Vivaldi Four: Four Seasons / Gil Shaham, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?source=WGMS&date=200502042007

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Release Date: 02/07/1995
Label: Dg Deutsche Grammophon Catalog #: 439933 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Fritz Kreisler
Performer: Gil Shaham
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 0 Hours 50 Mins

This recording comes with a free CD-ROM.
The modern popularity of Baroque music is a striking contrast to its original reception. Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons,’ written in 1725, was hardly noticed by music critics until it was revived in the early 1920s. Today it is one of the most recognized compositions of all time. Each mellifluent movement has worked its way into our common cultural language.

This disc, which features a CD-ROM encoding of a video for the “Winter” movement (both Macintosh- and PC-compatible), is a 1993 recording of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. This talented young group is bringing new popularity to its music through nontraditional means. The “Winter” video, which received its broadcast premier on The Weather Channel, gained the attention of a new audience.

Tipping his hat to Vivaldi, Fritz Kreisler’s “Concerto in C Major in the Style of Vivaldi” is a tribute to the emotional power of the Red Priest’s strings. Although nothing plays like the original, Kreisler’s composition is an excellent study in the elements that let Vivaldi withstand critics and stand the test of time.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001GME/

‘Il cardellino’ – Stephen Preston, Flute

Feb 1, 2005 6:34 PM on the WCVT. Playlist contains the following entry:

VIVALDI: Fl. conc. in D, Op. 10 #3, R. 428 P. 155, ‘Il cardellino’ (A.A.M./Hogwood, Christopher; Preston, Stephen, fl.) O-L 414-685-2

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Vivaldi – L’Estro Armonico / AAM · Hogwood

~ by Antonio Vivaldi, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music

  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music, Monica Huggett, et al.
  • Label: Decca
  • Catalog: #458078
  • Audio CD (July 14, 1998)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • ASIN: B000009DG0
  • Average Customer Review: 5 out of 5 stars

In addition, I found a link http://www.antonio-vivaldi.org/VIVflute.htm to an interesting review of recordings.

Programming devices

J now has two hamsters; one much more vigorous than the other. We talked about how cool it would be to make a sort of tachometer, to see how far the hamster runs each night.

Logoforum has a post regarding the GoGoBoard, a ” a collection of open-source hardware platforms mainly aimed for educational projects.”

I mentioned this item to SJC who pointed me to Parallax’s BASIC Stamp products.

Now there’s an article in the January 2004 Linux Journal about a web-based cat treat dispenser, based on a Parallax Homework Board kit.

The Parallax stuff is more plug-it-together-and-go, where the GoGoBoard project is intentionally more build-it-all-yourself.

And there’s always CS 101 – Computer Organization…

–Geoff

Funkiness joining workstations to a domain

Scenario: when joining a system to the domain and renaming it, some burp happens, and the local system thinks that it has the original computer name and is joined to the domain. The Domain Controller, OTOH, has the NEW name. Either way, there appears to be a problem with the computer password, too, because many aspects of domain funcitonality aren’t working.

Microsoft’s KB (via Google) yields some options:

How To Use Netdom.exe to Reset Machine Account Passwords
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q260575

How To Use the Netdom.exe Utility to Rename a Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325354

NETDOM Documentation
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/Documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/techref/en-us/netdom.asp