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mouse from merced
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merced, california
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Aug 26, 2012 - 02:09am PT
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This is every bit as good as I say it is because I have been listening to this piece for years and never tire of it. Midori, violin;Nobuko Imai, viola; and Christopher Eschenbach conducting the NDR Sinfonieorchester.
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I will say the same for this old chestnut by Smetana: I never tire of listening to The Moldau. This recording was done in 1951. It uses a different approach than modern arrangements use, in that the initial bars, the soft flutes representing the springs, are more easily heard and you don't have to raise the volume to catch it, than lower it to listen to the rest. Weiner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler, conducting.
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This is the first piece of classical music I bothered to play for myself besides Peter and the Wolf. My Grandad had a 78 rpm recording, two sides. I was allowed to keep it.
Ed Itt: I fell asleep listening to Sinfonia last night.
gary: Old'uns like this Padiddly one have a deep mellow tone all their own.
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mouse from merced
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merced, california
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Aug 26, 2012 - 11:47pm PT
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Barcarolle/Offenbach
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This work reminds me that life is beautiful.
For instance:
In West Spitsbergen they had from July to September to enjoy the sun and have supplies delivered by boat, in an article in the NG, 8/28, 'A Woman's Winter on Spitsbergen.'
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'By the end of 1874 Smetana had become completely deaf...'
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mouse from merced
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merced, california
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Aug 29, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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This is such a fine thread. I really appreciate the taste of my fellow Taconians!
My daily dose of Telemann. There's enough of it, Lord knows!
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Brokedownclimber
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Douglas, WY
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Aug 29, 2012 - 06:34pm PT
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This is a positively GREAT thread!
Some of my all-time favorites:
Pachabel, Canon. Played on the flute by Sir James Galway
Mozart, Gran Partita; Neville Marriner and St Martin in the Fields.
Almost ALL the baroque trumpet concerti. Yes, Telemann included.
Bach: almost everything, but esp. the Cello suites.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 29, 2012 - 09:47pm PT
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Ana Vidovik, a true goddess . . . thanks Gary.
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SteveW
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The state of confusion
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Aug 29, 2012 - 11:01pm PT
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I just heard Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique and it was wonderful!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 30, 2012 - 02:14am PT
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This thread is giving me the deepest kind of pleasure.
I have listened almost exclusively to classical since 1998, the year Liz passed. We listened to PHC on Saturdays, if we were together, and I heard some classical and operatic works, but not nearly enough. Our TV got the work-out, not my ears. After she passed and the house was quiet, I turned to the Sacramento classical station, which broadcasts from Groveland on FM, so I had my fill of classical all night long, if I wanted. Fresno is blessed with a good FM station that plays lots of it, also.
What a pleasure it is, though, to share thoughts of this music, rather than having to remain silent. It is a refuge from the sturm und drang of some of these ST threads.
And it has a basis in climbing history. Chuck Pratt, I suppose, would be mildly supportive. One wonders, too, what Royal might think.
I wanted to find a video of Horowitz playing a particular Chopin polonaise, but no luck.
Instead, here is one of the best playing another polonaise. He is E. Kissin, and for what my two pennies are worth, I think his style is what one could describe as musical. I hope you turn up your volume control a little, because he plays very softly and you don't want to spoil the first listening by having to "fiddle." :)
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Brokedownclimber
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Douglas, WY
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Aug 30, 2012 - 10:20am PT
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Any opinions here on violinists? I happen to favor Joshua Bell; his recording of the Brahms violin concerto is particularly outstanding, as is his Paganini First violin concerto. His tone quality is outstanding, and never wiry.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 31, 2012 - 12:40am PT
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Selfish Man, I was wondering if GG would show up...thx.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 31, 2012 - 03:26pm PT
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I got a call last night from my younger daughter, a violinist and grad student (in composition) in Illinois -- "Start practicing, Dad, because I'm learning the Brahms Second Violin Sonata." Now if I can scrape up enough money to get my piano tuned (and a couple of strings replaced), we may have something to post here around Christmas time.
John
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Die aria!!!
A-ha-ha-ha!!!
She's gonna die!!!
Oh, Jupiter!!!
It's too funny!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Brubeck/Bach, eh?
Reilly's enthusiasm.
Good to the last frickin' drop.
I, too, like Ashkenazy and Scriabin needs more listening.
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