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Notable Passings and other milestones

SteveAitch said:
Alfred Brendel has died, aged 94.
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Radio 3 are currently playing one of his last recorded recitals.

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Linton Stephens introduces one of Alfred Brendel's final recitals, the last recorded by BBC Radio 3 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk in 2008.One of the supreme pianists of our time, Alfred Brendel had been a welcome visitor to Snape for many years and he presented a programme of music linking four of the composers closest to him during his 60-year career.Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minorMozart: Sonata in F, K. 533/494Beethoven: Sonata in E flat, Op 27. No. 1 (Quasi una fantasia)Schubert: Sonata in B flat, D. 960
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alfaniner said:
Between her and Guy Fieri, they probably kept the hair care product industry afloat for the last 20 years. I was initially amused at Worst Cooks in America, then it got all shtik-y and "character"-y and just plain stupid.
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Originally the show was about people genuinely wanting to learn new skills and improve their lives. At one point, three former competitors returned as a team on The Great Food Truck Race and won using the skills they learned on the show and afterward. When I quit watching it had become more focused on food-related games and stunts.
 
alfaniner said:
Then perhaps I am mistaken. I thought a trill was just a waver (not a musical term) between two notes, and a gliss was a rising waver, like the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue.
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Yes, a trill is a rapid switch between two adjacent notes. A glissando is a slide between notes, like beginners always do with a trombone. The introduction to the Mission Impossible theme has both - a sustained trill, then a short gliss, as I said, up to the downbeat and the beginning of the motif.
 
arthwollipot said:
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His singing was ◊◊◊◊. Just pure ◊◊◊◊. I love that type of music, but his vocals were so totally over-produced it's insane that anyone liked his 'singing'. Not saying I'm happy he's dead, just that we didn't lose some talent vocalist is all.

Edit to add perspective - when was the last time you celebrated some track like Planet Caravan (which I love) versus the ◊◊◊◊ Ozzy got famous and was known for post Black Sabbath?

His vocals were crap, and any kudos need to go to his sound mixer, not him.
 
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Joe Random said:
His singing was ◊◊◊◊. Just pure ◊◊◊◊. I love that type of music, but his vocals were so totally over-produced it's insane that anyone liked his 'singing'. Not saying I'm happy he's dead, just that we didn't lose some talent vocalist is all.

Edit to add perspective - when was the last time you celebrated some track like Planet Caravan (which I love) versus the ◊◊◊◊ Ozzy got famous and was known for post Black Sabbath?

His vocals were crap, and any kudos need to go to his sound mixer, not him.
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People like what they like. I saw Ozzy sing with Black Sabbath in concert. It was fun. He had a unique voice. He's lucky he found his wife or he would have been dead 40 years ago.
 
Another music great gone.. Veteran jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine dies aged 97
 
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