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>>Ugh, Beethoven is depressing. And I'd rather go to the dentist than listen to J.S. Bach.
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>>Now, I like Franz Liszt, Edvard Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Chopin - much of their music is adventurous.
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>>I really have not listened to enough Mozart to say anything either way.
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>Aldous Huxley has one his characters in Point Counter Point use the Beethoven's A Minor String Quartet to prove the existence of God.
>Some of his work can be heavy, but here's a unique take on one that never ceases to uplift me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo>
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>Regarding Bach .. for today's listener he's definitely an acquired taste.
>I endured the break-in period a long time ago and it was well worth the pain.
>One of these days, I'll have to do that for rock.
Thanks much for the link on the Beethoven 9th flashmob. i had seen it but forgotten. Cool stuff.
The Bach Cello suites never get old for me. I have the Rostropovich recordings on about half the time while i work.
But youtubing around just now came on this delightful surprise. Suggest anyone who hasn't really listened to this stuff put this one while working today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzfD6XLK7Q
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- Thomas Hardy
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-- T. S. Eliot
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