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What are you listening to? Part III
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I wish I were musically adept enough to suss out complicated passages on the piano 😁
My favorite recording is Michel Piquemal on Naxos. It's one of the only recordings of the "reduced orchestra" version available (Duruflé wrote three versions of the Requiem: organ only, organ + reduced orchestra, and full orchestra). The organ only version is the most commonly recorded, but the "reduced orchestra" version I think sounds best.
I haven't listened to much of Ry Cooder's solo stuff. I do love the record he did with the Buena Vista Social Club, though.
A "reduced orchestra" version seems interesting. I have access to Naxos through the school, I'll see if I can find it. I also don't know much background about Durufle's Requiem, so I also didn't know there was an organ only version, either. The full orchestra one is what I'm familiar with.
Each to their own. Sounds like my idea of hell.
Here some more of the sublime Dire Straits.
First Fire of the year, starting with Van Morrison.
Elton John - Yell Help/Wednesday Night/Ugly. Had it playing at the very end of the last flight today, and it's been stuck in my head ever since I got off the plane.
14 days ago I discovered a band that existed since 2008 and has 6 studio albums.
To be honest, it were the two last singles of their latest album that connected with my musical taste, and in the meantime I found out that there self-titled album is also my cup of tea.
To be honest, it were the two last singles of their latest album that connected with my musical taste, and in the meantime I found out that there self-titled album is also my cup of tea.
Was on a business trip to Lockheed Martin in LA, got very sick and spent the afternoon/evening in the hotel room. MTV had a contest where budding film-makers (this was before the intranets) submitted their Videos to Madonna’s “True Love”. The battery in the TV remote was dead, and I was too sick to walk over to the TV to turn it off, so I heard that stupid song over and over, with some truly bad videos, for way too many hours.
That was MY idea of hell; TG “True Love” was not included on her first Greatest Hits (I generally appreciated Madonna).
Excellent choices. Here a selection from our kitchen playlist whilst we cooked together.
Played this in Jr High jazz band, and drove my Dad crazy trying to learn it all on my Mom’s upright piano; I’m 65 now. This track still kills, what a fantastic recording!
