pianist in MN hit these so hard her fingers bled. they are fucked mental, goated works. romanian folk dances are also great
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For some reason this feels like the right context to plug this one. Composer; ethnographer; the pride of the Hungarian people. Kind of a modernist also kind of not. Nobody pays enough attention to Béla. The indisputable classic is String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, shouts out to Max Beirne-Shafer for putting me on to the Julliard String Quartet recording of it from 1950. Great, pithy showcase of his harmonic genius is found in 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6 Sz. 38: No. 4, Grave. Apparently my grandfather studied with him back in the old country. Wild.
Aug 11, 2022
Whatever cocktail of angst, melancholy and adrenaline that homie was drinking back in 1901 when he finished writing the second movement of Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, I feel it.
This rendition by Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Isata Kanneh-Mason is my absolute favourite– the emotion they're both putting into playing the piece is palpable and absolutely phenomenal.
BONUS REC: If you like working to classical music, I recommend to give the full sonata a listen (it’s like ~30 mins of complete intensity & beauty)
Aug 8, 2024
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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1
Rachmaninov #3
Not exactly deep cuts lol
Feb 20, 2025
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one of the many american foods perfected in the 1960s. once someone at my work caught the toaster on fire trying to toast one of these, I’m not sure what went wrong but I wish they had burned the building down
Jan 22, 2025
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feeling depressed insomniac constipated nauseous? you can always buy a supplement about it. does it have a name like a russian spacecraft? was it harvested in the gobi desert? good signs. you might be missing a precious amino and you don’t even know. I haven’t found the little pill that’ll fix me *yet* but when I do you’ll all be sorry
May 15, 2024