I do. I really like the cello. It has such a unique sound and you can do so many things with it.
You can make pretty music:
You can play something that a lot of people wouldn't think is pretty:
You can use it for comedy:
You can rock:
You can get a bunch of your cello buddies and really rock:
But you can also take things to far with your cello buddies and play something you probably shouldn't:
You can do lullabies with a group of other musicians:
You can do television theme songs:
You can tango:
You can be so damn amazing yet no one has ever heard of you (Pawel Walerowski (wearing ballcap)):
Sorry. I'm digressing. I just think Pawel should be as regarded as Yo-Yo Ma. More of him:
And some more (sound clip).
See? Pawel? Awesome. Cello? Awesome. Hope you enjoy as much as I do.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Late music acquisition
I have wanted Yo-Yo Ma's album, Vivaldi's Cello, since before it came out in 2004 but I finally got around to acquiring a copy this week. I love it. Finding a lousy recording of Yo-Yo Ma is like finding an Oktoberfest in downtown Miami. It just ain't going to happen.
Amazingly, despite Sony's vigilance, I found a Youtube clip to demonstrate the album for y'all:
These are tracks 7-9 on the album.
One of the things I love most about this album is that, oh my word, Vivaldi wrote music other than The Four Seasons. No, really, he did! Only one track on this album contains music from Vivaldi's most recognized work. It's nice to get to hear recordings of some different Vivaldi pieces.
Speaking of which, I do have an incredible recording of The Four Seasons. Entitled The Compleat Four Seasons, the music is done by Musica Anima with Arnie Roth conducting and playing violin. What's really neat about it is that it also contains Patrick Stewart reading the sonnets that Antonio Vivaldi originally wrote to go with the music. And despite it making me giggle whenever Stewart reads the line in Summer which goes "the cuckoo raises its voice" (something about the way Stewart pronounces cuckoo strikes me as funny), I love every other aspect of the recording.
Wow. The Roth/Stewart album came out in 1995. I feel so old.
Amazingly, despite Sony's vigilance, I found a Youtube clip to demonstrate the album for y'all:
These are tracks 7-9 on the album.
One of the things I love most about this album is that, oh my word, Vivaldi wrote music other than The Four Seasons. No, really, he did! Only one track on this album contains music from Vivaldi's most recognized work. It's nice to get to hear recordings of some different Vivaldi pieces.
Speaking of which, I do have an incredible recording of The Four Seasons. Entitled The Compleat Four Seasons, the music is done by Musica Anima with Arnie Roth conducting and playing violin. What's really neat about it is that it also contains Patrick Stewart reading the sonnets that Antonio Vivaldi originally wrote to go with the music. And despite it making me giggle whenever Stewart reads the line in Summer which goes "the cuckoo raises its voice" (something about the way Stewart pronounces cuckoo strikes me as funny), I love every other aspect of the recording.
Wow. The Roth/Stewart album came out in 1995. I feel so old.
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