Is this good or bad?

I can't tell, halp!


You'd think I'd like this kinda crap intrinsically.  I hate that 4 cello Metallica crap though, and most of these Vitamin quartet songs are not that good.  But this...is good?  I don't know.  wat u think??

Villa-Lobos playlist

I tinker on a playlist for Villa-Lobos' string quartets. This mix is the lazy summer afternoon mix.

1. String quartet #4 allegro con moto
2. String quartet #2 scherzo
3. String quartet #2 andante
4. String quartet #3 allegro non troppo
5. String quartet #4 andantino
6. String quartet #5 poco andantino
7. String quartet #8 lento
8. String quartet #10 adagio
9. String quartet #15 moderato
10. String quartet #17 lento
11. String quartet #2 allegro non troppo

I might tweak this just a bit, but you get the idea.

Stirrings in the Subcontinent

Many years ago I became fascinated with the work of Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly. They were folklorists who transcribed music in order to preserve it. They even made a few wax recordings when the technology became available. Also, they arranged the folk tunes for a "classical" medium. My favorite example is the Romanian folk dances Bartok arranged for piano (and has been arranged for many other settings).

Well, since then I've been searching for someone to take that approach to other regions of the world besides Eastern Europe. It turns out it has been done in India. Behold; India's Bartok:



Or maybe it is the Indian Kodaly?