ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: speaking of cellos (see a couple of posts back)

Sunday, August 15, 2010

speaking of cellos (see a couple of posts back)

i coincidentially came across this at cynical-c

8 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...: I like the cello too. I'm partial to Bach's cello suite no. 1.; Sunday, August 15, 2010 6:23:00 PM
stray said...: After years of waking up to baroque bass lines from the next room, I'm partial to transcriptions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KXDmyUG-pw; Sunday, August 15, 2010 7:59:00 PM
stray said...: but here, a bit Old Skool, by way of a peace offering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSMuzDRV5NI; Sunday, August 15, 2010 8:06:00 PM
Unknown said...: beautiful and beautiful. i didn't realize how much villa-lobos 'appropriated' from bach. of course they're still VERY different.; Monday, August 16, 2010 5:25:00 AM
stray said...: Yeah, that's the cool thing about Bach, you can play the same piece on any instrument and it becomes a completely different piece.; Monday, August 16, 2010 7:53:00 AM
Unknown said...: i really do prefer beethoven though. tmy favorite is by neither.

my favorite opera is lakme (i know you're an opera peep, so i know you know it). of course delibes came much later in time than either of those two dudes.

there is something about the flower duet that makes me unable to move. i love the east village opera company's version.; Monday, August 16, 2010 8:05:00 AM
Debra She Who Seeks said...: I agree. The flower duet is unspeakably beautiful.; Monday, August 16, 2010 8:50:00 AM
stray said...: In the interest of full disclosure, I only know the bits of it that everybody else knows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhFC3AhLtag

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

beyond that, zip rien...; Monday, August 16, 2010 6:51:00 PM