Listened to Glen Gould playing Bach today at work. November music. I rarely listen to classical anything when it's sunny and cheerful. Heat = Jazz, in my book. On my measure. In my time signature.
I'm on a Rachmaninov kick: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini,played by André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy. This Russian knows how to play Rachmaninov!
I love Ashkenazy's Rachmaninov! As for weather-related musical choices, pretty well every weather means classical to me, except when it's really, really hot and I get an urge to hear salsa, reggae, tropica.
Glen Gould is captivating. I always lean toward the speakers, listening for his voice.
For some reason I really enjoy Irish traditional music so much more during the winter months. I think it must be a link to a warm turf fire and a pub in County Mayo with friends.
I'm on a Rachmaninov kick: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini,played by André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy. This Russian knows how to play Rachmaninov!
ReplyDeleteI love Ashkenazy's Rachmaninov! As for weather-related musical choices, pretty well every weather means classical to me, except when it's really, really hot and I get an urge to hear salsa, reggae, tropica.
ReplyDeleteGlen Gould is captivating. I always lean toward the speakers, listening for his voice.
For some reason I really enjoy Irish traditional music so much more during the winter months. I think it must be a link to a warm turf fire and a pub in County Mayo with friends.
ReplyDeleteThere's many jazzes, and many decades of jazzand I love many of them, including many latin jazzes.
ReplyDeleteAnd then -- there's jazz. Thelonious Monk and Coltrane just don't work for me. Such a girl thing, I suppose, re jazz, but there you go. :)
Signed, A Girl, Unashamed.