Keep OPPO Classy

"Agrajag" (Agrajag) 01/03/2015 at 22:27 • Filed to: musiclopnik

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Ordered this from the old country and just got it today. I was actually introduced to this piece on OPPO. I forget who posted it here, but it quickly became my favorite classical piece.

Supposedly regarded as the definitive performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto. All I know is it sounds phenomenal. I suggest not reading about Jacqueline Du Pre unless you want to cry.

Here is a video from a different performance with her husband conducting.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Agrajag 01/03/2015 at 22:35

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Record looks like it's in nice shape. My wife just got a cello for Christmas...I just watched that video and sent it to her. Awesome stuff.

ttyymmnn > Agrajag 01/03/2015 at 23:05

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Well, if Rostropovich thinks it was that good, I'll have to give it a listen.

Seriously, though, fuck MS. My neighbor's wife has it and has been bedridden for years. Like ALS, which my mother-in-law suffers from, the body goes to shit but the mind is still strong. I simply can't imagine.

Thanks for posting this. The world still needs classical music performed by human beings.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Agrajag 01/03/2015 at 23:35

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I suggest not reading about Jacqueline Du Pre unless you want to cry.

Plot Twist: I actually really like crying which is why I like sad movies.

Agrajag > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 01/03/2015 at 23:55

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Then may I suggest the following: Dead Poet's Society, Limelight and Pan's Labyrinth

I am also a fan of sad movies, and I'm racking my brain for others but this is all I can come up with right now.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Agrajag 01/03/2015 at 23:57

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Oh I did love Dead Poet's Society. I will have to put Limelight and Pan's Labryinth on the list behind sad movies I'm planning to watch right now including Theory of Everything and If I Stay.

Agrajag > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 01/04/2015 at 00:08

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Hadn't heard of If I Stay. Theory of Everything I've heard is pretty good. I'll keep an eye out for both of them.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Agrajag 01/04/2015 at 00:15

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If I Stay is kind of like Fault in Our Stars. It's generic sad. You're sad because it's a sad movie and you're sad because you just sat through 2 hours of it.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ttyymmnn 01/04/2015 at 01:55

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My uncle has Progressive MS, he was diagnosed when he was 24, he's now 75 and confined to a wheelchair. Now his daughter has relapsing-remitting MS. Its not supposed to be genetic. Its a very difficult disease

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 01/05/2015 at 20:20

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My wife and daughter just made me watch Fault in Our Stars.....I've seen sadder. Watch Grave of the Fireflies and get back to with me your sadness scale.