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Monade- Monstre Cosmic
Neko Case- Blacklisted
Kate Bush - Directors Cut

Guess what guys! I've had an epiphany: Kate Bush! just discovered her music in the past month and now have most of her albums.
I'm also so exited for the new Bjork album.

Recently played:

Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
Grant Hart - Oeuvrevue
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
John Zorn - Enigmata
William Elliott Whitmore - Field Songs

I can't stop listening to classical music. It's like nothing else is good enough anymore. HELP

That happens to me too, PK; sometimes I just get so tired of listening to current things/can't find anything worth exploring. Who in particular? I quite like Camille Saint-Saens

^is that supposed to be a recommendation? I'm a Rubinstein kinda girl

yarnforhair wrote:That happens to me too, PK; sometimes I just get so tired of listening to current things/can't find anything worth exploring. Who in particular? I quite like Camille Saint-Saens

I don't know Saint-Saens much apart from what I've seen live, but it's been on my list. It's just an overwhelming amount of music to listen to. Any works in particular?

I'm a hugeass fan of Beethoven and Chopin mostly, but Dvorak is the love of my life right now. I'm starting to dig Mahler too.

It was just a coincidence that I had been listening to that the day before, Pictures at an Exhibition is an old fave. I have stacks of CDs I inherited from my Dad, so there's a bunch of stuff to go through, different performances of my favorite Chopin, and lots of other things I've never heard. Opera.

Hell and High Water wrote:It was just a coincidence that I had been listening to that the day before, Pictures at an Exhibition is an old fave. I have stacks of CDs I inherited from my Dad, so there's a bunch of stuff to go through, different performances of my favorite Chopin, and lots of other things I've never heard. Opera.

I totally can't get into opera. I can't help but feel like all that unintelligible screaming gets in the way of the music.

I recently bought Rubinstein's 11-disc set Chopin Collection. Yay! I hope it gets here. I wish my parents had some classical music for me to inherit, but they are fonder of the Bee Gees.

Pocket Knife wrote:I recently bought Rubinstein's 11-disc set Chopin Collection. Yay! I hope it gets here. I wish my parents had some classical music for me to inherit, but they are fonder of the Bee Gees.

Does that include the Etudes? I've been obsessed with them since I was a teen and taking lessons. I could play a few, though not this quickly -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmQBFLJAIcY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More slowly like this, only not tampering with the tempo quite so much -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrD1ZaNwdsU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I look terrible in a dress besides.

I've also been listening to Richard Goode playing Beethoven's piano sonatas. And then there's some string quartets I should pull out again.

yarnforhair wrote:Who in particular? I quite like Camille Saint-Saens

Which in particular?

Pocket Knife wrote:

Hell and High Water wrote:It was just a coincidence that I had been listening to that the day before, Pictures at an Exhibition is an old fave. I have stacks of CDs I inherited from my Dad, so there's a bunch of stuff to go through, different performances of my favorite Chopin, and lots of other things I've never heard. Opera.

I totally can't get into opera. I can't help but feel like all that unintelligible screaming gets in the way of the music.

I recently bought Rubinstein's 11-disc set Chopin Collection. Yay! I hope it gets here. I wish my parents had some classical music for me to inherit, but they are fonder of the Bee Gees.

Regarding opera, give Puccini and/or Wagner a shot. Yes, the singing can get on your nerves, but the music is spectacular. Low dosages at first and getting to know the plots can help a lot. They are super dramatic. Polly's best songs have a very operatic bent to them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks Doc. I'll put that on the list.

Hell and High Water wrote:

Pocket Knife wrote:I recently bought Rubinstein's 11-disc set Chopin Collection. Yay! I hope it gets here. I wish my parents had some classical music for me to inherit, but they are fonder of the Bee Gees.

Does that include the Etudes? I've been obsessed with them since I was a teen and taking lessons. I could play a few, though not this quickly -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmQBFLJAIcY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More slowly like this, only not tampering with the tempo quite so much -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrD1ZaNwdsU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I look terrible in a dress besides.

I've also been listening to Richard Goode playing Beethoven's piano sonatas. And then there's some string quartets I should pull out again.

It does not include the Etudes Apparently Rubinstein was afraid of them. You're a much cooler pianist than he was.

I like Pollini's, but the version you linked to is pretty awesome as well. Too bad I can't find the album for download and my parents don't have it.

That is probably my favorite Etude, I've been trying to learn a dumbed down version of it for ages and still sucking at it. The good news is I probably look alright in a dress.

Beethoven's 7th, second movement (long time favorite)
Anna Calvi (still)
Tom Waits (hoping for new record soon)
old (like Aladdin Sane old) Bowie
Lia Ices
Gillian Welch
this jazz thing called Archie Shepp - "The Magic of Ju-Ju" [Part 1 of 2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT3-xXM83VM
PJ "Heela" over and over and over

Hell and High Water wrote:

yarnforhair wrote:Who in particular? I quite like Camille Saint-Saens

Which in particular?

Carnival of the Animals and op. 45. Gooooood stuff. I've been enjoying Stravinsky's Rite of Spring too; a classic classical, hah. It's just so haunting and primitive! And I've always had a soft spot for Chopin's preludes.