Mayra Andrade

Navega - Nha Nobréza

fado

Maria Da Fé - Fado.
Mariza Nunes - Fado.

Classical Music Update

Richard Strauss The Blue Danube An der schönen blauen Donau -
Eric Satie, Carl Maria Von Weber (186-1826) Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnop%C3%A9dies_%28Satie%29	http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ac/IMSLP04408-Weber_-_Piano_Sonata_No3.pdf
Johann Strauss II, Blue Danube Waltz		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiF5glYvfcw
Mozart,Marriage of Figaro, Overture		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcuXkicCTro
Hector Berlioz, La Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14 - Un Bal
Michael Haydn, Die Hochzeit auf der Alm: Andante		http://www.amazon.com/Johann-Michael-Haydn-Hochzeit-Bassgeiger/dp/B000H4VZJO
J.S. Bach, Magnificat BWV 243	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificat_%28Bach%29	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuYTm1xuDLM
Carl Stamitz, Cello Concerto No. 1 in G major: III. Rondo: Allegro		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKp92sDFO1I
Brahms - Symphony No.3 - Poco Allegretto		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trE3ms3AGo

jockey full of bourbon

The song appeared in Jim Jarmusch's, Down by Law. I don't think the version played there is by Blue Hawaiians. But the Blue Hawaiins' version is actually quite good.

Patricia Barber

I don't listen to Jazz that often. There has been, I feel, an overload of Jazz for its listeners. Various schools have developed, but the variation seems to be that of style rather than musical qualities. Being a passive listener I could never really tell what is really happening in the scene.

No other genre provides so much freedom to the performer - both in terms of tonality and rhythm. But I guess some artists have taken advantage of the more than average politeness of the listeners. Bump notes, whacky rhythms may not work anywhere else, but in Jazz they're supposed to mean something. I don't buy that. I find out-of-tune activities to be primarily unjustifiable.

Patricia Barber is an exception, by far one of the greatest one. The song - Regular Pleasures, where I remember finding her voice first, has this strange overpowering heavy-bass rhythm. Her hushy-voice with rather simple lyrics emits a signature quality of her music. That is what Jazz does best.

Ragdoll tune

Grieg: Peer Gynt; Holberg Suite; Sigurd Jorsalfar; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvarg Grieg)

Google Video: Charlie Rose - An Hour with Jay-Z

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Charlie Rose - An Hour with Jay-Z Nov 9, 2007 - 55:46 Charlie Rose - An Hour with Jay-Z

Philip Glass

I was listening to a piece The Kuru Field of Justice - by Philip Glass. Music of awe, destiny, uncertainty, achievement and Joy. It made me find more about Philip Glass. I ended up listening to the soundtrack of Naqoyqatsi - seemed more about fear (and it is linked to technology, except not in a strange Matrix way - remember matrix's soundtrack?).

revisiting Titanic (James Horner)

My last.fm selected Titanic for me. It was only through this serendipity that I revisited this song, a long forgotten song that I had discovered in the first years of my juvenility. It only meant immaculate love back then and that is all it invoked.

Now, when I listen to it, the beginning is Irish influences. it reminds me of the bit of a folk-style, then the music builds up, the harmonies and orchestra evoke perceptions of eventualities, and overturns of time. The same music means different things now, a lot more things than it used. I feel I have stopped believing in the purest form of love, because I am unable. It feels as if I am incapable of feeling music purely too, because of this nature of analyzing things till it achieves meaninglessness. This vanity of having known things kills emotions, this illusion of having understood reality obscures experiences and poisons innocence. I think I understand now what Etienne gilson meant when he talked about responsibilities of an artist.