February 2010
MTT and the SFS have won three Grammy Award for this acclaimed recording of Mahler 8. View production footage and insights about putting this large scale work to disc.
Grammy Awards: Classical Music Winners →
Normally don’t give a shit about the Grammys but quite happy to see MTT and the SF Symphony win. Their latest Mahler cycle was money.
January 2010
''You see, no matter how many times people tell...
-Leonard Bernstein
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“IF MY HAT HAD NOT BEEN BLOWN OFF YEARS AGO, I...
- Humphrey Bogart (in a telegram sent to Leonard Bernstein after watching him on Omnibus)
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Leonard Bernstein 2009
ihatemusic1943:
Estas son las entradas sobre Leonard Bernstein que escribí en 2009 en el anterior blog
La caída del Muro, 20 años Qué hay de nuevo, Lenny? Bernstein dejaba este mundo Maria Callas, a 32 años de su muerte Bernstein & Sinfónica Nacional: muy buena combinación Bernstein 91 años: El Compositor (II) Bernstein 91 años: El Compositor (I) Bernstein 91 años: El Pedagogo Bernstein...
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Even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat.
– R.I.P. Howard Zinn (via dears)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Gilbert & Sullivan (55)
Gustav Mahler (53)
Johannes Brahms (24)
The Clash (20)
Aziz Ansari (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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There is always something ridiculous about the...
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Self-consciousness, that’s what it is. Always my abiding vice. I keep seeing...
– Stephen Fry (via suzywire:invisibleclockfactory) (via naomijade)
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecuckoo.
– my father, describing the first minute and a half of Mahler 1. (via parachuteshark)
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People Sighing On Twitter →
thisistheglamorous:
wondertonic:
At last, a tool to help you keep up with the constant malaise being tweeted around the world.
CHRIST. Every time Wonder-Tonic makes me think it can’t top itself, it does. The man behind this is a certified genius.
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