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All of Bach
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Re: All of Bach
#92That's a gorgeous website design. Can anyone point me in the direction to create something similar? (I'm a non-technical person on HN).
Re: All of Bach
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Glenn Gould is absolutely the definitive source in regards to Bach piano music. For me the beauty in Bach's music is the extreme technical expertise, which, like an extraordinary piece of architecture, unveils a perfect geometry and universal perfection that makes our hearts and minds meet in the same exquisite place. But you need an exacting performance to be able to appreciate it. It gets so personal. Check out thi…
> Glenn Gould is absolutely the definitive source in regards to Bach's piano music. I love Gould's performances, but it's worth saying that plenty of good musicians don't, so "definitive" is probably not the best word. So, anyone reading this: If you listen to Gould playing (say) the Well-Tempered Clavier or the Goldberg Variations and find it too mannered or mechanical or can't get past his humming, try Schiff or Ri…
Agreed.
I will especially vouch for Andras Schiff's recent recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier as an alternative choice. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NR8YXC/
Re: All of Bach
#94Worthless. Useless. A disaster. Flatly, on Windows XP SP3 with one of the latest versions of Firefox and Flash, the site essentially doesn't work. So, I clicked, and clicked, and clicked, and waited, and waited, and waited, and clicked, looked at the system monitor and saw no activity on either network data or CPU, waited, clicked, waited, clicked, had much of the screen content go off the screen, kept lowering the s…
I had problems playing the videos but, really? I'm trying to determine if your rant is serious or dry humor...
No, it was correct.
Re: All of Bach
#95Worthless. Useless. A disaster. Flatly, on Windows XP SP3 with one of the latest versions of Firefox and Flash, the site essentially doesn't work. So, I clicked, and clicked, and clicked, and waited, and waited, and waited, and clicked, looked at the system monitor and saw no activity on either network data or CPU, waited, clicked, waited, clicked, had much of the screen content go off the screen, kept lowering the s…
Not even Microsoft supports Windows XP[1]... why do you expect this web developer to support an OS that the OS vendor, who repeatedly extended the sunset date, finally stopped supporting? Time for an upgrade, friend. Either that or stop expecting new websites to accommodate your abacus. :) 1: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help
> Not even Microsoft supports Windows XP[1]... why do you expect this web developer to support an OS that the OS vendor, who repeatedly extended the sunset date, finally stopped supporting?
Nonsense. XP and SP3 have NOTHING to do with it. You can go through the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TCP/IP standards and never once find that XP doesn't work or that Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 is needed. The main compatibility issue would be Firefox, not the OS.
The operating systems and Web browsers meet the Web sites over the standards; if the standards are being met, then XP, Windows 7, Firefox, Chrome, IE, etc. just irrelevant.
I have a copy, new, quantity one, retail, sealed in the package, DVD of Windows 7 Professional on my bookshelf, but installing it would take DAYS and maybe WEEKS of work, considering all the re-installation of other software, when some of that other software ruined my installation and I had to start over, etc.
So far, there is no good reason for me to change operating systems. Besides, there is considerable question if Windows 7 is an UPgrade instead or just the same or even a DOWNgrade. Windows Vista and 8.0 were really DOWNgrades. As far as I am concerned, since I don't want to use a touch screen or the 'Metro' interface, Windows 8.1 is a DOWNgrade into the sewer.
I will change to Windows 7 Professional and later Windows Server but hopefully never anything like Windows 8.x.
For now, for me, XP is fine.
Again, once again, over again, to be more clear, asd should be plenty clear at HN anyway, if recent versions of Firefox and Flash run on my OS, that should be sufficient.
For more, I am a heavy Internet and Web user, and as I stated, that music Web site is the worst I've seen. What I described is just what happened. When the Toccata played, the video was in a tiny window in the UR corner of the screen -- absurd. Worst site I've seen. Sorry 'bout that.
Re: All of Bach
#96I find the Toccata and Fugue just amazing to watch and listen, an the performer is even adorable. http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-565/detail/
One wo/man's adorable is another wo/man's tiresome. :-) But he's good, the organ is beautiful, and the production quality is fantastic.
Re: All of Bach
#97I'm finding this impossible to navigate. The pages are basically frozen in Firefox and Chrome. Anybody else have this problem?
I'm using Safari on an iPad, and for a moment I can see the page, but then it quickly disappears behind an impenetrable solid-black screen with nothing on it but the prompt: "Tilt your screen." It's a shame, and it doesn't befit the wondrousness of the content. Whoever came up with this brilliant UI idea should seriously re-evaluate what usability means to them.
Same here. If anyone is curious, here's a screenshot[1] from an iPad mini. Tapping, tilting, reloading do nothing.
[1] http://i.imgur.com/lW3gZOw.jpg
Edit: Figured it out after actually looking at the graphic. You need to turn (not tilt) the device to landscape.
Re: All of Bach
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have to disagree. When listening to a recording, you hear all the music. A more fitting analogy would be tasting and eating the food without seeing the chef prepare it.
No audio system comes close to sitting in front of a symphony orchestra with a hundred or more different sound sources.
This is absolutely correct, but for choral music Janet Cardiff's 40 Part Motet might actually come close. http://www.cardiffmiller.com/artworks/inst/motet.html
Re: All of Bach
#99I guess you could say…
All of Bach belong to us?
Re: All of Bach
#100To sad, that there is no mp3 or ogg download version available.
youtube-dl -x --audio-format=mp3 ;)
Thanks for the tip. I wrote a simple Python script to help download currently available "All of Bach" works using `youtube-dl': https://gist.github.com/anonymous/fb7de0d81dfdb8ee2191