Comments on: The Faust Cycle: Day Two http://cerebralrift.org/2010/01/27/the-faust-cycle-day-two/ Exploring the crevaces between thoughts... The home of CerebralMix. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Intangible 23 | ‘The Faust Cycle’, primer cacho | http://cerebralrift.org/2010/01/27/the-faust-cycle-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Intangible 23 | ‘The Faust Cycle’, primer cacho | Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:09:13 +0000 http://cerebralrift.org/?p=310#comment-547 [...] Puedes leer otro análisis (en ingles) sobre el primer cacho del Ciclo de Fausto en el blog Cerebral Rift: Day One y Day Two. [...] [...] Puedes leer otro análisis (en ingles) sobre el primer cacho del Ciclo de Fausto en el blog Cerebral Rift: Day One y Day Two. [...]

]]> By: George http://cerebralrift.org/2010/01/27/the-faust-cycle-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-166 George Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:50:00 +0000 http://cerebralrift.org/?p=310#comment-166 Hi Travis, Thanks for the comment. I'm working under the assertion that there is some method to the madness behind this work. Of course, I think my listening abilities (at this point) are woefully inadequate to connect all the dots...but I'm trying anyway. ;) BTW - looked at your website. Very nice! Hi Travis,

Thanks for the comment. I’m working under the assertion that there is some method to the madness behind this work. Of course, I think my listening abilities (at this point) are woefully inadequate to connect all the dots…but I’m trying anyway. ;)

BTW – looked at your website. Very nice!

]]> By: travis http://cerebralrift.org/2010/01/27/the-faust-cycle-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-165 travis Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:43:03 +0000 http://cerebralrift.org/?p=310#comment-165 having listened to the entire work, i can confirm your suspicions that (on the surface at least) there is little in the way of a comprehensible, continuous linear narrative spanning through the piece. certain themes do appear and re-appear, but its anyone's guess if there is some deeper meaning hidden behind the images. there are also long sections with no narrative whatsoever, and many scenes which seem unrelated to the 'main plot' in my opinion, its much better to simply enjoy the various scenes and musical passages as they come and not look too hard for connection or cohesiveness. having listened to the entire work, i can confirm your suspicions that (on the surface at least) there is little in the way of a comprehensible, continuous linear narrative spanning through the piece. certain themes do appear and re-appear, but its anyone’s guess if there is some deeper meaning hidden behind the images. there are also long sections with no narrative whatsoever, and many scenes which seem unrelated to the ‘main plot’
in my opinion, its much better to simply enjoy the various scenes and musical passages as they come and not look too hard for connection or cohesiveness.

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