What are you listening to?

[Drummer06]

I'm in the mood for hardcore punk rock lately.

Do you ever Listen to Green Day?

D6

[juufa72]

I'm in the mood for hardcore punk rock lately.

Do you ever Listen to Green Day?

D6

Green Day? Are you joking? That's not hard-core. Listen to these:

As I Lay Dying
Hatebreed
Throwdown

In fact I am listening to Throwdown's "Burn" right now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fninRnmVRHw

[PianistSk8er]

Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, played by Perlman, Heifetz, Vengerov...

I've been comparing recordings as it's my latest favourite concerto!

I also saw it in concert a few nights ago, played by Jacques Israelievitch. Not bad, not bad at all!

PS

[Drummer06]

Sorry Juufa, When he said that I thought he meant it like, Punk, Hardcore and Rock.
I did not know that he meant all those Genres Together.

I guess I better Read the Whole post next time.

P.S I lay Dying and Demon Hunter are two of my Favorite Hardcore bands.

D6

[PianistSk8er]

Some Mozart chamber music. At the moment, the Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478, played by Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo and Yo-Yo Ma.

Beautiful music!

PS

[Lya]

Rafal Blechacz's concert at Verbier (Bach's italian concerto, three Liszt's etudes, Chopin's mazurkas and his 3rd sonata).

And Chopin's mazurka and 7th waltz on bis

[PianistSk8er]

Listening to Leif Ove Andsnes play Grieg's Lyric Pieces (Book VIII, Op. 65).

Rather sublime playing...

PS

[Drummer06]

Right now I am listening to the Chopin Etudes, Performed by Polloini

[PianistSk8er]

Elgar cello concerto as performed by Yo-Yo Ma, as well as Jacqueline du Pré.

I am completely addicted... It's stuck in my head!

[PianistSk8er]

Listening to Rubinstein playing Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy...

He really was one of the finest musicians of the 20th century...

[PianistSk8er]

Zimerman playing Rach's first and second piano concerti...

[juufa72]

Zimerman playing Rach's first and second piano concerti...

pshhh....Andre Watts: power, finesse, beauty and speed where it counts.

[Drummer06]

Rachmaninov's prelude in C# minor being played by Simon Trpceski.

He plays with so much of passion at the end of the piece... Absolutely Amazing!


D6

[PJF]

I'm watching my Horowitz videos/DVDs; at this moment (yes; at 4AM, my time), I'm about to start watching his 1978 performance of (Zubin Mehta conducting) Rach's 3rd concerto. (Complete with egregious note errors (after the first third of the 1st movement at the "Piu Mosso"), Horowitz and Mehta sharing almost coy glances.

Ever since I had back surgery a few weeks ago to correct a herniated L5/S1 disc, (I'm doing just fine) I've relied upon all my videos of great performances to keep my musical self occupied: from Gould's D minor Bach Concerto to Pollini's rare video performance of 2 Mozart concertos, along with Beethoven's piano concertos #3in C minor and #5 in Eb major and a Brahms concerto, (Isn't it funny how there are practically no videos of Pollini playing Mozart?) to Perahia's wonderful Schubert Impromptus, all the live recitals and more studioesque recordings, such as Valentina Lisitsa's Chopin Etudes, are keeping me entertained and mentally focused during my convalescence.

I've also started brushing up on my music theory. Playing lots of "air piano" along with recordings is keeping my hand/ear coordination from totally disintegrating in (what will be, after all is said and done, 5 months) away from practicing.

So the short answer is, I'm listening to an awful lot lately. Here's a perfect example: Trout Quintet with The Fab 5

[PianistSk8er]

I'm about to start watching his 1978 performance of (Zubin Mehta conducting) Rach's 3rd concerto.

Many years ago, this was the first recording I heard of this concerto, and it remains one of my favourites today... despite the wrong notes!

Here's a perfect example: Trout Quintet with The Fab 5

Wow, they all look so young! What a great group of musicians...

I wish you a full and speedy recovery!