Artist: Lang Lang.
Album: Live in Vienna.
Recording Company: Sony Classical.
Copyright: 2010.
CD 1:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 33, Op. 57 "Apassionata"
CD 2:
Albeniz: Iberia, Book I
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83
Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 1
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Chopin: Grande Valse brillante No. 2, Op. 34 No. 1
I enjoyed hearing Lang Lang live in Vienna. My appreciation for piano music happened late for me. Though I can't play a piano to save my life, I love those who mastered it. Lang Lang has. Recommended.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Goal: Yamaha double barreled French horn
I still want to get back to the French horn. Being a writer is nice. But it's not my long term goal. That's still being able to play the French horn again.
In order to do that, I need to save up for a double barreled French horn. They are expensive. I should be able to set aside money for one. But it'll take about four years worth of savings before I can purchase one.
That's a long time. Maybe I can get published in the mean time and get some money to help make that purchase a reality...
In order to do that, I need to save up for a double barreled French horn. They are expensive. I should be able to set aside money for one. But it'll take about four years worth of savings before I can purchase one.
That's a long time. Maybe I can get published in the mean time and get some money to help make that purchase a reality...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Review of Michael Collins Motion Picture Soundtrack
Album: Michael Collins Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Recording Company: Atlantic Classics.
Recording Date: 1996.
Soundtrack:
1) Easter Rebellion
2) Fire and Arms
3) Train Station Farewell
4) Winter Raid
5) Elegy for a Sunday
6) Football Match
7) On Cat's Feet
8) Defiance and Arrest
9) Train to Granard
10) Boland Returns
11) His Majesty's Finest
12) Boland's Death
13) Home to Cork
14) Civil War
15) Collins' Proposal
16) An Anthem Deferred
17) She Moved Through the Fair
18) Funeral/Coda
19) Macushla
Another soundtrack from an excellent movie about Ireland's bloody history. Recommended for the story it tells...
Recording Company: Atlantic Classics.
Recording Date: 1996.
Soundtrack:
1) Easter Rebellion
2) Fire and Arms
3) Train Station Farewell
4) Winter Raid
5) Elegy for a Sunday
6) Football Match
7) On Cat's Feet
8) Defiance and Arrest
9) Train to Granard
10) Boland Returns
11) His Majesty's Finest
12) Boland's Death
13) Home to Cork
14) Civil War
15) Collins' Proposal
16) An Anthem Deferred
17) She Moved Through the Fair
18) Funeral/Coda
19) Macushla
Another soundtrack from an excellent movie about Ireland's bloody history. Recommended for the story it tells...
Monday, February 23, 2015
Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack
Album: Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack.
Studio: Universal City Studios.
Copyright: 1982.
1 The Anvil of Crom
2 Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom
3 Gift of Fury
4 Wheel of Pain
5 Atlantean Sword
6 Theology/Civilization
7 Wifeing
8 The Leaving/The Search
9 Mountain of Power Procession
10 The Tree of Woe
11 Recovery
12 The Kitchen/The Orgy
13 Funeral Pyre
14 Battle of the Mounds
15 Death of Rexor
16 Orphans of Doom/The Awakening
Overview:
Great soundtrack to an awesome movie. Recommended.
Studio: Universal City Studios.
Copyright: 1982.
1 The Anvil of Crom
2 Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom
3 Gift of Fury
4 Wheel of Pain
5 Atlantean Sword
6 Theology/Civilization
7 Wifeing
8 The Leaving/The Search
9 Mountain of Power Procession
10 The Tree of Woe
11 Recovery
12 The Kitchen/The Orgy
13 Funeral Pyre
14 Battle of the Mounds
15 Death of Rexor
16 Orphans of Doom/The Awakening
Overview:
Great soundtrack to an awesome movie. Recommended.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Review of Opera Proibita
Artist: Cecilia Bartoli.
Title: Opera Proibita.
Recording Company: Decca.
Copyright: 20005.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Un pensiero nemico - Combo che fugge col vento
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa Il Trionto del Tempo e del Disinganno
Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno - Notte funesta ... Ferma l'ali La Resurrezione
Alessandro Scarlattti (1660-1725)
All'arme si accesi guerrierii Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale
Mentre io godo in dolce oblio - Ecco negl'orti tuoi
Che dolce simpatia Il Giadino di Rose
Caldo sangue - Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme
Qui resta...L'alta Roma San Filippo Neri
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Vanne pentita a piangere Il Trionfo dell'Inocenza
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno La Castita al Cimento
Si piangete pupille dolenti Santa Frascesca Romana
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera Il Martirio di Santa Caterina
Impressions:
This album is a screamer. Lots of 18th century Italian music by Handel, Scarlatti, and Caldara. I enjoyed it. Recommended
Title: Opera Proibita.
Recording Company: Decca.
Copyright: 20005.
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Un pensiero nemico - Combo che fugge col vento
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa Il Trionto del Tempo e del Disinganno
Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno - Notte funesta ... Ferma l'ali La Resurrezione
Alessandro Scarlattti (1660-1725)
All'arme si accesi guerrierii Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale
Mentre io godo in dolce oblio - Ecco negl'orti tuoi
Che dolce simpatia Il Giadino di Rose
Caldo sangue - Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme
Qui resta...L'alta Roma San Filippo Neri
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Vanne pentita a piangere Il Trionfo dell'Inocenza
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno La Castita al Cimento
Si piangete pupille dolenti Santa Frascesca Romana
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera Il Martirio di Santa Caterina
Impressions:
This album is a screamer. Lots of 18th century Italian music by Handel, Scarlatti, and Caldara. I enjoyed it. Recommended
Monday, December 22, 2014
Review of Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
Artist: Nicola Benedetti.
Album: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
Recording Label: Decca.
Recording Date: 2014.
Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
1-4 Scottish Fantasy Bruch
5 Ae Fond Kiss Burns
6 Auld Lang Syne Variations Burns
7 My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Burns
8 Hurricane Set Skinner
9 The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh Skinner/Banks Hornpipes Trad.
10 Aberlady Cunningham
11 Mouth Music and Tunes Set Trad./Cunningham/MacDonald
12 The Gentle Light That Wakes Me Cunningham
13 Coisish a Ruin (Walk My Beloved) Trad.
14 Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Trad.
Impressions:
Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish violinist. She won Young British Classical Musician for 2011. I've listened to her on YouTube.com and see her perform. Benedetti is good. I bought her latest album, which is called Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy. BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish BBC orchestra back her up. The various works sample different aspects of Scottish music. I enjoyed listening to it.
Recommended for Xmas.
Album: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
Recording Label: Decca.
Recording Date: 2014.
Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
1-4 Scottish Fantasy Bruch
5 Ae Fond Kiss Burns
6 Auld Lang Syne Variations Burns
7 My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Burns
8 Hurricane Set Skinner
9 The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh Skinner/Banks Hornpipes Trad.
10 Aberlady Cunningham
11 Mouth Music and Tunes Set Trad./Cunningham/MacDonald
12 The Gentle Light That Wakes Me Cunningham
13 Coisish a Ruin (Walk My Beloved) Trad.
14 Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Trad.
Impressions:
Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish violinist. She won Young British Classical Musician for 2011. I've listened to her on YouTube.com and see her perform. Benedetti is good. I bought her latest album, which is called Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy. BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish BBC orchestra back her up. The various works sample different aspects of Scottish music. I enjoyed listening to it.
Recommended for Xmas.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Review of The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack
Album: The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack.
Recording Studio: Morgan Creek Records.
Recording Date: 1992.
Soundtrack:
Main Title
Elk Hunt
The Kiss
The Glade Part II
Fort Battle
Promontory
Munro's Office/Stockade
Massacre/Canoes
Top of the World
The Courier
Cora
River Walk and Discovery
Parlay
The British Arrive
Pieces of a Story
I Will Find You
There aren't many movies about the Seven Years War or the French and Indian Wars. The Last of the Mohicans is one of them. Today's classical music is Hollywood soundtracks. I enjoyed this movie when it came out in theaters. I bought the soundtrack. It puts me in the mood for a Seven Years War game.
Recommended.
Recording Studio: Morgan Creek Records.
Recording Date: 1992.
Soundtrack:
Main Title
Elk Hunt
The Kiss
The Glade Part II
Fort Battle
Promontory
Munro's Office/Stockade
Massacre/Canoes
Top of the World
The Courier
Cora
River Walk and Discovery
Parlay
The British Arrive
Pieces of a Story
I Will Find You
There aren't many movies about the Seven Years War or the French and Indian Wars. The Last of the Mohicans is one of them. Today's classical music is Hollywood soundtracks. I enjoyed this movie when it came out in theaters. I bought the soundtrack. It puts me in the mood for a Seven Years War game.
Recommended.
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