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The Diner / Re: Reaction Videos

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 08:25:51 AM

I really hate the genre and hate their clickbaity stupid expressions on the thumbnails.  Who cares what some YouTube rando thinks about something?  I get particularly annoyed by the pretentious titles these people give themselves like 'professional composer reacts to Bach'  or whatever

Now get off of my lawn

I like it best when I can learn some things--like from a professional chef.  And sometimes just for a good laugh.    But, yes, life is short and one has to make decisions how to spend ones time--what matters.

PD

#2

The Diner / Re: Non-Classical Music Listen...

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 08:21:36 AM

Prompted by your @SimonNZ mentioning of it, I am currently playing Spyboy.  I can't believe that this album is now 25 years old (came out in 1998)!  Where did the time go?  Great live album.  A combo of rockin' tunes, traditional and country.  It includes some of the songs that she's sung with the likes of Gram Parsons.  Some great harmonies too.


Apparently, Spyboy was the name of her band/group that she went on tour with [from the internet].  As an aside, from the booklet:  "Spyboy" (a noun) is a Mardi Gras term for the person who goes ahead of the parade; a street entertainer, jester, troublemaker, scout.

PD

[catastif]

#3

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases

Last post by Florestan - Today at 08:20:28 AM

Well if you're going to borrow, I guess borrowing from another Latin language makes sense...

I suspect that before borrowing caiet from French (19th century) there was no word with the same meaning in Romanian --- at least I am not aware of any*. After all, there is a reason for borrowings. 

I'm currently trying to learn both Spanish and Portuguese. From which my current conclusion is that Spanish is fairly logical and Portuguese is weird. 

I can read and understand both but I fluently speak only Spanish.

*the closest in meaning I can think of is catastif, a large notebook for official notices, but it's itself a borrowing from Greek (katastihon). 

#4

The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:13:14 AM

Been looking at Houellebecq's books in the shops in Russian translations for years, but never read them. Finally reading, in English translation.

#5

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 07:59:27 AM

Valentin Silvestrov will turn 86 tomorrow. New recording, made in August 2023 in Kiev:

#6

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases

Last post by Roy Bland - Today at 07:56:18 AM

I did not know that the Russian word for album comes from the Greek τετράδιο (notebook).

IT contains cd audio

#7

The Diner / Re: Reaction Videos

Last post by BWV 1080 - Today at 07:56:00 AM

https://www.youtube.com/@ChefJamesMakinson/featured

I really hate the genre and hate their clickbaity stupid expressions on the thumbnails.  Who cares what some YouTube rando thinks about something?  I get particularly annoyed by the pretentious titles these people give themselves like 'professional composer reacts to Bach'  or whatever

Now get off of my lawn

[Baroque Music:]

#8

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by ando - Today at 07:21:29 AM

Baroque Music: Jarzębski, Mielczewski, Szarzyński Intemperata Ensemble (2023, Sagittaria)

Spotify playlist

#9

The Diner / Re: Non-Classical Music Listen...

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 07:20:24 AM

That's actually my favorite album of hers. My favorite track is the opener, "The Pearl". The only track of hers I've played more than that is "Deeper Well" from the Wrecking Ball album.

Along with the tracks you mentioned I also particularly like "Bang The Drum Slowly" and "The Boy From Tupelo", but its a great collection, start to finish.

The one time I've seen her live was in support of the Red Dirt Girl album. It was a great show. The same band that was on the live album Spygirl.

Boy, I haven't listened to Spygirl (actually, the title is Spyboy--I had to doublecheck myself lol) in ages; I'll have to revisit it soon.  One thing that I noticed years ago, you can definitely tell when Daniel Lanois is (or at least was) involved in producing an album as he brings a particular soundstage to it (I also have the Dylan one that he produced.). 

This is too funny.  I just was interrupted while typing this; a friend of mine called me.  I told him what I had been listening to last night and he told me that he had listened to Wrecking Ball yesterday and we briefly discussed ELH and also the distinctive "imprint" of DL on all of the music that he's produced--you know that it's him.  He mentioned that he (upon watching a certain person's youtube content) found out that besides Dylan's Oh Mercy album that there's another Dylan one which apparently has been released that has tracks that have the DL arrangements of songs removed from the tracks.  I'll have to do some further digging.  Maybe it's Time out of Mind (I don't think that I have that one)?

Cool that you saw her and on the Red Dirt Girl tour.  I've seen her twice:  once at a festival and another time at a concert hall.

PD

[Bach, CPE]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by SonicMan46 - Today at 06:59:54 AM

Bach, CPE - Keyboard Concertos on harpsichord w/ van Asperen & Remy (4 disc); also own 7 CDs of Michael Rische on piano which (w/o duplications) gives me about 28 of CPE's KB concertos - how many did he composed? From this list (and eliminating sonatinas), I count about 66, although low-mid 50s is also stated elsewhere -  Dave

P.S. On the BIS label, Miklos Spanyi has recorded 20 Vols. of the KB Concertos, likely amounting to 60+ works (and not sure if he has done the sonatinas?)