Albinoni - Adagio
 

Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio (best live version)

Copernicus Chamber Orchestra, Horst Sohm (conducting/Leitung) (f)
Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio en sol menor, in G minor,
Live in concert - Festival de Musica de L´Escala

The most profound interpretation of Albinoni's Adagio

When I die and go to heaven, play this, and if I go the
other way...well, play this...smiling

Greco

Il Divo - adagio
 

Il Divo - Adagio (Live Video)

[I]Il Divo add their excellent voices to my favorite
adagio by Tomaso Albinoni...play this one as well,
but come to think of it, let's do it while I'm alive!

Much more fun that way...smiling, Greco


No sé dónde encontrarte
No sé cómo buscarte
Pero siento una voz que
el viento me habla de ti
Esta alma sin corazón
Te esperara Despacio
Las noches sin tu piel
Los sueños sin estrellas
imágenes de tu rostro
Que pasan inesperadamente
Me dan esperanzas todavia
Que te encontrare Despacio
Cierro los ojos y te veo
Encuentro el camino que
Me lleve lejos de la agonía
Siento latir en mi
esta música que
He inventado para ti
Si usted sabe donde encontrarme
Si sabes dónde buscarme
Abrazame con la mente
El sol parece apagado
Enciende tu nombre en el cielo
Dime que estás ahí
Es Lo que quiero
Vivir en ti
El sol parece apagado
Abrazarme con la mente
Estoy Perdido sin ti
Dime que estas y
lo creeré
música eres
despacio

-----------------------------------------
Non so dove trovarti
Non so come cercarti
Ma sento una voce che
Nel vento parla di te
Quest'anima senza cuore
Aspetta te
Adagio
Le notti senza pelle
I sogni senza stelle
Immagini del tuo viso
Che passano all'improvviso
Mi fanno sperare ancora
Che ti troverò
Adagio
Chiudo gli occhi e vedo te
Trovo il cammino che
Mi porta via
Dall'agonia
Sento battere in me
Questa musica che
Ho inventato per te
Se sai come trovarmi
Se sai dove cercarmi
Abbracciami con la mente
Il sole mi sembra spento
Accendi il tuo nome in cielo
Dimmi che ci sei
Quello che vorrei
Vivere in te
Il sole mi sembra spento
Abbracciami con la mente
Smarrita senza di te
Dimmi chi sei e ci crederò
Musica sei
Adagio/I]

Drawing, Hokusai, and Fire.
 

Fireplace - romantic - 10 hours Full HD crackling logs


The Eye of Hokusai

and drawing...enjoy your Sunday

Greco

George Winston...Forest.
 

George Winston: Forest - (Full Album)

soothing for tonight

Greco

PA
 

Pablo Alborán - "Por fin" (Videoclip oficial)


Greco


"Qué intenso es esto del amor,
qué garra tiene el corazón, sí,
jamás pensé que sucediera así.

Bendita toda conexión
entre tu alma y mi voz,
y jamás creí que me iba a suceder a mí.

Por fin lo puedo sentir,
te conozco y te reconozco
que por fin sé lo que es vivir
con un suspiro en el pecho,
con cosquillas por dentro y
por fin sé porqué estoy así.

Tú me has hecho mejor,
mejor de lo que era,
y entregaría mi voz
a cambio de una vida entera.

Tú me has hecho entender
que aquí nada es eterno,
pero tu piel y mi piel
pueden detener el tiempo.

No he parado de pensar
hasta dónde soy capaz de llegar,
ya que mi vida está en tus manos y en tu boca.

Me he convertido en lo que nunca imaginé,
has dividido en dos mi alma y mi ser,
porque una parte va contigo aunque a veces no lo sepas ver.

Por fin lo puedo sentir,
te conozco y te reconozco
que por fin sé lo que es vivir
con un suspiro en el pecho
y con cosquillas por dentro,
por fin sé porqué estoy así.

Tú me has hecho mejor,
mejor de lo que era,
y entregaría mi voz
a cambio de una vida entera.

Tú me has hecho entender
que aquí nada es eterno,
pero tu piel y mi piel
pueden detener el tiempo.

...Mejor de lo que era...
...Que aquí nada es eterno..."

Chris Hedges
 

Chris Hedges Best Speech In 2018

Critical thinking...remember?

Greco...

Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009);Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a The New York Times best-seller; and his most recent Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015). 'America, The Farewell Tour' (2018)
Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig.He is also a host for the television program On Contact on RT. Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times, where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).
In 2001, Hedges contributed to The New York Times staff entry that received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002.He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, the University of Toronto and Princeton University, where he is a visiting lecturer in African American studies.
Hedges has taught college credit courses for several years in New Jersey prisons. He teaches a course through Princeton University in which the class is composed of half prisoners and half Princeton undergraduates.He has described himself as a socialist and more specifically as a Christian anarchist,identifying with Catholic activist Dorothy Day in particular.

Critical Thinking (and beliefs)
 

I listened to his talk (up to 43 min. of it - had other things to do, so did not listen to the Q&A with interviewer), and I must say, while I have also seen many of the things that Hedges talked about, he leaves untouched the entire subject of "beliefs" per se, of which he himself is part of - being an ordained minister - and, insofar as I am concerned, also part of the problem, if not the entire part of the problem - beliefs in themselves belie "the present". Critical thinking of outward circumstances (for those of us that do have a mind) is relatively easy. The miracle happens when one questions one's own mindset.
There is also the problem that never in his talk, and I am saying this most respectfully, did he in any way talk about solutions. The buck always stops with the person holding the buck, right? His entire life is always, as most Americans would agree, supported by his belief system and the American system validates and encourages having beliefs, which in itself - in his case - validates his lifestyle and choices, being an ordained minister. Just my two little cents...
If one throws a pebble into a pond, there are always ripples. But, when one throws a pebble into one's own pond, it is only then that it has an effect on the entire pond. Until that is done, no amount of words - however truthful - will alter the movement and in the case of the American trend - stagnation of the pond. We have all seen this wilful blindness to this even from the beginnings of the understanding gleaned from Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" up to Al Gore's attempt to awaken some intelligence. I am saying this since I have seen that the human brain is connected to all other brains. I do feel and think that true change cannot come about outwardly, but must begin with oneself. Until that is done, I must state quite emphatically that the movement of the pond (of the course and meandering of the stream) of history will continue its abysmal downward spiral.
Always, I must say, thanks for putting up posts of intelligent talks, and always food for reflection. [One of the meanings of the word "meditation" derives from its origin - the Sanskrit word "ma", which literally means, thinking, pondering, considering, reflecting... - the reflection of oneself in that very pond being a key meaning - among its other meanings... something which btw is not mentioned to people who profess to be studying meditation.]
Best regards, Charley

CH
 

Charley, your points in response to Chris Hedges's speech in Canada are well taken this morning.
And I appreciate your considered and insightful response. I would invite you to research his life
and experiences - as with anyone - to understand what may lie underneath what we see and hear
externally, if you care to go deeper in understanding this person.

All the Best, Greco

Know Thyself
 

Thanks for your response, but no. He does not interest me. If it would be an interest, it would only add to my knowledge about x or y and constitute the pleasure of entertainment. - Not that I deny pleasure or entertainment, but such things have their place. - I do not in any way, shape or form accept that knowledge is the way to truth or wisdom. Knowledge only begets further knowledge, not understanding, nor wisdom. It is only useful in certain fields, such as medicine and other technological fields, and the incredible advances and cures therein. In the field of not knowing, there is only understanding. Knowledge is based on the past (all scientific knowledge builds on past discovery), while understanding is in the moment.
I think that it is impossible to get to the bottom of another person, but it is only possible to look at oneself and get to the bottom of oneself. In other words, I think it is impossible to "know" another completely. One can only "know" oneself. If it were impossible to get to the bottom of oneself, then meditation would in itself be a meaningless activity, and devolve into meaningless entertainment and navel-gazing - which for me is just not true. What meditation has made me understand is that all the answers to who were are, to what we are, can only be found within.
[As an aside, I have interacted with quite a few in real time who have believed that they were actually doing meditation - according to this or that technique - and then they come to the inevitable conclusion that life is meaningless and then they began to laugh, to which I could only frown, since I understood that what they thought was meditation was not meditation at all. All of which had made me understand that it is all too easy to get lost in illusions, and the mind can and does play tricks with itself.]
What I am saying is that all answers to human questions, to the history of humanity, are readily available within. I agree with Socrates who said that the unexplored life is not worth living. "The claim is that only in striving to come to know ourselves and to understand ourselves do our lives have any meaning or value." as per:

https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/apology/section7/

Hence, the phrase "Know Thyself". :)

CH
 

Thank you also for your thoughts charley.

All the Best, Greco

y
 

"Tres Lagrimas"

Here is a video of "Tres Lagrimas" from Guitarra Azul's Debut CD "Mariposa" featuring Guitarra Azul - Stefano & David Chiriboga - Guitars, Ruben Alvarez, Javier Saume, Miguel Cascio, & Edwin Suarez -Percussion, & Antonio Mhoon - Bass With Special Guest Dancer Cristina Gutierrez.

lovely playing...and dance...

Greco

Magía
 

Paco de Lucía & Al Di Meola - Mediterranean Sundance

Que descanses en paz Paco.

Greco

12
 

Mercedes Sosa y Víctor Heredia, Razón de Vivir, Festival de Viña 1993


Mercedes Sosa - "Todo Cambia"
(f)
Compositor Chileno Julio Numhauser

hací es Amor...

Greco

12
 

Mercedes Sosa - "Gracias a la vida"

(f) Mercedes Sosa y Violeta Parra Que descansen en paz

Composítora Chilena Violeta Parra

Greco

12
 

Mercedes Sosa - "Canción de las simples cosas"

"Cesare Pavese fue un poeta italiano que migró a
eeuu en el periodo entre guerras .. Cuando volvió a su
patria todo ya no era lo mismo. Esta cancion me
destruye, todo aquel que se fue de su pais de origen
entiende el significado verdadero de esta cancion.
La distancia y el tiempo matan todo! Es increible!
Por eso habla de cuando queres volver al sitio donde
fuiste feliz para poder encontrar algo de eso. Pero eso
ya no existe. Por eso te aconsejo. No partas si vas a
soñar el regreso. Si partis no mires para atraz
Me mata el corazón." Sebastian Leloir yt

Greco

12
 

Ñañitay en San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

en honor a Chile Atacama...(f)

Greco

Facundo Cabral
 

"No soy de aquí ni soy de allá"

"...Doy la cara al enemigo, la espalda al buen comentario
pues el que acepta un halago empieza a ser dominado.
El hombre le hace caricias al caballo, pa´montarlo..." Facundo Cabral

Greco

Yo Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott
 

Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott - Romance for Cello and Piano (Delius)

Beauty...

Greco

Bach's Cello Suites and artists
 

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (Ep. 1) – Classical Music

I've posted these films before so this is the last time
they will be posted in their continuum. The collaboration
with artists of different disciplines has always been exciting
to me, so these films where Yo Yo Ma collaborates with other
artists are quite a marvel. And the Bach Cello Suites...well, I
cannot say enough of how his music has gifted me with peace
for many years now, and I'm grateful.

It is my hope that you will enjoy these films, Yo Yo Ma's
collaboration with the other artists, and of course, Bach's six
Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.

Greco

Bach's Cello Suites and artists
 

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (Ep. 2) – Classical Music

Greco

Bach's Cello Suites and artists 3
 

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (Ep. 3) – Classical Music

Visit the previous page for 1 & 2

Greco

Bach's Cello Suites and artists 4
 

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (Ep. 4) – Classical Music

Greco

Bach's Cello Suites and artists 5
 

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (Ep. 5) – Classical Music

And of all the films, this one is my favorite.
For the beauty, and grace of this actor and
Yo Yo Ma's interpretation of this cello suite.

Greco

Bach's Cello Suites and artists 6
 

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach (Ep. 6) – Classical Music

I've posted these films before so this is the last time
they will be posted in their continuum. The collaboration
with artists of different disciplines has always been exciting
to me, so these films where Yo Yo Ma collaborates with other
artists are quite a marvel. And the Bach Cello Suites...well, I
cannot say enough of how his music has gifted me with peace
for many years now, and I'm grateful.

It is my hope that you have enjoyed these films, Yo Yo Ma's
collaboration with the other artists, and of course, Bach's six
Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.

Greco

Free...dive...and...love.
 

"AMA" - a short film by Julie Gautier

JULIE:
"Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions.
I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water.
I dedicate this film to all the women of the world."
Julie

JULIE:
"Ama est un film sans parole qui raconte une histoire que chacun peut interpréter à sa manière, selon son propre vécu, tout est suggéré, rien n’est imposé.
J’ai voulu mettre dans ce film ma plus grande douleur en ce monde. Pour qu’elle ne soit pas trop crue je l’ai enrobée de grâce. Pour qu’elle ne soit pas trop lourde je l’ai plongée dans l’eau.
Je dédie ce film à toutes les femmes du monde."
Julie

Greco

Credits :
Choreographer : Ophélie Longuet
Music : « Rain in your black eyes », Ezio Bosso. (P) Sony Music Entertainment.
Cinematographer : Jacques Ballard
Safety Freedivers : Anne Maury - Fouad Zarrou

Sheehan...
 

Dr George Sheehan on fitness / running

Gotten from a VHS tape, the talk took place
in 1986...Dr. George Sheehan, a person that
walked, in his case ran, his talk. And am sharing
for those of you who may be interested in walking,
running...and those of you who already are moving,
and have found, as I, your meaning while doing so.

Greco

Christmas
 

Chris Rea ~ "Driving Home For Christmas" (1986)

On that note...buenas noches...Greco

12
 

Karel Boehlee Trio - The Secret Life Of Plants

Greco

32
 

Michel Legrand & Toots Thielemans - The Summer Knows

Greco

12
 

GIOVANNI MARRADI - Historia De Un Amor

..with hair the color of night...and lips the color of passion...(f)

Greco

12
 

Gipsy Kings - "Un Amor"

(f)

Greco

m
 

♡ Gipsy Kings -"Habla Me" - tradução ♡ 🎼


Greco

m
 

Jehro ~ "Salima"

Painter: LaShun Beal

Greco

Fire...and Smooth Jazz
 

Christmas Smooth Jazz Music & Relaxing Fireplace

"Get into the spirit of Christmas with this video.
Make some hot chocolate or eggnog, turn on the
holiday tunes and peaceful flames and enjoy your
chill time during the most magical part of the year."

Greco

For contrast...A Real Jazz Christmas Miles, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans...
 

Bob Dorough with Miles Davis Sextet - Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)

dig this one a lot.

Greco

"The Bird" Charlie Parker (alto sax), live broadcast recording, 25th December 1948 from The Royal Roost, New York City, with Kenny Dorham, trumpet, Al Haig, piano, Tommy Porter, bass, Max Roach, Drums.

XR remastered from the Savoy release, including DJ/announcer "Symphony Sid" Torin, by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio.

This is the only Christmas tune I've managed to find from Parker and it was in pretty grim sound quality. I've managed to make major improvements here and look forward to producing more Charlie Parker to add to our existing releases in the months to come.

NB. I've used a range of photos in this video, including a number of musicians not heard in this particular recording." Pristine Classical YT channel

!Jamás me olvido que soy Boricúa!
 

!!FELIZ NAVIDAD!! "THE FANIA ALL STARS"

Of all the music I love, it always begins here in
my roots on a beautiful island called Borínquen (f)
!Felíz Navidad mi gente!

Greco

01.* ESTA NAVIDAD........................ HECTOR & WILLIE
02.* LA TIERRA MÍA........................ HECTOR & WILLIE
03.* MI TIA MARIA.......................... ISMAEL RIVERA
04.* AIRES DE NAVIDAD................. HECTOR & WILLIE

Creativity: New Yorkers at their Best
 

When New Yorkers Hear A Violin

Dancers: @barrinton_ @90s_butta_quisy @moeblack_
Violinist: @wuillymay

digging the violinist, and the dancers...in case
you needed a pick me up...!

Greco

Creativity: Musicians...Music...Audience...NYC
 

Two Total Strangers Have Saxophone Battle On NYC Subway Train

Spontaneous fun...musicians...great audience...fun in NYC...damn miss it!

Greco

Creativity: Music...Humanity...Hope
 

Bob Marley Unites Humanity in World's Biggest Sing-Along

Thank you Bob Marley for giving us such a life inspiring
lyric, and melody..."...very little thing is going to be alright..."

Greco

Beethoven...Uchida's Piano and Ozawa
 

MITSUKO UCHIDA ~ Beethoven Piano Concerto # 5 / Seiji Ozawa / Saito Kinen Orchestra


Mitsuko Uchida : Chopin - Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35

Stunning.

Greco

Frédéric François Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35 (1837-1839)

Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Piano Philips

Painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 -1851)

Grave -- Doppio movimento 00:00
Scherzo 7:35
Marche funèbre: Lento 14:22
Finale: Presto 23:37