Billy Stewart
50+, recently remarried, 12+ years single dad of three; two now young women and a teen boy. Voracious autodidact, bingeing on music, sciences, history, and classical and ancient studies.
An aspiring author w/ a historical fiction standalone and a series, both long in progress. Bass and guitar player and shameless bad singer.
MUSIC IS MY DRUG!
As Nietzsche so well said, "Life without music would be a mistake." As I say, music is that from which everything that is good in life grows.
I love classical music! My favorite periods are late-Classical to early 20th century, especially the fin-de-siècle and my beloved Debussy. Also, folk, real classic rock (pre mid ‘70s), jazz, blues, funk, MoTown, Indie, Broadway & musicals, and much which is hard to define. Some current artists rise above the bleak, barren, uninspiring, modern musical landscape with passion and originality and I’m happy to find them.
*Rare* Debussy ~ Rhapsody for English Horn and Piano
Rare Sibelius ~ Ljunga Wirginia Quartet
Colin Hay ~ Storm in my Heart - Lyrics (from Man @ Work)
Satie ~ Trois Gymnopedies ~ Aldo Ciccolini
Copland ~ Short Symphony ~ Complete
Copland ~ Billy the Kid ~ Concert Suite ~ Complete
Satie ~ La belle excentrique ~ Complete
Borodin ~ Symphony No. 3 in A minor ~ Complete
Sir Granville Bantock ~ Hebridean Symphony ~ Complete
Sibelius ~ King Christian II Suite ~ Complete
Sibelius ~ IV Serenade: Moderato assai (quasi menuetto) ~ Kung Kristian II Suite
Sibelius ~ V Ballade: Allegro molto ~ Kung Kristian II Suite, Op. 27
Sibelius ~ III Musette: Allegretto ~ Kung Kristian II Suite, Op. 27
Sibelius ~ II Elegy: Andante sostenuto ~ Kung Kristian II Suite, Op. 27
Sibelius ~ I Nocturne: Molto moderato ~ Kung Kristian II Suite, Op. 27
Beethoven ~ Fur Elise ~ For my Jacqueline Melody
Respighi ~ Three Preludes on Gregorian Melodies
Respighi ~ Piano Sonata in F minor
Respighi ~ Six Pieces for Solo Piano ~ IV - VI (2 of 2)
Respighi ~ Six Pieces for Solo Piano ~ I - III (1 of 2)
Respighi ~ Fantasia slava in G minor for Piano & Orchestra
Satie ~ 4. Cancan Grand-Mondain (Galop) ~ La Belle excentrique
Satie ~ 3. Valse du Mysterieux baiser dans l'oeil (Mouvement de valse) ~ La Belle Excentrique
Satie ~ 2. Marche Franco-Lunaire ~ La Belle excentrique
Satie ~ 1. Grande ritournelle (Pas trop vite) ~ La Belle excentrique
Satie ~ Le Picadilly (La Transatlantique)
Satie ~ Le Piege de Meduse - Toutes petites danses
Satie ~ 1. Nostalgie ~ 2. Froide songerie ~ 3. Facheux exemple from Musiques intimes et secrètes
Satie ~ Caresse