What are you listening to now?
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wrote on 22 Nov 2023, 07:21 last edited by
I haven’t made it through the whole cycle, and it’s been a while since I have visited Gardiner but my sense is that Bruggen brings more refinement, Gardiner more passion.
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wrote on 23 Nov 2023, 01:52 last edited by
Well - have done a few comparisons. Gardiner wins on the 9th - but early symphonies and 6th - I might take the Bruggen - better sound. We can compare next visit.
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Well - have done a few comparisons. Gardiner wins on the 9th - but early symphonies and 6th - I might take the Bruggen - better sound. We can compare next visit.
wrote on 23 Nov 2023, 02:31 last edited by@kluurs said in What are you listening to now?:
I might take the Bruggen - better sound
OK, but in terms of performance?
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wrote on 23 Nov 2023, 04:33 last edited by
Better performance as well in the early symphonies.
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wrote on 23 Nov 2023, 15:06 last edited by
@kluurs I'll never forget, when I was in college, I'd spend time at my friend's home (his name was George too, btw), and we'd go down to the basement to study (we shared some classes). We'd always put some classical music.
One day, WFMT was playing the Beethoven 1st symphony, and George started to sing along...
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wrote on 29 Nov 2023, 00:25 last edited by
What.
Link to video
The.
Actual.
Hell.I learned this P&F about 15 years ago. Had I played it like this my teacher would have thrown something at me.
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Have you listened to any of Jordi Savall’s Beethoven’s symphony cycle on period instruments?
I rather liked it.
wrote on 29 Nov 2023, 04:47 last edited by@Renauda said in What are you listening to now?:
Have you listened to any of Jordi Savall’s Beethoven’s symphony cycle on period instruments?
I rather liked it.
Yes!! It's excellent. I haven't listened to them in a while - maybe another set to comapre with Gardiner. I have a great deal of respect for Savall and have collected a huge number of his recordings - though i've slowed down in the age of streaming. I was delighted to get to hear him in concert just before the Pandemic hit.
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wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 00:47 last edited by
Friend had this "album". Quite good I think.
Link to videoI can't say that I'm sorry when I don't feel so wrong anymore
I can't tell you I'm tryin' when there's nothin' left here to try forAnd I don't know how it happened
We've both abandoned the reason we used to believe
Was it love that we shared when we easily cared?
Now it's impossible to conceive
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wrote on 21 Dec 2023, 17:20 last edited by mark
MOFI One Step 45rpm Original Master Recording.
What an awesome album.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2023, 18:20 last edited by
You would be hard pressed to find a nicer duet.
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You would be hard pressed to find a nicer duet.
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wrote on 22 Dec 2023, 17:49 last edited by
Beautiful. Had not heard that in probably decades.
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wrote on 22 Dec 2023, 18:02 last edited by
The first time I heard this was on a British Airlines TV ad for the Concorde, obviously at least 25 years ago.
That made me go find it.
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wrote on 28 Dec 2023, 13:29 last edited by
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 20:52 last edited by
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 20:53 last edited by
^^^^^^ Worth the watch! ^^^^^^
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 20:55 last edited by
I used to know the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel.
But now I can't marimba...
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wrote on 8 Jan 2024, 22:21 last edited by
A friend of mine did reviews of the Chopin etudes and Beethoven Moonlight Sonata for Gramophone. Nice way to choose some favorite recordings to listen to.
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wrote on 2 Feb 2024, 01:30 last edited by
Kind of a sad/gruesome background to this album by Allison Moorer. It talks about the tragedy when she was a teenager of when her father killed her mother and then committed suicide. But it is still very good.
Link to videoLyrics
[Verse 1]
The night was hot and steamy and crickets played their tune
Everyone was sleeping under an August moon
Except one man that sat awake, slowly going mad
Regretting that he'd thrown away the only love he had[Verse 2]
A slave to the bottle, he'd driven his family to leave
A wife and two daughters he treated so terribly
Drunk with grief and loneliness, he wasn't thinking straight
He knew he couldn't live unless they pardoned his mistakes[Verse 3]
He went into the city to try to make amends
Asked his love for pity but she would not give in
Overwhelmed with sadness, he reached for his gun
And took her life along with his before the morning sun[Outro]
Now they are lying in the cold, cold earth
Such a sad, sad story; such a sad, sad world
