Watch Les Miserables In Concert%3a The 25Th Anniversary Dailymotion

(Someone once commented that she must have a cerebellum the size of a watermelon hidden under that still magnificent head of hair). She is still at it, also well advanced in years, and keeps intact the extraordinary ability to play, those passages that allow for it, at supersonic speed but with perfect articulation. Someone asked him how he could manage to play so well when he could not see well enough what he or the conductor were doing and he answered: вЂњWell, I still can hear the orchestra and know where all the keys are in the keyboard.вЂќ Second in my list: Martha Argerich. I must say my favorite is Arthur Rubinstein, who kept playing flawlessly until he retired when he was already in his late eighties. Horowitz was indeed a great pianist, although he declined noticeably at the end of his career. I still might be pleasantly surprised, who knows. OK, the deed is done, now letвЂ™s wait and see if anything more ever happens here. The way perhaps, as the old saying goes, вЂњAngels play Bach to God (and Mozart to each other)вЂќ: However, this is my own favorite recording, because her playing is so simple, so clear and, well, so right. And of transcriptions for several different instruments, some scored by the likes of Brahms and some played by artists with names like AndrГ©s Segovia on guitar, for example. I have recordings of this particular piece by some of the greatest performers of the XX Century, some still alive and playing today, some, sadly, no longer so on one, or even both counts. For more reference, she is a Virginian and hails from that stateвЂ™s Appalachian Piedmont, in the USA. This second example is 17 minutesвЂ™ long and is from the breakout album that brought its then sixteen-year old performer to world attention and marked the start of her brilliant international career, one she is still at with continuing success. And without doing a lot of watching, at that: This first one is 24 minutesвЂ™ long and remarkable for the beautiful and sensitive playing, but more than that, also for the fact that, unlike what is common practice when playing chamber music, the two performers not only do not have the score in front of them, to help stay in sync, but the cellist keeps his eyes shut pretty much throughout, so it is up to the pianist to watch him, now and then, to keep both going together. If you dare go in there, then make sure the Ad Blocker is fully on, so you can enjoy all the beautiful notes, chords and melodies without having to consider toilet cleaning products as well.

They are among my favorites, and the many ecstatic comments and their two million-plus views each might give some support to that. To open up proceedings, besides choosing a hard-hitting title I hope will provoke some people to react at all, here are two links to an equal number of not very long performances by good musicians, posted on YouTube.

That conversation I just mentioned was completely off topic, but maintained enthusiastically by several of us, until KP blew her whistle and the concurrence adjourned sine die and in a hurry (although Wavy made up for that, to some extent, by starting a thread on PDQ Bach, also in вЂњFun StuffвЂќ.) Now, I donвЂ™t expect this topic to set WoodyвЂ™s on fire (although one never knows here.) But one discussion earlier on gives me a glimmer of hope this shanвЂ™t be a totally wasted effort. ItвЂ™s been a slow day, and suddenly, as it nears its end, I вЂve had this idea of вЂњClassical MusicвЂќ being a topic for a new thread in вЂњFun StuffвЂќ.

Watch Les Miserables In Concert%3a The 25Th Anniversary Dailymotion