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Wram said:
Tchaikovsky is so great, both lyrical and romantic!
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Indeed! My Russian father was a classically trained pianist. Our home rang with the sound of his Steinway from the day I was born until the day he died. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, The Five (of course), were venerated in our home. Beyond the Russians, he was a huge fan of the 3Bs (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms), Liszt, and Debussy. I can still hear him playing Claire de Lune in that period between sleep and waking. On a side note, when he was 15, my grandfather paid a studio to record his playing Brahms Symphony No 3 (3rd movement). I still have the 78 rpm acetate he went home with that day in 1946!
 
Candice said:

Music for Resilience 2 "La Lumière" 3 hour version - Oud by Naochika Sogabe​


Comment from the musician: "I'm from Japan and studied historical music and music ethnology in Cologne/Germany and The Hague/Netherlands. Now I live at the border between Germany and France. - Oud & Lute - King of Instruments -The origin of the oud belongs to the ancient times and similar instruments were used by the Babylonian and ancient Egyptian. Until today, oud is played as the "king of instruments" in Arabic culture.The oud found his way to Europe in medieval times and it became "lute". During the Renaissance the lute was also regarded as the "king of instruments"

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Exquisite music, original and engaging, as long as one is in the right mood for it.
 
Evan said:
Indeed! My Russian father was a classically trained pianist. Our home rang with the sound of his Steinway from the day I was born until the day he died. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, The Five (of course), were venerated in our home. Beyond the Russians, he was a huge fan of the 3Bs (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms), Liszt, and Debussy. I can still hear him playing Claire de Lune in that period between sleep and waking. On a side note, when he was 15, my grandfather paid a studio to record his playing Brahms Symphony No 3 (3rd movement). I still have the 78 rpm acetate he went home with that day in 1946!
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The Russians were born for the classical piano, they are the best IMHO when it comes to technique and also for expressing deep feeling on the keyboard. Russian composers are deep and they inform us of a country of passions, intrigue and drama, if not romance as well. Russian music feels like having come from a place set apart from all others, it has such a strong identity. We can surely relate to that. Debussy is also one of my favorites but his vibe is one of subtlety and suggestion, in laid-back fashion, in contrast to the feel of Russian music.
 
The word wazoo, Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd
This post did not begin with music, it began with the word wazoo, which I did not know the meaning and origin of.
The Merriam-Webster explains in phrases "up the wazoo" or less often "out the wazoo", to mean "in excess" On its own, wazoo is slang for the posterior opening of the digestive tract. The origin of the word is unknown, but it has been traced since 1961.

The Grand Wazoo (Wiki) is the title of a piece of music by Frank Zappa from 1972. Here is the cover:

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As I listened to the YouTube link, I wondered if Frank Zappa ever met Pink Floyd. He did and played with them on this occasion.
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive with Frank Zappa (Music Power & European Music Revolution)
If one compares the above music with what was possible to produce even ten years earlier, in the early then it is amazing.

In the notes to this YouTube upload, Pink Floyd - Amougies Pop Festival - 'Music Power & European Music Revolution' (1969)
they say about the occasion:
The Amougies Pop Festival, also known as the "Festival of Music and Art", was a music festival held in the small Belgian town of Amougies from October 24 to 26, 1969.

The festival was organized by the Belgian artist and composer Jean Georgakarakos, and featured a diverse lineup of musical acts from around the world, including Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa.

The festival was not without its controversies, however. The local authorities were initially opposed to the festival, and there were concerns about drug use and other illegal activities taking place. The festival was eventually allowed to proceed, but not without some restrictions and monitoring from the authorities.

Despite these challenges, the Amougies Pop Festival was a major success, drawing an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people over the three days of the event. It is considered to be an important moment in the history of music and counterculture in Europe, and helped to cement the reputation of many of the artists who performed there.
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When they write that Amougies was a small town, it is true, around a thousand people.

In the notes to another YouTube Pink Floyd - with Frank Zappa 1969 they say:
Actuel Festival, Mont de lnclus, Amougies, Belgium.
25 October, 1969.
Frank Zappa’s jam with Pink Floyd
"That was after the Mothers [of Invention] had broken up, and y'know, I had time on my hands," Zappa said several years later. "These people contacted me. They offered me $10,000 to be an emcee at a festival, all expenses paid, and go over there, and, y'know, whatever I wanted to do, and I said, 'Fine.' So, I get there, and they neglected to tell me that nobody spoke English."

They did, however, speak the international language of music (sorry, that was corny)—so Zappa made a point of jamming with several acts on the bill, including Aynsley Dunbar and Pink Floyd. Oddly enough, even though the video below shows Zappa on stage with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and the rest of Pink Floyd, Zappa had no recollection of the jam session. It must've been one hell of a music fest.
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