What are you listening to now?

[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.

[mark]

@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.

[mark]

Martha at any age, but at 84 is so freaking amazing.

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[Renauda]

@mark, The woman is a sorceress on the piano. Certainly my favourite living pianist. Quite likely the greatest pianist of the second half of the 20th century to present. Only Grigory Sokolov comes close in pianistic genius. I know it’s subjective but the young ones like Yuja Wang and Khatia Buniatishvili certainly have the technical chops but still have some work to do on the musicality thus not quite there to sit among pantheon of greats dating back to Liszt and Alkan. Argerich and Sokolov reached those dizzying heights some years ago and continue to leave audiences and listeners in awe.

[mark]

@renauda I agree 100%!

My former teacher studied along side of Martha in Italy under Michelangeli. He considered Martha a good friend and spent quite a bit of time with her and her family. That fact still gives me chills when I think about it. That I was so fortunate to have studied with him.

[Renauda]

Wow!

Which reminds me did you have a chance to watch that documentary on Martha and her family I linked?

[mark]

I have not yet. I will get to it.

[Renauda]

@mark

I imagine you would appreciate it.

It’s a really well done documentary.

[mark]

I have to VPN into Canada to watch it. Not sure I can watch the entire 1.5 hours tonight. I have to get up and drive to Pennsylvania in the morning.

[Horace]

Rick Beato interviewed this delightful young lady recently. Makes me want to learn bass guitar.

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[jon-nyc]

Best comment: Even the guitar blushed and asked him for his number afterwards.

[jon-nyc]

Wow.

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[mark]

Yunchan Lim The Goldberg Variations Live at Carnegie Hall. I ordered this not realizing that it would come in what is essentially a hardcover 46 page book full of wonderful photos, quotes, and multilingual write-ups about this young pianist.

It's a double LP that is expertly mastered with a very good, silent, dark background free of surface noise. Meticulously produced. A little static on rare occasions, but that is easily rectified and is mostly due to the dry nature of this season.

I must say that he does an excellent performance of the Goldberg Variations.

I have heard just about every recording ever made of the Goldberg Variations and this one definitely stands out as one of the best I have heard.

[kluurs]

Mark - agree - a very fine performance.

[Horace]

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[taiwan_girl]

@Horace Well that was different. I am wondering how you came across that. 555