Monthly Archives: March 2008

30 Mar

Washington

Washington

I took a few days to visit the nation’s capital and explore fine cuisine. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. We had a great time. Details of the food …

 
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24 Mar

iTunes vs. Amazon

iTunes vs. Amazon

With a day off to go shopping from my chair (i.e., online), I began looking to see if I had missed any “Bach” from what …

 
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23 Mar

Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus

Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus

I recently picked up (digitally) a new recording of Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus by Jean-Phillipe Spinosi and the Ensemble Matheus. This CD features Phillipe Jaroussky …

 
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23 Mar

Stimulating Podcasts?

Stimulating Podcasts?

This thread on Metafilter discusses some intellectually-stimulating podcasts. I have personally found a lot of great content being podcasted–both by folks who are professionals and those …

 
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23 Mar

Pierre de la Rue – Motets

Pierre de la Rue – Motets

The Hilliard Ensemble perform a mass and motets by Pierre de la Rue. I honestly don’t listen to this recording often; it was recorded in the …

 
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21 Mar

Il Giardino and the Pisendel Concerto

Il Giardino and the Pisendel Concerto

I found this excellent video on You Tube of IGA performing a difficult Vivaldi concerto for Pisendel, the German violinist. Mr. Onofri — an awesome, great …

 
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20 Mar

Martha and her MacBook Air

Martha and her MacBook Air

Martha Stewart recently blogged about getting a MacBook Air. As long, longtime readers of biberfan most certainly know, I am not Martha’s biggest fan. I ate …

 
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15 Mar

Your opinion is obviously… a vendetta?

Your opinion is obviously… a vendetta?

Today I was searching for something on Amazon.com: a review of a recording I was listening to. I do this from time to time, as …

 
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08 Mar

No Reservations

No Reservations

Catherine Zeta-Jones came into my bedroom this evening; I rented her movie based on cooking from the iTunes rental service. No glitches, this time; I …

 
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04 Mar

Brandenburg Madness and the Sunroof

Brandenburg Madness and the Sunroof

In high school, several of my friends and I entertained ourselves in the car by “blasting” classical music. A prime candidate would be Bach’s third …

 
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02 Mar

Week’s End Thoughts

Week’s End Thoughts

This Saturday (or was it Friday night?) we were in Grayson (one of our two cars), and a George Winston CD was in the player. …

 
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