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The Bible also says (in Deuteronomy) that stubborn and rebellious children should be stoned to death. There is no scriptural basis for the idea that some parts of the Bible can be invoked when they conveniently uphold someone's bigotry and other less-savory parts can be happily ignored. This is c...

@lllllllllllllll88 He plays exactly what is in the score. The wavy lines to the left of the chords indicate that they should be played as arpeggios instead of solid chords. Maybe that's a symbol that you don't know. Sometimes in the score one hand plays melody and accompaniment at the same time, ...

@FWYGINOND The need to instill a dignity of work was the rationalization advanced in Victorian England to promote workhouses where sweatshop jobs were created virtually to enslave the poor and deprive them of any reasonable chance at upward mobility. Does Mr. Gingrich want us to learn that type o...

@SinnersBurnInHell Great example of the logical fallacy of begging the question: "The Bible is the only source of infallible truth because the Bible says so."

@fierydog Blechacz plays this with grace, variety of touch, and a nice respect of rhythmic details, capturing the character brilliantly. Argerich too has many wonderful qualities in her early performance including confidence, technical strength, agility, and power. I find her performance on the h...

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The ending is faked by some highly esteemed masters. Not here. This is a controlled burn, and he stokes the fires well.

I hope people discover this impeccable performance, which, in my opinion is more disciplined and respectful of the compositional structure than numerous performances by famous champions of the piece. The color is wonderful and never sloppy. The hot quality of the music is there without the pianis...

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@AnosmicJoe999 Fractional reserve banking is the problem. Interestingly, it started under a gold standard when paper receipts redeemable in gold were used instead of the gold itself to facilitate commerce. The bank quickly realized that it could loan out more gold that it had on hand simply by pr...

Undoubtedly a great pianist, Hamelin unfortunately sounds here like he has stepped beyond the bounds of his technical limits (at least for this concert). That said, this piece is rarely recorded professionally because it stands near the pinnacle of 19th century piano literature's technical demand...

The melody, interspersed by tremolos - which eventually become alternating full chords played with both hands - is phrased as if a second pianist were playing the melody without contending with the challenges of the accompaniment. The chromatic scales are shaped in such a way that the "gusts of w...

Here is a notably healthy, sensitive performance uncluttered by the commonly-heard mannerisms and exaggerations. The tone he produces is very clean. Though there's plenty of fire in the bravura parts, none are overplayed - how rare! His playing was different from that of many celebrated pianists ...

This has absolutely amazingly terraced and contoured voices in the quieter parts. I believe, in general, his transcendental brilliance shows more in the lyrical rather than in the bravura or louder parts. The louder parts are overplayed here to the point that they are at times noisy and sloppy.

@piasecznik I agree it could be faster, and usually is. But there is an apparent advantage to the slower tempo - the singer has more time to shift convincingly into the different characters of the song and also give more attention to nuance in phrase contour. I also want to note, being a pianist ...

@xDatNiggaSamx That's too bad. I just play the video to listen to Bach's Minuet in G.

Absolutely stunning. You are a great listener. The video says you're from London, but to me you sound much more northern, but without the stereotyped roughness of a chav accent. By the way, the Manchester chav , Russian, midwest US and southern rural US accents (I'm from Nashville, Tennessee) are...

OK. You're right in that 1.e4 e5; 2.Nf3 Nf6; 3.d4 d6; 4.dxe4 Nxe4; 5. Nxe4 dxe4; 6. Qxd8+ favors white. However black has a much better choice on move 4: ...Bg4 after which 5.exd6 Bxd6 leads to great activity for black at the cost of a pawn.

Up to this moment I have never considered any performance of this piece as clear, under control, and full of both transcendental fury and pathos as I have heard here. Bravo.

@JHighland1 It tonicizes (often briefly) F# minor, E minor, B major, and closely-related sharp keys.