Grasshopper

DeRank ™: 5,88

DeAge™ : 7973 days • Here since 11 august 2004

Carole King Tapestry

28 sep 05

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Great album, further proof that not all best sellers are garbage. Excellent review, which by the way was on my agenda, even if not quite next in line.

Ivano Fossati Lindbergh (Lettere da sopra la pioggia)

27 sep 05

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No, in my opinion the best is "La pianta del tè". This one comes next, then I would place "Discanto", "Ventilazione" (perhaps the most rock album ever produced by an Italian singer-songwriter), "Macramé", "La disciplina della terra". At first, I also had a modest impression of "Lampo viaggiatore", but gradually I liked it more and more. However, it's not a masterpiece.

Bob Dylan Street Legal

27 sep 05

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I bought it directly on CD, so I didn't have the chance to "appreciate" the messes of the original. The third and unfortunately last album of the splendid triad of mature Bob Dylan (along with "Blood on the Tracks" and "Desire") is perhaps the richest in terms of melodic themes. Just think of an exuberant and almost "baroque" track like "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" and measure the abyssal distance between this Dylan and the sparse folk singer of his early days, who still had his charm. For me, it’s records like this that make Dylan not only a poet but also a great musician.

Bob Dylan Blood On The Tracks

27 sep 05

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Even if it's not the best, it certainly is one of the best, and it truly belongs to that kind of magnificent trilogy of mature Dylan that, in my opinion, reaches its peak with "Desire" but has its solid pillars in this splendid album and in the almost equally valid "Street Legal." In defiance of those who say that Dylan ended in the '60s.

Sergei Rachmaninoff Concerto per pianoforte n° 3 in re minore

26 sep 05

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Advice for Kobra: "Ear problems? Dr. Eustachio Recchia, ENT specialist. He also clears the most stubborn earwax (because to not hear anything while listening to Rach 3, you must really have quite a bit in there...)"

Olivier Messiaen Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps

26 sep 05

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It's true that I was a young and naïve Debaser user for just a month, but how I missed this classic review on Debaser is still beyond me. What can I do to atone for not including Josi, who is its founder, in the Debaser Classical Club? For now, I can properly rate this splendid review, albeit belatedly. Then, I can go to the Public Library and borrow this record, which I've had my eye on but don't know.

Dire Straits Extended Dance Play

26 sep 05

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Given your expertise, I was expecting a comment on my review of Mark Knopfler's "Screenplaying." Is it possible that you missed it?

Keith Jarrett Händel: Suites for Keyboard

26 sep 05

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In Venexiana, I would say that to accuse classical music (and those who appreciate it) of cerebralism could not have chosen worse: if there is an author of simplicity and immediate enjoyment, it is precisely Handel, as is pointed out several times in the review.

Keith Jarrett Händel: Suites for Keyboard

26 sep 05

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Listed among the must-know albums: I only have the harpsichord version of these suites, but if the eternity of certain "baroque" music—just because it was composed in the 18th century—applies to Bach as interpreted by Gould, why shouldn’t it also apply to Handel as played by Keith Jarrett? Let’s see…

Claudio Baglioni Oltre (Cd1-Cd2)

26 sep 05

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I agree with The Punisher and primiballi: an excellent creator of classical-sounding melodies, although sometimes overly sentimental, a terrible lyricist full of mush, sentimentality (I Vecchi), and clichés. Here, at least, he attempted a different approach even in the lyrics, with mixed results.