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Thank you, wanderer :)

Yes, wanderer, in this respect it's certainly the best way. If you've been cautious about these sounds until now, let me know. Bye :)

Dear all, two things very quickly to immediately clear up some misunderstandings that have emerged so far (let’s call them that). First of all, I apologize for the length of the review (but no one, as usual, is obliged to read...), but unfortunately, it’s not easy to discuss these topics without risking becoming a river in flood, at least when there is a real passion involved. After all, one could write a book on this work. I also "apologize" for the "erudite" tones, or rather the presumed ones, but I must say regarding this that after reading those passages by Mann (created with the complicity of Adorno...) I only wished to share them with you because I found them simply marvelous, and I would have liked to talk about nothing else... I hope that someone can appreciate more than Socrates Icon, and I thank you and Aeneas; if that’s not the case, patience. Then someone else will prefer to read other things like our Punisher, and consequently, write other things just like our Punisher; to each their own, I would say... I must add, however, that I did not appreciate at all the rest of our Punisher's comment, because he shifts from the review and music to the reviewer, giving an unnecessary, trivial, and stupid judgment, but nonetheless consistent with his little character (I hope you won’t complain because judgment calls for judgment, Punny). Well, frankly, he could have spared us this crude outburst, but since he didn’t, patience... it speaks for itself. I hope not to have to read other nonsense like this. As for the rest, I don’t know the versions mentioned by Punisher – who rates this album without having listened to it, another sign of stupidity – but honestly, discussing the greatness of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli seems utterly pointless to me. I conclude by saying that giving four to this album and this work, of unique complexity and importance, makes absolutely no sense to me, it is completely incomprehensible. If anything, I will return to the topic tomorrow. Bye.

Beautiful proposal and equally beautiful reading, Socrates. Among your reviews, this is perhaps the one I liked the most, because while reading, I had the impression that you completely let yourself go; in short, I saw so much genuine passion. De-recommended :)

We talked about it some time ago with Copernicus in his review of this album (to which I refer) that I liked very much. I had sensed an overall feeling and at the same time the fact that Katché did not position himself as the protagonist of these pieces, and from what I read, perhaps that was not a wrong idea. Personal note: my copy purchased in the store for 20 euros and receiving one back as change, after a few months you come along boasting a price from Chinese competition... I need to evolve :)))

Antonio, don’t worry and stay calm. It can happen that there are different feelings in front of the same thing, and if you think about it, that’s where the beauty lies. Because if we all had the same feelings, if we were always in agreement on everything, if there were no nuances and differences in perspective, the world would truly be a deadly bore. Bye :) [ps: mine isn’t detachment, I really don’t want to get into this discussion, I swear :)]

Well, it's a shame the theme of beauty was and is a nice theme, it will come back :)

Great album gabbox, it was a nighttime listen. Thx for the recommendation (on the other hand, I didn't like bojafondo tango club, they weren't very refined, maybe if we talk about it again).

There are certainly objective values, but we must always understand the level of analysis without confusing them and keeping in mind that not all are within our reach, obviously, while subjective ones are always within our grasp by definition :) good finding, I’m now moving on to Dino Saluzzi since it’s been a while since I listened to him, and today, given the weather, seems like the perfect day :) as for the issue raised, it would be interesting to open a decent forum for once, perhaps starting from Paolo's interesting idea, see you :)

I don't remember for sure now, but wasn't one of the tracks on this CD covered by US3? This could also mean that, after all, it hasn't been forgotten; quite the opposite. As for Cesaria Evora, I recommend the beautiful "Live at Olympia" in Paris—a great album.