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Music on YouTube, Now
You've all heard by now that Google might buy YouTube. That means deeper pockets, and of course greater fear of copyright litigation.
It is time for intertemporal substitution.
Here are YouTube recommendations from Michael, at www.2blowhards.com; here is the best from that list.
There is a long and wonderful list of YouTube music videos, from all genres, on Terry Teachout's page, scroll down all the way to the right. And no, that video of Gyorgy Cziffra playing Liszt was not speeded up! Art Tatum was pretty fast too. On the guitar, Julian Bream was no slouch.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on October 8, 2006 at 07:02 AM in Music | Permalink
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I was just listening to Julian Bream (guitarist and lutenist) last night - for me he is one of the great musicians of our era. He is not such a virtuoso as some other guitarists, and his lute is a non-PC version of the instrument - but he is far the most musically-intelligent and lyrical player of either of these instruments that I have heard. I think his Dowland on the lute is supreme.
Posted by: Bruce G Charlton at Oct 8, 2006 10:05:55 AM
Here are videos from the Furtwangler Don Giovanni. Here is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing Schubert's Der Erlkönig. Here are various famous Disney songs in a stunning variety of languages, from Swedish to Thai.
Posted by: Raghav at Oct 8, 2006 2:38:14 PM
Dude, there's no rock on that list from the last 20 years. If we're looking for virtuosity, how about some Zwan?
Posted by: Jason Briggeman at Oct 8, 2006 5:53:20 PM
I don't see anything especially astounding about Cziffra playing the Liszt piece... except for his immensely relaxed and precise execution (his left hand starts to show minuscule signs of tension around the 2:30 mark, but he relaxes again for the finale, what a piece of athleticism). That is how fast the piece is supposed to go, and that is how fast he played it. OK, I have been playing piano for 30 years; I'm not anywhere in sight of that sort of virtuosity, but I know how to play a piece at the proper speed. I would like to see a copy of the score to see if there exists any sort of dynamic marking other than fortissimo, though....
Posted by: speedwell at Oct 9, 2006 3:07:09 PM
as expected, the deal has been sealed:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6034577.stm
Posted by: nick at Oct 9, 2006 5:18:46 PM
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