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A bit more piano music, but a little more relaxing and gentle this time - the Liszt was a tad raucous for this early (6:30 a.m.) in the day.
Listening to . . . Chopin - The Complete Nocturnes, The Complete Impromptus Claudio Arrau, Piano A two disc Philips CD box set. Excellent piano playing some of the most beautiful music known to man! The Nocturnes will put you to sleep or relax your mind to the point you just sit, close your eyes, and become totally absorbed in the music. 
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10-26-2013, 09:57 AM
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Been so long since I played this, I had forgotten just how much fun it was.
Listening to the original, the one and only . . . SWITCHED ON BACH - Bach a la Moog Played on the Moog Synthesizer by the incomparable WALTER CARLOS- even before he changed her name to - WENDY CARLOS A Columbia Records LP, recorded in 1968 Quote:
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10-26-2013, 10:22 AM
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Look back through the posts and see the emphasis on sharing information and impressions of the music we listen to, and also the friendly repartee that we share. Glad you are here. 
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 or a newer repackaging  (You get a hair-raising performance of Liszt's Sonata as a bonus.)
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10-26-2013, 05:58 PM
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Aeolus has a demonstration-worthy recording in this second volume of Bach's Concertos. Vivid, stunningly clear sound and vivacious performances add up to a real winner. Hakkinen's 16' harpsichord sounds fantastic, especially in the two solo pieces.
 
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10-26-2013, 08:27 PM
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For those of you with a knee-jerk reaction to the name Schoenberg, relax! Pelleas et Melisande was written before he developed his 12-tone system, and is a gorgeous post-Romantic 40-minute tone poem. Picture a slighty edgier Richard Strauss. The Berg is a tougher nut, but it's still worth investigating. MDG has provided room-shaking yet detailed SACD audio (Some of the climaxes are positively cataclysmic!). I've never heard of the performers before, but they acquit themselves nicely. They might not eclipse Karajan and the Berlin Phil in these pieces, but they play with tremendous intensity.
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10-26-2013, 10:16 PM
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The music I listen to... well, very difficult to define I guess as music is my life and I like a lot in different genres in a highly eclectic manner. I reside mostly in Argentina, but am fortunate to travel a whole lot throughout the year so one thing that fascinates is investigating, finding out about domestic music in each region, bring a few CD's back with me and "discover" all that if you know what I mean. I'm 40 and an Argie national so for me Luis Alberto Spinetta (youtube him if you're able) is the absolute greatest musician / lyricist / composer to ever grace this South American soil. Granddad was an orchestra conductor so as you can imagine been exposed to all kinds of stuff, I like classical and have several instruments around so in classical terms big fan of chamber and solo piano, Chopin nutter really. But what I like stretches well beyond classical, in fact I've got guitars, bass guitars, keyboards etc and listen to everything / anything really. For the last decade or so rock / blues rock seems to have become a fave for me so a lot of Hendrix, SR Vaughan, Robben Ford, Clapton, Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy playing constantly in this house. Lots of jazz and fusion too (i.e. Frisell, Scofield, Henderson, Stern, Metheny etc) and no prejudism at all I have to say. Classic rock, Bowie, Costello, Lou Reed, Dylan, Knopfler, Tom Petty more recent stuff like U2 -first decade or so- even prog rock, tango (of course!), Brazilian music, hard rock you name it I've explored it. Very happy with how my setup has turned out but now working on an HTPC and also figuring out what to upgrade next. I need to rent a bigger house asap and start preparing a nice man cave for myself and the boy (7 years old) who as I'm writing this is playing Midnight Oil on the computer and investigating a bit about their lyrics, their message, their political stance. Tomorrow I'll be exposing him to Joe Satriani / Steve Vai so there you go, very eclectic indeed! Cheers from Buenos Aires
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10-27-2013, 05:48 PM
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Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh . . . A song we frequently sing at evening services at our church . . . in a service of Compline. . . defined as . . . "a service of evening prayers forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) before retiring for the night."
And I am listening to a gorgeous Harmonia Mundi recording of the music of Tallis, Byrd & Sheppard. MUSIC FOR COMPLINE Stile Anticlco Recorded in 2007. This is a recording of beautiful choral music, suited for use at the Compline services I mentioned above. Mostly used in Catholic evening services, but also used by other Western Christian persuasions - and used in the Anglican - Church of England - and American Episcopal Church. But, church or not, this is just a gorgeous choral recording and should not be missed. 
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