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Artist:Michael Hedges [ more ]
Song:Prelude to Cello Suite #1 (JS Bach)
Album:A Winter's Solstice II [ info ]
Released:1990
Last Played:May 16, 2013 - 22:29
Avg. Rating:8.4  (Total Ratings: 665)
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mread
(Sun Diego)
Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 15:15 

 Dave_Mack wrote:
. . .  Of course it could be one of his extra funky guitars with untold numbers of strings.  Though it sounds pretty normal apart from the extreme lowness.  He's fabulous.
 
Fabulous indeed.  BTW, it's a "harp guitar."  To wit:
Michael Hedges holding a harp guitar
(Not sure when this was taken, but look how young he was.)
d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 11:28 

Even the frozen Oregon sidewalks love this today.


NeuroGeek
(Just Way Out There)
Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 08:03 

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh   {#Sunny}
jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: May 04, 2012 - 09:24 

I concur!   pcicatar wrote:
Yes!  {#Meditate}
a_genuine_find wrote:
eleven

 

 


bokey
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 07:34 

ahhhhhh
pcicatar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 13:40 

Yes!  {#Meditate}
a_genuine_find wrote:
eleven

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 13:24 



This is absolutely beautiful...  love it...

 
Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Sep 25, 2011 - 12:59 


Such a beautiful, tranquil picture, and such magical music... I must put this on my new list of CDs to buy when I have money...


randerse10
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 04:13 

Ahhhh  . . . so nice to hear someone who can make Bach come alive. Bach is wasted on beginning music students. :)
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 19:14 



incredible...  love it...



a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 19:13 

eleven

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 12:21 

This is exquisite - exactly perfect for my mood today... {#Meditate}
DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 03:45 

Interesting. Michael Hedges,Nick Drake,Joe Strummer,Morphine. You ok there Bill?  Then Kasabian? (that's Linda for you toddlers) quick someone call 911.

juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 21:56 

 Elliot wrote:
Well that was lovely, but I'd still vote for the cello.

This entire suite is, for me, the best piece of music I've yet heard.

 
couldn't agree more with you!... the version by Carlos Prieto is just full of feeling and sentiment!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 12:00 



perfect...

 
coyote620
(Near the river, USA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 11:52 

 bobcat1963 wrote:
this version is a lot more boring than played bij Andres Segovia or John Williams.
did Hedges never hear about metrum, rhythm, feel, etc. etc.
it sounds like the sewing machine of my grandma 
 
I disagree.
bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 01:42 

this version is a lot more boring than played bij Andres Segovia or John Williams.
did Hedges never hear about metrum, rhythm, feel, etc. etc.
it sounds like the sewing machine of my grandma 
bbryan
(Don't believe everything you think)
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 06:24 

Does anyone know where I can purchase this mp3? The key word here being purchase... ; )

BB
mooblie
Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 13:02 

Didn't Genesis pinch this tune for one of their songs? (Or vice versa?)  "Horizons", from Foxtrot, if you ask me... 

I think I prefer this version.

——
Edit - OK, this was spotted in 2007...

Elliot
Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 12:58 

Well that was lovely, but I'd still vote for the cello.

This entire suite is, for me, the best piece of music I've yet heard.

Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida USA)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 19:30 

Michael Hedges was an original....too soon gone.
Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 02:43 

 twitterpated wrote:
Bach on the guitar is always so good.
 
:cough:

But this one on cello please. Preferably Anner Bijlsma or Pieter Wispelweij. Yo Yo Ma. 
twitterpated
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 11:39 

Bach on the guitar is always so good.
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 11:38 



This is truly great stuff...  love it...




Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 11:38 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Love it when those bass notes come in.
 
Me too.  He's got some wild tuning on that guitar.  Of course it could be one of his extra funky guitars with untold numbers of strings.  Though it sounds pretty normal apart from the extreme lowness.  He's fabulous.

raewah
(Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 11:37 

Great...just don't want to go to sleep on a Friday afternoon....
snowcat
(Cold, Frozen Minnesota)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 19:51 

Genius.  R.I.P.
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 19:50 



It is soooo cooool to hear Hedges play Bach...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 08:45 



This music is soooo good for the ears...



NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 21:59 

Love it when those bass notes come in.
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