Showing posts with label 20-Track Playlists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20-Track Playlists. Show all posts
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Norwegian Composers On Spotify

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"The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance" — Lewis Thomas The ...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Smithsonian Folkways on Spotify, A Sampler

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As a postscript for the Bob Dylan post , I made a 20-track playlist for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. See tracklist below. The 20 album...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Chopin For Japan

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20 great renditions of Chopin's e minor prelude, plus one more played by one Jack Nicholson. Here's the Spotify playlist: Chopin E...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Most Significant Piano Work of the Millennium

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At least the eminent Charles Rosen said so . If you are interested in this magnificent composition, J.S. Bach's The Musical Offering ,...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Greatest Opus One Ever?

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Berg by Schoenberg A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but the title may not be far off the mark,  provided we don't take Bach's l...
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

John Cage: Number Pieces

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Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all had wonderful holidays. I've been doing a lot of reading recently, and, I found myself listening t...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

A Brief History of Post-World War II Music

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I am always fascinated by the seemingly incongruous worlds of music and other historical events. Isn't it a bit surreal that the last gu...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Winter Music, When You Dream of Springtime

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Mozart: Schlittenfahrt (Sleigh Ride) Michael Finnissy : Snowdrift Howard Blake:  Walking In The Air Prokofiev:  Cinderella -The Winter ...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

A Sampler of Brahms's Solo Piano Music

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"For me, the slow movement is the most beautiful love music after Tristan, and the most erotic." Claudio Arrau on Brahms' Pia...
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