Corey Gouker's Machine Inside the Mind

While this piece of music has no lyrics to quote I feel the need to point it out anyway. Specifically this album. I converted it from FLAC and it's absolutely beautiful sadly there's a couple minor flaws so at some point I'll need to get the CD and re-rip.

Getting back to the point though. Having listened to Beethoven's 9 Symphonies as conducted by Harnoncourt and Karajan I honestly think this one done by Gardiner is one of my most favorite. Akin to his other performances these somehow feel as if they were being performed with Beethoven himself conducting. At some point I imagine I'll have I'll three so I'll be able to enjoy any whenever. For now this remains right up there at the top.

I'm not really sure what it is about this one movement in particular that just hits that spot. There seems to be a recurring theme to pieces that catch my ear. There must be something to it which I don't understand. Sadly I lack the real depth of knowledge to fully describe what it is I'm hearing musically. The easiest way for me to explain it would be to say that it's the extremely simplistic intricacies that just make me stop and envision something rather magical. It's as if everything just comes together and in those few moments' time stops and I'm in those moments' in music. Yes it's all rather heavenly and clichéd but it's what I have to describe it all.

There's layer upon layer in many musical pieces and unfortunately they're hard to find these days. While pop music can be complex and can reveal new tid bits after multiple repeats it's just not the same as hearing a specific instrument make a clearly defined noise you didn't quite hear the first time. Or having your spine tingle the first time you hear that crescendo turn into the ultimate climax to which there can be no opposition.

Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies Disc 3: Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68: Allegretto (Shepherds' song. Joyous thanksgiving after the storm)