Sound Garden...

Still love this song so much (as the rest of the Soundtrack, but this one's my favourite!). And the movie... Gotta watch it if oyu haven't already!

Feeling of the Day...

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I Would Run To You

Because I'm in the running mood lately... Just came home from an hour running... Was a bit heavy though with a slight cold... Well, my nose just likes to run, too. LOL

Sound Garden...

Sound Garden...

 

"Touch if you will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase you
Even doves have pride."

Sound Garden...

That song reminds me of a beautiful winter day (which I'm still waiting for here...). The whole album is just great. Very calm, ballad style. Found it by chance. Love it. Just close your eyes and dream away...

Michael Buble vs. Josh Groban

Перемен

Вместо тепла - зелень стекла,
Вместо огня - дым,
Из сетки календаря выхвачен день.
Красное солнце сгорает дотла,
День догорает с ним,
На пылающий город падает тень.
Перемен! - требуют наши сердца.
Перемен! - требуют наши глаза.
В нашем смехе и в наших слезах,
И в пульсации вен:
"Перемен!
Мы ждем перемен!"
Электрический свет продолжает наш день,
И коробка от спичек пуста,
Но на кухне синим цветком горит газ.
Сигареты в руках, чай на столе - эта схема проста,
И больше нет ничего, все находится в нас.
Перемен! - требуют наши сердца.
Перемен! - требуют наши глаза.
В нашем смехе и в наших слезах,
И в пульсации вен:
"Перемен!
Мы ждем перемен!"
Мы не можем похвастаться мудростью глаз
И умелыми жестами рук,
Нам не нужно все это, чтобы друг друга понять.
Сигареты в руках, чай на столе - так замыкается круг,
И вдруг нам становится страшно что-то менять.
Перемен! - требуют наши сердца.
Перемен! - требуют наши глаза.
В нашем смехе и в наших слезах,
И в пульсации вен:
"Перемен!

- Цой Виктор

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Die Originalversion von Viktor Zojs Перемен: "Wandel! fordern unsere Herzen. Wandel! fordern unsere Augen. In unserem Lachen, in unseren Tränen und im Puls der Adern: Wandel! Wir erwarten den Wandel!"

Gestern sangen die Menschen auf den Straßen von Moskau das Lied Перемен von Viktor Zoj. Das Lied stammt von 1986, hat aber an seiner Intensität und Ausdruckskraft nichts eingebüßt. Eine kleine, feine Amateur-Übersetzung davon:

Anstelle von Wärme - grünes Glas,
anstelle von Feuer - Rauch,
aus dem Netz des Kalenders wurde ein Tag herausgerissen.
Die rote Sonne verbrennt völlig,
der Tag verbrennt mit ihr.
In die lodernde Stadt fällt ein Schatten.
Wandel! - fordern unsere Herzen.
Wandel! - fordern unsere Augen.
Und in unserem Lachen und in unseren Tränen
und im Puls unserer Adern: “Wandel! Wir erwarten den Wandel!”
Das elektrische Licht verlängert unseren Tag,
und die Zündholzschachtel ist leer.
Aber in der Küche brennt das Gas als blaue Blume.
Die Zigaretten in der Hand, der Tee auf dem Tisch - der Plan ist einfach,
aber nichts ist mehr, alles liegt an uns.
Wandel! - fordern unsere Herzen.
Wandel! - fordern unsere Augen.
Und in unserem Lachen und in unseren Tränen,
und im Puls unserer Adern: “Wandel! Wir erwarten den Wandel!”
Wir können nicht prahlen mit der Weisheit unserer Augen
und geschickten und zähen Händen.
Wir brauchen das alles nicht, um einander zu verstehen.
Die Zigaretten in der Hand, der Tee auf dem Tisch - so schließt sich der Kreis.
Und plötzlich wird uns bange, etwas zu verändern.
Wandel! - fordern unsere Herzen.
Wandel! - fordern unsere Augen.
In unserem Lachen und in unseren Tränen,
und im Puls unserer Adern: “Wandel!”

DANKE MARITA!

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Mozart, queues and the art of sleeping with eyes wide open...

Yesterday my mom and I went to the Wiener Musikverein. We've got an subscription of the Wiener Symphoniker orchestra. Last night was the first concert of the new season. It was Mozart and Mahler. I especially admired the conductor, Lothar Zagrosek, who stood in for Fabio Luisi on short notice. I didn't know him before but he did a great job.

If it says Mozart on the program, you can be sure of a) a sold out concert hall and b) massive applause and c) lots of Japanese students in the audience (no offence, they just seem to love Mozart above anything else!). The Serbian pianist Jasminka Stancul played really well and gave an impressive encore. Applause didn't seem to fade for like 15 minutes - she had to come back on stage 5 times.

I usually spend the first half of the concert fighting against my body's urgent desire to fall asleep. It's just the time between 7.30 PM and 8.30  PM... What saves me every time is the program booklet and the latest issue of their monthly magazine. Reading those also highly adds to my classical music education - you'd be surprised what I know...

(I also realized I missed several really great concerts in September: the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra from Moscow, conducted by V. Fedoseyev, played  Tchaikovsky's Violin Concert No.2 and Piano Concert No. 1 (2 of my all-time favourites by one of my all-time favourite composers) among other pieces and also works of Shostakovich whom I really love, too. Must have been the summer break - I am so out of date...)

After that we had the coffee break. Meaning I spent those 20 minutes first fighting my way through the masses to the coffee bar (why do people always have to gather/stand at the narrowest places, like doorways?!), getting my coffee - getting to the milk wasn't so easy though. Sometimes I wish I could drink black coffee, without anything. I spent the rest of the break standing in queue at - guess where?! - the toilet. As much as I love old buildings, they do lack infrastructure sometimes... (Really, one toilet for so many ladies?!)

And then Mahler started. I do love symphonies. And there were some great moments in that one. But Mahler (like Wagner and Bruckner) just never ends. Or so it seems. And I'm not getting the idea behind. It sounded to me like several independent pieces, just performed one of another (unlike the Russian symphonies for example or Beethoven. I always "feel" the story in it.). You could really feel the audience getting sleepy AND uneasy after a while. Like they were just waiting for the end. The lady next to me was snoring peacefully while my mom was fighting her cold. Running noses in a place like that can be very frustrating. There's a tiny break after each movement... It's always funny to see how many people have to cough, blow their nose, sneeze or clear their throats at the same moment... As if they had all been waiting for just that moment! Always makes me smile... At the end, the applause felt more like a relieve - compared to the franctic enthusiamn for Mozart and his piano concert. (And I have to confess I was happy to go home at 10PM!)

Sound Garden...

Turn up volume to maximum level. Wow. Two of the greatest voices ever. Found it by pure chance and it's brilliant. (As is the rest of the album, really.) I have to confess I never cared that much about Placido Domingo - my all-time favourite and superhero where great voices are concerned has always been Pavarotti. But everytime I kind of stumble across him, I find something new, amazing. I especially love the song with Josh Groban but the whole album is so worth the purchase. I know I'm being a bit pathetic but it's my kind of "drool over" song...

La Tua Semplicitá - Plácido Domingo & Josh Groban
from "Amore Infinito" by Placido Domingo (Songs inspired by the poems of Johannes Paul II - Karol Wojtyla)

And here's a bit from the recoring session...

Sound Garden...

Nach langer Zeit wieder einmal ein deutscher Song, der mir wirklich gut gefällt... Die Melodie passt ja gut in mein "Beuteschema" aber ich war auch von den Lyrics sehr angetan... Unbedingt anhören! 

PS: Jetzt weiß ich endlich auch, wer Jupiter Jones ist ^_^ Alle reden drüber und ich konnte die bisher nicht wirklich zuordnen - und schon gar nicht hätte ich gedacht, dass es eine deutsche Band ist... So kann man sich irren!

Sound Garden...

I heard this Sunday morning 4 AM  on the radio when I drove my sister to the airport. It's so beautiful. Took me a while to figure out the title and the live version is even more beautiful...

Sound Garden...

[ via Fffleur de Lys ]

Sound Garden...

A bit of yearning... Heard it this morning on the radio and immediately loved it!

Sound Garden...

It's such a beautiful song. I'm in the melancholy mood right now so...

Pearl

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Pearl by Katy Perry 

(from her album "Teenage Dreams)

She is a pyramid
But with him she's just a grain of sand
This loves too strong like mice and men
Squeezing out the life that should be let in

She was a hurricane
But now she's just a gust of wind
She used to set the sails of a thousand ships
Was a force to be reckoned with
 

She could be a statue of liberty
She could be Joan of Arc
But he’s scared of the light that’s inside of her
So he keeps her in the dark

Oh she used to be a pearl
Ohh yeah she used to rule the world
Ohhhh cant believe she’s become a shell of herself
Cause she used to be a pearl

She was unstoppable
Moved fast as like an avalanche
But now she’s stuck deep in some man
Wishing that they never ever met
She could be a statue of liberty
She could be a Joan of Arc
But he’s scared of the light that’s inside of her
So he keeps her in the dark

Oh She used to be a pearl
Ohh yeah she used to rule the world
Ohhhh can’t believe she’s become a shell of herself
Cause she used to be a

Do you know that there’s a way out
There’s a way out
There’s a way out
There’s a way out
You don’t have to be held down
Be held down
Be held down
Be held down

Cause I used to be a shell...
Yeah I let him rule my world
My world Ohhh yeah

But I woke up and grew strong and I can still go on
And No one can take my pearl
You don’t have to be a shell No
You’re the one that rules your world Ohh
You are strong and you’ll learn
That you can still go on
And you’ll always be a pearl
She is unstoppable

[via Direct Lyrics ]

Sound Garden...

I was at my parents' place for lunch today. On the living room table I found my dad's latest musical accquisitions... He actually has a great taste in music. And he actually still buys CDs - while I happily use his credit card to download from iTunes Store...

(And my parents still have all their records at home. While my dad has the complete collection of Doctor Who and the likes, my mom owns a pretty remarkable collection of Tchaikovsky and Beethoven (who happen to be my favourites as well... I wonder if that's because I was listening to them throughout all my childhood). They usually do not listen to music together (not without a major fight about turning the volume up or down) although they have some common likes...)

Anyway I found this interesting album today. It's funny because I live in the Turkish area of Vienna now (16th district) which isn't quite so bad. Only I adapted some of their "language" already... meaning a kind of Viennese slang with Turkish-ly kind of pronounciation! I only use it for fun, though...

As for the music, it's instrumental only and kind of Turkish folklore... It won't make you jump up and dance, but it's quite relaxing to listen to. 

Son Köprü - The Last Bridge (Enstrümantal)

 

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Sound Garden...

As usual, when it comes to unearthly beautiful and  rare pieces of music, I can always count on my Swiss friend Dushy. I don't know how or where she always finds it but she has an amazing taste in music (among other things as well...). Her last entry about the Fairy Tail Soundtrack (by Yasuharu Takanashi) is no exception... Just like her, I am a girl and a hopeless romantic so those piano sounds and chorals make my heart melt...

[ via Fffleur de Lys ]

Sound Garden...

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WOW! I love this  album. It makes you smile, makes you feel light and happy. Makes you wanna sway around and dance... Caro Emerald is a Dutch Jazz singer - and you feel that spirit throughout every song. Became one of my personal favourites within an instant...

Les Nouvelles...

Yakov Kreizberg dead

Conductor Yakov Kreizberg, music director of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, died March 15 after a long illness. He was only 51 years old.

The Russian-born musician, who emigrated to the U.S, in 1976, was surrounded by his wife and two children at his home in Monte Carlo at the time of his death, according to his manager Linda Marks.

Along with his post in Monte Carlo, Kreizberg was chief conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He had led most of the world's great orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He also held positions with the England's Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony and the Komische Opera in Berlin. 

The Monte Carlo Philharmonic's musicians and board posted a note on the orchestra's web site noting that Kreizberg "succeeded in establishing profound musical and human ties with the musicians. His stamp has been indelibly left on all who came into contact with him and especially the public through his memorable concerts." 

Kreizberg, like his brother, the conductor Semyon Bychkov, was born in St. Petersburg. He studied conducting privately before emigrating to the U.S, in 1976, where he landed fellowships at Tanglewood, studying with Leonard Bernstein, and at the Los Angeles Institute with Michael Tilson Thomas.  

Kreizberg won first prize at the 1986 Leopold Stokowski Conducting Competition in New York. He conducted his final concert, an all Russian program with the Netherlands Philharmonic, on Feb. 14, 2011.  

He made a number of critically praised recordings of music from Johann Strauss, Jr. and Mozart to Franz Schmidt and Dmitri Shostakovich on the Pentatone label. Copyright 2011 National Public Radio. To see more, visit npr.org. 

From March 16, 2011, By Thomas Huizenga

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