{"id":175,"date":"2015-01-27T23:11:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T21:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvc.uab.cat\/~xotazu\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2017-06-14T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T21:02:11","slug":"leisure-corner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/?page_id=175","title":{"rendered":"Leisure corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this page I will randomly (and rather chaotically) publish any kind of interesting links or media that fits my personal non-professional interests &#8230;<\/p>\n<h1>Music<\/h1>\n<h3>Piano<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAASVTaK02M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Nocturne Op 9 and Impromptu op 12 no 2 &#8211; Soyeon Kate Lee <\/em><br \/>\nTwo great pieces by Aleksander Skrjabin. Dreamy nocturne for the left hand and beautiful romantic impromptu.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VfXjk7GkCF8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Etude Op 8 no 12 &#8211; Eugeny Kissin<\/em><br \/>\nProbably, the most powerful and wild Scriabin etude. Unsurpassable music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L9pl4rwiXH0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nLang Lang, to my point of view he is an unfairly critised pianist because of his exagerated manierisms at the stage. I do not care vision (!!!), just sound!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOS0RJ15Wt8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Impromptu op 12 n 2 &#8211; Soyeon Kate Lee. <\/em><br \/>\nOne of the most beautiful and unknown Scriabin works played by an excelent and unknown pianist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmVzcurue_I\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Fantasy op 28 &#8211; Igor Zukhov. <\/em><br \/>\nOne of the most intoxicating Scriabin works played by one of the most unfairly forgotten russian pianist, Igor Zukhov.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8LGsFtXedY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Fantasy op 28 &#8211; Roberto Szidon. <\/em><br \/>\nNice version by Szidon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6AeiDSUDB8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Prelude op 22 no 1 &#8211; Evgeny Zarafiants. <\/em><br \/>\nDreamy prelude.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bW7C8ulp8s\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Scriabin: Piano concerto &#8211; Garrick Ohlsson <\/em><br \/>\nHis piano concerto &#8230; a really good version!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JFYzmYLEHtA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Chopin: several works &#8211; Soo Jung Ann <\/em><br \/>\nOne of my favourite pianists. The first time I listened her (some years ago at Maria Canals competition) just after 5 minutes listening her on first round I was sure she were going to win the competition &#8230; and she did! She will be a future piano star.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qory4Jp2y7Y\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Tocatta BWV 911 &#8211; Glenn Gould <\/em><br \/>\nGod in Devil&#8217;s hands. Love or hate it!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pMnW7FWsmYw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Mozart: Piano sonatas &#8211; Glenn Gould <\/em><br \/>\nHighly unorthodox, but just brilliant and revealing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BSyrlVrqvN4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Keyboard concerto no 5 &#8211; Glenn Gould (Vladimir Golschmann) <\/em><br \/>\nBach &#8230; beauty, genius and perfection are in the simplicity!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UGPJDgp2-9A\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Goldberg Variations (1981), from &#8220;Gould plays Bach&#8221;a film by Bruno Monsaigneon <\/em><br \/>\nHipnotising rendition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-gEI4VBEDk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Genius within: the inner life of Glenn Gould<\/em><br \/>\nInteresting documentary about Glenn Gould&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5eP9mnauQw8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Goldberg Variations &#8211; Joao Carlos Martins <\/em><br \/>\nHighly idiosincratic but great Bach piano works interpreter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3rOuaAMzhCA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Partita no 3 for violin, Prelude &#8211; Henryk Szeryng <\/em><br \/>\nBach. Perfection.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uoqFH-i7jYY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Partita in E Major &#8211; Lara San John <\/em><br \/>\nNow, with visual support. Bach is, also, visual and geometrical perfection.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m4pb_W_dSK8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 543 &#8211; E. Power Biggs <\/em><br \/>\nWhen God speaks, the World stops.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4c64e-XyPvM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 540 &#8211; Helmut Walcha <\/em><br \/>\nArchitectural perfection and power.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqmD1WWd0FI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 542 &#8211; Lionel Rogg <\/em><br \/>\nMore power and perfection.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JS20cvSWyIE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 548 &#8211; Karl Richter <\/em><br \/>\nThe best Bach prelude and fugue for organ? &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!-- <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtQGIJJS6FU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Mozart: Piano concerto no 23 - Mitsuko Uchida <\/em>\nUchida and Mozart... --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTYbEkz9WNQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Mozart: Piano concerto no 4, Andante &#8211; Daniel Barenboim <\/em><br \/>\nNice and elegant Mozart &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L6_SbflSwAg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Schubert: Impromptu D899 no 3 &#8211; Vladimir Horowitz <\/em><br \/>\nPrecision and politeness in both the work and the player.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VoMsV5VrpFA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Schubert: Klavierstuke D946 no 2 &#8211; Alfred Brendel <\/em><br \/>\nBrendel and Schubert.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Il6-lZYDpqY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Schubert: Piano Sonata D959, second movement &#8211; Alfred Brendel <\/em><br \/>\nRomantic perfection.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvQCM7i5Lkc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Schubert: Impromptu D935, op 142, n 3 &#8211; Nikolai Lugansky <\/em><br \/>\nDelicious &#8230; even more delicious from 4:30 to 7:00.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHbVtOrKqNc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Schumann: Symphonic etude, Posthumous Variation V &#8211; Stefan Vladar <\/em><br \/>\nDreamy Schumann.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KEDrupoOM-k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Mendelssohn: Gondellied (Barcarolle) in A major &#8211; Daniel Barenboim<\/em><br \/>\nLovely miniature.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uemFFyQ2UW4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, op 2 no. 2: Danza de la moza donosa &#8211; Daniel Barenboim<\/em><br \/>\nAnother lovely miniature.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yb97OIe3r9I?list=PLF6CCE8E5D4D844D3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Liszt: Trascendetal etudes &#8211; Claudio Arrau <\/em><br \/>\nOne of the best interpretations of Liszt Trascendental Etudes. Claudio Arrau, the piano poet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wWnWZcTuqW4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Liszt: Consolation no 3 &#8211; Lang Lang <\/em><br \/>\nLovely Liszt work by a lovely pianist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7L5lD4-VNX0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Liszt: Romance &#8211; Lang Lang <\/em><br \/>\nLiszt by Lang Lang.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHgSmV2ZPKY\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Paganini: Violin concerto no 4, movements 2 and 3 &#8211; Henryk Szeryng <\/em><br \/>\nLovely violin concerto played by one of the most particular and warm violinists.<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRtx89QhvUg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Chopin: Piano concerto no 1, adagietto - Claudio Arrau <\/em>\n...\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgRfFzjnLhw\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Beethoven: Piano concerto no 5, adagio un poco mosso - Claudio Arrau <\/em>\n...\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQHrNdjUPDc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Beethoven: Piano concerto no 5, adagio un poco mosso - Mitsuko Uchida <\/em>\n...\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jePOXlTE64\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Emil von Sauer: Piano concerto no 1 - Stephen Hough <\/em>\nDelicious second movement (cavatina) ...\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7w9JIb51ZE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<em>R Strauss: Morgen - Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and George Szell <\/em>\nTwo lovers waking up after a love night ...\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/832ZLtQX3is\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>R Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto &#8211; Philip Fowke <\/em><br \/>\nTasty candy &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meH_sWioGl0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Rachmaninov: Etude-tableaux op 33 no 8 &#8211; Nikolai Lugansky <\/em><br \/>\nNikolay Lugansky, to my taste the best alive Rachmaninov player, playing one of his most nice etudes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_0oEBg2aHg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Rachmaninov: Etude-tableaux op 39 no 5 &#8211; Nikolai Lugansky <\/em><br \/>\nA powerful Rach etude.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h09ja7uqvd4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Rachmaninov: Moment Musicaux op 16 no 4 &#8211; Nikolai Lugansky <\/em><br \/>\nOne of the most passionate, powerful and intoxicating Rach works.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8-AsJ-EJ-f0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Rachmaninov: Cello sonata op 19, 3rd movement &#8211;  Truls Mork, Jean-Yves Thibaudet<\/em><br \/>\nPure Rach &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-AfbEEUX5B8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Andre Mathieu: Piano concerto n 3 &#8211;  Yoav Talmi, Alain Lef\u00e8vre<\/em><br \/>\nNice piano concerto<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cIWrxeds5aE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Andre Mathieu: Piano concerto n 4 &#8211;  George Hanson, Alain Lef\u00e8vre<\/em><br \/>\nFire!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ERZuINjlWmc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Alain Lefevre: Solitude &#8211; Alain Lefevre <\/em><br \/>\nSimply, beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09PE3FJbkRw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Ginastera: Piano sonata no 1, movement IV &#8211; Alexander Panizza?<\/em><br \/>\nPowerful.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/adIwgIzO4DM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Ginastera: Piano concerto no 1, movement IV &#8211; Dora de Marinis <\/em><br \/>\nPower and terror &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SU-726ytabE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bohuslav Martinu: Double concerto for two sstring orchestras, piano and timpani &#8211; Rafael Kubelik (Boston Symphony, 1967) <\/em><br \/>\nPowerful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Choral<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7ch7uottHU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Misterium &#8211; King&#8217;s College <\/em><br \/>\nMoving! &#8230; contemporary classical music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXjn6srhAlY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus &#8211; King&#8217;s College <\/em><br \/>\nMozart elegancy without the usual Mozartian language!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q42GDx98a_k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em> Bach, Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach (Bach: Komm suesser Tod &#8211; BWV 478) &#8211; RundfunkChor Berlin <\/em><br \/>\nNice XVIII and XX centuries mixing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Orchestra<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fARgmI4zIw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Bach: Mass in b minor BWV 232, Cum Sancto Espiritu &#8211; Philippe Herreweghe <\/em><br \/>\nChoral Bach. Perfect blending of rational contrapunctus and beauty freedom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jaCDTNsfdmk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Strauss: Eiene Alpensinfonie &#8211; Herbert von Karajan <\/em><br \/>\nMagnificient work and a magnificient interpretation. The <strong>best and most exhilarating<\/strong> playing of the climax of &#8220;On the summit&#8221; I have <strong>ever listened <\/strong>to. Power and transparency are not incompatible. Karajan at his highest best!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bbXrsS2nlM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Mossolov: Zavod (Iron Foundry) &#8211; unknown <\/em><br \/>\nMadness, power and steel!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kRcC1-PLLW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Ginastera: Estancia Suite (Malambo) &#8211; Gustavo Dudamel <\/em><br \/>\nEnergy! &#8230; (forget politics and national flags, do not look &#8230; just listen!)<\/p>\n<h3>Wagner<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNPBclhziXE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Die Walkure, Leb wohl du kunhes herrliches Kind! &#8211; Pierre Boulez, Bayreuth 1980 <\/em><br \/>\nGreat Die Walkure scene with an impressive interpretation by Boulez on Bayreuth&#8217;80. It is Wotan&#8217;s farewell to his daughter Brunhilde. She defied Wotan&#8217;s authority breaking his laws and, in order to preserve his power, he is forced to punish his own daughter. He accepts to plunge her in a deep sleep protected by a fire wall that will only cross the &#8220;hero that does not know fear&#8221;. Music show a marvelous mix of deep sorrow for daughter punishment and excitement for heroic feelings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZZzv0Ibo9Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Die Walkure, Leb wohl du kunhes herrliches Kind! &#8211; Michael Schonwandt, Copenhagen <\/em><br \/>\nThe same moment at Copenhagen Ring. Not so electric orchestra but very effective stage moment at the extremely chomatic chord at the orchestral climax (3:43-3:47) and the following chord dissolution (3:47-4:00).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1CNBIJj1CFM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod &#8211; Daniel Barenboim, Bayreuth 95 <\/em><br \/>\nLiebestod of a mythical interpretation of Tristan und Isolde (Bayreuth, 95) directed by Daniel Barenboim. Tristan und Isolde is an unsurpassed Art work and an unrivaled story about impossible love. Infectious music difficult to get rid of. After listening Tristan und Isolde, you will never be the same, anymore. A music work that scarred me.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1vm-wWVfZZs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Wagner-Liszt: Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde &#8211; Primavera Shima <\/em><br \/>\nReals tears by perfectly beautiful unbearable Music &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7C83L6iWJQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>C.P.E. Bach, Solfeggio &#8211; Eugen Cicero <\/em><br \/>\nJazz and classic fusion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Audiophile<\/h1>\n<h3>Tubes<\/h3>\n<h3>Turntable<\/h3>\n<h3>Loudness war<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mDZcz-V29_M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>The distorsion of sound <\/em><br \/>\nHow compressed digital audio formats and loudness war distort sound. Please, do not accept compressed audio formats (MP3 and similar) if you pay for it! (in fact, we should never accept them!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Miscellania<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbcbLbTQmBs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>IF &#8211; Mercedes AMG Petronas version <\/em><br \/>\nNice Rudyard Kipling poem about resilience &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you can keep your head when all about you<br \/>\n    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,<br \/>\nIf you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<br \/>\n    But make allowance for their doubting too;<br \/>\nIf you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<br \/>\n    Or being lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies,<br \/>\nOr being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating,<br \/>\n    And yet don\u2019t look too good, nor talk too wise:<\/p>\n<p>If you can dream\u2014and not make dreams your master;<br \/>\n    If you can think\u2014and not make thoughts your aim;<br \/>\nIf you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br \/>\n    And treat those two impostors just the same;<br \/>\nIf you can bear to hear the truth you\u2019ve spoken<br \/>\n    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<br \/>\nOr watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<br \/>\n    And stoop and build \u2019em up with worn-out tools:<\/p>\n<p>If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br \/>\n    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<br \/>\nAnd lose, and start again at your beginnings<br \/>\n    And never breathe a word about your loss;<br \/>\nIf you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<br \/>\n    To serve your turn long after they are gone,<br \/>\nAnd so hold on when there is nothing in you<br \/>\n    Except the Will which says to them: \u2018Hold on!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<br \/>\n    Or walk with Kings\u2014nor lose the common touch,<br \/>\nIf neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,<br \/>\n    If all men count with you, but none too much;<br \/>\nIf you can fill the unforgiving minute<br \/>\n    With sixty seconds\u2019 worth of distance run,<br \/>\nYours is the Earth and everything that\u2019s in it,<br \/>\n    And\u2014which is more\u2014you\u2019ll be a Man, my son!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this page I will randomly (and rather chaotically) publish any kind of interesting links or media that fits my personal non-professional interests &#8230; Music Piano Scriabin: Nocturne Op 9 and Impromptu op 12 no 2 &#8211; Soyeon Kate Lee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":131,"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.cvc.uab.es\/xotazu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}