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Maaaaaaaarten said:

Like it.

Maaaaaaaarten, since you are the newest classical buff to this forum, do you know the answer to the question below?... (originally posted by RDV4ROUBAIX). I have been trying to figure it out. My Shazzam did not find the song. Here is his original question and the link to the video containing the clip:

What is that solo violin, or cello track which begins at 45:22 of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4IDCkcnnHg?
 
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on3m@n@rmy said:
Like it.

Maaaaaaaarten, since you are the newest classical buff to this forum, do you know the answer to the question below?... (originally posted by RDV4ROUBAIX). I have been trying to figure it out. My Shazzam did not find the song. Here is his original question and the link to the video containing the clip:

Hmm I certainly don't recognize it.

Because it almost a bit aggressive I'd think along the lines of Bartok, Prokofiev, Ornstein, but I really wouldn't know, it doesn't even sound much like those composers tbh. :eek: It's very difficult to say anything about it because it is only a short clip.

I'm more knowledgable when it comes to compositions for piano, because I play the piano myself and most of the music I listen is for the piano.

Nice that you're able to appreciate Sorabji btw; most people - even those listening to classical music - I introduce to Sorabji feel it is too inaccesible and modern/dissonant/atonal. :)

Are there many classical buffs in this forum?

Meanwhile, since this is the 'what are you listening to?' thread;
Vsevolod Zaderatsky - Prelude No. 24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcjIViYsfz8&feature=related
 
Maaaaaaaarten said:
Are there many classical buffs in this forum?

Meanwhile, since this is the 'what are you listening to?' thread;
Vsevolod Zaderatsky - Prelude No. 24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcjIViYsfz8&feature=related

I'm a pianist; I find my favourite things to play to be the impressionists, so Ravel, Satie, Debussy etc.; Chopin is also very nice to play. I come down heavily favouring 19th and 20th Century French music, though I'm also partial to some of the Russian bombast. Anything pre-19th Century I tend to prefer the German/Austrian side of things, though I'm not so keen on playing those (especially not Baroque. Really don't enjoy playing Baroque. I think it's to do with those pieces being written either for organ, or for harpsichord/clavichord, which don't have the dynamic or tonal range of the piano, and I prefer more expressive pieces).
 
Maaaaaaaarten said:
Hmm I certainly don't recognize it.

Because it almost a bit aggressive I'd think along the lines of Bartok, Prokofiev, Ornstein, but I really wouldn't know, it doesn't even sound much like those composers tbh. :eek: It's very difficult to say anything about it because it is only a short clip.

I'm more knowledgable when it comes to compositions for piano, because I play the piano myself and most of the music I listen is for the piano.

Nice that you're able to appreciate Sorabji btw; most people - even those listening to classical music - I introduce to Sorabji feel it is too inaccesible and modern/dissonant/atonal. :)

Are there many classical buffs in this forum?

Meanwhile, since this is the 'what are you listening to?' thread;
Vsevolod Zaderatsky - Prelude No. 24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcjIViYsfz8&feature=related

Well, thanks for giving it a try. I really like that cello bit. If only there had been just a few seconds more...

There are a few classicals here, but I don't recall as I have not seen them post that much and I think it has been a while since they did.

Anyone like this kind of relaxing piano music? Mark Salona - One Angel's Hands
 
David Zé - Uma Amiga

Biographies of this important and influential Angolan are scarce. What we do know is that he was a member of the MPLA, and his songs - 14 singles and an album in his lifetime - were sometimes controversial, and often directly addressing the suffering of the people at the time, but his musical and lyrical style was always influential on the national music scene. We know that he was murdered, aged 33, in 1977, probably by his own political party, along with at least two other well-known singers, according to a historian of the period "because they had too much power over the people". Some of his music has not survived, and certainly it is far rarer than it perhaps should have been, as it is reported that for a period even owning a David Zé record was enough to land you in trouble with the authorities. Though much Vergangenheitsbewältigung has taken place in Angola in recent years, the murders have remained a controversial topic. However, nowadays it seems that David is being accorded the respect and status his legacy deserves.

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