Category Archives: Music

Several days of a bit of both excitement and disappointment

Several days of a bit of both excitement and disappointment, and new days start and continue… I may not need to know what these things I am dragging behind me, and keep walking toward somewhere over a dense fog into … Continue reading

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how we experience music when we listen to music from iPod

I am sure that many people have been talking about this. Music listening experience through iPod seems to be totally different from that through other media. Okay, first of all, I should think about the live performance setting. Then, recorded … Continue reading

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Janos Starker – Kodály Cello Solo Sonata

Amazing….

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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

Their performance is really amazing… I always thought this trio music would somehow represent “french” music, but they say its hugely colored with Basque which Ravel’s mother’s side is from. All these four movements are so unique and beautiful. Probably … Continue reading

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Rautavaara on GrooveShark … ?!

I got some CDs of Rautavaara. This song became pretty famous, I believe, and I found it on GrooveShark. My friend told me about GrooveShark… I always put music here from YouTube, and often they have unnecessary video images on … Continue reading

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Águas de Março – Waters of March


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Aerial Boundaries

I remember it was in my junior high school years when I found Michael Hedges record. I did not care about other artists from Windham Hill Records, but I instantly understood his play was something different. It is quite amazing … Continue reading

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Kakushin Nishihara

This friend of mine is amazing. Oh her new direction with a cello player is one of my favorite kinds of music. I admire her so much. Hmm… She was a disciple of Kinshi Tsuruta, the Biwa player who became … Continue reading

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Mozart’s Crystal Clear Insanity

Mozart cleansed my brain. I got home, cooked yellow tale by simmering it with sweetened soy sauce. Somehow I picked up Mozart’s Piano Concerto 17 G major for my dinner. There were three major things I needed to do to … Continue reading

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Music of the World : The World of Music

I am also a big fan of “world” folk music. As I collect many recordings from Smithsonian Folkways Series, I prefer unplugged traditional world music. It started when I was a high-school student, I somehow got several vinyl records of … Continue reading

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