Re: German inflexibility of thinking : Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:10 am
Mintball wrote:
Damn again! Did I not include Richard Strauss in that initial list? I'd meant to. <i>Also sprach Zarathustra</i> is quite glorious – possibly the apotheosis of 19th-century romanticism.
The first movement is famous as a result <i>2001</i>, of course, but the second is like floating in honey.
The first movement is famous as a result <i>2001</i>, of course, but the second is like floating in honey.
agreed but at the risk of being reprimanded for going off topic (as usual !)
yes,a much underrated composer
as for 'floating on honey' ? my equivalent would be swimming in a vat of Corbières whilst enjoying the finest of all symphonies,The Titan by Herr Mahler.....mmmmmm