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What are you listening to now?

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  • kluursK kluurs

    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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    @kluurs said in What are you listening to now?:

    I might take the Bruggen - better sound

    OK, but in terms of performance?

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Better performance as well in the early symphonies.

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      • kluursK kluurs

        Better performance as well in the early symphonies.

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        @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...

        Screenshot 2023-11-23 at 9.06.17 AM.png

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          What.
          The.
          Actual.
          Hell.

          Link to video

          I learned this P&F about 15 years ago. Had I played it like this my teacher would have thrown something at me.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • kluursK kluurs

            Pretty decent.
            alt text

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            #199

            @kluurs

            Have you listened to any of Jordi Savall’s Beethoven’s symphony cycle on period instruments?

            I rather liked it.

            Elbows up!

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              @kluurs

              Have you listened to any of Jordi Savall’s Beethoven’s symphony cycle on period instruments?

              I rather liked it.

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              @Renauda said in What are you listening to now?:

              @kluurs

              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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                Friend had this "album". Quite good I think.

                Link to video

                I 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 for

                And 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
                etc

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                  #202

                  20231220_185333.jpg

                  MOFI One Step 45rpm Original Master Recording.

                  What an awesome album.

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                    You would be hard pressed to find a nicer duet.

                    Link to video

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                      You would be hard pressed to find a nicer duet.

                      Link to video

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                      @Copper That is excellent! Thank you.

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                        Beautiful. Had not heard that in probably decades.

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                          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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                            Link to video

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                              Link to video

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                                ^^^^^^ Worth the watch! ^^^^^^

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                                  I used to know the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel.

                                  But now I can't marimba...

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    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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                                      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 video

                                      Lyrics
                                      [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

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                                        Thanks, TG!
                                        I'm all cheered up now.

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