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What are you listening to? Part III
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Correct. In fact the only one in my iTunes library. A bit before my time really.
Not a massive fan of the Stones, but I do like a few of their songs.
And yes, while I have almost all of the Beatles on my iPod, I have hardly anything by the Stones.
There are a few records I come back to no matter how many times I've listened to them, and no matter how many times I listen to them they just don't get old. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac is most definately one of them. I got the record many, many years ago as a gift from someone special, and if they weren't already special before that happened, they would be just by virtue of having introduced me to it.
Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 12. Brazilian pianist Guiomar Novaes (1895-1979). This is a 1950s recording. She was especially well regarded for her performances of works by Chopin and Schumann.
00:00 1. Des Abends (In the Evening) / Sehr innig zu spielen (Play very intimately)
03:33 2. Aufschwung (Soaring) / Sehr rasch (Very rapidly)
06:57 3. Warum? (Why?) / Langsam und zart (Slowly and tenderly)
10:06 4. Grillen (Whims) / Mit Humor (With humor)
13:36 5. In der Nacht (In the Night) / Mit Leidenschaft (With passion)
18:08 6. Fabel (Fable) / Langsam (Slowly)
20:55 7. Traumes Wirren (Dream Visions) / Äußerst lebhaft (Extremely lively)
23:40 8. Ende vom Lied (End of the Song) / Mit gutem Humor (With good humor)
03:33 2. Aufschwung (Soaring) / Sehr rasch (Very rapidly)
06:57 3. Warum? (Why?) / Langsam und zart (Slowly and tenderly)
10:06 4. Grillen (Whims) / Mit Humor (With humor)
13:36 5. In der Nacht (In the Night) / Mit Leidenschaft (With passion)
18:08 6. Fabel (Fable) / Langsam (Slowly)
20:55 7. Traumes Wirren (Dream Visions) / Äußerst lebhaft (Extremely lively)
23:40 8. Ende vom Lied (End of the Song) / Mit gutem Humor (With good humor)
When on leave, I was ill (bronchitis and the flu which I haven't fully shaken off) and was obliged to turn down two excellent tickets to a Mozart concert (and I love Mozart) which the state broadcaster had wished to give me. That is my definition of something close to heartbreak. Or mild sorrow, at any rate.
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Ah - what is "Fourth World Music" in terms of background, context - and, of course - music?
Some Beethoven sonatas are in the mix for me today. At the moment, #17, in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, "The Tempest". It's said in modern times that Beethoven never called the work by that name but it's not a misnomer in my view. Here's a studio recording by the late Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau (1903-1991). The video has the full score.
The Ninth lived up to my memory of it, as always quite sublime, uplifting and soothing all at once; now, for the Eighth.
I love that song, too, I must say; an absolute classic.
Actually, I remember buying that as a CD single.......I liked it so much.
Wasn't this track originally written and sung by Bob Dylan?
Hendrix was a talented spirit ... man if he stayed around there would be a LOT changed in Music!!
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Every time I hear this song (which isn't bad really) I cannot get Buffy out of my head from that movie they did so long ago in high school.
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Official Video (really wack even then)
Don't ask why ... I'm still trying to figure out the lyrics to this song.
in celebration for an incredible opening weekend of Marvel's Black Panther ... which shamefully ignores African inspired music and musicians (yet the garb takes from African roots) .... I give you 2 incredible variances of the same song by ...
Black Coffee (internationally worldwide DJ, composer from S. Africa)
Hugh Masikela (completely underrated trumpeter from S. Africa whom recently passed 23, Jan, 2018).
^ in case you're unaware of these too please doo look at their works ... nothing short of incredible.Both VERY talented and focused on love, peace and unity amongst African (across the continent regardless of tribal backgrounds).
Black Coffee ft Hugh Masikela - We are One
Remix by Culoe De Song (another incredible S. African DJ)
PS: Most House music DJs are focused on becoming Producers (like Actors for movies) or "super-DJ's" as the world is their party. I've been listening to all forms of House Music for decade since the Belleville Three and before. Black Coffee sees more and aspired to become more. Africa Rising (featuring songs and artist he produced and collaborated with along with former group mates) is his concert aspiration in S. Africa a few short years ago. You can hear the mix of music genre's beautifully blended. I wish I could find 'the making of Africa Rising' so I could share just how talented he is understanding various music beyond just being a DJ.
Night everyone.
Black Coffee (internationally worldwide DJ, composer from S. Africa)
Hugh Masikela (completely underrated trumpeter from S. Africa whom recently passed 23, Jan, 2018).
^ in case you're unaware of these too please doo look at their works ... nothing short of incredible.Both VERY talented and focused on love, peace and unity amongst African (across the continent regardless of tribal backgrounds).
Black Coffee ft Hugh Masikela - We are One
Remix by Culoe De Song (another incredible S. African DJ)
PS: Most House music DJs are focused on becoming Producers (like Actors for movies) or "super-DJ's" as the world is their party. I've been listening to all forms of House Music for decade since the Belleville Three and before. Black Coffee sees more and aspired to become more. Africa Rising (featuring songs and artist he produced and collaborated with along with former group mates) is his concert aspiration in S. Africa a few short years ago. You can hear the mix of music genre's beautifully blended. I wish I could find 'the making of Africa Rising' so I could share just how talented he is understanding various music beyond just being a DJ.
Night everyone.
I've got a lot of Beatles and Stones in my collection. I think Paint it Black was possibly the first Stones tune I heard (due to a show in the 80s called 'Tour of Duty'). I think my favorite Stones tune would have to be...Sympathy for the Devil.
Cheers
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Of the Stones I think I might most favor "Oh No Not You Again"... yeah it has a few vulgar moments in the lyrics but I overlooked those while playing that track cranked up to a 9 and waiting for the 2nd email from some developer I already said no to, behind remembering the last time I caved in and said yes.
Dev: "but I just need access to production for a minute and it's only a one-line change anyway."
Me: "yeah, no..." and I'd reach for that Stones track that winds up thus:
Dev: "but I just need access to production for a minute and it's only a one-line change anyway."
Me: "yeah, no..." and I'd reach for that Stones track that winds up thus:
My mind flashes forward
I feel it flashing back
I still dreaming and I'm screaming
"Get me off the rack!"
Oh no, not you again
I can't stand the pain
I was burned the first time, yeah
I can't deal it again
Oh no, not you again
Messing up my life, yeah
Once bitten, twice shy
But I can't do it twice
Oh no, not you again
F'g up my life
It was bad first time around
I better take my own advice
Oh no, oh no, oh nooooo!
I feel it flashing back
I still dreaming and I'm screaming
"Get me off the rack!"
Oh no, not you again
I can't stand the pain
I was burned the first time, yeah
I can't deal it again
Oh no, not you again
Messing up my life, yeah
Once bitten, twice shy
But I can't do it twice
Oh no, not you again
F'g up my life
It was bad first time around
I better take my own advice
Oh no, oh no, oh nooooo!
The Verve - This is Music the singles 92-98.
Particular highlights.
Lucky man.
Bittersweet symphony.
The drugs don't work.
Particular highlights.
Lucky man.
Bittersweet symphony.
The drugs don't work.
Agree.
Prompted by your post, I listened to the song Bittersweet Symphony tonight; still excellent after all of these years.
And then, I graduated to Vangelis, who wrote the wonderful soundtrack to the stunning TV series "Cosmos" written, and narrated by the compelling and brilliant Carl Sagan.
Shaking undeserved dust off some ripped CDs. Up at the moment, English pianist (and conductor, although not in the work I’m listening to) Howard Shelley, playing Dohnányi’s Piano Concerto #1 Op.5 in E minor (1898). Matthias Bamert conducted the BBC Philharmonic in this 2010 studio recording.
In this work, the first movement concludes with a brief coda featuring the concertmaster’s violin (here it’s BBC’s leader Yuri Torchinsky) over a subdued piano and orchestra. I was very struck by that the first time I heard it. Still can’t think of another piano concerto that has something quite like that.
The orchestration is neo-romantic, deeply influenced by Brahms, and a 21-year-old Ernö Dohnányi had apparently never met an octave he didn’t want a pianist to have to strike at a good clip. Howard Shelley didn’t seem at all fazed by the challenges. Both ends of the keyboard get a workout so it’s a piano tuner’s nightmare, but fun and quite thrilling to hear once in awhile when you can crank up the speakers.
The little coda of first movement --the molto adagio section-- is at 16 minute mark.
In this work, the first movement concludes with a brief coda featuring the concertmaster’s violin (here it’s BBC’s leader Yuri Torchinsky) over a subdued piano and orchestra. I was very struck by that the first time I heard it. Still can’t think of another piano concerto that has something quite like that.
The orchestration is neo-romantic, deeply influenced by Brahms, and a 21-year-old Ernö Dohnányi had apparently never met an octave he didn’t want a pianist to have to strike at a good clip. Howard Shelley didn’t seem at all fazed by the challenges. Both ends of the keyboard get a workout so it’s a piano tuner’s nightmare, but fun and quite thrilling to hear once in awhile when you can crank up the speakers.
The little coda of first movement --the molto adagio section-- is at 16 minute mark.
@LizKat Glad to see Dohnányi being appreciated. He's quite underrated in my opinion. 
I had this on my mind this morning and had to listen to it:
I had this on my mind this morning and had to listen to it: