri's monologues in Amadeus seem like understatements
>>130543964 The first movement is excellent but the rest is kind of dull by comparison. His 4th, 10th, 8th, and 2nd symphonies are all much better even if they are much less widely known.
>>130543964 The best thing about Brian is his first name being Havergal. It's not a bad piece but most of the "appeal" is from it being so "big". >>130542889 Plenty. If you're not stunned a decent amount of time when listening to classical music, you're either stupid or listening to the wrong stuff.