Revisiting an old cassette through an old Walkman

I have been practicing this week. I think I am going to move on to the second movement of the A-minor Sonata this Sunday. I'm starting to feel familiar with the first movement, which is all I'm asking of myself for the moment.

I've been revisiting some old musical favorites of mine this week. How music affects my mood!  On a whim Wednesday night, I listened to an old mix tape using my Walkman, now many years old.  Thursday morning (Thanksgiving), I woke up in a great mood and with show tunes in my head. 

That morning, on a roll, I put on another old cassette tape - Claude Bolling's "Suite For Violin and Jazz Piano." It's a tape my mom made for herself, maybe of a record? I think she used to listen to the tapes in the lab. At some point, I had coopted the tape with the Tchaikovsky violin and piano concertos, the Vivaldi violin concertos, and this one. The Bolling is the only tape I actually took with me to Somerville.

My mom's recording features Bolling on piano and Pinchas Zuckerman on violin. They're good. Listen to one movement of the Bolling here.

I love these cassette tapes.  They've been my favorite music since before my age became two digists, and they still are.  Music runs deep. 

Now for a bit of Phantom of the Opera before bed.  Some may not like it because it's over-popular. Well, it's popular for a good reason.  It's a classic.