Tetris Rain

Ella Fitzgerald swings A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles.  I feel completely justified now in creating a bit of swing style arrangement of Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones. Phew.

ragilliarach:

Yann Tiersen - Sur Le FIl // Live in Cesenatico (Italy) on 10/07/2011

Saya sudah liat video dan mendengar Sur Le Fil ini berkali-kali, tapi gak pernah bosan! Sur Le Fil berhasil mengiris-ngiris, menyayat (eaa) hati saya yang terdalam.

I love that his arrangement of this piece for violin ends up somehow having such a different character to the piano version.  You could almost say it’s a completely different piece…. except that the structure is the same.  Hm.  Where does one draw the line on this?  

Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto in a beautiful arrangement/interpretation by Steve Bingham.

I’ve heard a lot of violinists who do this kind of thing, and I’ve often found myself wishing that they actually played the violin a bit better.  So many of them seem to hide behind all the bells and whistles.  Not so, this fellow!  He plays with a lovely warmth and with a beautiful range of colours.  Well worth a listen.

iseenoships:

Dublin Guitar Quartet - Mishima Mvt. I (Philip Glass)