2:00 am

Malkavian 2004-09-11 21:57:05 ET I’ve been having all day my nose blocked, sneezing, and some of throat ache too, hopefully it’ll go away soon. The only thing that makes me feel good is to drink a coke. I know maybe no one here will know what I’m talking about so maybe I’m just writing this to myself: At 2:00 am once again I realize that besides my favorite 4 violin concertos (Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky & Brahms) I can definitely say that I totally also adore Khachaturian’s concerto, I know it’s a really far difference of music genre from the other 4, but ...oh, damn, this one also is great. I've just heard 2 recordings though, Kogan Monteux and of course Itzhak Perlman; I can't decid which one I like better, what it's true is that I love Khachaturian's concerto now as one of my all favorites.

Picardy Third 2004-09-11 22:15:49 ET He sounds like an intersting composer. What is his style like?

Malkavian 2004-09-12 18:08:43 ET It's modern, mmh... modern classical but not too impressionist like Ravel or others; contemporarie to Shostakovich and Prokovief. You should download the "Sabre Dance", a very well known piece, you shall immediately recognize and say "I've heard this one somewhere before", which in fact is a scene of his 'gayene' ballet music. Well, that's one popular melodie, but if you'd like to hear more of his music I totally recomend the Waltz of the Masquerade suite, or, as I said, his violin concerto, which I deliciously recommend you hear it at midnight. Yet I need to hear more of his music because I'm really starting to like his.

Picardy Third 2004-09-12 20:35:05 ET right on! thank you much.

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