cheers.

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Salute, if you love the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and you have it somewhere in the top of your charts, you're invited to the Shostakovich-group: http://www.last.fm/group/Shostakovich+l+%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87+l+Schostakowitsch?setlang=en with best regards, П.

Juan de Lerida on tour 2010: PARIS Le Triton Fr 06 march, GRENOBLE Grenoble Jazz Festival-Sassenage Fr 18 march, GENEVE Le Chat Noir Ch 20 march, LONDON UK Rich Mix 27 march, and many other dates in France... Enjoy !

Thank you. It took me awhile to find that Stetsasonic album on vinyl. I had to do some serious diggin in the crates.

In a way they are a bit overrated. I admit they have very beautiful pieces, but i don't listen to like half of their work. You definitely should check out some post-rock, if classic is your stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAUK-aoqt8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KJqb0mRjE&feature=related and here some classic ambient work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XprEMADIMp8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjKQcjL0sk&feature=related

Hey..Yeah I've been listening to a lot of Bach lately. Goldberg variations is a funny one. It seems to be two different pieces when it is played on harpsichord and piano. I very much prefer Bach's keyboard music to be played on harpsichord though. Bach can be boring sometimes. But he wrote such large amount of music, and of course there are some less impressive ones. If you want to jump into Bach, there are three wonderful ways: the concertos (Brandenburg, Keyboard, and Violin concertos); the solo instrumental music (Goldberg variations, Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, and the Cello suites); and finally the choral music (St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor). Not that I've listened to all of them, but there are certainly considered as Bach's finest pieces.

Yes, I was amazed the first time I heard the full symphony. Actually for quite a long period of time I was listening only to the last part, that was because I didn't start with the Ninth. Usually I listen at least 4-5 times to a piece before I get to love it. At least when I'm not paying it full attention. But after listening five-six times to a symphony I think I can understand a lot more of it and that's absolutely worth it.

Hi, I'm fine, how about you? I hope you've liked my station, I see you've listened some of my favorite tracks. Keep on listening! ;)

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That's his concerto for piano, violin, cello and orchestra and it's brilliant! You've got to hear it! It doesn't deserve to be less famous than his other concertos. I personally love it.

Classical and Hip-hop? Orly?

Oh and a recommendation for you: Aaron Copland's piano concerto.

Mmm I'm not surprised you haven't heard of them ... I'm listening to this compilation called Victrola Favorites: Artifacts From Bygone Days. Early recordings of bluegrass and Chinese opera and Persian drinking songs and stuff like that. Total mixed bag. Great fun. Yeah, the Nightingale's all about timbre. That Chinese March dazzles me everytime. Who recorded the version you're listening to?

Oh wow, you've got the full Nightingale! I've only got the suite. I love that piece.

I was listening to Beethoven's Diabelli variations, I think. I just hate tagging and long filenames, so sometimes I write as title just the tempo marking of the movement (or even the variation number in this case).

Hey there! Happy new year, hope you're having a decent holiday. I fled to Australia for a month with the family, which bankrupted me a little bit, but on the upside I get some sunshine and warmth (33 degrees yesterday). Trying to get some uni work done but it's not really happening. I see it's -5 tonight in England ... those temperatures don't compute for me at all. -1 is about the lowest I've ever experienced. Ah yes. Much to look forward to. I recommend staying indoors and listening to Szymanowski. You're giving him a decent spin, I notice ...

Haha, completely!

The only instrument that I can play is my media player :(

You too! Not a subscriber anymore?

Well, I hope you'll manage to get it fixed soon!

Happy New year! I wish you much happiness and success during 2009! I hope you're doing well. By the way, did you finish learning Beethoven's Piano sonata no. 13? Cheers!

filthy lucre.

I already said that - Schubert is *great*. The more I listen to his works, the more I like them.

You have listened to Schubert's symphonies, haven't you? I'm absolutely obsessed with his Ninth - it's a powerful, even monumental piece of music that I can't get out of my head... Surely Schubert is among the greatest composers ever, don't you think?

I'm glad you liked the piece! I've heard polonaises by Liszt and Tchaikovsky (some parts of his ballets and operas) and by Johann Sebastian Bach, but only as parts of his suites. The finale of Beethoven's Triple concerto is also a polonaise, if I remember right. It's superb.

What happened? Did you buy the CD you asked me about? If so, did you like the Polonaise?

Yeah it is fascinating, but I don't know much of it. I discovered Raymond Scott a couple of months ago - an ex-jazz band leader turned electronic pioneer, who formed "Manhattan Reserach Inc.", invented his own instruments (the "Clavivox", the "Electronium") and wrote electronic jingles for radio ads and soothing electronic sounds for infants. It's the biography I love most, I guess. As for the serious players, I'm fond of Varèse (for the Stravinskian primitivism buried in his high-tech experiments) but I've never heard a bar of Xenakis, for instance. If you know anything good ...

Francis Dhomont? Any good?

Wow, I'm in shock.

Oh man, I'm still awake, it's going so slowly ...

Nah, he's headed for a crazy landslide. He's too far ahead in the polls and the queues are too long at the booths for anything to go wrong now. A lot of mud has been thrown, but I think Obama's been too calm and too reasonable for any of it to stick. And remember he's got the funk on his side, too.

Did I mention I'm excited about the election? I think I might follow your lead and spend the day listening to Funkadelic.

Just a best of album. Really enjoyable. Hammond organ grooves can be super cheesy but these guys pull it off. Green Onions is their signature tune, I'm sure you've heard it, but I can recommend getting a full album. Did it snow on you yesterday, BTW? It was a real novelty for me. This is my first northern hemisphere winter. And it's only October.

Oh, yes, it sure is. It's one of Grieg's masterpieces.

Hi! Did you find the Polonaise?

Szymanowski! How are you finding it? Have you listened to the stabat mater on that CD?

By the way, have you listened to Beethoven's Polonaise, op. 89? It's one of his many relatively neglected masterpieces.

Do you know Beethoven's Leonore No. 3 overture? It's one of the most emotional pieces of music I know. I just can't listen it without feeling so many different things... Words really can't describe it, don't you think? It's so perfect...

No, I can't play any instrument - music is just too complicated for me. I don't have the concentration and coordination required. I can only understand music (at least I think I can) and enjoy it. I really love classical music and I think I can appreciate some parts of it.

Oh, you are a pianist? That's really wonderful, isn't it?

But I'm now really tired ...

Yeah it's all about rhetoric and theatre mostly, but there were a couple of moments of substance, and the policy differences couldn't be starker. Palin was trying her hardest to be folksy. "When I talk to moms at soccer" &c. And saying "doggone" and winking a couple of times at the folks at home. Pronounced "nuclear" the way Bush does. "You guys opposed the surge." "Say it ain't so, Joe, there ya go again." "Oh man, it is so obvious I am a Washington outsider." I'm firmly in Obama's camp and I think Palin is scary/hilarious, so it was entertaining. No major incidents though. Actually Sly Stone was quite a good soundtrack for the whole thing. Especially the amazing track "Underdog". Those guys are awesome.

Ooops I meant Early period, pardon me.;)

Hey, do you know Beethoven's Piano sonata no. 13? It's labeled "Quasi una fantasia", like the "Moonlight" and in my opinion is one of the finest middle-period sonatas.

I could ask you the same question ... I'm waiting for the Palin-Biden debate. That should keep me wide awake till 3.30.

After listening to it again I can say the last part is Beethovenian, therefore I like it. Still, it couldn't be compared to any of his other works (in my humble opinion).

It's just too little music and too much battle noises. I personally like the 1812 overture a lot better, though it's not the best work by Tchaikovsky.

Yes, I have heard Wellington's Victory but I don't quite like it. In fact it's the Beethoven piece I like least. By the way, Rachmaninoff Piano concerto no. 2 is one of my favourites.

Fun assignment ... I think I prefer the Hendrix version too. There's plenty of better Dylan songs.