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Narciso Yepes
Concierto de Aranjuez de Joaquín Rodrigo.“In 1964, Yepes performed the Concierto de Aranjuez with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, premièring the ten-string guitar, which he invented in collaboration with the renowned guitar maker José Ramírez III[5].” wikipedia
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Glenn Gould — 1961
Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No.7, op.83(Source: youtube.com)
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Roberto Cacciapaglia - Sei note in logica : parte I (1979) —- 1/2
“The life of a frustrated tennis player goes with this music” - place2playv2
(Source: youtube.com)
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Hildur Guðnadóttir “Opaque”
(Source: vimeo.com)
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music:
Requiem for the Static King, part 2
A Winged Victory for the Sullenvideo:
Repose (by Ivan Villafuerte)
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Tomás Luis de Victoria - Dum complerentur/Lamentations for Good Friday/Officium defunctorum
The Tallis Scholars
(1:17:20)via 5:4
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Excerpt from “Flummoxed, Struggles at City Opera and across the country. By Alex Ross
“Given the artificial expansion of classical activity in the sixties and seventies - an eighty-million-dollar initiative by the Ford Foundation was the prime mover - some winnowing was inevitable. Institutions that go on presenting the same old pieces for the same old audience in the same old way may not make it too far into the current century. The classical business needs to start thinking of itself not as a luxury item but as en essential part of the average thinking person’s life. Across the country, music-making is at a high level, but it lacks a sense of passion, spontaneity, intellectual risk. To cultivate such values would not betray the great composers of the repertory; it would do them justice.”
-Alex Ross, Flummoxed, New Yorker May 9, 2011 p.79
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♫ Kurtág, Játékok ♪ — 20 fingers on the keys…
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Elyne Road
Toumani Diabaté
The Mandé Variations
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All music is an acquired taste; no music is everywhere beloved.
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A worthwhile read:
Why do we hate modern classical music? | Alex Ross | Music | The Guardian
