Music Box

Dutch cellist Anner Bylsma is my favorite cellist (after Pau Casals.. heh.)

A friend of mine sent me this link to youtube and I want to share it with you. ^_^



I hope the link works.  I think this Bach's prelude is probably one of the best known cello pieces around the world.  I love his interpretation, and I highly disagree with the commenter that said it should be played faster (Noooo! No way!)
I think people have become used to Yo-yo Ma's interpretation (usually faster) of this piece.  As for myself, I much prefer Bylsma's.

Anyway, regarding J.S. Bach: nowadays Bach is among the top 5 classical composers, but many years ago -believe it or not- his music had been "forgotten".  It took Mendelssohn to rediscover Bach.  ^_^

A few years ago I watched a DVD about Pau Casals's life.  He went through so many hardships, but still he never gave up.
I find this kind of stories highly motivating.  Quite often I am told to be indulgent with someone because he/she has had "a hard life"... and I often wonder if the speaker and the subject of the conversation have the remotest idea of what a hard life is like.

Anyway... let's not get there... I'm all wuv-wuv-music tonight.

Switching to a different genre, lately I've been listening to Matti Paalanen a lot.  I've discovered him through last.fm and I like him very much.

Unfortunately, as with many independent ambient artists, it's hard to find stuff by him. =/