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3 responses to “Ludwig, Herbert and Anne-Sophie at 3am”

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   Geoff

   March 31, 2008 at 5:21 am

   Totally agree – Beethoven by far and away my favourite a true revolutionary.
   I went on a one day course, here in Cambridge, about Beethoven which showed how he used the latest technologies of his day, iron framed piano’s etc and was the first composer to cater for the masses with the new fangled mass entertainment centres (concert halls not churches).

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   Gilbert Harman

   March 31, 2008 at 3:46 pm

   There are two different recordings of the Beethoven violin concerto by Mutter with Von Karajan, an audio recording from 1980 (which I see is available in mp3 as well as CD from Amazon.com) and a video recording a few years later. You probably heard the audio recording on the radio and saw the video from YouTube…

   Gil

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   Chip

   March 31, 2008 at 9:48 pm

   Doc
   Big Kudos and thank you

   1) took me back to college years
   Oberlin, about a third of the undergrads were “Cons” … Conservancy
   “Students”
   Opened my ears to Bach/Brahms/Beethoven
   (Sibelius/Grieg/Rachmonov etc)

   2) Prior, I had reel to reel with Van Cliburn and one Sinatra , would go to sleep to same

   3) daughters, they got to grow up with “Amadeus” video

   4) taking Horowitz in Moscow to my almost 3yr old grandson
   Incredible piano
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz

   Stay in touch my friend
   Spent Sunday with son of good friend, Fritz has terminal brain cancer, but such a good young man, loving husband, father and son
   I blogged some at http://www.looneydunes.blogspot.com

   I’ve known Fritz since he was about 5, now pushing 40
   Damn, but life is weird, who stays, who go’s

   Ciao
   Chip

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