On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 14:16:25 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/21/16 1:53 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:42:29 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 08:23:05 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/21/16 12:02 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:10:10 -0500, John H.
wrote:

...not too loud though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMkC07PmaWA

Most people don't recognize that until you get to the last 45 seconds.
I have it on a CD from the Boston Pops. If you have a good system with
a sub woofer it will rock the house.



Wow! Gee whiz. Oh boy. How subtle...how sublime. Pyrotechnics! Cannons!

You're right, they make a great addition to the overture. The Old Guard does a great
job with the cannons when the National Symphony does their thing for the 4th of July.

Of course, only we plebeians could enjoy such a thing. Much too vulgar for a highbred
such as yourself.
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Yawn. The piece is trite.


Do you ever just get sick of yourself?


Johnny, despite my advancing age, my ears still work pretty well, and I
don't need to listen to overblown overtures and schmaltzy pop
orchestrations to enjoy good music, or to show off the capabilities of a
mediocre stereo sound system.

What a joke you are, Krause. Is there an implication there that you must have great
ears to enjoy a certain type of music? Do you not have a volume knob on your
equipment?


Besides, while culture is learned, taste is subjective. I prefer serious
music that is more subtle. I'm not knocking Tchaikovsky...he was a great
composer and I enjoy many of his works...but the 1812 isn't one of them.

Perhaps you'd like this, played by Josh Bell on the Gibson ex-Huberman
Strad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJZeNlrYKg

Beautiful! Probably the only link you've ever posted that's worthwhile.
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