Nodame Cantabile

atskv9 wrote:I saw it and I knew I had to speak up. Simply illogical. But then again, fangirls... :sweat:

You said it... I had to reread that post a couple of times just to be sure. :crazy:

bmwracer wrote:
I really wished the box set had more footage regarding some of the training they must've had, like in Swing Girls... I think it would've been interesting to see.

But then none of the artistes actually played their instrument, unlike Swing Girls.

thtl wrote:

But then none of the artistes actually played their instrument, unlike Swing Girls.

But I'm sure they had to do some practicing bowing at least (their bows are usually in sync) and at least some fundementals of rhythm and timing to match conducting cues and so forth. They looked at least somewhat believable in shots they couldn't fake - that probably took a fair amount of work to put together.

phlargo wrote:But I'm sure they had to do some practicing bowing at least (their bows are usually in sync) and at least some fundementals of rhythm and timing to match conducting cues and so forth. They looked at least somewhat believable in shots they couldn't fake - that probably took a fair amount of work to put together.

Exactly.

Mizukawa Asami's (as Miki Kiyora) violin solo at the end of Carmen in Episode 11 was most impressive. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Exactly.

Mizukawa Asami's (as Miki Kiyora) violin solo at the end of Carmen in Episode 11 was most impressive. :victory:

Yeah, I was thinking of that one too. You really could believe that she was playing it!

Though, I was a little disappointed with the performance of that particular piece - I'm a huge fan of Carmen and it just didn't feel quite right.

phlargo wrote:Yeah, I was thinking of that one too. You really could believe that she was playing it!

I did. :thumbsup:

Though, I was a little disappointed with the performance of that particular piece - I'm a huge fan of Carmen and it just didn't feel quite right.

You're getting back at me for the red sweater, ne? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
You're getting back at me for the red sweater, ne? :beaten:

Who me? I wouldn't dream of it! Actually, I just felt the style wasn't how I like it. I have a wonderful compilation of just the orchestrated works from Carmen called the Carmen Suite and I listened to it first when I was like 8 and have loved it ever since - it's how I see the music should be played.

Of course, that's only one perspective.. but the version of Sarante she plays is so different - still beautiful, but it loses the flow and continuity that I truly love about that work by Georges Bizet. It makes it feel more contemporary (I think it might have been rearranged in the 20th century, so contemporary ain't so strange)

And oh yeah.. stay away from my red sweater! :grumble:

teehee :dancing:

phlargo wrote:Who me? I wouldn't dream of it! Actually, I just felt the style wasn't how I like it. I have a wonderful compilation of just the orchestrated works from Carmen called the Carmen Suite and I listened to it first when I was like 8 and have loved it ever since - it's how I see the music should be played.

Of course, that's only one perspective.. but the version of Sarante she plays is so different - still beautiful, but it loses the flow and continuity that I truly love about that work by Georges Bizet. It makes it feel more contemporary (I think it might have been rearranged in the 20th century, so contemporary ain't so strange)

I'll take your word for it... Classical Novice Dude here. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
I'll take your word for it... Classical Novice Dude here. :victory:

No way! Being a charter member (or maybe the only eligible member) of Nodame Elite Society, you've heard enough classical music to at least qualify you for Intermediate status - tons more than most people out there. The mere fact that you know the names Gustav Holst and Camille Saint-Saens is impressive enough.

And besides - you've put a good effort into learning. Nobody can complain about that - not even Chiaki.

phlargo wrote:

No way! Being a charter member (or maybe the only eligible member) of Nodame Elite Society, you've heard enough classical music to at least qualify you for Intermediate status - tons more than most people out there. The mere fact that you know the names Gustav Holst and Camille Saint-Saens is impressive enough.

And besides - you've put a good effort into learning. Nobody can complain about that - not even Chiaki.

I will say with the utmost certainty that 'racer is the only eligible member of the Nodame Elite Society :victory:

I'm just a mere scrub who only came upon the live-action version simply because I needed something to hold me over while waiting for the anime episodes (which, unfortunately, still isn't complete with the 720p hardsubbed versions). :sweat:

Nodame Cantabile is pretty much my introduction to classical music :woot:

phlargo wrote:

Who me? I wouldn't dream of it! Actually, I just felt the style wasn't how I like it. I have a wonderful compilation of just the orchestrated works from Carmen called the Carmen Suite and I listened to it first when I was like 8 and have loved it ever since - it's how I see the music should be played.

Of course, that's only one perspective.. but the version of Sarante she plays is so different - still beautiful, but it loses the flow and continuity that I truly love about that work by Georges Bizet. It makes it feel more contemporary (I think it might have been rearranged in the 20th century, so contemporary ain't so strange)

And oh yeah.. stay away from my red sweater! :grumble:

teehee :dancing:

Bizet's Carmen Suite was completed and debuted in 1875, the year Bizet passed away. Sarasate was rather fond of composing fantasies of famous operas, the Carmen Fantasie being the most well known. IMHO Bizet was telling a story, or rather re-telling it, this time without words. Sarasate was more interested in showing off the violin, and made a lot of twists and turns in the flow of the original composition to do that.

deseipher wrote:Nodame Cantabile is pretty much my introduction to classical music :woot:

I've listened to some classical stuff before (one of my faves is Vivaldi's Four Seasons by the Boston Symphony Orchestra), but Nodame has really opened up my eyes to some great pieces out there... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
I've listened to some classical stuff before (one of my faves is Vivaldi's Four Seasons by the Boston Symphony Orchestra), but Nodame has really opened up my eyes to some great pieces out there... :victory:

You know, I don't know why (okay I do, but it's just weird), but Four Seasons seems to always be the first thing mentioned whenever I talk to anyone about classical music. Who knows, maybe because 'Spring' is used so damned much in all of the 'posh scenes' of any motion picture. :hehe:

Tenshigure wrote:You know, I don't know why (okay I do, but it's just weird), but Four Seasons seems to always be the first thing mentioned whenever I talk to anyone about classical music. Who knows, maybe because 'Spring' is used so damned much in all of the 'posh scenes' of any motion picture. :hehe:

Summer (no surprise) is my favorite. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Summer (no surprise) is my favorite. :victory:

I'm actually a bigger fan of Winter, honestly. :sweat:

thtl wrote:

Bizet's Carmen Suite was completed and debuted in 1875, the year Bizet passed away. Sarasate was rather fond of composing fantasies of famous operas, the Carmen Fantasie being the most well known. IMHO Bizet was telling a story, or rather re-telling it, this time without words. Sarasate was more interested in showing off the violin, and made a lot of twists and turns in the flow of the original composition to do that.

Well, in this case, you know a lot more about the history of these two than me :) I only know that Bizet was a late romantic French composer - he's not someone I know that much about. That and the fact that Carmen is probably one of my favorite operas (at least from a musical perspective)

And even less of Sarasate. I had heard the Carmen Fantasie before, but I didn't know who wrote it, but I figured it wasn't Bizet.

Tenshigure wrote:

You know, I don't know why (okay I do, but it's just weird), but Four Seasons seems to always be the first thing mentioned whenever I talk to anyone about classical music. Who knows, maybe because 'Spring' is used so damned much in all of the 'posh scenes' of any motion picture. :hehe:

And you know - I'm a big classical fan and I have to be honest: I've never liked it. I don't even know why. I mean there are other vivaldi works I like (though he's certainly not a favorite). I've never been a huge baroque fan, but I'll take Bach, Purchell, Pachabel, Telemann, or Handel (though I'm famously not a huge fan of his most known work - Water Music) most any day over Vivaldi.

Though in all honesty, I do like a few of his concertos quite a bit - specifically the oboe work. I can't remember, but there's one I specifically like.

phlargo wrote:And you know - I'm a big classical fan and I have to be honest: I've never liked it. I don't even know why. I mean there are other vivaldi works I like (though he's certainly not a favorite).

I really like The Four Season because I like violins: I used to play one in junior high... :)

bmwracer wrote:
I really like The Four Season because I like violins: I used to play one in junior high... :)

Aww.. back when you were still a 1-series ;-) I didn't know you used to play (or maybe I did and forgot)

phlargo wrote:Aww.. back when you were still a 1-series ;-) I didn't know you used to play (or maybe I did and forgot)

I was lousy.

That's why I switched over to Art... Then Engineering. :beaten: