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The terms of the Covid enquiry are seriously flawed and looks like it's a thinly disguised attempt to beat up the federal opposition party who were in power at the time. The reason I say this is because the majority of decisions regarding Covid were made by the state governments , not the federals (...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:34 pm

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:15 am

I was just gobsmacked at what I heard from someone this young.

Thanks ! Heard only the Ravel,enjoyed.Someone forgot to tell him "Gaspard" is supposed to be difficult.

Maybe if they had he might have played it differently which would have been a pity.

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That is a fascinating article

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There will be no winners out of this conflict - only losers.

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I have never been a great fan of children who have been touted as the next best thing as a pianist only to fall into obscurity. Amy Kobayashi come immediately to mind with her videos as an 8 yo 13 year old. Technically she was very good but also somewhat mechanical. She's still around and won a priz...

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And like Lance it was Harris who introduced me to Schepkin

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Quite a few years ago I was a regular subscriber to Gramophone magazine but I lost interest. I'm guessing that one of the main reasons was that I could use the insights of members of forums like this one to check out new releases.

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Just having a listen now. Two movements into Partita 1 and I notice that Yuan Sheng takes a more leisurely approach than many others in number 1. There is also some ornamentation that I haven't heard before but of course adding ornaments at will was the thing in Bach's time. Sheng makes the opening ...

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One of my favourite pianists and while I have most of what he recorded I don't have this so thank you for posting it.

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The real pressure on students is not ideological but the need to perform. The amount of assessment that the students encounter at the school that I teach at is insanely high and I suspect that it is the same Australia wide regardless of the system. This all stems from the Howard government who, when...

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I registered for postal voting last night.

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This is not just an American phenomenon as we are experiencing similar levels of job dissatisfaction and burn out on an unprecedented level here in Australia. A lot of it is down to teachers not being allowed to simply do what they were trained to do and that is teach. Instead, many constraints hand...

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If that doesn't mean leave them there to be bashed and abused, what do you think it does mean? Let’s try this one more time. If in fact McGlade meant (1) that aboriginal children shown to be physically or sexually abused should be left with their abusing families, rather than meaning (2) that alleg...

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Track the History Timeline: The Stolen Generations The 'Track the History Timeline' documents the history of the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, a history known as 'The Stolen Generations'. It details the history of the forcible removal of Aborigina...

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Maori children in NZ were also taken from their parents and were quite often given up for adoption to Pakeha (White) couples who could not have children.

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As an aside. I have travelled the Nullarbor Plain which runs for 1256 kms from east to west and is basically treeless for most of its length - hence its name. Because of the sparseness of the vegetation you get to see quite a bit of wildlife. Every time I've crossed it I've seen feral cats and some ...

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Australia now is not the country I grew up in, when openly racist, derogatory language was used. But there's more coded racism now. For example, the terribly sad issue of Aboriginal child sexual abuse is used as an excuse for removing children from their families. The removal of children from abusi...

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One of the difficult things about the first movement of this sonata is avoiding a heavy touch, especially in the repeated chords. Kempff's touch has a lightness about that is so delicate when it needs to be. No sign of any bashing whatsoever.

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The man who really introduced Schubert's piano music to the general public and one of my favourite interpreters of these works. Very impressive sound considering its age.

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An excellent argument from someone who has been there and seen what happens. The many reasons that Price gives for voting NO are the reasons that I will also vote NO. The statement that resonated with me the most strongly was all to do with stereotyping: These are the same people who diligently and ...

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I'd Duo Crommelynck to the list.

As for an occasional duo, Lupu/Perahia produced one of my desert island discs with the Schubert D940 Fantasy coupled with the K448 Mozart sonata. Absolutely divine music making.

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I have a fondness for Schnabel and the Pro Arte Quartet.

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Most Australians are very sympathetic to the idea of dealing fairly with a number of issues affecting our indigenous people. But it is quite likely that most of those will vote NO. The issue is simple - we don't actually know what we are voting for , the only thing we really know is that this will p...

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Covid never really went away, we simply adjusted our attitude to it instead and treat it just like we would have the 'flu or a gastro or similar. This is what, in hindsight, we should have done in the first place but the politicians and the politico medics (WHO) panicked. The current 'flu going arou...

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I am just pissing myself laughing at how he has engineered this situation for his own political and financial gain. His official mug shot on coffee cups and T Shirts which he is selling to eager buyers - it's hilarious! And of course it will infuriate his detractors even more. This is better than Ne...

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This has been an interesting campaign and I'm going to vote NO for one simple reason - it has not been made clear in any way whatsoever what the "Voice to Parliament" will actually achieve. One major point that concerns me is expressed in the article by Larissa Baldwin-Roberts. I don’t believe elect...

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There are parallels with this in car audio. With the wide dynamic range of today’s audio media, many frequencies from both ends of the range are masked or distorted by road noise. This didn’t used to be the case. In the early days of car audio tapes, many of them (either via tape player or tape medi...

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Typical Albo, scumbag politician that he is. If Oz had won the world cup he might have been looking at some serious egg on his face. I mean to say, If he 'd made that statement when we reached the final it might have carried some credence. Here in OZ we just laughed at it wondering which set of scho...

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Holden Fourth : I think the woman who took the trouble to announce to you that she was lesbian was worried that you were going to come on to her. Not that you did anything in that direction, but some women have had bad experiences with men and so they find ways to defend themselves in advance. That...

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That's an interesting article and a lot of it (but not all) resonates with me. It brings back an incident of a few years ago when I was at a social function. I was introduced to a woman who responded by saying, in a rather aggressive manner, "Hello I'm Blah Blah and I'm a lesbian" I was really taken...

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I have this recording but in far less impressive sound. Even through that you can hear well this is played.

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:19 am
Perhaps the sans coulottes ate during the Terror executions ?

What! And ruin their perfect rows of knitting? That'd take three hands.

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Every country has its own right wing extremists. Some are political, some are faith based and some are both. The one thing they all have in common is that they are patriarchal.

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……..and then there is the dreaded foil bag rustler…….just got to have that sweetie.

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Thanks for posting this, Joe. First I'd heard of it. We have just had in the news a child care worker who has been charged with 1623 cases of child abuse, all against pre-pubescent girls, and putting them on the dark web. I hope he gets 50 years on each charge, to be served consecutively. The quest...

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Three points to make and before I make them please understand that I do recognise that the climate of the planet is certainly in a state of flux - there's no denying that. However, this is yet another piece of poorly constructed journalism regarding this topic for these three reasons. 1 Not a single...

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Right! Mentioning his name has nothing to do one way or another with Trump’s reemergence. He is running to stave off a prison term, not primarily to serve another term as president. A former U.S. President is indicted for conspiring to nullify my vote for Joe Biden, and I am told to shut up and mov...

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I did warn everybody that if you kept mentioning his name that he wasn't going to go away. It seems as if this resurgence might come to pass and the people to blame are the revenge seekers who have kept his name in the public eye. I personally would prefer never to hear his name again but it's const...

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One of his most famous recordings could be considered an 'encore' type piece.

https://youtu.be/t132rQ6i_zU

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Billy Joel's pop music is legendary (see below) and "Piano Man" sums it up. Listen to the lyrics which sum up the life of a professional musician.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwVjTlTdIDQ

So I'll have a listen to Fantasies & Delusions

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Cziffra has been classed by many as a pianist who relies mainly on bravura (a show of daring or brilliance) but it's not really true. His Chopin performances in this performance show that he was much more than that.... Agreed ! And the intensity he brings to Liszt is beyond mere bravura. Which is w...

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Cziffra has been classed by many as a pianist who relies mainly on bravura (a show of daring or brilliance) but it's not really true. His Chopin performances in this performance show that he was much more than that. I've heard this before on YT and have always enjoyed it.

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I have collected the box sets of certain performers, mainly pianists and conductors, because I like their interpretative approach - Fricsay is a good case in point. With over 2000 CDs I decided that I needed digital backups back ups of every CD I owned. I did the box sets first starting with the 142...

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This has made me think. I wonder how many forums are already experiencing responses generated by ChatGPT then posted as the thoughts of a forum member. It wouldn’t be hard. For example all I would have to do, say, is collect all the posts in this thread and ask ChatGPT to generate the next response ...

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At the same time I think of both Rubinstein and Horszowski, both of whom went well on into their dotage and in the case of Rubinstein, still at a very high level. It also reminds me of the last few minutes of "Richter the Enigma" where he openly admits in the interview with Monsaigneon that he can n...

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I'm lucky to have maybe all of (or if not close to it) the LvB Variations recorded by Brendel on Vox which included WoO Venni Amore. Gilels also recorded this work and I have this recording as well. Anyway, I've spooled up the program and will listen with interest.

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And there is this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-CakU1 ... lscw%3D%3D

Watch from about 1:50
Joe Lycett has other similar videos on YT.

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I also have a number of his recordings and rate him as a musician. I’d happily recommend his LvB cycle for beginners to the oeuvre and also his WTC. What I also liked is that he went beyond the sonatas in LvB and also included sets of variations, Bagatelles, Dances and various without opus works wh...

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I also have a number of his recordings and rate him as a musician. I’d happily recommend his LvB cycle for beginners to the oeuvre and also his WTC.

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Take a little bit of poetic licence and substitute 'Soylent Green' for 'Processed Food' and we've been there for some time now. There are other parallels to be made as well regarding who eats whole foods and who eats processed. If you don't have the money then your choice is limited.

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