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You guys are great!!!! Really wonderful work! What a fabulous snare and bass combo you have there!!

This is just superb!! What a wonderful instrument you've made and you've managed to capture the essence in the keyboard texture of 17th C music! You also phrase and communicate your art beautifully!

I've never heard anything like it - it's the most unbelievable thing in the world and..............he's the greatest pianist of all time in my ranking.

@OwenMorrissyMurphy It is unbelievably moving - I just can't believe it actually! Not sure if I've heard anything so touching in my life?! The work alone is stunning but the way it is delivered here is like something from heaven - I could talk about it all day long!!!

Well done Lindsey - I want to let you know that it was 2 years ago (exactly) that YOU taught me how to do vibrato on the violin from one of your initial videos which is no longer there. I'm self taught and I'll never forget your tutorials - way to go!!!

Probably the BEST interpretation I've heard! Can't believe the haunting quality of the first 5 minutes - he captures it with extraordinary precision and celebrates the explosion of joy at 5.37 with complete satisfaction! The last 60 seconds - it's one of the most stunning endings of all. The last...

Oh dear - what a pity it's nearly a semitone sharp - can't listen to it damn it!!!!

Oh dear - I'm sorry - I just can't stand it being a semitone flat. Every key has its own personality and living spirit - this just doesn't do it for me. Chopin's 1st Ballade is in G minor - it's as simple as that!!!!

Well - I think Gabriel Mekler wrote it - perhaps he sang it too? Thanks for your response anyway. Whoever the vocalist is, he sings a few solo wolf tracks and sings a heap of back up too - there's just a beautiful texture/tone in his sound. Hard to describe you know - kind of perfect for the "wol...

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@Maxoman427 I love your Steppenwolf comments - what a great Christmas present. Monster is just a wonderful record and the song "From here to there eventually" is really one of my favourites!! They've played a crucial part of my developing over so many years!!

Hi Julie - do you know how to disable chat with the "new" FB? Doesn't seem so easy anymore - hope you can help!!

Hi Katie - this is so helpful with the "old" FB" settings but with the new one, disabling chat is done some other way. Have you explored that territory yet? I'd LOVE to know!!

@HPfan75 - I love the fact that you listen to this song every morning before school - that's soooooo cool. I can imagine it being locked in your mind all day in class. Those harmonies would keep you inspired all day! Keep diggin great music!!!!

I agree - best version on youtube. Can anyone believe that I'm not in heaven listening to this??!!

@Aless1127 The name of the piece is the Prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff - great piece!!

love the use of the oboe and bassoon in this song - OMG - sooooo beautiful!!

He's a great pianist. When I was 16 (nearly 30 yrs ago!), I bought a record of Liszt's Piano concertos 1 and 2. It was on special at a 2nd hand record shop - now that's how broke I was!! The pianist was Phillippe Entremont - I'd never heard of him and I didn't care to be honest. I just wanted to ...

pity it's a semitone sharp!!

Oh that Hammond organ!!! It's just soooooo beautiful and this is a key to the sound of Steppenwolf. What a beautiful rhythm section too - I just love the "wolf".

I went bush walking on my own the other day here in Australia, I have 10,600 songs on my ipod and this song came on - it was a beautiful experience!! How fitting that the song goes for so long. It's so well produced/recorded/mixed. Steppenwolf had a fabulous texture to their music and a killer r...

This is great! I'm following your tutorial right now and everything seems to be backing up beautifully from my ipod - I take it that I can just leave the files as "files" on my non preferred PC that is stuck in the study at home without importing them to "itunes" - is that right? My 10,700 songs(...

Great info and very simple! I'll take your advice. I love your accent - I'm from Australia and you sound soooooo cool!!!!!

Here is a FABULOUS example of how you don't need to make over use of the arms/elbows when shaping your phrasing - his arms remain still the whole time - BUT - one thing is for sure - he's extremely relaxed and that is THE most important thing! He's great in every way!!!

Really inspiring stuff! I watched the entire career of Daicos and we're currently in the middle of Didak's career. I really can't split them - they both have extraordinary ball use, vision, disposal and can kick either side without fuss. Didak has greater endurance/stamina and can play on the bal...

Another Horowitz - surely!!!! He has almost revolutionized the standard repertoire again and it works beautifully!!! Daring technique and extraordinary artistic creative skills. Horowitz was all this too and THAT was why we loved him.

Incredibly similar to Pogorelich's version of this Scherzo. The tempo, touch and phrasing is the same and EQUALLY inspiring! A beautiful performance with great drama and charm.