A Classical music listening list

Good guide to listening is at: classical.netMedieval, Rennaisance, Baroque, Classical, Modern Music of the Baroque Era (1600-1750) was characterized by vastness of proportion, rich counterpoint, great splendor and a highly ornamented melodic line. JS Bach, Handel, Vivaldi BACH, Johann Sebastian
* Concertos for Violin BWV 1041, 1042
* Art of the Fugue BWV 1080
* Toccata and Fugue in D minor for Organ BWV 565 HANDEL, George Frideric

Acis and Galatea (oratorio)
Arias
Concerti Grossi Op. 3
* Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Concertos for Organ Op. 4 and 7
Concerto for Organ "Cuckoo and Nightingale"
Harmonious Blacksmith for Harpsichord
* Messiah (oratorio) ( Hallelujah Chorus work )
Operas (Flavio, Tamerlano)
Royal Fireworks Music ( I - II - III - IV - V - VI Royal Fireworks Music - Click on movement )
Solomon (oratorio)
Sonatas for Flute or Recorder and Harpsichord
Suites for Harpsichord
Susanna (oratorio)
Trio Sonatas Op. 2 and 5
* Water Music

VIVALDI, Antonio

* Four Seasons Spring
* Concertos (for violin, bassoon, cello, oboe, flute, etc.)

classical era: (1750 - 1820): Briefly, the characteristics of classicism are a concern for musical form with a greater emphasis on clarity with more concise melodic expression and clarity of instrumental color. composers: mozard, beethoven, haydn, cpe bach BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel * Concertos for Cello Wq. 170-172 BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van

* Concertos for Piano (1-3, * 4, * 5)
* Concerto for Violin Op. 61
* Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 56
Diabelli Variations for Piano Op. 120
Eroica Variations for Piano Op. 35
Fidelio Op. 72 (opera)
* Missa Solemnis Op. 123
Overtures (Leonore, Coriolan, Egmont. etc.)
* Quartets #7-16 (* 8, * 14)
Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 16
Serenade and Trios for Strings Op. 3, 8 and 9
Sextet for Winds Op. 71
* Sonatas for Piano (All, especially * 8, * 14 Piano Sonata #14, Op. 27 #1 (first movement), 21, * 23, * 29)
Sonatas for Cello and Piano (1-5)
* Sonatas for Violin and Piano (5, 9)
* Symphonies (1 Symphony #1, Op. 21 (first movement), 2 Symphony #2, Op. 36 (first movement), * 3 Symphony #3, Op. 55 (first movement), 4 Symphony #4, Op. 60 (first movement), * 5 Symphony #5, Op. 67 (second movement), * 6 Symphony #6, Op. 68 (first movement), 7 Symphony #7, Op. 92 (first movement), 8 Symphony #8, Op. 93 (first movement), * 9 Symphony #9, Op. 125 (first movement))
* Trios for Piano and Strings (* #7 "Archduke")
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
Arias (opera and concert arias) Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute
Concerto for Clarinet K. 622
* Concertos for Flute, K.313 and 314
* Concertos for Horn #1-4 K. 412, 417, 447 and 495
* Concertos for Piano (7-19, * 20, * 21, * 23, 24, 25, 27)
Concertos for Violin (#3-5)
Cosí fan tutte (opera)
Divertimenti #1-3, K. 136-138 and #10, K. 247
* Don Giovanni (opera)
* Exsultate, Jubilate (motet)
Idomeneo (opera)
La Clemenza di Tito (opera)
* Magic Flute (opera) Queen of the Night aria
Marriage of Figaro (opera) Overture
Mass in C minor "The Great"
* Opera Overtures Overture from Marriage of Figaro
Quartets for Flute and Strings
Quartet for Oboe and Strings K. 370
* Quartets for Strings(* 8-13, 14, 16, * 17, 18, * 19, 23)
* Quintet for Clarinet and Strings K. 581
Quintet for Piano and Strings
* Quintets for Strings (* K. 515, 516, 593 and 614)
Requiem K. 626 Confutatis
Serenade #6 "Serenata notturna" K. 239
* Serenade #7 "Haffner" K. 250
Serenade #9 "Posthorn" K. 320
* Serenades #10 "Gran Partita", 11 and 12 for Winds
* Serenade #13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K. 525 ( I - II - III - IV Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
* Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola K. 364
Sonatas for Piano (8, 11, 13, 15)
Sonatas for Violin (K. 296 and 454)
* Symphonies (29, 35, 36, * 38, 39, * 40, * 41)
* Trio for Strings K. 563
Trios for Piano and Strings

Romantic Period: (1820 - 1910): Extending the bounds of music beyond the restrictive formality of Classicism was the prime function of the musical period known as Romanticism. Formal concern, intellectuality and concise expression have now been augmented by sentiment, imagination and effect. Romantic Period: (1820 - 1910): Extending the bounds of music beyond the restrictive formality of Classicism was the prime function of the musical period known as Romanticism. Formal concern, intellectuality and concise expression have now been augmented by sentiment, imagination and effect. composers: Bizet | Brahms Chopin Dvořák Liszt Puccini | Rachmaninoff J. Strauss Jr. | J. Strauss Sr. Tchaikovsky | Thomas | Verdi | Wagner | BIZET, Georges

* Carmen (opera)
BRAHMS, Johannes
Alto Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra Op. 53
* Academic Festival Overture Op. 80
* Concertos for Piano (1, * 2)
* Concerto for Violin Op. 77
Concerto for Violin and Cello Op. 102
Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) Op. 45
Hungarian Dances for Piano or Orchestra
Piano Music (Fantasias Cappricio Op 116 #3, Intermezzos, Ballades, Waltzes Waltz Op. 39 #1, Rhapsodies, etc.)
Quartets for Strings (1-3)
Quartets for Piano and Strings (1-3)
* Quintets for Strings
* Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Op. 115
Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 34
* Serenades for Orchestra (* 1,2)
Sextets (1,2)
Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Sonatas for Viola or Clarinet Op. 120
Sonatas for Violin and Piano
* Symphonies (* 1, 2, * 3, * 4)
Tragic Overture Op. 81
Trio for Clarinet and Strings Op. 114
* Trios for Piano and Strings (* 1, 2, 3)
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano Op. 40
* Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56a

CHOPIN, Frédéric

* Piano Music (Ballades, Études, Nocturnes Nocturne #2 Op. 9 #2, Preludes Prelude Op. 28 #2, Scherzi Scherzo #1 Op. 20, etc.)
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 65

DVOŘÁK, Antonín

* Concerto for Cello Op. 104
* Quartets (* 10, 11, 12, * 14)
* Quartets for Piano and Strings
Slavonic Dances
* Symphonies (* 7, * 8, * 9 "New World")
* Trios for Piano and Strings (1-3,* 4)

LISZT, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage for Piano
* Concertos for Piano (* 1, 2)
* Hungarian Rhapsodies Hungarian Rhapsody #2
* Les Préludes for Orchestra
Mephisto Waltz for Piano Mephisto Waltz
Paganini Études for Piano
* Sonata in B Minor for Piano
Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
* Transcendental Études for Piano

RACHMANINOV, Sergei

* Concertos for Piano (1, * 2, * 3, 4)
* Études and Preludes for Piano
* Morceaux de Fantasie (* Op. 3/2 Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3 #2 )
* Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sonatas for Piano
Suites for Piano Four Hands
Symphonic Dances
Symphony #2
Trios for Piano and Strings
TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyitch
Capriccio italien for Orchestra Op. 45
* Concerto #1 for Piano Op. 23 1
* Concerto for Violin Op. 35
Eugen Onegin (opera)
Manfred Symphony Op. 58
Marche slave for Orchestra Op. 31
* Nutcracker Op. 71 (ballet suite) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Overture 1812 Op. 49 1812 Overture
Quartets for Strings
Roméo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Love Theme
Serenade for Strings Op. 48
Sleeping Beauty Op. 66 (ballet) Sleeping Beauty
* Swan Lake Op. 20 (ballet) Swan Lake
* Symphonies (2, 4, * 5, * 6)
Trio for Piano and Strings Op. 50
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33

shopping for piano

I stopped by colton pianos in 101; The salesman was very helpful: corey keating (www.coltonpiano.com) 408 986 9900
He demoed George Steck Pianos. These are built at: Sejung in Quingdao, China.
A 48" model was $2700 mahagony finish (delivery and tuning and bench extra).

Yamaha store salesman: David Blank quoted $3k for m425 piano ( i believe made in us ) and with bench and tuner. This piano is cherry/mahagony finish; made in the US; 44"; spruce keys and soundboard

Western music store in cupertino was renting yamaha for $50 per month.

blue book for pianos website lists retail prices;
im not sure what to buy at this point.


Both colton pianos and yamaha dealer have a policy of upgrading within 5 years where the full price of piano can be applied towards the upgrade.

Moved from my Old Blog

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Booklist moved from my old booklist blog:
Wednesday, December 03, 2003

Swimming books:

The Complete Book of Swimming by Phillip, Dr. Whitten, Ethan Berry (Illustrator)
Fitness Swimming by Emmett W. Hines
Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin (Author)
Swimming for Total Fitness by Jane Katz, et al
The Essential Swimmer by Steve Tarpinian (Author)

posted by Murali at 3:57 PM
Tuesday, November 25, 2003

The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic)
by Nathanael West, Alfred Kazin (Designer)

Forum did an extensive review of this book and gave rave reviews.

posted by Murali at 3:09 PM

Life of Pi
by Yann Martel (Author)

posted by Murali at 8:07 AM
Monday, November 24, 2003

Yoga Videos:

If you'd like to add variety into your practice, other relatively short yet challenging yoga routines I'd recommend are
Baron Baptiste's "Unlocking Athletic Power" and Rainbeau Mars "Pure Power" and "Pure Sweat" from her "Sacred Yoga" 4 tape set.
Also Yoga Zone's "Fat Burning" tape is a 20 minute routine that will push you pretty hard for such a short practice.


Living Yoga - Power Stamina Yoga for Beginners (1999)
Living Yoga's Power Strength Yoga for Beginners (1999)

Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Intermediates with Rodney Yee (2000)

more intense:
Bryan Kest tape "Energize" or Baron Baptiste's "Hot Yoga 1"

Look at: VHS > Yoga > Power Yoga

posted by Murali at 2:17 PM
Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Indian Book Store WebSites

posted by Murali at 11:32 PM

My Amazon.com wishlist

posted by Murali at 4:49 PM

To Rent From Mountain View Public Library:

649.122
Author Acredolo, Linda P.
Title Baby minds : brain-building games your baby will love / Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn.
Publication New York : Bantam Books, 2000.

371.042
The well-trained mind : a guide to classical education at home / Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer.

Mudpies to magnets : a preschool science curriculum / Robert A. Williams, Robert E. Rockwell, Elizabeth A. Sherwood ; illustrations by Laurel J. Sweetman.

The mudpies activity book : recipes for invention / by Nancy Blakey.

Homeschooling Handbook (Revised 2nd Edition)
by Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper (Illustrator)

What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series) by E. D. Hirsch (Editor), John Holdren (Introduction)



posted by Murali at 4:36 PM
Monday, June 02, 2003

Authors:

California Authors: Here
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath (1939).
Frank Norris: The Octopus

Mark Twain

posted by Murali at 5:19 PM
Thursday, May 22, 2003

"Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health." - Gina Colata
I heard her in Michael Krasny's program. went over interesting facts about how the exercising becomes a fad, how it is addicting due to physiology, etc.

posted by Murali at 5:57 PM

Stephen Ambrose: Nothing like it, men who built the intercontinental railroad

Pacific Railroad Museum

Great book. I started reading it from mountain view public library. (jun 1 - about to finish it. reads like a great novel. we can learn about how history repeats itself. railroad building boom = dotcom buidout boom; several people got rich over it but several others did the hard work on it; chinese built the railroad with backbreaking work but were treated like cattle; indians did much of dotcom work and treated poorly but to be fair much better than chinese; there were no chinese millionaire but many indian dotcom rich guys; benefits of railroad got realized much later than the building boom making modern america; i think building of internet is similar except it will transform the world; we can already see it with much of white collar work moving offshore.

Credit Mobiler of Union Pacific = Enron (both east coast); both greatest scandals of their time
Californian capitalists seem to have been mostly fair; Stanford became popular only because of the univ; other 3 of big 4 names faded in history

Related books to read:
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (Penguin Classics)
by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, Louis J. Budd (Editor)
Frank Norris: The Octopus are based on the struggle of the San Joaquin ranchers against the Southern Pacific monopoly,

Related links:
http://cpran.com/
http://www.cprr.com/

posted by Murali at 3:17 PM
Wednesday, May 07, 2003



Call # 629.2092 DUR
Author Weisberger, Bernard A., 1922-
Title The dream maker : William C. Durant, founder of General Motors / by Bernard A. Weisberger.

Call # 658.8 1999
Author Moore, Geoffrey A., 1946-
Title Crossing the chasm : marketing and selling high-tech products to mainstream customers / Geoffrey A. Moore ; with a foreward by Regis McKenna.

Fast Food Nation: Eric Schlosser

The Universe in a Nutshell Stephen Hawking

Theodore Rex : Edmund Morris (about thodore rosevelt)

What Einstein Didn't Know Robert Wolke

Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 Stephen Ambrose

posted by Murali at 6:33 PM

Stephen Ambrose books in mtnview library

posted by Murali at 6:31 PM

Cosmology selections

Black holes and time warps : Einstein's outrageous legacy / Kip S. Thorne.

posted by Murali at 6:29 PM

City of Mountain View Public Library

The nature of space and time / Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose

Black holes and baby universes and other essays / Stephen Hawking

The future of spacetime / Stephen W. Hawking ... [et al.] ; introduction by Richard Price.

Universe [videorecording] / Thirteen WNET; Uden Associates; David Filkin Enterprises co-production in association with BBC-TV.

posted by Murali at 6:27 PM
Tuesday, May 06, 2003

Cosmology
Michael Krasny talks to science writer Michael Lemonick about the latest news from the edge of the universe. His latest book is "Echo of the Big Bang."
Michael Lemonick , senior science writer for Time Magazine. His books include "The Light at the Edge of the Universe" and "Other Worlds."

posted by Murali at 5:05 PM
Monday, May 05, 2003

James Tobin, author of "To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight."

posted by Murali at 6:15 PM

Warren Zimmermann , Zimmermann was the former US Ambassador to Yugoslavia and the author of "Origins of a Catastrophe: Yugoslavia and Its Destroyers" and "First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a Great Power."

posted by Murali at 6:14 PM

posted by Murali @ 2:53 PM

Tamil Song: Ninaithu Ninaithu

Ninaithu Ninaithu song from 7B rainbow colony

ninaithu ninaithu paarthaen
nerungi vilagi nadandhaen
unnaal dhaanae naanae vaazhgiRaen oh
unnil indru ennai paarkkiRaen

eduthu padithu mudikkum munnae
eriyum kadidham edhaRku peNNae?
unnaal dhaanae naanae vaazhgiRaen oh
unnil indru ennai paarkkiRaen

amarndhu paesum marangaLin nizhalum
unnai kaetkum eppadi solvaen
udhirndhu poana malarin mounama?
thoodhu paesum kolusin oliyai
aRaigaL kaetkum eppadi solvaen?
udaindhu poana vaLaiyal paesuma?
uLLangaiyial veppam saerkkum
viralgaL indru engae?
thoaLil saayndhu kadhaigaL paesa
mugamum illai ingae
mudhal kanavu mudiyum munnamae
thookkam kalaindhadhey

(ninaithu ninaithu...)

paesi poana vaarthaigaL ellaam
kaalam dhoaRum kaadhinil kaetkum
saambal kaRaiyum vaarthai kaRaiyuma?
paarthu poana paarvaigaL ellaam
pagalum iravum kaeLvigaL kaetkum
uyirum poagum uruvam poaguma?
thodarndhu vandha nizhalgaL ingae
theeyil saerndhu poagum
thiruttu poana thadayam paarthum
nambavillai naanum
oru tharuNam edhirinil thoandruvaay
endrae vaazhgiRaen naanum....

I was curious to find what blog software were available in the free software domain.
Here is a top link i got containing a comparision matrix: http://asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm

This seems to recommend wordpress as explained here.

My problem with wordpress is that it is mysql based and doesnt seem to have any oracle plugin.

Im exploring twiki blog plugin at the moment.

I used the Simple II template. Blogger doesnt allow me to see what template im using.

Memtest86 - Memory Diagnostic Page This link has a tool for diagnosing PC memory instability issues.

Interesting article on the historical piano prices

Interesting article on the historical economic conditions: link



i came across in the discussion of piano prices: here

chords for ninaithu ninaithu paarthen

From: Friday, April 08, 2005

Here it is... or atleast what I think..

G D Em G
ninaithu ninaithu paarthaen
G D Em G
nerungi vilagi nadandhaen

G D (Em)G F# G G D Em G
unnaal dhaanae naanae vaazhgiRaen oho oho oho oh
G D(Em) G F# G
unnil indru ennai paarkkiRaen


G Bb G G D G
eduthu padithu mudikkum munnae
G F# G G D G D Em G
eriyum kadidham edhaRku peNNae ae ae a

G D (Em)G F# G G D Em G
unnaal dhaanae naanae vaazhgiRaen oho oho oho oh
G D(Em) G F# G
unnil indru ennai paarkkiRaen

G D G
amarndhu paesum marangaLin nizhalum
G D G
unnai kaetkum eppadi solvaen
G Bm G Eb D G
udhirndhu poana malarin mounama Aaaa.. Aaaa
G D G
thoodhu paesum kolusin oliyai
G D G
aRaigaL kaetkum eppadi solvaen?
G Bm G Eb
udaindhu poana vaLaiyal paesuma?
Eb G Eb G
uLLangaiyial veppam saerkkum mmmm
G F#G
viralgaL indru engae?
Eb F# Eb G
thoaLil saayndhu kadhaigaL paesa Aaaa
G F#G
mugamum illai ingae
G Em D
mudhal kanavu mudiyum munnamae Ae
D G
thookkam kalaindhadhey