We'll find out. @elonmusk's just rich enough to be able to afford a moral stance, so I'm actually cautiously optimistic. More so than with the NBA or Hollywood Studios, anyway.
#morninglistening in admiring memory of #MaurizioPollini, who died today. He was the reason I never stopped pretending to be a critic. How I learned to love Beethoven Sonatas. Adore unsentimental romanticism. Champagne socialist, musical genius. ♡♡♡
If you're watching the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert interlude right now, you'll know that the Bruckner-Overkill of 2024 has officially begun!
Maurizio Pollini, an Appreciation
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"Maurizio Pollini was perhaps the most important figure in my musical upbringing that I never knew."
A personal obituary.
#morninglistening to the 1981 GouldbergVariations. Not so much music but an icon, a memory of where one first heard it, a wistful state, the smell of coffee at a friend's apartment.
But are they your favorite #GoldbergVariations?
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#morninglistening & mourninglistening to the great #SeijiOzawa, who died, 88, Tuesday. Send-off w/Mahler's 2nd Symphony & his long-time band, the @BostonSymphony. Thanks for all the music!
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He'll live on in memories & countless great recordings.
Where should I file this? Under STRAUSS, because it's the (slightly) longer work, or under RESPIGHI, because that's where it does the heavier repertoire-focused lifting?
#morninglistening to MaurizioPollini's stunning-beyond-words op.10 Chopin Etudes on DG. Very happy to be re-united w/this terrific set that imprinted itself on my young ears when I first discovered it!
Your favorite Etudes, too?
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