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  1. Ziad
    Tue, 3rd Nov '09 3:38pm
    Ziad
    Thanks for the recommendation, I'll look for them. Any particular recording?
  2. Ziad
    Wed, 23rd Sep '09 12:39am
    Ziad
    Forgot to ask you! How was Saturday's concert?
  3. Ziad
    Wed, 16th Sep '09 4:46pm
    Ziad
    Oh by the way I booked for Scheherazade too, being played in spring here in Montreal. Can't wait!
  4. Ziad
    Tue, 15th Sep '09 4:21pm
    Ziad
    I don't know the other two either...

    I would just go and be surprised by them. You already know the major piece anyway.
  5. T2Bruno
    Sun, 23rd Aug '09 5:02am
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  6. Ziad
    Tue, 11th Aug '09 8:13am
    Ziad
    I've not heard Shostakovich's piano concertos. His symphonies are a bit aggressive (the 5th especially); most of the pieces he did while Stalin was still alive express his frustration. His cello concerto is really cool but very bizzarre. Fun trivia: he sneaked in a variation on Stalin's favourite nursery rhyme as an "homage"! (I assume Stalin didn't catch it)

    If you like piano concertos, must-haves: Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Rachmaninov, #2 of each. For Tchaikovsky's you have to be very careful because recordings are incredibly rare (there's about a dozen all told and not all exist as CDs) and most of them are butchered and missing about half of the 2nd movement (which naturally is the best part in the entire piece). If you can find the recording with Peter Donohoe it's my personal favourite interpretation, although sadly it's not the best recording (the piano is recorded at a much softer volume and so gets drowned by the orchestra at some points).
  7. Ziad
    Tue, 11th Aug '09 8:12am
    Ziad
    Glad to hear you've recovered the iPod!

    Definitely don't miss Scheherazade! I've never heard it live so I'm a bit jealous. I've listened to many recordings and I don't remember the orchestras or who conducted them. But my favourite by far (and the on I bought) is Ferenc Fricsay conducting the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra (I think). Fricsay has a very unique sound; he gives the wind section a stronger presence than most, and he likes to use them as a bludgeon and contrast them with the strings. The contrast works really well with Scheherazade because of the extensive use of the first violin (especially the superbly lyrical theme of Scheherazade herself that keeps reappearing).
  8. Ziad
    Tue, 11th Aug '09 6:22am
    Ziad
    Yeah I don't blame you. They're long. There's one in particular that I find amazing, but I can't remember if it's the first or fourth.

    By the way I've recently started on Bela Bartok. Very highly recommended! It might sound very odd at first if you've not listened to 20th century classical but if you like Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Shostakovich, or any of the other moderns, you'll love it. These three I just cited are also great by the way, especially Shostakovich; if you can get hold of his 5th symphony it's amazing, and I was very lucky to listen to it live back when I was in Edinburgh
  9. Qwinn
    Tue, 21st Jul '09 4:44pm
    Qwinn
    Hullo deathmage... I should respond to your post here, right? Feel free to ask these in the forum, others might get use of the answers, no need to make 'em private

    Anyways. Glad you like the mods.

    1) Almost Maximum HP Tweak: We'll see. It's not a bad request. Not sure how to implement it, but it may be doable. I'll roll it around in my head for a while.

    2) The portal to exit the Candlestick area is on the east side of the room. You have to get pretty close to the right spot, and I think it has to be TNO near it. If you approach the area and hear the portal opening sound but it isn't actually opening, do two things: 1. save, reload, try again. 2. Let me know, cause that shouldn't be happening anymore.

    Qwinn
  10. Ziad
    Tue, 14th Jul '09 5:28am
    Ziad
    Haven't seen you on the boards or in the chatroom in a long time. How's everything? Stop by one of these days, I haven't had a classical music discussion with anyone in ages

    EDIT: You must have read my mind - I'd barely posted this that I saw you post in the BoM! Good to have you back!

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