What are you listening to now?

[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.

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[Renauda]

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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

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@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.

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

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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Wow! That was awesome.

[Doctor Phibes]

Testing out my new headphone setup with this...one of my favourite easier-to-listen-to jazz albums. Stan the Man!

It apparently took all of three hours to record the entire album.

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[Axtremus]

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Classical at its core, pleasantly and accessibly intellectual in its approach, retro and fresh at the same time. If you want original classical-sounding chamber music that (1) is not boring, not too predictable, and (2) won't leave you questioning WTF has contemporary classical music become, this fits the bill. The composer is still living.