Grasshopper

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DeAge™ : 7973 days • Here since 11 august 2004

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The Mothers Of Invention Freak Out!

13 nov 06

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The incredible thing is that it still hadn't been reviewed. Gap filled excellently.

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Sinfonia n. 6 "Patetica"

13 nov 06

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I join Massimof, including the recommendation. Thank goodness it wasn’t among those I had planned. However, the Quinta is, although who knows when, less known and, in my opinion, just as inspired as this one, and perhaps even more desperately sad.

Johann Sebastian Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato - Libro I (Glenn Gould)

13 nov 06

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A JoP: violin and oboe indeed. I said something silly earlier: there is no such thing as harpsichord and oboe. That Adagio, you know.... I take this opportunity to tell you directly what I had put in a private message which probably didn't get through (the response was that the inbox was blocked or something like that). Nothing special, just that in this review I included a link to "Arte della fuga" through which your piece on the work in question opens. A link that didn’t work before, but which the excellent Nani have since managed to redirect. I take this chance to compliment you on that review, and not just that one.

Johann Sebastian Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato - Libro I (Glenn Gould)

13 nov 06

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I didn't know that... also because, as Paolo Conte says, "I speak German poorly, sorry, pardon." Thank you for bringing it up. Instead, I knew of an interview, I think it was with Augias, with the musicologist Roman Vlad, in a supplement of "Repubblica" from many years ago, where they discussed this adoration of Beethoven for Handel. In fact, one thing does not exclude the other, although in my opinion, Bach is enormously greater than his illustrious contemporary (1685).

Johann Sebastian Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato - Libro I (Glenn Gould)

10 nov 06

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I don't know precisely if Beethoven said it, but he surely must have thought it. I've read somewhere that according to him, Handel was the best musician of his time, which, besides not being true (with all due respect for Handel, who is still great), would clash with his admiration for Bach. But perhaps the book where I read that was a bit off.

Johann Sebastian Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato - Libro I (Glenn Gould)

10 nov 06

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Even the largo (or adagio?) of the harpsichord concerto BWV 1060, sometimes performed for harpsichord and oboe, is no joke when it comes to enchanted atmosphere... Bach is inexhaustible in this regard.

Renato Zero Zerofobia

10 nov 06

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To the pippocalippo, I would like to say that I am a peculiar type, one of those who stubbornly seeks Quality, convinced that it exists and that not everything depends on personal taste. With this, I do not claim to be right, because there is no term more vague than "quality," and everyone measures it in their own way: there are those who base it on the number of copies sold, so for them, Ramazzotti and Pausini are the best. I measure it based on the feelings that an album or an artist in general can give me, and already from this, it is clear that this is a very personal measurement.

Johann Sebastian Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato - Libro I (Glenn Gould)

10 nov 06

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Concerts are a bit of a middle ground: I don't know why, but in that case, the dialogue between a harpsichord (or 2, or 3, or even 4) soloist and orchestra appeals to me much more than the bare monologue of a "naked" harpsichord. But I think personal tastes play a significant role as well.

Johann Sebastian Bach Il clavicembalo ben temperato - Libro I (Glenn Gould)

10 nov 06

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I completely agree with JoP. I heard a concert by Bob Van Asperen live, one of the best harpsichordists out there, and it was already a spectacle, but then the same Bach played by the "very faithful" Rosalyn Tureck seemed to me like it was from another planet. Yet, the harpsichord fascinates me, for example in the Brandenburg Concertos, in the Orchestral Suites, and so on, where it forms a part of the orchestral texture. As a solo instrument, a little less.

Renato Zero Zerofobia

10 nov 06

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My reasoning lacked a fundamental premise which is the following: "In my opinion... etc." Then if someone wants to wipe the slate clean of all singer-songwriters taking the term literally (and therefore including Toto Cutugno, who also writes "canzoni"), they are perfectly entitled to do so. Personally, I think that overall there is an abyss between De André and Zero, even if (I repeat for the umpteenth time) I loved several of Renato’s songs, especially until I was about 16-17 years old. Then, partly because my tastes changed, and mainly due to his decline, I got bored with him, although I still think there is much worse out there.