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		<title>Beethoven violin and piano</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A fellow Beethoven lover sent me this email: Howdy Jim, Here&#8217;s another one for the beauty competition &#8211; Beethoven Sonata for Piano &#38; Violin No 5 / 2nd movement. OK Ian &#8230; here it is! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Help!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please help me to identify this piece of music. (click on: Comment on Help! &#8230; just below the title Help) Thanks, Jim &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2012/01/16/help/</link>
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		<title>In Praise of Haydn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is from a review of Haydn&#8217;s piano trios on Amazon. In a letter Brahms says something to the effect `Nobody seems to understand Haydn nowadays. For years he gave us all our music&#8217;. Whatever precisely Brahms meant, it seems to me that the complete transformation in the idiom of music that made the music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/12/27/in-praise-of-haydn/</link>
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		<title>Medtner for Ben</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first appearance of Nikolai Medtner (b 1880 &#8211; d1951) on this site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Medtner My cyber friend and spiritual comrade Ben, in California, urged me to investigate his music. Since he was admired by Rachmaninoff (and actually collaborated with him) I was motivated to find and listen to more (I had only one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/12/27/medtner-for-ben/</link>
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		<title>This Dilettante!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a self confessed Classical Music dilettante I continue to discover large gaps in my &#8216;knowledge-base&#8217; The one I found the other day was so big you could drive a Queensland road train through it! My brother in law, with whom I frequently discuss music, casually mentioned John Field (b1782 &#8211; d1837) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Field_%28composer%29 To discover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/12/18/this-dilettante/</link>
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		<title>And Again! Bach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I purposely did not do any research for this post; deciding not to read what the critics had to say about the Brandenburg Concertos. I think you only need an ear (or two) and a heart to appreciate how great they are! Brandenburg Concertos #1 and 2 (about 28 minutes) &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/11/07/and-again-bach/</link>
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		<title>More Bach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised! Here&#8217;s the Suite number 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 the Ouverture &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/11/05/more-bach/</link>
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		<title>Faure Nocturnes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The French composer Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) was one of the foremost French composers of his time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9 Here are a couple of his beautiful piano nocturnes. We&#8217;re sitting in a piano bar way-station nibbling tasty hor dourves and watching the runway. The room is full of cultured wealthy philanthropists and spiritual seekers; awaiting the shuttle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/10/12/faure-nocturnes/</link>
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		<title>Not enough Bach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my ongoing musical education J.S. Bach somehow got sidelined. This was due to several factors: Extensive research into the piano masters of the past (especially as regards Chopin interpretations) A focus on wind instruments, fairly in-depth investigations of Haydn and Brahms; and most recently an obsession with Beethoven. Even 5 or 6 years ago [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/09/22/not-enough-bach/</link>
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		<title>Beethoven Cello and Piano</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following quote is from an article by cellist Steven Isserlis titled, &#8216;How I fell in love with Ludwig.&#8217; Here&#8217;s the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jan/12/classicalmusicandopera In the article he comments on this second movement: The last sonata, in D major, takes off in other new directions. After the dramatic opening movement, Beethoven gives us, for the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/2011/09/16/beethoven-cello-and-piano/</link>
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