What are you listening to now?
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"The composer John Adams has long shown a flair for catchy titles. “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?,” a piano concerto commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, takes its name from a saying attributed to Martin Luther—alluding, perhaps, to the seductions of secular art. A fun-house-mirror distortion of Henry Mancini’s “Peter Gunn” riff drives the burly, funky opening; a limpid central reverie prefaces a finale whose rhythms possess a demoniac swagger. In this recording, Yuja Wang, the soloist, performs with athleticism and grace; the orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, matches her with power and atmosphere aplenty. Wang’s splendid account of “China Gates,” a brief piano work from 1977, provides an agreeably dreamy coda."
I'm not a huge fan of Adams, but I'm enjoying this.
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Finally got around to a 30 day free trial to stream CD and high resolution recirdings from Qobuz. Phenomenal selection of music titles especially for classical, jazz, folk and world music. 100 million titles in the data base.
Right now am listening to some absolutely delicious baroque guitar and theobro music.
Impressive.
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Finally got around to a 30 day free trial to stream CD and high resolution recirdings from Qobuz. Phenomenal selection of music titles especially for classical, jazz, folk and world music. 100 million titles in the data base.
Right now am listening to some absolutely delicious baroque guitar and theobro music.
Impressive.
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Until recently Qobuz in Canada was only available to audio equipment dealers. Since I worked part time for a hi-fi dealer until 2020, I became familiar with it. Qobuz far surpassed available titles the other streaming service, Tidal, offered in the store.
The subscription is $1 more per month than buying an MP3 recording from iTunes. Go figure.
I now have my sound system back again.
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Heh, a five year old can play it better....
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apparently Mozart wrote some wrong notes in the piece.
They should record Vivek accompanying Trump singing some Schubert Lieder.
I'd like to see Mark make that sound good on his fancy-schmancy stereo.
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They should record Vivek accompanying Trump singing some Schubert Lieder.
I'd like to see Mark make that sound good on his fancy-schmancy stereo.
That would definitely be low fidelity, even lower than MP3 quality. I don’t think even Mark’s magic could make it sound better.
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Johnny Clyde.
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I'm a sucker for "The Great American Songbook."
I'd never heard of this artist until she came up in my FB feed for Postmodern Jukebox.
She's 25 years old. What a voice...
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