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What are you listening to now?

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    George K
    wrote on 27 Sept 2020, 13:49 last edited by
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    If you're a Sting fan, take a listen to this. Many re-recorded songs ("Desert Rose" is quite different).

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    "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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      Copper
      wrote on 27 Sept 2020, 15:41 last edited by
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        George K
        wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 13:32 last edited by
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        This is...unusual:

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        "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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          7 Oct 2020, 13:32

          This is...unusual:

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          Klaus
          wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 13:59 last edited by
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          @George-K interesting!

          I found this excerpt on YT:

          Link to video

          It's interesting to compare it with the Liszt transcription:

          Link to video

          I think I prefer the Liszt variant slightly. Overall, I must say, though, that, at least in the finale of the 9th, they fail to convince me relative to the orchestral version.

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          • K Klaus
            7 Oct 2020, 13:59

            @George-K interesting!

            I found this excerpt on YT:

            Link to video

            It's interesting to compare it with the Liszt transcription:

            Link to video

            I think I prefer the Liszt variant slightly. Overall, I must say, though, that, at least in the finale of the 9th, they fail to convince me relative to the orchestral version.

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            George K
            wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 14:38 last edited by
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            @Klaus I've listened to that recording countless times. However, I never followed the score.

            Gives me a new appreciation for all thing things that are going on.

            And how freakishly difficult it must be to play. All. Those. Octaves.

            "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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              George K
              wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 14:47 last edited by George K 10 Jul 2020, 14:50
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              Speaking of transcriptions...

              As I mentioned, I'm reading "2312," and in it there's a description of a concert in which one of the pieces performed was a four-hand version of the Beethoven Grosse Fuge. They even mentioned the opus number: 134.

              I had no idea this thing existed, but, there you have it. Beethoven himself transcribed it for four hands:

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              Oh, and speaking of speaking of transcriptions, my first encounter with Peter Serkin was a recording I purchased in 1972 (?) of him playing Beethoven's Op. 61(a) - the piano version of the violin concerto.

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              "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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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 15:14 last edited by
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                Since we're doing piano, I recently rediscovered this album on Amazon music - it accompanies my dog walks. I just love this guy's playing.

                Link to video

                I was only joking

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                • D Doctor Phibes
                  7 Oct 2020, 15:14

                  Since we're doing piano, I recently rediscovered this album on Amazon music - it accompanies my dog walks. I just love this guy's playing.

                  Link to video

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                  George K
                  wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 15:22 last edited by
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                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you listening to now?:

                  I recently rediscovered this album on Amazon music

                  Thanks for that. I just added it to my library. He's got quite the discography!

                  This is a bit more than half...

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                  "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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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 7 Oct 2020, 15:41 last edited by Doctor Phibes 10 Jul 2020, 15:42
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                    Early Bud Powell is amazing. As he got older, it was less good - he suffered a lot from mental illness, back when the treatment was rather unsophisticated. A very sad life - he died in 1966 at the age of 41 from a combination of TB and alcoholism.

                    I was only joking

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                      George K
                      wrote on 4 Dec 2020, 14:16 last edited by
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                      "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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                        George K
                        wrote on 24 Dec 2020, 12:37 last edited by
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                        The Beethoven "Triple" Concerto - arranged for piano trio.

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                        "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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                          bachophile
                          wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 16:40 last edited by
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                          Dave Mason alone together

                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Together_(Dave_Mason_album)

                          Really fine subtly good rock and roll

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                            Loki
                            wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 17:39 last edited by
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                              George K
                              wrote on 5 Mar 2021, 01:43 last edited by
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                              Wow.

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                              If you didn't know it was Joni Mitchell, you'd never guess.

                              I always preferred her version to the saccharine Judy Collins version. I also prefer this recording to Collins'.

                              "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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                                Copper
                                wrote on 5 Mar 2021, 02:50 last edited by
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                                Did I already post this?

                                Maybe, if so, here it is again

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 5 Mar 2021, 22:33 last edited by
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                                  A wonderful recording of, probably my favorite of Sibelius' symphonies.

                                  The second movement is just wonderful. Go to about 4:30 and listen to how well he brings out the pizzicato of the strings as counterpoint to the main melody.

                                  I've said this is the perfect "Winter Symphony," even more than the Tchaikovsky 4th.

                                  "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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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 18 Apr 2021, 12:22 last edited by
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                                    "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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                                      MainerMikeBrown
                                      wrote on 18 Apr 2021, 15:07 last edited by
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                                      Now I'm hearing Foster The People with Sit Next To Me.

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                                        mark
                                        wrote on 18 Apr 2021, 15:11 last edited by
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                                        • G George K
                                          5 Mar 2021, 22:33

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                                          A wonderful recording of, probably my favorite of Sibelius' symphonies.

                                          The second movement is just wonderful. Go to about 4:30 and listen to how well he brings out the pizzicato of the strings as counterpoint to the main melody.

                                          I've said this is the perfect "Winter Symphony," even more than the Tchaikovsky 4th.

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                                          SD Tav
                                          wrote on 18 Apr 2021, 17:00 last edited by
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                                          @george-k I love the Sibelius symphonies. My favorite set is the one of all the symphonies played by the Boston Symphony conducted by Colin Davis. At the time of these recordings my cousin was playing in the viola section. He told me the orchestra members all liked and respected Colin Davis.

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