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  1. La Chronique du disque (September 2012)

    by , Sep-25-2012 at 09:00 (Pierre's Tuesday Blog)
    En français

    The rules will be kept simple: here’s what I found, here’s where I found it, here’s a couple of sentences about it and (possibly) some opinions.

    Not unlike Olympic Figure Skating, I will provide two sets of marks (letters A to D) on sound quality (SQ) and on overall impression (OI). These grades are entirely subjective, but here are some guidelines:

    • About “sound quality”: my point of reference is my iPod (160 GB iPod Classic) with standard
    ...

    Updated Sep-25-2012 at 11:32 by itywltmt

    Categories
    Classical Music , Recorded Music
  2. Touch: Chapter 16

    by , Sep-20-2012 at 04:40
    Nadia left early in the morning to get to her own home and clean herself up. Tonight would be the last session of work, and then it would be done! 2 and a half months of work finally came to this.

    But with all honesty, whenever Nadia came back to her home every day, she felt something missing there. For a long time, Nadia was able to ignore this uneasiness in her own home, but now she realized what it was: Andrei wasn't there.

    The more time she spent at Andrei's the ...
  3. Touch: Chapter 15

    by , Sep-20-2012 at 04:39
    Down the spiral staircase they went, gripping the walls and taking very slow steps. It was so black that Nadia's eyes were hurting. She was surprised there wasn't a lantern or something to be seen.

    Coming to the bottom, she said to Andrei, "Now I know how you feel a little. Are you alright?"

    "Yes I am, but I hope you are."

    "I am, but it was a bit frightening."

    "I'm sorry. Let's go then."
    ...
  4. Once Upon the Internet – Mozart Concertos on MP3.COM

    by , Sep-18-2012 at 09:00 (Pierre's Tuesday Blog)
    En français
    Mozart ...and Much More!

    This month’s Once Upon the Internet is a look at a trio of concertos by Mozart. Let’s begin with the last two…

    Toronto Symphony Principal chairs Frederick Rizner and Joaquin Valdepenas collaborated with the English Chjamber Orchestra on a Summit Records album of three Mozart concertos. I can’t remember iof MP3.Com provided the Valdepenas Clarinet concerto, but it did provide the pair of horn concertos I am proposing today. ...

    Updated Sep-18-2012 at 11:33 by itywltmt

    Categories
    Classical Music , Recorded Music
  5. Mozart Recital from the Gardner Museum

    by , Sep-11-2012 at 09:00 (Pierre's Tuesday Blog)
    En français
    Mozart ...and Much More!

    Our second Mozrt and Much More post is a set of three pieces performed in recital at the Gardner Museum of Boston – which we visited often this summer in our Sonata series.


    To begin, Mozart's Piano Quartet G minor, K. 478, is considered the first major piece composed for piano quartet in the chamber music repertoire. Cast in Mozart's most dramatic key, the ...

    Updated Sep-11-2012 at 11:29 by itywltmt

    Categories
    Classical Music , Musicians , Concerts
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