January 2009
13 posts
classical music for babies
gen: i'd like some chopin, too
gen: the more difficult, the better
me: difficult, well, let's see some russian expressionists then
me: why do the russians always make it hard
me: and complicated
gen: and a good version of pachelbel's canon in d
gen: kasi russians are obsessed with form
gen: plus, they're always drunk
me: you can only do so much with potatoes
gen: that sounds dirty
gen: if you can find vladimir horowitz's recordings of chopin, specifically the scherzos...
me: oh, yeah!
gen: and beethoven's sonata no. 32
me: mr b, not to be forgotten
gen: mozart... if you can find wanda landowska's versions of the sonatas
gen: kung wala, okay lang
gen: basta bahala ka na sa iba
gen: yay!
me: keri
me: i only have wanda's bach recordings
me: and she's old
me: she has the aura of this old comlit prof in UP, what's her name?
gen: and and!
gen: for sentimental reasons, brahms
me: okay
gen: julius klatchen's version of brahms' ballads
me: ooh nice
me: what's the name of that cl prof?
me: the old lady who could barely hold her existence together?
