What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?

[Mowgli]

Casals seems like he was a pretty funny guy. Stolen from Wikipedia:

"American comedian George Carlin, in his interview for the Archive of American Television, refers to Casals when discussing the restless nature of an artist's persona. As Carlin states, when Casals (then aged 93) was asked why he continued to practice the cello three hours a day, Casals replied, "'I'm beginning to notice some improvement...' And that's the thing that's in me. I notice myself getting better at this," Carlin continued."

 

[Mowgli]

Played with Fritz Kreisler. World class indeed.
I like Jascha Heifetz also but Kreisler was the best.

 

[Mowgli]

Oh look, a squirrel



EDIT - Good set of pictures on that video but the sound is 1Mx better on this one

 

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[Tomasius74]

Casals seems like he was a pretty funny guy. Stolen from Wikipedia:

"American comedian George Carlin, in his interview for the Archive of American Television, refers to Casals when discussing the restless nature of an artist's persona. As Carlin states, when Casals (then aged 93) was asked why he continued to practice the cello three hours a day, Casals replied, "'I'm beginning to notice some improvement...' And that's the thing that's in me. I notice myself getting better at this," Carlin continued."

The only con with Pau Cassals is that his recordings are old but very impressive cellist. I also love Rostropovich, his take on the Bach Suites is breathtaking

I'm just in my early 40's but I guess my music preferences come from a previous lifetime




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[Mowgli]

The only con with Pau Cassals is that his recordings are old but very impressive cellist. I also love Rostropovich, his take on the Bach Suites is breathtaking

I'm just in my early 40's but I guess my music preferences come from a previous lifetime

I don't know about that because when I was growing up my parents played some classical on the stereo but mostly jazz. I might have developed my appreciation from Bugs Bunny and other cartoons. I think I already had some classical cassettes before I first watched A Clockwork Orange. Beethoven, Metallica, Robert Johnson, Miles Davis, Rolling Stones, Lords Of Acid, Waylon Jennings, whatever gets the hips moving or the dopamine flowing.
Who cares what anyone else likes.
Für Elise or Symphony of Destruction it's all good.
Cheers!

 

[Tomasius74]

Ja ja ja, a new way to play Beethoven . But maybe an octave to high!

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[Mowgli]

Here's another article that explains more about why some music might trip someone elses trigger without jazzing you. I linked the word dopamine to a BBC article on that previous post. (spoiler: it's about arousal)
This Is Your Brain On Music

 

[Tomasius74]

That was very interesting and may explain why I have my best meditation experiences while listening Arvo Part Spirgel I'm Spiegel

Let's move on, now I'm listening ...


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[Tomasius74]

Death Speaks, album by David Lang


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[Mowgli]

That was very interesting and may explain why I have my best meditation experiences while listening Arvo Part Spirgel I'm Spiegel

Let's move on, now I'm listening ...

I'm researching the Szell Beethoven Symphonies set that I just got on CD.
I've had the LP set for a few years. It's one of the 3 LP Beethoven Symphony cycles I kept
Szell, Bomm & early 60's Karajan
I'm trying to find the recording dates for the LPs (they're listed for the CDs).

I just re-found this review site. I've used it before and it's damn useful.
Classical Net Review - Beethoven - Symphonies, Overtures, etc.

Here's Szell/Cleveland's Eroica from 1957
(I like Gardiner's version best but I'm talking about Szell here)

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Music is very emotional. Some say it sooths the savage beast. There is music for every mood...and music to create any mood.

I was a couple of pages behind late last night. I always play the videos in YouTube and then I get sidetracked with music associated with those. It was about 5 hours. Music can really affect emotions.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Here's Szell/Cleveland's Eroica from 1957
(I like Gardiner's version best but I'm talking about Szell here)

I just listened to that. It seemed...complex. I go to the symphony and kind of observe different sections that I am listening. Sometimes the woods seem dense and other times I can place myself between sounds and listen to them individually. Szell and Beethoven seem a bit multi-faceted. I had to get off the rollercoaster. I don't know what that means, maybe I am just simple...or tired of thinking.

 

[Mowgli]

I just listened to that. It seemed...complex. I go to the symphony and kind of observe different sections that I am listening. Sometimes the woods seem dense and other times I can place myself between sounds and listen to them individually. Szell and Beethoven seem a bit multi-faceted. I had to get off the rollercoaster. I don't know what that means, maybe I am just simple...or tired of thinking.

It's not the easiest symphony for a Beethoven newcomer but it was voted the best symphony of all time by 151 conductors surveyed
Beethoven's Eroica voted greatest symphony of all time

Here's a very good BBC television film that dramatizes the performance of Beethoven's third symphony - Eroica. Conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner (one of the world's foremost Beethoven experts) with the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique .

Executive Producer and Head of BBC Classical Music Peter Maniura says:
"Beethoven's revolutionary Third Symphony, The Eroica, burst upon an unsuspecting world in the summer of 1804.

 

[attackofthejack]

the guy sitting down in the middle looks terrified

eta: this would have been funnier if i actually quoted the post i was referring to

 

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[nocigsnomore]

Cool and uplifting. Thanks!