Monday, September 17, 2007.

I am NOT good at emo-ing, i shall frankly say. I do not slash wrists, I do not stone and sob for an hour or two, etc, etc.

But I do emo through listening to some pieces which are so darn beautiful i don't know what to say.

3 pieces today, one being so famous most people don't know the original (intended) soloist.

1) not as touching but surely emotional. Just wait till you reach the octaves, and you will feel all the sorrow, emotion pouring out of Shostakovich's work. He wrote it during the worst period of his life, when he was persecuted and defamed, and forced to sleep outside his door for fear of the government.

Kogan's interpretation is fast, but highly charged. I still don't know how I can enjoy such a piece played so fast, only Kogan's one makes me enjoy it done fast.

Passacaglia (3rd mvt) from Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 (Op. 77/99), played by Leonid Kogan (pity i can't listen to the cadenza or the 1st 17 bars)

2) Fell in love with it yesterday, when I was Googling for more Rostropovich material and wondered why he never recorded elgar cello concerto. When I heard this i knew.

There was a reason why Rostropovich never recorded this piece even though it was a key piece in the cello repertoire. He said, there was no point when he could not do any more to it as compared to the best recording around, that by Jacqueline du Pré.

Horribly sentimental, my heart nearly broke listening to it for the 1st time.
Elgar Cello Concerto (Op. 85) 1st mvt, Adagio-Moderato, Jacqueline du Pré

3) everybody's favourite emo piece. schindler's list.

I can't post it here since the authors of the video decided to disable linking. I shall give the link however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueWVV_GnRIA
Wonderful soloist, Itzhak Perlman.

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