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

Last post by foxandpeng - Today at 04:04:33 AM

Two eminently lyric quartets by this Lithuanian composer (1884-1941). The First Quartet is imbued with delightful rustic gestures. The Second Quartet is less memorable yet very beautiful.

I keep meaning to play this, so it is good to be prompted! Appreciate the intro...

Listening now!

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

Last post by SimonNZ - Today at 03:48:41 AM

Yungchen Lhamo - Tibet, Tibet

I once traded a copy of Tim Buckley's Starsailor album (the one that has the original "Song To The Siren") with a friend for his copy of Yungchen Lhamo's Coming Home album. No regrets.

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

Last post by SimonNZ - Today at 03:44:58 AM

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's content adapted for western ears.

I remember "Tracery", "Fault Lines" and "Avenue" being favorites from that.
Would that all such crossover albums were so interesting.

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

Last post by Mandryka - Today at 03:21:27 AM

Yes, I think you are right.

And op 110 for Koch. I haven't read the discussion above so it may have been mentioned. I can let you have it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Pno-Sonatas-23-26-31/dp/B000001SE3

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

Last post by prémont - Today at 02:11:10 AM

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

Yes, I think you are right.

[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.