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David Stewart wrote:
>Mikael Rasmusson wrote:
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>>I must say that I'm finally convinced that the Sea Symphony is a great
>>piece of music!
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>I agree but I think it only really picks up in the Scherzo, then the
>Finale-type-thing is brilliant. The first part is rather too bombastic and
>not quite imaginative enough in my opinion. Then the second one seems to
>be trying to be beautiful etc. but just comes out sounding cheesy. The
>VERY beginning gets annoying after a while.
I've always liked the beginning of each movement, but I thought that V-W
got lost on the way. Also, the beginning of the first movemnet is so
breathtaking that you tend to forget about the rest f the symphony. Now I
realised that the music is developing well, and that V-W (as usual) knows
what he's doing. From No 3 and onwards, his symphonies are all minor or
major masterpieces. However, I'm still puzzled by No 9 (Does the latter
still apply to you as well, Steve Schwartz?)
Mikael Rasmusson
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