A cutie from the Past:
Sergei Rachmaninoff
He wrote a few cool tunes.
A cutie from the past:
Glenn Gould 1956 (Age 23)
Spotify this: A rock 'n' roll holiday playlist
My good friend Anne sent me her latest article for Chicago’s NewCity Music.
I guess these are the tunes *hip* folks listen to. I have to admit that I don’t know most of them and ones I do know would drive me up the wall.
Here’s my not-so-hip list:
1. Vince Guaraldi Trio: “The Christmas Song”
2. Patti Austin: “This Christmas”
3. Toys Original Soundtrack: “The Closing of the Year”
4. Harry Nilsson “Son of Schmilsson” : Remember (Christmas )
5. Cyrus Chestnut, Blessed Quietness: “Amazing Grace”
6. Donald Fagan Kamakiriad: “Snowbound”
7. Ramsey Lewis Trio Sound of Christmas: “Winter Wonderland”
8. 松任谷由実【流線形’80】: “ロッヂで待つクリスマス”
9. Krystian Zimerman, Pierre Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra: “Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major/Adagio Assai”
10. Marvin Gaye: “What’s Going On”
A cutie from the past:
Bruno Walter 1912
Rudolf Serkin: Bernstein/NY Phil. & Ormandy/Philly
1966: Beethoven Five Piano Concertos
My favourite earth tone colour combination~
A clean simple Helvetica stacked typography. A tight kerning was in vogue back then, too.
Arturo Toscanini & NBC Symphony
1952 Broadcast: Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67
This is the record that rekindled my classical listening.
Fritz Reiner
1950: Bach Brandenburg Concerti No.5 & 6
I like the simple album art on this. LIke so many of vintage record covers, it uses *real* letterpress, too.
60 years later, it looks fresh and now.
Sviatoslav Richter
1959: Stanislaw Wislocki/National Philharmony Warsaw
This is the best performance for the score. There’s noone else after Richter.
Wenge
A Beautiful typography on this record.
Look to be the same as Altoids MortiseBlack. Even the background is the light mint colour. The only memorable thing about this record is the jacket cuz I remember nothing of the music or performance.
