Happy Easter!

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Mozart or Salieri


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Well, I am not so keen on doing quizzes but I found Mikhail Simkin’s worth trying. Here is Mozart or Salieri, but why not give a try to a MIDI or Virtuoso as well?

I’d be interested in how you did.

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Hurry up!

If recently buying objects of art was consider as a good investment, now it seems that such good investment is an used DVD. Or thanks to my January post the previous DVDs have been sold?

Amazon offer 2.2.2010

So hurry up, may be in a week or two it would be cheaper to invite Mr Malcolm Bilson to your own place for a lecture!

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Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano

I usually do not comment colleagues interpreters as I know how hard is the job. And as our taste is based on our experiences and the age plays a role as well, one must let the people make their own choices. That’s why usually I do not read or participate in the musical discussions about “the best musician in the world”, ‘the best singer in the world” and so on…
But lately there was a very passionate exchange on one of these forums about a well-known singer and I wanted to listen to some interpretations myself. Probably you know how it goes – you start searching for something in Youtube and 2 hours later you are still in Youtube – and still searching for something else… In this case it was for Mozart’s “Là ci darem la mano” duet from the opera “Don Giovanni” where Don Giovanni seduces Zerlina.
My attention was drawn to two completely different versions of seduction (IMHO in the second one the singers try to seduce the camera, not each other). Compare and enjoy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-VtGKgvr4[/youtube]

and

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEDnmGnYb6I&feature=related[/youtube]

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What would you choose?

For those interested in the fortepiano playing – there are right now two offers for the Malcolm Bilson’s DVD “Knowing the score” on Amazon.com. The first DVD costs only $6,231.71 (or you can have it used for $7,374.57). The other offer is for $49.95. Your choice…

I do not know if it is a joke or erratum, but I like the idea that it is not simply $ 6,231.00, but $6,6231.Seventy One Cents!

Here an excerpt from “Knowing the score”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTlj3bJcSZ0[/youtube]

P.S. In case one of the DVDs is sold meanwhile, here’s a screenshot ;)

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