Listening to some Philip Glass while reading Naguib Mahfouz’s trilogy of colonial Egypt – The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street. The books take you through the history of Cairo at the start of the 20th century, using the trials and tribulations experienced by three generations of the same family.
One can see why he was given the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature.
For those that missed this one first time round 🙂 and as Mobius of (http://mobiusfaith.wordpress.com) commented “One of the best albums of all time” it is on YouTube in full! Enjoy………
I stumbled on this and like it a lot………….
Beautiful voices……!
There is a LA4 version of this that I have tried to get on vinyl for years, without success and even YouTube has let me down………
A Luddite with my audio equipment as well: Quad, Ariston & SME. 🙂
Assouf (Play loud! and the image at 3:10 …… wow)
She was just superb….
And for something completely different: “I’m just a Lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk” 🙂
I have (am) trying to get a handle on Adobe CS5 – this music keeps me from shouting at my computer…..! it is so much easier in the darkroom.
Some times I wonder why I got the Nikon D200 – don’t get me wrong, the camera is very good but….. it is all that goes with it that I find a pain.
Maybe one cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
Music on a Friday could get a habit!
Some Philip Glass to round off a good week.
Now if this does not bring the hairs on the back of your neck upright – nothing will…..
“How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!”
Maria Callas – magnificent…..!
Cecilia Bartoli – Lascia la spina Handel. Later reused in Rinaldo as the more famous ‘Lascia chio pianga’.
Philippe Jaroussky counter tenor – Live! Lascia chio pianga
Xxx.
Devil’s Spoke (I Speak Because I Can)
Alpha Shallows (I Speak Because I Can)
Ha….. memories!
youtube.com Leftover Wine.
youtube.com (Candles In The Rain)
youtube.com (Candles In The Rain) WOODSTOCK The first version (clicks and all! vinyl remember that… )
youtube.com Joni Mitchell ~ Woodstock.
youtube.com Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock.
youtube.com Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Wooden ships.
youtube.com Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe.
youtube.com Richie Havens – Freedom.
Magnifique !
Suzie Leblanc – Lascia ch’io pianga.
Suzie Leblanc & Daniel Taylor – Se il cor ti perde.
Just for a change see link …..
Roger Waters – Comfortably Numb LIVE.
Hilary Hahn – Sibelius Violin Concerto op.47.
This keeps me going while I struggle trying to get scans looking anything like the silver gelatin print that can be achieved in the dark room. Remember early CD’s – dreadful things; all that could be said for them was that they were convenient! So there is hope for digital photography yet. As long as money is no object…….
David A Lockwood 