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Even if Spanish has a common orthography, different dialects have their own pronunciations. Andalusian Spanish in particular features a very distinctive pronunciation. This pronunciation is not reflected in the written language, with some exceptions, as in flamenco vocabulary, where the words you're...

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Please read:
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/04/29/ine ... 91692.html

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Guitarist Paco de Lucía has died some minutes ago.

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I wish there was a solid, convnient format for 5:1 sound without video. [...] Actually, there are plenty of them. Almost every modern audio media format supports that. I have ripped some of my DVDs easily in 5.1 audio format. I guess SACD is not good enough for Bigshot's ears, he claims MP3 is just...

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bigshot wrote:I wish there was a solid, convnient format for 5:1 sound without video. [...]

Actually, there are plenty of them. Almost every modern audio media format supports that.
I have ripped some of my DVDs easily in 5.1 audio format.

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The recent and unexpected acquisition of a second stereo system has finally forced my hand toward ripping my 6,000-plus CDs to hard drives. By doing so, I can stop schlepping CDs between the basement listening room and the upstairs living room. I can also archive the collection in case of fire or s...

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... so I need an online Russian dictionary that transliterates Russian words into Latin script. It seems that you're interested in the pronunciation of Russian words. If so, you may find interesting the site http://www.forvo.com/ , where you can search for words in any language and hear them pronou...

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The tenor, now baritone, who was about to sing Il Postino, is recovering nicely, although his performances, scheduled for this month, have been canceled.

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Ooooh. Tell more more. Any reference to a recording or other article. Always interested in this kind of thing. What was the zarzuela? An unusual event: yesterday Alejandro Roy, clearly moved, was encouraged to sing the popular Hungarian Song a second time. This interesting tenor, with his broad lyr...

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An unusual event: yesterday Alejandro Roy, clearly moved, was encouraged to sing the popular Hungarian Song a second time.

This interesting tenor, with his broad lyrical voice, is a singer to follow.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zhpw1xK-L._SL500_SS500_.jpg The Thomas Schippers La Forza del Destino. There are many superb performances of La Forza del Destino, both live and studio. Of the live ones, the 1943 MET broadcast with Bruno Walter is absolutely stunning, first of all for Bruno ...

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http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2011-05/1306761226_001bb3db.jpeg The Gavazzeni live 1957 Ballo in Maschera. Once more it HAS to be Maria Callas and Giuseppe Di Stefano. Both recorded Ballo with Antonino Votto, a conductor if anything, even less exciting than Gabriele Santini, but when they san...

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The second Santini Don Carlo. Don Carlo has been very lucky on records, even those recordings with major vocal flaws like the Giulini or the Abbado versions make up with extraordinary conducting. The DG/Gabriele Santini recording is one of my personal favourites. It´s a stereo remake of the even mo...

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The Karajan Trovatore. All Il Trovatore needs, like I Puritani, is the 4 greatest singers in the World, and that´s just what we have in this 1956 HMV recording. The role of Manrico was originally meant for Richard Tucker, who already had recorded Forza with Callas. It seems that he refused to work ...

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Despite some minor imperfections, Kubelik's is certainly one of the best Rigolettos ever. But one MUST also have some recording with Kraus in it. Unfortunately, none of them is globally outstanding. In my opinion, the best of them is the one under the dull baton of Gavazzeni, featuring great voices ...

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Yesterday was the anniversary of the decissive battle of Stalingrad.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/musi ... ikely.html

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I admit that his voice was not particularly beautiful, but this minor shortcoming, along with the predominance of the head register, were clearly outweighed by his solid technique, richly timbered voice, expressiveness and his remarkable extension of register. I'm not very sure how to set a total or...

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[...] And of course, there have been many carefully conducted double blind test of cables that have shown that if properly constructed, there is absolutely no difference between cables. Radio Shack wires score the same as much more expensive ones. There's even a million-dollar challenge for anyone ...

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Galileo's brother:

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The problem I have had with CDDB in the past, is that the data is not properly normalized. [...] You're right on the lack of quality in CDDB, but Musicbrainz, while not perfect, is much more normalised and structured. If you look up some composer, chances are that the vast majority of his/her works...

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Save yourself a lot of work and use a cataloguing software that takes advantage of CDDB or, better, Musicbrainz.
For me, adding a new item to my catalogue consists of introducing the CD into the CD drive and pushing a button. All the fields are automatically filled in.

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bigshot wrote:I don't know about London. I work in Los Angeles. Here in Hollywood a wire is a wire.

Hollywood engineers prove to be very intelligent. They know how to invest their budget wisely.

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[...] La Fontaine's fable about the Cricket and the Ant [...] Actually, a cicada. When I learned that it had been translated as "grasshopper" in English, I wondered why English readers weren't intrigued by the choice of a grasshopper to play fiddle all the summer. I guess each culture is heavily li...

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Some sugestions: - Le Chant du 14 Juillet and Te Deum (François-Joseph Gossec) - Suites for Band (Holst) - Dionysiaques (Florent Schmitt) - Symphonie pour Orchestre d'Harmonie (Ida Gotkovsky) - A lot of works by Serge Lancen - Chant du Départ (Méhul) - Several works by Germaine Tailleferre - A lot o...

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What question did Lance ask? John F started a thread on the subject in which I expressed my opinion that I love the work, which I repeated in my vote here. Near the end of the thread http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=41498 : [...]Curious to know if I'm in the minority or major...

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Inspired by the question Lance asked in another post, I'm starting this poll just to gauge the forum's feeling about that work.

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For me, it's a work of a stunning beauty, very intense and moving, disturbing at times. The Part 8 is just amazing. It is, in my opinion, the most perfect of Schönberg's works. Not to mention its influence in contemporary music, like this Louis Van Gaal's vehement speech transformed into Sprechgesan...

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[...] Actually, his friends called him Pepe, just like our own José. You can hear it in Bernsteins' video of his recording of West Side Story. No wonder he ended up so pissed off :-) Seriously, none of his closest friends or relatives would call him José, much less Pepe. Look, for example, at the p...

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Acorn Jabugo Ham and some particular cheese varieties.
I also love mi-cuits and sobrasada.
And imaginative tapas or pintxos...
Spicy snails too.
So many things...

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It's funny, someone edited this post's title for some reason.

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A singer with a rather unpleasant voice who lacked a polished technique (e.g.: he was unable to do an appianamento).
On the other hand, he was a brave singer with an ease to reach high notes.

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Albéniz's great-great-nephew is currently the Minister of Justice.
Additionally he had played the role of his famous ancestor in the recently released film "Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days"!

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Apparently it's been a mild stroke, but it made her faint and break her humerus.
Happily, she's recovering nicely.

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The Codex Calixtinus, which includes some of the earliest polyphonic music in Europe, has finally been recovered.
It had been stolen from the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela by an electrician who had been previously sacked from the temple.
Happily, the codex is in perfect condition.

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http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/06/ ... e-way.html

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An endorsement deal with an opera singer is certainly unusual, but what is even more unusual is the president of the company singing in their own commercials. That's what happened with The Widow Marchioness of Taurisano, president of the Ocaso Group, who used a famous song from The Barber of Seville...

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Tan Dun's peculiar Internet Symphony features car disc brakes.

A much more interesting symphony, Messiaen's Turangalîla, uses ondes martenot. And the whole symphony looks like a piano concerto.

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[...] On the other hand, J.B. Steane, the critic who has not only heard but studied and assessed and written about more vocal recordings than any of his colleagues alive or dead - cf. "The Grand Tradition" - writes five pages about Domingo on records and in the flesh that celebrate the voice in its...

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Technique is a relative thing, [...] Not so relative, in my opinion. I think there's a consensus on whether an artist has a good technique or not. [...]some singers with reputedly a great technique have had short careers, and others with debatable voice production have had long and distinguished ca...

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<As for Domingo's performances, my recommendation is... none of them. Domingo, as usual, sings in an impersonal, superficial, unnuanced way, with his spurious technique. And when he tries to add some dramatic effects, he's almost grotesque.> I have read some strange things and then this... I can un...

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I recently downloaded Toscanini's 1947 recording and have been amazed at the heady mixture of elan and lyricism. [...] Interesting. I'd say that the balance is clearly tipped towards elan, although sometimes Nelli brings some touches of lyricism. This is certainly one of the best recordings availab...

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jbuck919 wrote:[...]

Camarón was a flamenco dancer [...]

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My tribute to that people, often persecuted, which has given the world artists like Michael Caine, Ron Wood (Rolling Stones' guitarist), Camarón or Charles Chaplin.
Some gypsy tunes by Béla Bartók:

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I wouldn't classify her as a dramatic soprano but as a lyric soprano with a rather powerful voice. In any case, not dramatic. The qualities of her voice make her suitable for roles like The Queen of the Night. And certainly, she has been one of the best sopranos for that role ever. Dramatic sopranos...

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... what about Arvo Part? WSMR-FM plays him regularly, and I'm not favourably impressed by his glum and morose religious works. People of faith know that religious music is supposed to burst with joy and gladness. In my humble opinion, you should give him another shot. Pärt is a very interesting co...

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Frankly I don't think Victor Hugo's characters are one-dimensional nor do I think that he'd tried to emulate Shakespeare. First of all, he's not just a playwright, as it's been already mentioned; his works spans several genres: novels, theater, poetry, travel diaries and even political speeches. He'...

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