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  • kluursK Offline
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    kluurs
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    https://fb.watch/iDRVssSsdD/?mibextid=l066kq

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      #102

      Tik Tok shared this [one](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRt24oaU/ with me.

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      • George KG Offline
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        #103

        Link to video

        White City is one of my favorite albums. I haven't listened to it in a while. I came across this, and I'll give it a spin stream this weekend.

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

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          #104

          Link to video

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            mark
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            #105

            Link to video

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            • markM mark

              Link to video

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              Renauda
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              #106

              @mark

              Effortless technique combined with sublime musicality. Segovia was truly one of a kind.

              /sigh

              Elbows up!

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              • RenaudaR Renauda

                @mark

                Effortless technique combined with sublime musicality. Segovia was truly one of a kind.

                /sigh

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                #107

                @Renauda I agree 100%.

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                  #108

                  Some serious chops here.

                  Link to video

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                  • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                    My new favorite song. Kind of makes me a bit sad however. Growing up in a rural village, the loss of family farms is happening all over, so I can relate to this song.

                    Link to video

                    Driving through the Land of Lincoln always gets me thinking
                    Of the flatlands where I come from and the life I left behind
                    The corn grew high on Grandpa's farm
                    Now they boarded up the barn
                    That way of life from long ago just withered on the vine

                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    Of a flatland girl

                    You can plant your dreams in God's green acre
                    Send 'em to Heaven in a grain elevator
                    But prayers don't run a tractor
                    or promise a summer rain
                    And I found out when I was young
                    Thet a farmеr's day is never done
                    And whеn the hard times hit the heartland
                    And I had to move away

                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    Of a flatland girl

                    Then one day from the Windy City
                    In blew a man who could talk too pretty
                    Had a long look and Grandpa shook
                    That's been five years ago
                    Nowadays when I'm up in the Land of Lincoln
                    I ask myself, "What were they thinking?"
                    All that's left is a photograph of the flatland fields of home

                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    Of a flatland girl

                    taiwan_girlT Offline
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                    wrote on last edited by taiwan_girl
                    #109

                    @taiwan_girl said in What are you listening to now?:

                    My new favorite song. Kind of makes me a bit sad however. Growing up in a rural village, the loss of family farms is happening all over, so I can relate to this song.

                    Link to video

                    Driving through the Land of Lincoln always gets me thinking
                    Of the flatlands where I come from and the life I left behind
                    The corn grew high on Grandpa's farm
                    Now they boarded up the barn
                    That way of life from long ago just withered on the vine

                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    Of a flatland girl

                    You can plant your dreams in God's green acre
                    Send 'em to Heaven in a grain elevator
                    But prayers don't run a tractor
                    or promise a summer rain
                    And I found out when I was young
                    Thet a farmеr's day is never done
                    And whеn the hard times hit the heartland
                    And I had to move away

                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    Of a flatland girl

                    Then one day from the Windy City
                    In blew a man who could talk too pretty
                    Had a long look and Grandpa shook
                    That's been five years ago
                    Nowadays when I'm up in the Land of Lincoln
                    I ask myself, "What were they thinking?"
                    All that's left is a photograph of the flatland fields of home

                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    You can take a girl out of the heartland
                    But you can't take the heartland from the heart
                    Of a flatland girl

                    Another song by the same artist. The below song is also on her album, but the video below is a version she did with her father in their house. (BTW, she was the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association's Guitar Player of the Year award)

                    Link to video

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                      #110

                      Virginia Symphony Mozart Requiem

                      I have a few friends in the chorus and I like the Latin, so we went tonight. A nice show.

                      They print the words in the program(Latin and English), but it's not a sing-along

                      https://virginiasymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/VSO-End_of_Season_2223-Program-web.pdf

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                      • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                        taiwan_girl
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                        #111

                        Link to video

                        My friends and I used to love love this song when we were younger. Kind of sad, but hearing it again brings back good memories

                        Rough translation:

                        Pieces of yellow leaves fall on the street, unbearable autumn
                        The story about me and him can't help me
                        Once I promised myself to love him till the end
                        Deep in love, life is like a dream, there is no reason for joy or sorrow
                        Only by fate can we meet and drink a glass of wine
                        If you're my friend don't ask old wounds
                        Only by fate can we meet and drink a glass of wine
                        Only you are my friend, stay with me until the end
                        I don't want to talk about my pain, I can't tell
                        A lifetime of loneliness has long been doomed, walk with me
                        Don't tell me to turn back in time I have no choice
                        Love to the depths, youth is like the wind, sit and watch people lose weight
                        Only by fate can we meet and drink a glass of wine
                        If you're my friend don't ask old wounds
                        Only by fate can we meet and drink a glass of wine
                        Only you are my friend, stay with me until the end

                        Flowers drift away, water flows eastward, and people are silent since then
                        How much love is, how thick is love, only you know
                        Why bother to ask me where I'm going, wandering everywhere
                        Time is like wine when love is deep
                        Only by fate can we meet and drink a glass of wine
                        If you're my friend don't ask old wounds
                        Only by fate can we meet and drink a glass of wine
                        Only you are my friend, stay with me until the end

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                          taiwan_girl
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                          #112

                          Wu Bai and China Blue are super famous in Taiwan (and in other parts of Asia). He was the first big rock star to come out of Taiwan, and he became big singing songs in Taiwanese, so kind of a "national" liking for him among the people who speak Taiwanese as their first language (like me LOL), which is more in the south than the north. He does do songs in Mandarin also.

                          He puts on a super good live show. This is one of his live songs.

                          (Side note - when President Chiang left mainland China and came to Taiwan, Taiwanese language was severely restricted for a long time - no radio/TV in the language, not allowed to teach in school (or if teachers heard you speaking it, they would knock your knuckles with a ruler), etc.)

                          Link to video

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                          • RainmanR Offline
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                            Rainman
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #113

                            I like it TG! Reminds me of the opening song for Grand Funk at a concert when I was a teenager. Certainly better than the bland top 10 Rick Beato just criticized presented.

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                            • RainmanR Rainman

                              I like it TG! Reminds me of the opening song for Grand Funk at a concert when I was a teenager. Certainly better than the bland top 10 Rick Beato just criticized presented.

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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #114

                              @Rainman I saw him perform in a pub just when he was somewhat big with my college friends. Fun show!

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                              • George KG Offline
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                                #115

                                image.jpeg

                                The D960 Sonata
                                Op 99 Impromptus
                                Ständchen

                                OK, so, at one time, I almost had the first movement of the D960 under my fingers, so I'm allowed to be critical, right?

                                First of all, someone, PLEASE buy this woman a metronome. When she started the first movement, I thought it was going to be slower than RIchter's recording. And, for about a minute it seems to be. And then, it's off to the races - for a while. There is absolutely no consistency of tempo anywhere in the first movement. It either plods or it rockets. And the rubato....my God, the rubato!

                                Almost as inconsistent as her tempo are her dynamics. Sometimes she's so loud and heavy that it's nothing more than a blur.

                                The second movement is taken slowly, of course, and it seems to be pretty consistent, at least.

                                I gave up before the third movement.

                                Give it a listen for about 5 minutes, if you dare.

                                Link to video

                                ETA: Her tempo in the first bars is actually a bit slower than Richter (I just listened) and yet she performs the 1st movement, including repeat, about 3 minutes quicker.

                                Oy....

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

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • George KG George K

                                  image.jpeg

                                  The D960 Sonata
                                  Op 99 Impromptus
                                  Ständchen

                                  OK, so, at one time, I almost had the first movement of the D960 under my fingers, so I'm allowed to be critical, right?

                                  First of all, someone, PLEASE buy this woman a metronome. When she started the first movement, I thought it was going to be slower than RIchter's recording. And, for about a minute it seems to be. And then, it's off to the races - for a while. There is absolutely no consistency of tempo anywhere in the first movement. It either plods or it rockets. And the rubato....my God, the rubato!

                                  Almost as inconsistent as her tempo are her dynamics. Sometimes she's so loud and heavy that it's nothing more than a blur.

                                  The second movement is taken slowly, of course, and it seems to be pretty consistent, at least.

                                  I gave up before the third movement.

                                  Give it a listen for about 5 minutes, if you dare.

                                  Link to video

                                  ETA: Her tempo in the first bars is actually a bit slower than Richter (I just listened) and yet she performs the 1st movement, including repeat, about 3 minutes quicker.

                                  Oy....

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                                  #116

                                  @George-K said in What are you listening to now?:

                                  image.jpeg

                                  The D960 Sonata
                                  Op 99 Impromptus
                                  Ständchen

                                  OK, so, at one time, I almost had the first movement of the D960 under my fingers, so I'm allowed to be critical, right?

                                  First of all, someone, PLEASE buy this woman a metronome. When she started the first movement, I thought it was going to be slower than RIchter's recording. And, for about a minute it seems to be. And then, it's off to the races - for a while. There is absolutely no consistency of tempo anywhere in the first movement. It either plods or it rockets. And the rubato....my God, the rubato!

                                  Almost as inconsistent as her tempo are her dynamics. Sometimes she's so loud and heavy that it's nothing more than a blur.

                                  The second movement is taken slowly, of course, and it seems to be pretty consistent, at least.

                                  I gave up before the third movement.

                                  Give it a listen for about 5 minutes, if you dare.

                                  Link to video

                                  The artwork is an obvious Gregory Crewdson knockoff.

                                  5466757F-89AC-4164-BAB6-093BFE0BF7EC.jpeg

                                  Please love yourself.

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                                    #117

                                    @kluurs , I'll be interested in seeing what you think of this recording.

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

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • George KG George K

                                      @kluurs , I'll be interested in seeing what you think of this recording.

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                                      kluurs
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #118

                                      @George-K I heard it a while ago. It's a work that I love and have played. I loath Richter's recording, Brendel's as well. . I think she is pandering to audiences with her performance.

                                      As for favorite recordings, my 3 recommended recordings are Chodos, the recording that Rubinstein authorized for release (a controverial opinion) and Schnabel's..

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                                        #119

                                        I was supposed to see her in May at Carnegie but she postponed the concert until October, as she's apparently expecting a baby soon.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                          Not a fan of Buniatishvili, although I would really like to be a fan. I think she has all it takes but somehow manages to fall short in most everything I’ve heard her play. The one caveat though, her playing of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz a few years back was not only original but damned impressive.

                                          Elbows up!

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