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Courtenay wrote:Just ran across something that's definitely in the now-I've-seen-everything category: four cellists playing Ravel's Bolero... on one cello. :shock:
That's great, Courtenay! Lovely to listen to and fascinating to watch.
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The fabulous Barbra Streisand/Michel Buble version of IT HAD TO BE YOU! :lol: - both magnificent voices.
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Courtenay wrote:Just ran across something that's definitely in the now-I've-seen-everything category: four cellists playing Ravel's Bolero... on one cello. :shock:
Disappointing - it's not the 20-minutes version... ;-)
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Yeah, that's what I think. :twisted:
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Great minds think alike, Courtenay :-D.
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Artie Shaw and his Orchestra - Any Old Time

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Good to hear that, Dave (the song and the story!)

Just been listening to the bright and joyful Ballade pour Adeline - Richard Clayderman:

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That music is simply beautiful Anita. :D
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My mum used to listen to that piece of music a lot when I was a child/teenager so it reminds me of her. Apparently the composer, Paul de Senneville, wrote it as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline.
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Anita Bensoussane wrote:Apparently the composer, Paul de Senneville, wrote it as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline.
I didn't know that — that's lovely. :D That piece always reminds me of my cousin's fiance, years and years ago, who played the piano beautifully (to professional standard, really); Ballade pour Adeline was one of the pieces he used to play on our piano when he and my cousin came to visit. Unfortunately their relationship didn't last... a real pity, as he was such a nice guy and we all would have loved to have him in the family.

Thanks for sharing that one, Anita — in return, here's another piano piece that I've discovered more recently and really love: I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
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That's lovely too, Courtenay.
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I started to watch the John Lees BJH concert which was recorded some days ago. Unfortunately one or the other song is abridged :-(.
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I've just been listening to Imelda May's live version of Johnny Burnette's classic 1956 recording The Train Kept A Rollin' :

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'Campbeltown Loch' - Andy Stewart

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Here's Elvis Presley singing Teddy Bear from his 1957 film Loving You:

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