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Post by terentiusfaber on Jun 17, 2024 20:33:08 GMT
Requiescat in pace.
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Post by kizolk on Jun 17, 2024 21:15:19 GMT
This Belgian soprano died on Sunday and I've had a bit of this in my head on and off since then. I heard an excerpt of one of her performances this morning and thought she was very good. |
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Post by kizolk on Jun 28, 2024 21:34:27 GMT
Clean vocals (a term that at least in metal we use in opposition to distorted/harsh vocals) are a hit or miss in this subgenre of modern progressive metal/djent, but he's Doing It Right.
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Post by Pacifica on Jul 8, 2024 13:20:11 GMT
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Aug 8, 2024 20:52:43 GMT
Polish is one of the hardest languages to sing, due to being consonant-heavy. Ewa Demarczyk is unique in her ability to do so. Also, how can someone not blink for that length of time?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Aug 8, 2024 20:57:29 GMT
Bugger, I meant to link to Tomaszów at 14.47. Still, nobody's likely to listen to it either way.
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Post by kizolk on Aug 8, 2024 23:40:58 GMT
Polish is one of the hardest languages to sing, due to being consonant-heavy I think consonants clusters are manageable, but syllabic consonants probably pose a greater problem. I'm pretty sure they occur in Polish, but are they common? Impressive non-blinking. Maybe she's just in a very humid room. The bit starting around 26:10 is both funny and very good musically. She's incredibly expressive. |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Aug 26, 2024 20:05:18 GMT
The video seems to have gone away. What I meant to point out at the time: the text is taken from a poem by Julian Tuwim, which is called Przy okrągłym stole. The stanza that contains those words is omitted in the version set to music, which is presumably why its title is not that of the poem. This is the omitted stanza: Do dzisiaj przy okrągłym stole Siedzimy martwo jak zaklęci! Kto odczaruje nas? Kto wyrwie Z niebłaganej niepamięci?
It seems to me that the reason for omitting the stanza has nothing to do with the sense, but it's just that this would be taking consonant clusters one step too far. Nobody, not even the divine Ewa Demarczyk, could sing that. |
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Post by kizolk on Aug 26, 2024 20:13:03 GMT
Do dzisiaj przy okrągłym stole Siedzimy martwo jak zaklęci! Kto odczaruje nas? Kto wyrwie Z niebłaganej niepamięci? When I see this kind of thing, I tend to seek comfort in the thought that it might not reflect the actual pronunciation. |
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Post by kizolk on Aug 27, 2024 18:18:03 GMT
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