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What are you listening to? Part III
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What a small world. I didn't even realize that Reina and Toni had performed with Carson McKee when I posted my two Reina/Toni songs on page 494 and you posted your Carson song on 495. I even saw this song on Reina's YT page, but I didn't pay attention to the guys' names. And, to think, I wasn't interested in clicking on it at that time, but now as I am presently listening to it, I can see I would really have missed out. They not only retain, but, I think, may even improve upon the late 60s/early 70s laid-back/mellow feel of this song. The laid-back/mellow songs of that era are my personal favorites. They always have been. They comprise the world that I wish still existed. Even back in the mid 1970s, when they were still relatively new and I was just a teenager, I felt the same way about them.
I agree with your assessment. I have been listening to their music on their separate YouTube channels recently. They are clearly very talented musicians. I have yet to hear a cover by any of these people that was not performed well and in some cases even surpass the originals. Their original work is also quite good and I think you will find that even these new songs retain that same mellow or folksy character reminiscent of the great 60s/70s era of music you mentioned.
Click the link or the photo to play the video.
[The video on YouTube is only 240p, and terrible quality, while this one, at Veojam, is 720p.]
Kaori Muragi, of Japan, performs Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) (1939) in La Cornuña, Spain, with The Sinfónica de Galicia. In my opinion, the informally dressed orchestra members and the empty theater somehow add to the beauty and intimacy of this piece.
"Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" is the second and, I believe, most popular part of a three-part composition. It may be the most therapeutic song in my tiny collection of therapeutic songs. I discovered it in 2016. To me, it is almost otherworldly in the sense that it almost feels as if it is alive. I can't help but feel that I'm listening to a conversation between an individual (the guitarist) and the universe/heaven (the orchestra). It becomes especially magical/beautiful starting at about the 4:40 mark.
Classical Spanish guitar music is possibly my favorite type of classical music.
[The video on YouTube is only 240p, and terrible quality, while this one, at Veojam, is 720p.]
Kaori Muragi, of Japan, performs Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) (1939) in La Cornuña, Spain, with The Sinfónica de Galicia. In my opinion, the informally dressed orchestra members and the empty theater somehow add to the beauty and intimacy of this piece.
"Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" is the second and, I believe, most popular part of a three-part composition. It may be the most therapeutic song in my tiny collection of therapeutic songs. I discovered it in 2016. To me, it is almost otherworldly in the sense that it almost feels as if it is alive. I can't help but feel that I'm listening to a conversation between an individual (the guitarist) and the universe/heaven (the orchestra). It becomes especially magical/beautiful starting at about the 4:40 mark.
Classical Spanish guitar music is possibly my favorite type of classical music.
"Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. Rodrigo's music is among the most popular music of the 20th century. In particular, his Concierto de Aranjuez is considered one of the pinnacles of Spanish music." - from Wikipedia
"In the spring of 1938 Joaquín Rodrigo was invited to teach on the summer courses at the University of Santander [Columbia]. ... A very significant encounter took place on the return journey to Paris, when during a lunch with the guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza and the Marqués de Bolarque, Joaquín enthusiastically agreed to the idea of writing a concerto for guitar. This work would be the Concierto de Aranjuez. … The Rodrigos began to consider a permanent return to Spain [from Paris], once the country was finally at peace. … Joaquín and Victoria finally returned to Spain on the 1st September 1939, two days before the outbreak of the Second World War, carrying with them in a suitcase the manuscript of the Concierto de Aranjuez." - from the Joaquin Rodrigo website.
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This is sublime. What an amazing talent. Perfect execution and the emotion just spills out from her fingers. Thanks for the introduction.
You're welcome. Kaori's videos are all over YouTube. They are all wonderful. She is an amazing soul.
Oh yeah, I forgot to say that I think "sublime" is the perfect word to describe "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)."
Another Classical Guitar performance - posted recently on Siccas Guitars
Elle Davisson (age 11) plays Songe Capricorne by Roland Dyens - can't believe she is only eleven years of age in the video - amazing performance
Unique harmonics with droning note at around 2:08 - very interesting - love her ebb and flow of the tempo during the whole song - very creative
Elle Davisson (age 11) plays Songe Capricorne by Roland Dyens - can't believe she is only eleven years of age in the video - amazing performance
Unique harmonics with droning note at around 2:08 - very interesting - love her ebb and flow of the tempo during the whole song - very creative
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Vehicle - Leonid & Friends 💕 (The Ides of March cover)
Vehicle - Original 1970 - The Ides of March - great tune and memories
if you like this - check out their covers of Chicago
Vehicle - Original 1970 - The Ides of March - great tune and memories
if you like this - check out their covers of Chicago
She is very good. It takes that song a while to kick into gear (I’m a fan of several of Dyens’ songs), but, when it does, she sure shows her amazing skills.
Siccas Guitars has been one of the sites I have visited relatively regularly over the years. In a roundabout way, I found “Concierto de Aranjuez” because of that channel, even though it’s not actually on it. I haven’t been there in a long time, though. Thank you for sharing.
I hope Elle Davisson puts a lot more videos on the Internet.
I know it says it’s in Torino, but I could swear it was in the Nezahualcóyotl room in México city. It’s identical!!
RIP Spencer Davis ...
here with 19-year old Stevie Winwood
here with 19-year old Stevie Winwood
Glad you liked it - I too - am a big fan of Roland Dyens work and also Astor Piazzolla ("Oblivion" comes to mind among many others)
I like that "Siccas Guitars" channel and also the "Guitar Salon International" both are great for discovering and learning about new artists / Music - or just to hear a new interpretation of a familiar favorite 👍
And like you mention once you click on a performance - Youtube gernerously offers more choices - lol 😃
Yes! Astor Piazzolla has been one of my all-time favorites since I first heard some of his work on South Dakota Public Radio in 1989 or 1990. I have probably bookmarked a dozen or more of EACH of his most famous pieces as performed by many musicians on YouTube. As usual, I've been pacing myself (aka "dawdling around") when it comes to sharing them (and all others) here, mainly because I would end up hijacking this thread.
Yes, that's the other "guitar" channel I also visit.
Yes, I liked the performance of German guitarist Jessica Kaiser at Siccas Guitars so much that I checked her out on YouTube in general. That's when I found her version of Concierto de Aranjuez, which I would probably (foolishly) never have clicked on otherwise. She was 17 years old when she did the performance at that link (in about 2011). The microphone setup is poorly done, at least as far as the orchestra goes (a youth orchestra).
Libertango (Astor Piazzolla), by Duo Bensa-Cardinot - Guitar
Their flawless synchronization never ceases to amaze me.
Their flawless synchronization never ceases to amaze me.
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Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells, Performed live at the BBC on December 30, 1973.
On the original album, Oldfield plays most of the instruments himself. In this performance he is accompanied by 11 or 12 (or 13?) musicians (it's hard to see them all at once in a single, well lit shot). I was skeptical that they could do a good job of mimicking the original, but they do. To me, it seems mostly identical to the original (maybe even a bit better in some cases). With the exception of the silly special effects, I love this video.
One of my best friends introduced me to "Tubular Bells" in October 1975, when I was spending the night on his farm. We were both 14. He told me with great certainty, "You won't like this song the first time, but you will the second time." I wonder if one of his older brothers had said the same thing to him, and, since it turned out to be true for him, he figured it would be true for me too. Well, he was right. Maybe he influenced my thinking, but that's okay. I'm glad he did, because I've loved it ever since. It's one of the few songs I used to listen to almost every day for spans of weeks or months in junior high and then again in college. I even used it to meditate myself to sleep at night in college (workload stress made it hard to fall asleep). I also used Oldfield's "Hergest Ridge" and "Ommadawn" to try to fall asleep.
P.S. I see a lot of Mike Oldfield posts on this thread, but I didn't see this one. If it is posted on some previous page, there was no accompanying text with it in order to produce a search result.
On the original album, Oldfield plays most of the instruments himself. In this performance he is accompanied by 11 or 12 (or 13?) musicians (it's hard to see them all at once in a single, well lit shot). I was skeptical that they could do a good job of mimicking the original, but they do. To me, it seems mostly identical to the original (maybe even a bit better in some cases). With the exception of the silly special effects, I love this video.
One of my best friends introduced me to "Tubular Bells" in October 1975, when I was spending the night on his farm. We were both 14. He told me with great certainty, "You won't like this song the first time, but you will the second time." I wonder if one of his older brothers had said the same thing to him, and, since it turned out to be true for him, he figured it would be true for me too. Well, he was right. Maybe he influenced my thinking, but that's okay. I'm glad he did, because I've loved it ever since. It's one of the few songs I used to listen to almost every day for spans of weeks or months in junior high and then again in college. I even used it to meditate myself to sleep at night in college (workload stress made it hard to fall asleep). I also used Oldfield's "Hergest Ridge" and "Ommadawn" to try to fall asleep.
P.S. I see a lot of Mike Oldfield posts on this thread, but I didn't see this one. If it is posted on some previous page, there was no accompanying text with it in order to produce a search result.
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Lobo - I'd love you to want Me
Kinda sounds like the BeeGees, around that same time.
Kinda sounds like the BeeGees, around that same time.