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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Violin Concertos / Sinfonia Concertante

22 mar 09

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The mere presence of Claudio Abbado, my favorite conductor and, in my opinion, an absolute master in orchestral conducting (you can really tell by ear), automatically makes anything he touches exceptional. The softness of his performances is simply outstanding, and so characterizing that it proves to be almost as important as the composer of the music; a great genius of interpretation is Glenn Gould, of course, but I don't know many others. In my opinion, Abbado reached the peak of his interpretative art with Stravinsky (on which I hope to be able to write a review soon), but I am more than convinced that his exceptional talent has also shone through a composer that I don't particularly love, but whose enormous genius I easily recognize (how can you deny it?). I haven't heard the CD, but I know Abbado, I know the music on the CD, and I know the musicians: it doesn't seem excessive or reckless to me to give it a 5 on trust.

Antonio Di Pietro, Gianni Barbacetto Il Guastafeste

22 mar 09

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I quote from the first to the last letter typed by telespallabob. Comment #51 deserves 5 stars, and the heroic characters mentioned in #64 are not famous even a tenth of Mangano; let’s ask ourselves why.

Antonio Di Pietro, Gianni Barbacetto Il Guastafeste

22 mar 09

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I have a strong fondness for Di Pietro. He has the face of a good farmer and a sharp mind to match, knows how to speak (only the shameful "Striscia la notizia" stops at grammatical errors without seeing the substance), has a career behind him that is nothing short of commendable, and he has supporters across all political currents, including Travaglio (a significant endorsement). The concept of "giustizialismo" was invented by Silvio I to harm him for no reason, when all he has asked for is justice, not torture or political persecution. I haven't read the book yet, but I've been planning to buy it ever since I saw it in the bookstore; I will make up for it as soon as possible.

Orietta Berti Io, tu e le rose e altri successi

21 mar 09

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5 full stars for the comment by omahaceleb.

Orietta Berti Io, tu e le rose e altri successi

21 mar 09

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Two hundred fifty-eighth comment. I mean. There are two possibilities: either we are talking about a musical genius, or we are drifting off course. Voting for the CD is like shooting at the Red Cross, and sweet Orietta doesn't deserve that.

Vittorio Zucconi L'Aquila e il Pollo Fritto

20 mar 09

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Zucconi is the director of my favorite radio station; I hear him every day responding to listeners' messages with a sense of common sense, a lot of logic, and no small amount of irony. I haven't (yet) read the book, but I'm convinced that it's incredibly interesting and very well written.

Starsailor All the plans

19 mar 09

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I really like the cover, I haven't listened to the album yet (in fact, I stopped at "Silence Is Easy").

Mariah Carey Butterfly

19 mar 09

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Oops: the rating for the review is missing and the three stars came out as question marks. Well, they were three stars, anyway. ^_^'''

Mariah Carey Butterfly

19 mar 09

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Mariah Carey left us with her best works in the second half of the '90s, "Daydream," "Butterfly," and "Rainbow": they are truly remarkable trilogy, and perhaps the second album is the best (not just of the three, but of the singer's entire career). Her voice is at its peak, the melodies are remarkable, and the arrangements are well-crafted. Everything is very, very enjoyable. The fact that she has such an atomic figure that makes Rita Hayworth seem less atomic by comparison is another story, and this generates in those who see her the sensation that she is a bimbo and/or that she only succeeds because of her looks... truly listening to her would change the perspective on her. Recently, she has been declining in quality ("The Emancipation of Mimi" is a mixed bag, and I don’t like the latest one), but at the time, she was fantastic. I give three stars instead of four because she was exceptional, but the songs were not always completely there, so a very honest ??? is more than enough.

Antonio Vivaldi Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione (parte 1)

18 mar 09

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@ Grashopper: thank you so much for the beautiful comment. I agree with almost everything, and I want to emphasize that "classical music" is a term invented no more than a century ago to define a specific period of the 18th century, and not all instrumental music (this generalization of the expression makes no sense because I doubt that six centuries of music can fall under one huge genre, right?). About Ughi and Pollini: they exaggerate, but they’re not entirely wrong. About Allevi: he's full of himself beyond measure. About Activia: it's a hundred times better than Marco Cartaigienica, just to put it that way. Regarding ringtones: that's exactly what scares me; most people know the ringtones, but not the original source, and it risks banalization.