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| Classical Music for Aficionados schubertyou say: "Puccini wasn't picking on Americans,. He was a liberal who was against the Italian Fighting for colonies in North Africa .If he used an Italian Navy man he wanted to the Opera would be banned ."If Puccini has used an Italian... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Cherkassky, Samuel Barber, Excursionsthis piece is so perfect, so funnydon't miss | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Love Cherkasskynow listening to 1961 Salzburg Festivalhe plays some pieces I never appreciated before | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados testingit's all good, my posts are back! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados testingmy last 2 posts have disappeared | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Tara Kamangar, pianoListening to East of Melancholy Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Glinka, and some other composers less well known (to me)bewitching, very nice indeedcannot find anything more by this pianist | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados re SalmondCaution, I have never been to Scotlandfurthermore I do not speak the language (joke)If interested, please read:https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/03/jaccuse-2/#respond | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados JimJust an estimate: I have at least 150 Arrau cds. Not cd discs, but copies on my external hard drives.Doubtless some are duplicates, re-releases.Yes the recording quality on some is not as great as others, but overall it is superior to many oth... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I love having my music stored on external hard drives, so that it is simple to program for hours in advance. I usually make selections before I go to bed. Last night it was Claudio Arrau playing Mozart, still going. Does not get better than t... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I have listened to his 2 Bach cds. The first is quite traditional, the second adds electronic musicians (not to my taste).The Glass piano works are fine, but I am not a big fan of Glass, so will say no more. I have not yet found the Rameau/Debus... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Vikingur Olafsson Big praise in NYT for this pianist.So I downloaded his Bach and his Glass.Very nice.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/arts/music/vikingur-olafsson-debussy-rameau.htmlAlso in NYT, article about Heinrich Schütz https://www.nytime... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Eunice Norton "a classical pianist (who was born in 1908 and died in 2005), whose work I’ve become familiar with almost exclusively from YouTube clips, of which there are more than a hundred." https://outline.com/vYBJch | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados now watching Immortal Beloved is a 1994 film about the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_Beloved_(1994_film) | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados " Yes, Beethoven could be unpleasant, sometimes cruel, and his politics defied easy categorization. His deterioration over the years was heartbreaking: a museum in a house he stayed at in the spa town of Baden described how a disheveled Beetho... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados now listening toHelene Mercier and Louis Lorte, Rachmaninov Piano Duetssuperb! |