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    • Klaus
      Klaus @George K last edited by

      @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
        George K @Klaus last edited by

        @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

        I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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        • George K
          George K last edited by George K

          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:

          Link to video

          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.

          Link to video

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

          I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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          • Doctor Phibes
            Doctor Phibes last edited by

            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

            Doctor Phibes. Now with real cheese product!

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            • George K
              George K @Doctor Phibes last edited by

              @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

              I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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              • Doctor Phibes
                Doctor Phibes last edited by Doctor Phibes

                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.

                Doctor Phibes. Now with real cheese product!

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                • George K
                  George K last edited by

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

                  I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                  • George K
                    George K last edited by

                    The Beethoven "Triple" Concerto - arranged for piano trio.

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

                    I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                    • bachophile
                      bachophile last edited by

                      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 last edited by

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                        • George K
                          George K last edited by

                          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

                          I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                          • Copper
                            Copper last edited by

                            Did I already post this?

                            Maybe, if so, here it is again

                            Link to video

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                            • George K
                              George K last edited by

                              Link to video

                              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

                              I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                              • George K
                                George K last edited by

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

                                I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                                • M
                                  MainerMikeBrown last edited by

                                  Now I'm hearing Foster The People with Sit Next To Me.

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                                    mark last edited by

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                                      SD Tav @George K last edited by

                                      @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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                                      • M
                                        MainerMikeBrown last edited by

                                        The Weeknd with Save Your Tears.

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                                        • Kincaid
                                          Kincaid last edited by

                                          RN listening to way to much Taylor Swift. Daughter #3 almost always commandeering the car stereo on our trips.

                                          I did help her purchase a nice entry level turntable and speakers though, which was kind of fun. And bought her Rumors and Revolver as Christmas presents for her growing collection of vinyl.

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                                            MainerMikeBrown last edited by

                                            Lady Gaga with Poker Face.

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