Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: Vertimus
Originally posted by: Descartes
Holy hell that's a lot. I have a few thousand, at least; I've never really counted. I have probably 50 actual CDs and who knows how many mp3s.
BTW, I watched Mitsuko Uchida perform 2 Mozart Piano Concertos last week and I'll be watching Itzhak Perlman perform a couple Beethoven and Mozart violin concertos/sonatas this coming WednesdayI also saw 5 of Beethoven's String Quartets performed on last Sunday and Monday.
Where do you live? Perlman never comes up to Minnesota. I guess it's too cold
Plus, the tickets are like way out of my parents budget range.
Yeah, the tickets are a little expensive. I was lucky enough to get the front row in the orchestra section, but depending on the performance (quartet vs. a piano concerto, for example) I might instead sit on the balcony so I get a better view of the pianist, orchestra, etc.
I'm in Cleveland, but I don't really live here; I'm just here on business and I have a home elsewhere. I was lucky enough to see Itzhak perform in my hometown of Tulsa a few years ago as well. One of my favorite violinists is Gil Shaham, but I haven't had the opportunity to see him perform yet. Have you heard him play? It's incredible.
I have a video of him playing the brahms violin concerto. Found it on donkey some nights ago. Yes, it is very amazing.
I probably should go listen to corelli. However, I only listen to what I can find on bt/donkey. Buying cds is too expensive, especially since i'm too young to have a job
The beethoven's fifth concerto is one of the first pieces I became familiar with. I haven't heard the first, but I like the third a lot.
What's more distinctive about beethoven's style is in his piano sonatas and string quartets. Some weekends when I'm overloaded with work, I listen through all 11 cds of the Richard Goode cds I've got in a single chronlogical run.
I've been longing to get ahold of Emerson's recording of the string quarters for a while now, but the alban berg I have is also pretty good.
Sadly, I don't know much about Mozart's piano concertos. It's hard to find a decent recording on bittorrent/donkey since there's so many people that record these concertos.
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I dont' understand how someone can sit for 5 hours listening to him The liszt sonata (b minor) is one song I abosolutely love. I've got about 9 recordings of it; the one by Li Yundi is my favorite.
I play the piano, although high school is too much work for practice. I only take lessons over the summer now. I played the violin a couple years back, when middle school required students to learn a musical instrument (other than piano).
This is a great book on the style of the classical period; it covers heavily Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It discusses the forms developed (sonata, concerto, etc.) both in qualitative and quantitative (music theory) aspects. Good read if you have spare cycles
Thanks, I'll check it out
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