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Vinyl Music I Listen to Guitar, Violin and Piano Selection
Frederic Chopin Polonaises Lazar Berman Piano Deutsche Grammophon Stereo Side 1 No.1 in C Sharp Minor, OP 26 No.1 Allegro Appasionato No.2 in E flat minor, Op 26 no.2 Maestoso No.3 in A major, op 40 no.1 Allegro con brio Side 2 No.4 in C minor op 40 no.2 allegro maestoso No.5 in f sharp minor op.44 without tempo indication No. 6 in a flat major, op 53 maestoso Bio When Chopin was a young man in Poland, polonaise was a popular aristocratic dance. Several composers made their reputation with ballroom polonaises. Chopin also followed in suit. His earliest specimens...
Classical Music Appreciation Day: Villa-Lobos and Chopin
I was starting to get bored of modern music. It was then when I remembered that I have a huge vinyl record collection. The FIU library was giving them away for free. Since I used to work in the library, I was allowed to take as many as I wanted, so I took the entire cart. It was quite the trip to lug so many records halfway across the school. It was a right place at the right time scenario. Anyhow, today I listed to two vinyl records, both sides of them. Each vinyl record can only fit about an...