What are you listening to now?

[Renauda]

@mark

Superlative arrangement and playing. Effortless technique.

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

[taiwan_girl]

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

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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)

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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

[Tom-K]

Rita Strohl. Righteous Babe.

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[jon-nyc]

IHT

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in What are you listening to now?:

IHT

There's famous story about the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham saying to a female cellist, "Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."

The old bastard would be cancelled nowadays.

[mark]

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[Renauda]

@mark

Martha continues to dazzle even today at 84 years of age. The up and coming virtuosos of today remain in awe of her musicality and flawless technique. She will go down as one the greatest pianists of the latter 20th C and early 21st.

Have you seen her daughter’s documentary on her parents and family? Well worth the hour and a half watch:

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Despite the black box, Click the link to video : it does load from YouTube

[mark]

@renauda i will watch that after I get done listening to this:

[jon-nyc]

Poulemc’s concerto for two pianos.

I was only somewhat familiar with this piece. The larghetto is quite beautiful. I recommend it to everyone here when you have a half hour.

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[kluurs]

That Poulenc concerto doesn't get a lot of play. I first heard it from the EMI recording with Poulenc as one of the pianists. It was well recorded and a decent performance.