What are you listening to?

[billy rubin]

this is one of the most dangerous performances i have ever seen musicians do

it looks like one take, which makes it even scarier. they say that this was the 39th attempt to do it, the previous 38 being unsuccessful.

[hermes2015]

I didn't like the music, but the brilliant mirror effects made up for it.

[billy rubin]

thats my assessment too.

according to an annotated video, they did it in an old railway station in eastern europe. had 22 days to do it, took 21 to set it up, and then marathoned the last day until tbey got this one.

have to admit though, the music has been in my head for three days now

[Icarus]

Beautiful performance. Causes my eyes to become tearful. Not an instrument that usually inspires emotion.

[Icarus]

In case you like Bossa Nova style by a Korean woman.....................here we go.  Damn she is good at this.

[hermes2015]

A few days ago I discovered Peter Mattei's performance of Mahler's song cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn. His interpretation, and the orchestral accompaniment by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jochen Rieder, are perfect. The recorded sound is brilliant as well, reproducing Mattei's perfect German diction clearly. I just had to have it and purchased it online three days ago.

Here is the humorous song Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, in which Mahler makes fun of a priest preaching to the fish in a stream, to no effect on them at all. The balance of his voice with the orchestra is perfect.

[Dark Lightning]

Beautiful performance. Causes my eyes to become tearful. Not an instrument that usually inspires emotion.

Very nice, indeed. But how is it considered a solo if there are other instruments in play. I must just be ignorant.

And, yes, the mirror stuff previous was great, though also I am not a fan of the music.