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What are you listening to now?

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    Horace
    wrote on 12 Sept 2024, 20:47 last edited by Horace 9 Dec 2024, 20:48
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    My piano teacher Thomas Schwan is doing a small tour playing Chopin's complete nocturnes. I noticed he'll be around where a few forumites live. He's previously played the complete WTC1 and WTC2, and the houses are not always packed, as you can see from the videos. I wish I could have gone to his recital near Dallas tonight. He'll be in Chicago in November. I doubt the houses will be packed, if his WTC recitals are an indication.

    https://www.thomasschwan.com/events

    Link to video

    Link to video

    Education is extremely important.

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      taiwan_girl
      wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 00:56 last edited by
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      Fun Song and a fun record

      Link to video

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        taiwan_girl
        wrote on 5 Dec 2024, 01:27 last edited by
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        Kind of an "old school" soul song, done by a recent group; Thee Sacred Souls. Whole album is like this so worth a listen if you like this type of music.

        Link to video

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          Horace
          wrote on 6 Dec 2024, 16:13 last edited by
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          Here's my teacher's performance of the Chopin nocturnes:

          Link to video

          Program notes:
          https://www.thomasschwan.com/thoughts-on-chopin-s-nocturnes

          Education is extremely important.

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            Copper
            wrote on 6 Dec 2024, 16:53 last edited by
            #257

            That beats Rubinstein by 2.

            https://www.discogs.com/release/1460453-Chopin-Arthur-Rubinstein-19-Nocturnes?srsltid=AfmBOormhOB7mT2bkONjVQNp85jN0uDzad8KmfhsvtkmiKy9JCS4CGVv

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              6 Dec 2024, 16:53

              That beats Rubinstein by 2.

              https://www.discogs.com/release/1460453-Chopin-Arthur-Rubinstein-19-Nocturnes?srsltid=AfmBOormhOB7mT2bkONjVQNp85jN0uDzad8KmfhsvtkmiKy9JCS4CGVv

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              Horace
              wrote on 6 Dec 2024, 17:07 last edited by
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              @Copper said in What are you listening to now?:

              That beats Rubinstein by 2.

              https://www.discogs.com/release/1460453-Chopin-Arthur-Rubinstein-19-Nocturnes?srsltid=AfmBOormhOB7mT2bkONjVQNp85jN0uDzad8KmfhsvtkmiKy9JCS4CGVv

              Schwan is 5.3% better than Rubinstein.

              Education is extremely important.

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 11 Dec 2024, 02:07 last edited by
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                A song from another good album. The "group" is called The Secret Sisters, who are actually two sisters. The album is called Man, Mind, Medicine

                This song is called All The Ways

                Link to video

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                  kluurs
                  wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 06:31 last edited by
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                  Link to video

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                    15 Jan 2025, 06:31

                    Link to video

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                    taiwan_girl
                    wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 17:50 last edited by
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                    @kluurs Interesting story about the singer. LOL

                    My first thought on hearing the performance was that her voice seemed much more mature than her age.

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                    • H Horace
                      12 Sept 2024, 20:47

                      My piano teacher Thomas Schwan is doing a small tour playing Chopin's complete nocturnes. I noticed he'll be around where a few forumites live. He's previously played the complete WTC1 and WTC2, and the houses are not always packed, as you can see from the videos. I wish I could have gone to his recital near Dallas tonight. He'll be in Chicago in November. I doubt the houses will be packed, if his WTC recitals are an indication.

                      https://www.thomasschwan.com/events

                      Link to video

                      Link to video

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                      mark
                      wrote on 17 Jan 2025, 02:04 last edited by
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                      @Horace said in What are you listening to now?:

                      My piano teacher Thomas Schwan is doing a small tour playing Chopin's complete nocturnes. I noticed he'll be around where a few forumites live. He's previously played the complete WTC1 and WTC2, and the houses are not always packed, as you can see from the videos. I wish I could have gone to his recital near Dallas tonight. He'll be in Chicago in November. I doubt the houses will be packed, if his WTC recitals are an indication.

                      https://www.thomasschwan.com/events

                      Link to video

                      Link to video

                      Listening to his Bach WTC I now. Just about 5-6 minutes in and I am enjoying this immensely.

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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on 18 Mar 2025, 01:24 last edited by taiwan_girl
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                        Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopler. Really good concert video. The did an album together - "All The Roadrunning", which is actually quite good also.

                        Here is one song from the album (and concert)

                        Link to video

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                          A Former User
                          wrote on 18 Mar 2025, 01:36 last edited by
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                          They are both remarkable artists.

                          Probably my favorite Knopfler/Harris collaboration.

                          Not live, but, still.

                          Link to video

                          Harris is 77 now, and Knopfler is 75.

                          Geezers.

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                            18 Mar 2025, 01:36

                            They are both remarkable artists.

                            Probably my favorite Knopfler/Harris collaboration.

                            Not live, but, still.

                            Link to video

                            Harris is 77 now, and Knopfler is 75.

                            Geezers.

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                            taiwan_girl
                            wrote on 18 Mar 2025, 01:41 last edited by
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                            @Deep-Fakes πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                            DOnt really know much about her, but she has a remarkable clear, precise voice.

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 18 Mar 2025, 12:57 last edited by
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                              I've always liked Mark Knopfler's guitar playing. It was such a pleasant change from all the mindless shredding that was so popular back in the 70's and 80's. And his writing is great - every song a story.

                              I was only joking

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                                taiwan_girl
                                wrote on 18 Apr 2025, 01:14 last edited by
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                                Came across this singer and have been enjoying her - Gillian Welch

                                Here are a couple of her songs. The first is not her own. It was original from a US country singer called Johnny Cash. She mostly collaborates with David Rawlings.

                                Link to video

                                and one more

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                                  mark
                                  wrote on 28 May 2025, 18:44 last edited by
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                                  Link to video

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                                    Tom-K
                                    wrote on 28 May 2025, 21:29 last edited by
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                                    Overall, this is the most brilliantly curated song list. Ever. Thanks!

                                    Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 29 May 2025, 16:10 last edited by
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                                      Free Sirius XM week, so Little Steven's Underground Garage. Best station ever.

                                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                        28 May 2025, 18:44

                                        Link to video

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 30 May 2025, 01:13 last edited by
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                                        @mark

                                        Superlative arrangement and playing. Effortless technique.

                                        Oddly I don’t see her on Qobuz although she has recorded at least one album.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          taiwan_girl
                                          wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 23:15 last edited by
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                                          Just really "found" this guy. Listening to a lot of him recently. Hadn't really heard of him before. John Prine. In a way, reminds me of Bruce Springsteen (hear me out! LOL). Neither are great singers but I think that both are very good storytellers. Have a way to convey a lot of emotion and story in 3 minutes or so.

                                          Here are a couple of his songs:

                                          Speed of the Sound of Loneliness

                                          Link to video

                                          You come home late and you come home early
                                          You come on big when you're feeling small
                                          You come home straight and you come home curly
                                          Sometimes you don't come home at all

                                          So what in the world's come over you?
                                          And what in heaven's name have you done?
                                          You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
                                          You're out there running just to be on the run

                                          Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever
                                          And I got a worried and a jealous mind
                                          How can a love that'll last forever
                                          Get left so far behind

                                          What in the world's come over you?
                                          And what in heaven's name have you done?
                                          You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
                                          You're out there running just to be on the run

                                          It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
                                          It's crossed the evil line today
                                          Well, how can you ask about tomorrow?
                                          We ain't got one word to say

                                          So what in the world's come over you?
                                          And what in heaven's name have you done?
                                          You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
                                          You're out there running just to be on the run
                                          You're out there running just to be on the run
                                          You're out there running just to be on the run

                                          Souveniers (song begins at 1:25)

                                          Link to video

                                          All the snow has turned to water
                                          Christmas days have come and gone
                                          Broken toys and faded colors
                                          Are all that's left to linger on
                                          I hate graveyards and old pawn shops
                                          For they always bring me tears
                                          I can't forgive the way they rob me
                                          Of my childhood souvenirs
                                          Memories they can't be boughten
                                          They can't be won at carnivals for free
                                          Well it took me years
                                          To get those souvenirs
                                          And I don't know how they slipped away from me
                                          Broken hearts and dirty windows
                                          Make life difficult to see
                                          That's why last night and this mornin'
                                          Always look the same to me
                                          I hate reading old love letters
                                          For they always bring me tears
                                          I can't forgive the way they rob me
                                          Of my sweetheart's souvenirs
                                          Memories they can't be boughten
                                          They can't be won at carnivals for free
                                          Well it took me years
                                          To get those souvenirs
                                          And I don't know how they slipped away from me

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