The awesome, brilliant, haunting, at times magnificent yet utterly unforgettable 'Requiem' by W. A. Mozart.
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What are you listening to? Part III
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A track I have long loved: It is called 'Comptine D'un Autre Éé: L'aprè Midi' from the soundtrack of the movie Amalié by YannTiersen.
A few from the utterly brilliant "Madness": - 'My House', 'The Sun And The Rain', 'Baggy Trousers', 'Embarrassment', and 'Night Boat To Cairo'. Among others. Wonderful.
Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman playing one of my favorites, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 1 "Fantaisie-Tableaux" (Op. 5).
Well, I have to say that I love the music of Sergey Rachmaninov; there are certain days, evenings and moods when nothing - but nothing - else will suffice.
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[plain][media=youtube]IyVPyKrx0Xo[/media]On the topic of Sergey Rachmaninov, my father really loved his Piano Concerto No 2 - as do I.
Actually, I have a terrific version recorded by Mariss Jansons on the Deutsche Grammophon label, which I bought in the early 1990s, and which cost over £20 at that time. But it is an excellent recording.
Anyway, another piece by Rachmaninov that I have always rather liked a lot is the chilling, spine tingling (but brilliant) 'Isle of the Dead'.
Actually, I have a terrific version recorded by Mariss Jansons on the Deutsche Grammophon label, which I bought in the early 1990s, and which cost over £20 at that time. But it is an excellent recording.
Anyway, another piece by Rachmaninov that I have always rather liked a lot is the chilling, spine tingling (but brilliant) 'Isle of the Dead'.
Aren't those pieces of music (thank you, Mr Rachmaninov, and thank you, too, mobilehaathi, for taking the time and trouble to provide links) simply sublime?
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Andreya Triani. A bit of a new discovery for me, but she's got a cracking voice.
Andreya Triani. A bit of a new discovery for me, but she's got a cracking voice.
Have you ever heard of - or listened to - the music of Café Anatolia?
Over the past several years, I have spent countless hours in Istanbul airport (and quite a few days in Istanbul itself) and asked some of the local staff for recommendations for good quality, local (preferably instrumental) traditional music but which is yet moderated by a welcome brush with modern sensibilities. They recommended Café Anatolia, - I bought several CDs - and it is very good.
No, I have not. Will give it a 'look'.
I have to admit that I personally can do without any modern enhancements (negatively connotated, I know). I prefer the raw stuff. But my knowledge about Turkish music is quasi inexisting, so thank you for the recommendation! All I know are some absolutely lovely disco tracks we hear almost every other Sunday morning while preparing breakfast on a sunny day...
The one song I posted above and these two are my absolute favorites, can't stop hearing them:
No, I have not. Will give it a 'look'.
I have to admit that I personally can do without any modern enhancements (negatively connotated, I know). I prefer the raw stuff. But my knowledge about Turkish music is quasi inexisting, so thank you for the recommendation! All I know are some absolutely lovely disco tracks we hear almost every other Sunday morning while preparing breakfast on a sunny day...
The one song I posted above and these two are my absolute favorites, can't stop hearing them:
Well, while I like traditional and folk music, I also find that the raw, pure, undiluted and utterly indigenously authentic version can be a little.......hard to take sometime, as it can be so alien to my ear.
Thus, with Balkan, or Caucasus, or indeed Turkish, music, I like the idea of ancient rhythms and tunes - and, when rendered in a version that is not completely alien to an ear attuned to western music, it can be an excellent introduction to something totally new and refreshing.
Well, not that you misunderstand me: that wasn't meant in any way re your Café Anatolia suggestion. There are brilliant modern versions which play with and pay hommage to traditional songs - and I adore them. But the vast majority slaps a modern beat underneath, gives it a neat polish and calls it a day (again, speaking very general, haven't heard the Café..). I do prefer the raw stuff in general though, which doesn't mean unrefined of course. Be it modern or not. But of course there are countless exceptions to that, loved the brilliant, minimal versions of folk songs by Johnny Cash for example.
'The Planets' is by Gustav Holst a terrific and wonderfully lively piece (especially the movements Mars and Jupiter); once upon a distant time, I even had this as an LP.......on vinyl....
Anything by Franz Liszt is worth listening to.
Thanks for posting both of these.
