La musica sveglia il tempo

Barenboim is a true genius and one of my heroes, but I don't know if Verso did very well putting together a sampling of his writing: the book is strangely organized and repeats itself a LOT (a late chapter on the West-East Divan Orchestra is basically a verbatim recount of what he talks about in the Leggi tutto

A really mixed read - an uneasy marriage between philosophy (/politics) and music. I mean no disrespect to one of the greatest living musicians, but he often asserts ideas which are genuinely interesting, but doesn't analyse them in any depth in the way a good philosopher might. Just as one can love Leggi tutto

I am a little worried that this dude thinks that he could fart and it would sound like Vivaldi. He's obviously smart, but he could probably remove the stick from his butt. So that the Vivaldi farts could escape.

I approached this book with great anticipation. The reviews I had read primed me to expect a text of deep philosophical insights borne of parallels between music and life at large, from one of the great musicians of our time. Well, yes, it was sort of philosophical in the sense that many people of a Leggi tutto

Despite the great respect I have for Barenboim as a musician and humanitarian, I can't get past the patronising and dogmatic tone of much of this book, especially the early parts. I realise in hindsight that I should have read 'Parallels and Paradoxes' (Barenboim's book with Edward Said on the West- Leggi tutto

Meh.

Mi sento molto appagata perchè stavolta sono andata a caccia di tartufi da sola, affrontando un libro sconosciuto, senza essere influenzata dal mercato e ho scoperto un capolavoro! Si parla di musica, questo è ovvio. Ma se ne parla sotto l'aspetto tecnico, storico, filosofico, sociale e, addirittura Leggi tutto