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In the Thread: ... and some Bruckner buzz
Post Subject: About David and the opinion about the symphonic ciclesPosted by dady on: 2/14/2025
 steverino wrote:
Paul,  Just a style point with me. If I am responding specifically to someone I will either start with their name or include a quote. So my comment was intended to the Hypothetical Other to support the mention of Hurwitz as a commenter but just to specify what areas I consider him  to be most valuable. So for lesser known artists and works I consider him to be invaluable and for mainstream widely available repertoire less so. And yes like you I find extended symphonic cycles to not be uniformly successful. Regards

I have been watching several of David's videos, the critic and creator of a magazine; for a layman like me, and I think for many more supposedly experienced listeners, it is a very useful product since in a simple way, perhaps mockingly, although this last is a technique of his horizontality and good receptivity as a critic, it nevertheless helps a lot, but much more than one can imagine. In all judgments of any kind it is necessary to trust in one aspect, nobody is absolutely right and above all in giving an opinion about what art is, it is subjective. Regarding the complete cycles of symphonies, this is an advantage for the listener since it allows in a flat way to obtain all the production of the composer. Surely there will be some favorites for some director, or that that day the musicians were very well concentrated or inspired and gave a good performance. It happens for example with the Tintner cycle that with common orchestras he achieved singular works. Not everything that glitters is gold, nor is everything that smells rotten.

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