Random thoughts (Warning: NOt PC)
Charles H. Chen
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Charlie's RANDOM thoughts on music
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My all-time favorite [exotic] pieces of [orchestral] music:
#1 Navarra, by Isaac Albeniz as arranged by Enrique Arbos.
(RCA 09026-62586-2 or London 433 905-2)
#2 Intermezzo from Goyescas, by Enrique Granados.
(RCA 09026-62586-2 or London 433 905-2)
#3 Final Dance from The Three-Cornered Hat, by Manuel de Falla.
(RCA 09026-62586-2 or Telarc CD80149)
Look for the RCA Living Stereo CD of the Reiner/Chicago Symphony performance.
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Favorite artists:
(for their art as well as their personal
contribution to the musical community)
#1 Glenn Could, pianist
#2 Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist
#3 Pierre Boulez, conductor
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Favorite Folk Styles:
#1 Spanish Flamenco guitar
#2 Irish bagpipe
I feel that the art form native to the Andalusian people called
Flamenco is folk music of the highest culture, and African rhythms,
on the other hand, is folk music of the lowest culture.
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Favorite pop songs:
#1 Save Your Love, by Bad Boys Blue (1993)
#2 You'll See, by Madonna (1996)
Bach is to music as Newton is to science, and likewise,
Mozart is to music as Einstein is to science.
I am a big fan of the authentic movement -- Baroque
music performed on original instruments.
I feel that unaccompanied Bach is music of the highest class.
Rap, on the other hand, is music of the lowest class. Yes.
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Favorite music reproduction electronics:
Digital front-end: Components from Audio Alchemy
Analogue amplification: by Classe Audio
Speakers: by Thiel
Interconnects: by MIT
It is important to have discriminating taste in order for art to have
meaning. For any one to see anything clearly, there must be enough
contrast. If you don't believe me, turn the contrast button on your
monitor all the way down -- you won't see as clearly. Discrimination is
essential for meaning. The day all art become called good art is the day
art dies.
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David Spence
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:It will be forever impossible to find, but how about a Glenn Gould piano
flamenco album. Can you hearing him shouting OLE after every other phrase,
to intersperse all the humming?
More seriously, did you go to the Boulez Mahler Ninth last fall? What did you
think?
David d...@neosoft.com
David d...@neosoft.co:
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Andre Jute
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> Charlie's RANDOM thoughts on music
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[[[[Important and interesting observations snipped to save bandwidth]]]]
> It is important to have discriminating taste in order for art to have
> meaning. For any one to see anything clearly, there must be enough
> contrast. If you don't believe me, turn the contrast button on your
> monitor all the way down -- you won't see as clearly. Discrimination is
> essential for meaning. The day all art become called good art is the day
> art dies.
>
And we might add that to advance knowledge or culture, someone must
first be willing to express an opinion obverse to the mass-held and take
the consequences.
Andre
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