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What are you listening to? Part III

I have this album, but didn't realize there was a DVD of the Barcelona cocert; off to amazoid again tomorrow. Haven't seen Chick interact with dancers before; its all part of the performance.

 
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BotchQue said:
I have this album, but didn't realize there was a DVD of the Barcelona cocert; off to amazoid again tomorrow. Haven't seen Chick interact with dancers before; its all part of the performance.

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That reminds me... have you seen the Stevie Wonder version? He does it in B flat minor, a half-step down from the original key. I've learned it in both keys for my own sake--no one ever calls it in Stevie's key.

 
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"Ave Verum Corpus," which I have the pleasure of writing a piano arrangement of. What a beautiful piece! I'd never heard it until I started working on the arrangement. I've been playing the track over and over and over again until I can sing each of the inner and outer voices along with it, I love doing these kinds of things, it's so much fun!
 
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The very interesting triple album released in 1980.

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HDFan said:
Just discovered the most extraordinary pianist, Cliburn gold medalist at just 18 years old:


some pianists pound the keys. He makes love to them, caressing each key to do its best, aggressively if needed. Reminds me of the frothy way Liberace played.

His Beethoven Piano Concerto #5 with the Gwangju Symphony orchestra is an acoustic delight.
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Yunchan is one of the best living pianists, I say this without exaggeration, some of his performances are THAT good. Obviously his Liszt is fantastic, a highlight for me.

It is exceptionally rare to declare "one of the greatest living" about someone who's barely started their career. If this is what he can do at 18 I can't begin to wrap my brain around what he'll be capable of doing during his 20s and beyond. Look at Argerich, Zimmerman, Kissin, or any of the other greats still active today, they are all still brilliant players and Argerich is 82 BLOODY YEARS OLD!!!!!!! We're going to get another few decades of Yunchan at his prime, innovating, and continuing to amaze.

I remember the first time I heard his Rachmaninov concerto no.3 (also performed at Cliburn). It is unreasonable for it to be that sublime. I've heard many great interpretations of that piece but nobody does the second movement like him. The first time I listened it was on in the background but once he reached the second movement I stopped what I was doing, opened the video in fullscreen and didn't move a muscle until the piece finished.

 
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"Eternal Father, Strong to Save."
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The version which gives me the most goosebumps is in the "Little Ducks" track on the Crimson Tide soundtrack. Acapella male chorus. Unfortunately a shortened version.

Edited: it is also on the Roll Tide track but also too short.
 
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zakarhino said:
Yunchan is one of the best living pianists, I say this without exaggeration, some of his performances are THAT good. Obviously his Liszt is fantastic, a highlight for me.

It is exceptionally rare to declare "one of the greatest living" about someone who's barely started their career. If this is what he can do at 18 I can't begin to wrap my brain around what he'll be capable of doing during his 20s and beyond. Look at Argerich, Zimmerman, Kissin, or any of the other greats still active today, they are all still brilliant players and Argerich is 82 BLOODY YEARS OLD!!!!!!! We're going to get another few decades of Yunchan at his prime, innovating, and continuing to amaze.

I remember the first time I heard his Rachmaninov concerto no.3 (also performed at Cliburn). It is unreasonable for it to be that sublime. I've heard many great interpretations of that piece but nobody does the second movement like him. The first time I listened it was on in the background but once he reached the second movement I stopped what I was doing, opened the video in fullscreen and didn't move a muscle until the piece finished.

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This is brilliant.

My father would have loved it.
 
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Since BIS Records got sold to Apple recently...


I absolutely love Sampson's voice, it's perfect for lieder. Amazing sound quality as always from BIS as well.
 
I spent some time earlier listening to some piano tracks:

A few from Yann Tiersen, some from Luke Slott, a couple from Ludovico Einaudi, and, of course, the haunting and timeless music of Erik Satie.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
I spent some time earlier listening to some piano tracks:

A few from Yann Tiersen, some from Luke Slott, a couple from Ludovico Einaudi, and, of course, the haunting and timeless music of Erik Satie.
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I love Yann Tierson, I need to listen to more of his stuff. In fact, I recently was helping someone out who was writing a Yann Tierson-inspired piece for a video game.
 
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rm5 said:
I love Yann Tierson, I need to listen to more of his stuff. In fact, I recently was helping someone out who was writing a Yann Tierson-inspired piece for a video game.
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I love Yann Tiersen, also.

Actually, I have heard him play live (my mother also enjoyed his music, - for, we had seen Amélie together and loved it - and we attended the concert where he played together) around 15 years ago.

Some of his CDs (I have most of them) are excellent; his album EUSA - which I listened to today - is nothing but piano music, quite wonderful.

I have also heard Luke Slott (another exceptionally gifted composer and performer) play live.
 
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@rm5: There is an exquisite track (a sole piano, unlike the rest of the soundtrack) on the soundtrack (a fantastic CD), of the movie Amélie named "Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi".

Actually, from what I can see, the soundtrack of the movie Amélie came from a number of tracks taken from his first two or three albums (yes, I have them all): La Valse Des Monstres, Le Phare, and Rue des cascades, plus several original pieces of music written for the movie.

(Hence, the soundtrack of the movie is well worth listening to, it is a superb album).
 
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@rm5: Another soundtrack that Yann Tiersen wrote is that for the German film/movie "Goodbye, Lenin!"; it features lots of solo piano, some pieces with piano and other instrumentation, yet others are instrumental, a beautiful and bitter sweet soundtrack to a bitter-sweet film/movie.

I don't know whether you have come across it, but I recommend that you listen to it (and watch the movie if possible; yes, as with Amélie, it has English sub-titles - for the movie, in this case, takes place in the German language, whereas Amélie was in French).

Anyway, I am listening to the soundtrack for "Goodbye, Lenin!" just now.
 
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@Scepticalscribe again what I was talking about... piano, bass, and tenor sax. I'm lucky to know all three of them—they're local musicians from back home who just released this record, they're simply unmatched! I didn't know they made a record together, this must be very recent.

 
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