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Re: Well... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Pesky life and computer problems... well, not too late for me!! Welcome, Contestant Number Five!!
CaptainD
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Mar 03 '07
3:55 am PST
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Well... (Reply to this comment)
by befus
better late than never, I hope. ;-) I started jotting down my thoughts for this a few weeks back when you posted the write-off originally, but life (not to mention computer problems) interfered!
Anyway, here tis'! http://www.epinions.com/content_4957249668
Thanks for the fun write-off!
Beth
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Mar 01 '07
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Re: Checking in.... (Reply to this comment)
by smorg
You're welcome, Capt! Thanks again for the write-off. :o)
And a great list you have, too! I hadn't heard Mendelssohn's Hebrides before. Must check it out. I love Prokofiev's Romeo et Juliet ballet, too. Didn't know about it until I saw a clip of the Arrival of the Guest to the Ball from a performance in Venice on CAS last year. Some cool echoes of Peter and the Wolf there.
Haendel, I'm still getting used to him. He wrote such gorgeous songs for his opera... but there are so many of them per show that I tend to start snoring by the 2nd act. You'll probably like Beethoven's 7th symphony, though (the allegretto from that piece appears in the film Mr Holland's Opus when Mr Holland tells his class of Beethoven's deafness after finding out that his son was born deaf). :o)
Thanks again! And hope your weekend is rolling along well!
Smorg :o)
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Feb 24 '07
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Re: Checking in.... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey there Smorg!!
Much better late than never, and since I put no time limit on it, your entry can't really be late anyway!! :-D
CaptainD
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Feb 23 '07
9:18 am PST
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Checking in.... (Reply to this comment)
by smorg
Hiya Capt! I keep procrastinating... finally got a list together here http://www0.epinions.com/content_4969832580.
Thanks a bunch for the cool challenge. Hope to see more entries, too.
Cheers,
Smorg :o)
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Feb 23 '07
2:15 am PST
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Re: Entry (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey Matt, thanks for the entry!
CaptainD
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Feb 17 '07
4:17 am PST
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Entry (Reply to this comment)
by jacobeiserman
Hello,
Thanks for doing this! My review is here: http://www.epinions.com/content_4961116292.
Matt
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Feb 15 '07
4:00 pm PST
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Re: hmmm! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
If only I could remember half the pieces I've listened to!! I'm sure you could think of plenty if you put your mind to it...
CaptainD
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Feb 12 '07
2:15 am PST
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Re: . (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey John!
After reading that I appreciate how much wider your knowledge of classical music is... sure you couldn't squeeze out some more? :-D It's really more about the individual compositions than the composers. OR could be, depends how people write it!
Anyway, if you enter it'd be great, but if not I understand. I only mentioned a few classical composers in JaguarDog's A-Z write off.
CaptainD
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Feb 12 '07
2:13 am PST
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hmmm! (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
Dave, wow. You've listened to much more classical music than I have! I'll have to think about joining this, okay? It's inspiring me to listen to more.
Jan
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Feb 12 '07
12:32 am PST
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by trust12345
Howdy-
I would have joined, had I not already written at length on just the subject:
http://www.epinions.com/content_4449345668
But kudos for spreading the love to classical field-
John
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Feb 11 '07
11:32 pm PST
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Re: Thanks for sharing... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hi Ben!
Feel free to write your own list and join the WO!
CaptainD
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Feb 11 '07
9:36 am PST
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Thanks for sharing... (Reply to this comment)
by slbenz
and two others that I like are Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Handel's Water Music. Thanks for starting this.
Ben
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Feb 11 '07
7:57 am PST
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Re: Pirates (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Now I wasn't quite that bad... I had it memorised, but I never hand copied it!! :-D
I was kind of disappointed that they didn't have the full orchestral version of the Water Music, though I worked out that one of the pieces for the dancing subgame was by Bach.
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
2:10 pm PST
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Pirates (Reply to this comment)
by jlaurson
I feel the same way about the Pirates (though for Amiga 500). I know every island in that region of the world ever since having hand-copied out the map on triple the originally supplied map's size... :)
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Feb 09 '07
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Re: Yeah... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
I'm not managing though am I?!?!? Pesky real life getting in the way again. Too exhausted even to log on yesterday!!
I thought classical music seemed rather underrepresented on Eps, so a write off seemed a logical idea to strat redressing the balance.
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
9:24 am PST
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Re: I wanna play! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
If you're a good lad you can indeed play...
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
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Re: Strausses (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Oops... I know this will sound stupid, but I was getting him confused with Josef Strauss!! Thanks for the correction. Will have to get hold of Don Quitoxe.
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
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Re: What a neat idea! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
I hope you do enter... and in my book at least yes, Gerswhin is a classical composer (Rhapsody in Blue, right? Actually that shoudl probably have been on my list!!)
I might do another WO aout movie composers, who IMHO tend to be the best modern classical composers. I'll see how this one goes first.
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
9:19 am PST
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Re: This was fun! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Yay! You know, I hadn't been totally sure I'd get any entries, so I'm really pleased you entered. Look forwward to reading your list.
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
9:16 am PST
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Re: $ (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hehe... you obviously never saw my mention of him as a composer I liked nor my film review of "Mahler" by tKen Russell...
I really like the Titan symphony, I've got to admit I dont know an awful lot of his work.
CaptainD
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Feb 09 '07
9:08 am PST
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Yeah... (Reply to this comment)
by mmcphee
you're just trying to stay ahead of ME. This is a great idea and I am going to try and play along.
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Feb 08 '07
7:10 pm PST
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I wanna play! (Reply to this comment)
by Stephen_Murray,  in Music
http://www.epinions.com/content_4954497156
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Feb 08 '07
10:51 am PST
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What a neat idea! (Reply to this comment)
by befus
I may have to try this...if I come up with a list, I'll let you know!
I enjoyed reading about the pieces and composers you especially enjoy.
Does Gershwin count as classical? I know he's a Yank, but... :-)
Beth
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Feb 08 '07
9:26 am PST
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Strausses (Reply to this comment)
by Stephen_Murray, in Music
Richard and Johann were NOT brothers (by blood or by spirit). And while on Richard, my favorite orchestral music of his is Don Quixote, but "The Four Last Songs" eclipse everything that went before them IMO.
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Feb 08 '07
9:04 am PST
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This was fun! (Reply to this comment)
by telynor, in Music
On a whim, i decided to join in. Here's the link: http://www.epinions.com/content_4954300548 Thanks for coming up with the idea. -- Telynor
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Feb 08 '07
8:57 am PST
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$ (Reply to this comment)
by virtuelle2
Have you tried Mahler? I've only begun to explore his works, and have been taken of late with his Resurrection Symphony.
Great list!
~ Teresa
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Feb 07 '07
6:15 pm PST
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