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[Silvas de Sirenas.Music for Vihuela da Mano, by Narvaez & Valderrabano.Recorded 2019.]

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

Last post by Harry - Today at 02:03:42 AM

Silvas de Sirenas.
Music for Vihuela da Mano, by Narvaez & Valderrabano.
Recorded 2019.

This is quite an obscure recording. First of all, Thomas C. Boysen is unknown to me, secondly, and unknown label, thirdly no back cover to find, thus this image is only available on Apple music, or Amazon. No PDF file attached either. Anyways, the performance is very good as is the sound. Not composers I hear that often, so a good listen on all counts.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Last post by Holden - Today at 01:18:46 AM

My research leads me to believe that Tomsic onlyh recorded three LvB sonatas - 8, 14 and 21

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

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 01:08:23 AM

[This is the first decade in my life when I feel I don't belong to this reality at all]

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

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 12:49:46 AM

I am a 2020s hater. I hate what the World has become. This is the first decade in my life when I feel I don't belong to this reality at all (I have always felt I'm living on the wrong planet because of my personality/neurotype, but before this decade I felt I can connect to the World at least in some ways). I have almost nothing to offer the World and vice versa. Almost all the stuff that is good in the World is stuff that existed before. Sunshine on my face still feel nice. Pop music from 2010-12 sounds still cool. Recently I say the movie "Day of the Jackal" from 1973 and it was surprisingly good! This decade don't get credit for those things.

In order to cope with the misery of 2020s I have been listening to certain type of music from 1990-92 that feel nostalgic. I have been buying that kind of music online on CD. This has helped a lot. I now understand why older people live in the past. I was born in 1971. The World has become too "modern" for me. I am not against advancements in technology, but so much good has been destroyed as a side effect. Artificial Intelligent is cool, but the cost will be insane: a lot of people will be unemployed living in poverty while the profits go to ultra rich people. We are losing humanity. We are losing so much. Somehow we are creating a World were most people do nothing but struggle to survive instead of technology creating us ALL a paradise. So, that's why I rather live in the past while acknowledging only the best things of today. So, I listen to music such as this (a side project of Saint Etienne from 1991):

For me it is totally irrelevant if this kind of music is objectively bad or crap for somebody else. This music means surprisingly much to me.

You don't belong to this reality illusion at all. You are reality.

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GMG News / Re: Bug Report 2024

Last post by prémont - Today at 12:47:37 AM

Perhaps the server script counts unsuccessful attempts to see profiles the same as successful one?

It seems unusual that a disproportionately large number of guests are viewing member profiles. It gives me the impression that there may be something suspicious happening.

[Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa]

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

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 12:46:11 AM

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa



Thought I'd better give it a try as I'd never heard any of his works. I'm not so keen on minimalism but found it OK, Schnittke on the prepared piano maintained my interest.

There's not so much in common between Schnittke and Pärt, but if the former led you to the latter, so be it.

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

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 12:41:22 AM

Yungchen Lhamo - Tibet, Tibet

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

Last post by prémont - Today at 12:32:47 AM

Yes, very often the counters are to blame for rejecting a recording, Visse is a case in point.....horrible!

My first association is a Danish expression "ja, til visse" which means something like "yes indeed".

[The Day of the Jackal]

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The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by 71 dB - Today at 12:27:11 AM

The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, 1973)

Surprisingly good movie! The runtime is about 140 minutes, but the movie feels shorter than that.

[Everyday Non-sense:]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What concerts are you look...

Last post by ultralinear - Today at 12:08:33 AM

Tonight, a show devised by Patricia Kopatchinskaja which she has titled Everyday Non-sense:

A concert-theatre experience created by the trailblazing violinist transforms the stage into a living room, animated by works by Mozart, Ligeti and Cage.

Mieko Shiomi  Falling Event
Tomas Schmit  Sanitas No.151
Dick Higgins Danger Music Number Seventeen
George Brecht Symphony No.3
Mozart  Ein musikalischer Spaß (A Musical Joke) K.522
Kurtág  Hommage à Tchaikovsky from Játékok, Bk.1
Cage Living Room Music
PatKop from Ghiribizzi (Whims)
      Für Reto ... wo? (For Reto ... where?)
      Sonnerie (Ringing)
      Friede sei mit Euch (Peace be with you)
      Skizzenhaft (Sketchy)
Françaix Mouvement de valse (4th movement) from Octet
Ligeti Fanfare for car horns from Le Grand Macabre
Ligeti Mysteries of the Macabre

Aurora Orchestra
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin, director

The reminder email contains the warning:

Please be aware that loud percussion is used during this performance.

Excellent.