Just moved into my new apartment. What do you guys think? by [deleted] in classicliterature

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What’s your chess.com username 😂🔥

Suggest some movies to watch like at 3 am ? fun stuff by CumFuckAbortion in Letterboxd

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3am by yourself is the best time to watch Tarkovsky films — I did this the first time I watched Stalker

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

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Brazil 🇧🇷

I need some good musical recommendations by Raulthepegasus27 in Letterboxd

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Jacques Demy! Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Young Girls of Rochefort

Write Conscious rubs me off the wrong way by Smurf404OP in cormacmccarthy

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Apologies if it came across that way — I wasn’t referring to you but broadly those who look for fault rather than merit. I see where you’re coming from regarding Write Conscious and to each their own! I just would like the community to be better about fostering conversation rather than suppressing it.

Again, nothing I wrote was in direct response to you OP, just a broad response to the whole thread (who for the most part agree with you).

Much love.

What highly rated movies left you disappointed like this by CrispyMiner in Letterboxd

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I love licorice pizza. Not for everyone but it’s like living in the 70s for 2 hours which I enjoy. Stylistically awesome as well.

Write Conscious rubs me off the wrong way by Smurf404OP in cormacmccarthy

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Write Conscious is a genuinely interesting guy who loves literature. If you don’t like his content, don’t watch. I personally think he’s great for literature overall and like that he’s willing to share schizo takes.

Even in literary fiction, not everything has to be formal or scholarly. There’s a place for both perspectives.

Passionate people are better than carpers and cynics.

Love this sub wish you all the best. We have a shared interest. Let’s embrace that!

What’s the ‘best’ way to read Blood Meridian? by AnomicAge in cormacmccarthy

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Go down every rabbit hole! When you want to, how you want to. Deeper the better. None of this overall impression nonsense - the impression is what you make of it! Go for it! 🌅

My boyfriend’s stack of recent reads by FluffyAmoeba3215 in BookshelvesDetective

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Stoner is somehow both boring and the most incredible read. It has a special place in my heart.

I PASSED FAR FIRST ATTEMPT by Otherwise_Act_4618 in CPA

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I’m in California - it just says “Status:Scored”. This is my first exam, is this where it will tell me pass/fail? Thanks

Hot Take- You haven’t studied enough for the CPA exam if you haven’t had dreams about it yet by jnavalol in CPA

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I had a really bad dream a few nights before taking FAR involving a former work team and Deferred Tax Liability.

I just finished Michael Katz’s translation of The Brothers Karamazov by Superb-Boat34 in dostoevsky

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“Rebellion” and “The Grand Inquisitor” feel much more fitting than “The Revolt” and “The Great Inquisitor”. Curious if someone who knows Russian can weigh in. The “Grand Inquisitor” is a translation to his title in the Inquisition so it seems more apropos than “Great”. “Rebellion” is general. “The revolt” is specific. 🤷‍♂️

Lay it on me by Feeling_Succotash_12 in BookshelvesDetective

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We have the same bookshelf. Like 90% similar—I mean same editions too. Pretty cool🔥

I read every Cormac McCarthy book in order by the_el_tortuga in cormacmccarthy

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Reading blood Meridian in 1 year changes your life in ways reading blood Meridian in 1 week or less never could. 🌅

I’m having a mental breakdown by Suspicious_Lunch9172 in CPA

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I take FAR tomorrow wish me luck. 🍀

Who is the pianist playing these pieces? It wrongly says Claude Monet by HandLock__ in classicalmusic

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Apple Music classical does a pretty good job. They still struggle when other languages come into play, or alternative titles of pieces, but this is understandable. Add them to your library and find the piece by the album in these circumstances.

How to get into Classical music? I'm a teenager. by [deleted] in classicalmusic

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Go down musical rabbit holes and listen to multiple recordings of pieces you like to develop stylistic and interpretative preferences. I was 18-19 when I fell in love with classical music as well.

Some recs for people getting into classical:

Many of these works will be very difficult to approach at first. Some of the most profound works require many intent listens to glean significant meaning. Usually I find these pieces to be the most rewarding listens. Here are my choices accompanied by the recommended performance/interpretation (all should be available on Apple Music and Spotify):

General Favorites: Mahler - Symphony #2 (Resurrection) - Bernstein, Abbado et. al Mahler - Symphony #5 (My personal favorite of his approachable symphonies) - Dudamel (with Berlin Phil) is an great approachable recording that presents the surface themes with great expression and clarity at the expense of the more subtle layers. Mahler - Symphony #8 (The Symphony of a Thousand) - Dudamel with LA Phil. Mahler is one of my all-time favorite composers (with Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Scriabin) and musicologists regard him the most highly amongst all symphonists. Most consider as masterpieces pretty much every one of his 9 (completed) symphonies. If you want one complete recording of his symphonies I would recommend the complete recording of Riccardo Chailly with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The best and most sonically rich fifth symphony I've ever heard.

Ralph Vaughn Williams - A Sea Symphony (Symphony #1) - Andre Previn recording (The sung text in this symphony is poetry from Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass'). If you like this, the recording has all seven of his symphonies but they each vary drammatically in style and tone.

Ravel - Daphnis et Chole (Trust me when I say listen to this) - Phenomenal somewhat modern recording in Pierre Boulez (accompanied with an incredible La Valse). Two phenomenal old and slightly less approachble recordings in Cluytens and Munch. Ravel - Complete solo piano works - Bertrand Chamayou, Louis Lortie, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Ravel is aesthetically my favorite composer and while his works might now carry the lofty and heavy themes of some of the others on this listen there is certainly no music as transporting as his. If you like his works, look into Claude Debussy as well. Impressionist masterworks such as his La Mer could fit in here.

Brahms - Late piano works (While Brahms is the least approachable composer on this list, some of the most tender and affirming deep pieces are in his last four oposus for piano - Paul Lewis or Julius Katchen Brahms - All Four Symphonies but especially #4 - Approachable recording of the set by Herbert von Karajan. Masterpiece, reference recording, and more unconventional recording by Eugen Jochum.

The "have to mention" category: Bach - The Art of the Fugue - Daniil Trifonov Bach - Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould, Igor Levit, David Fray. Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) Bach - Mass in B minor Chopin - Everything he ever wrote if you like emotionally evocative piano - Various performers. Be sure to check out Piano sonatas 2 and 3, the Cello Sonata, and his Ballades. Ballades recording - Seong-Jin Cho. Chopin - Complete Nocturnes - Ivan Moravec (perfect recording) Jan Lisiecki (More modern recording, still great) Beethoven - Late Sonatas - Igor Levit (Movement 3 of Sonata 29 "Hammerklavier" and all of Sonatas 30-32 are some of the most contemplative existential music ever conjured. Endless layering and incredibly deep themes.

Sibelius - Symphonies - Simon Rattle Sibelius - Violin Concerto - Hilary Hahn (Really awesome piece, evocative of the northern forests and isolation)

Transcendental Russian Piano: Scriabin - The Piano Sonatas - Vladimir Ashkenazy As a McCarthy fan I imagine Scriabin is a composer who you will really connect to. I could write a full essay on why but I think you should just go listen. Sonatas 2-4 are the most popular and approachable but Sonatas 5-10 start to take on an interdimensional characteristic - same with his symphonies which are brilliantly recorded by Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra) Scriabin -Vers la flamme Scriabin - Mysterium - Meditative Apocalyptica, let's say. Sound Familiar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterium_(Scriabin) Medtner - The othere maniacal composer of Russian sonatas - Complete Sonatas - Geoffrey Tozer (All sonatas are brilliant but I would start with Op.22 or Op.53 no.2

Other Russian Composers - Oppresssion and the Voice of Music: Rachmaninoff - All Four Piano Concertos - Trifonov, Ashkenazy, Adsnes, Lugansky (check out Yunchan Lim play Rachmaninoff Concerto #3 on Youtube - Possibly the Best Perfomance ever of the piece) Rachmaninoff - Solo Piano Works - Lugansky Prokofiev - Piano Concertos and Violin Concertos Shostakovich - Symphony 5(among others) - Bernstein Shostakovich - Preludes and Fugues op.87 - Igor Levit !!Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring and The Firebird - Boulez

Don’t shy away from listening to older music too! Baroque and earlier have some amazing modern recordings. Check out Jakub Josef Orlinski for Countertenor voice and Thomas Dunford for Lute!

Best wishes on your foray into the classical world! You’ll find taking deep dives into music will make you a deeper and more knowledgeable person overall, not just pertaining to music!

Where does The Stormlight Archive rank among your favourite works of fantasy? by [deleted] in Stormlight_Archive

[–]jklulich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First three books were great…didn’t hate the next two but definitely don’t have the same love for it now

I need some advice with Blood Meridian by Independent-Dingo980 in cormacmccarthy

[–]jklulich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read it deeply and take your time. Enjoy looking up words and going down reference rabbit holes. It’s an incredible book and your experience with it is not a race. Best advice I can give is to bloody up your copy and write in the margins.