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January 2008

Brahms Cello My Mommy's favourite! (correction)

Correction to “My Mommy’s favourite”!

My brother claims I never asked him what our mother’s favourite was! (*see comments on the piece above)  But I think I did ask him and my subconscious played a trick on me – because I like the movement from the violin concerto much more than this.  Anyway there’s plenty of music to enjoy here in the three movements. It was the last piece that Brahms wrote for orchestra… and really was My Mommy’s Favourite!

Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello. First, second and third movements.

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Marooned with Mozart Mozart

Marooned with Mozart

So … you’re marooned on a desert island (but happen to have a solar powered CD player) and you have to pick one Classical composer’s work. A no-brainer right?! Gotta’ be Mozart. Extent of repertoire, ease of listening and that sense of “company” his music engenders.

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Liszt Piano Tickle Giggle

Tickle Giggle

You have to smile, titter, giggle or laugh out loud; as you try to follow wherever the hell Liszt is leading us to with this piece! An auditory tickling. Absolutely extraordinary. (see My Comment #2 )

Watch on utube a modern piano master and listen to another version below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnfZjqMSy0

Liszt La Campanella


Some Strauss for David Strauss

Some Strauss for David

Sorry for the oversight David. Now, thanks to you, this site is no longer Strauss-less! Here are a couple from Father and Son! I can almost see you and Chris waltzing across the living room.

Johann Strauss Sr. “Kunstlerleben”

 

Junior – On the Beautiful Blue Danube


Chopin Perfect Music

Perfect Music #3

Number three in the series. Perfect Music means … well – perfect music. (see on the right [Categories] for the full series. Click on Number 1 for the story about “Perfect Music”)

Chopin Piano Concerto number one: Second movement Romance Larghetto. First watch this superb pianists Yundi Li work his magic. Inferior sound compared to the blue arrow recording – but to see and feel the emotion is worth a drop in fidelity!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg24YsN0iuU&feature=related

Chopin – Piano Concertos no. 1 – 2. Romanze. Larghetto