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  • Good Buddies - Mozart and Haydn Haydn Mozart Piano

    Good Buddies – Mozart and Haydn

    My most recent “obsession” has been with Haydn (*see the Post, “Heeer’s Haydn) – and in particular his piano concertos – which I wasn’t familiar with when I did the Heeeer’s…

    November 30, 2008
  • Bach Glenn Gould Changes?! Same Piece Same Artist BUT 25 years later!

    Same Piece / Same Artist – BUT 25 years later!

    What an incredible difference 20 plus years can make in the life of a musician! First we hear how Glenn Gould played/interpreted this piece by Bach (Goldberg Variations BWV 988 /…

    November 11, 2008
  • A Real Ear Opener Dvorak Piano

    A Real Ear Opener

    Just now reviewing some playlists, and I came upon a CD I made for a guy who didn’t know much (or anything at all?) about Classical Music – But he was very interested…

    November 1, 2008
  • Bach Chopin Elgar Handel Just Music. No Commentary! An Eclectic Mix Liszt Piano Saint Saens Satie

    Just Music. An Eclectic Mix. NO Commentary!

    Chopin Nocturne Op. 37 in G minor Chopin nocturne   Saint Saens – The Swan from Carnival of the Animals saint saens the swan   Eric Satie pieces froides – danse…

    October 31, 2008
  • Chopin Chopin drove me crazy Piano

    Chopin drove me crazy!

    A listener wrote and asked what this piece was. It’s from the Movie “Green Card” that I refer to on the right hand side as: “Did you see the movie Green…

    October 24, 2008
  • Haydn Heeeer's Haydn!

    Heeeeer’s Haydn!

    Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) It took me long enough to get around to him! I just had no idea how inovative, spontanous and delightful his music is. I’d only…

    September 24, 2008
  • Glass Houses - Throwing Stones Glass, Phillip

    Glass Houses – Throwing Stones

    I’m going to throw a couple of stones. A friend recently returned a CD favour after I’d given him one of my “favourites.” His offering had a preponderence of Glass pieces. Phillip…

    September 13, 2008
  • An Opera challenge! Opera/Vocal Puccini

    Another Opera Challenge!

    These Opera lovers! They just can’t believe or accept – that a Classical Music “buff” wouldn’t enjoy Opera. So they keep trying to convert me! Out of the 6 opera pieces a…

    September 4, 2008
  • Beethoven Beethoven Can Do The Greatest

    Beethoven Can Do

    HE CAN DO: Soothing Chamber Music Quintet in E flat major for 3 horns, oboe and bassoon / second movement   Absurd and Zen-like! (the Diabelli variations are in the “Piano…

    September 1, 2008
  • Piano Powerful emotions are hidden... Scriabin Scriabin. Another 'crazy genius'?

    Powerful emotions are hidden, subdued, lurking – and then Manifest

    Scriabin impromptu opus 12 no. 2…

    August 28, 2008
  • Beethoven The Greatest

    Beethoven – “THE GREATEST”? Just a Blog! No music

    WHO is the Greatest? It’s a short list isn’t it? Bach / Beethoven / Mozart are usually argued about and compared as the greatest composer. Bach created “music” as we know…

    August 23, 2008
  • Bruch

    Bruch (Max Christian Friedrich) 1838 – 1920

    Here is the second movement of Bruch’s violin concerto #1 Perhaps a ‘perfect’ example of Romantic violin? FROM WIKIPEDIA: “The slow second movement is often adored for its powerful melody, and…

    August 18, 2008
  • Bortkiewicz Cherubini Composers - Ignored and Almost forgotten! Glazunov Hummel Hunt! Opera/Vocal Rubinstein

    Obscure and underdog Composers. Why obscure?

    In the case of Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 – 1837) there doesn’t appear to be a good reason as to why he has become somewhat obscure. At the time he was composing; his music…

    August 9, 2008
  • Annoyed with Scriabin Piano Scriabin

    Annoyed with Scriabin!

    How could he be so inconsiderate as to compose ONLY ONE Piano Concerto?! It’s a beautiful piece of music and I wonder why he  didn’t compose more? Very inconsiderate. If you have the…

    August 2, 2008
  • Balakirev Chopin Liszt Madmen of the Piano Piano Rachmaninoff

    Madmen of the Piano

    Madmen of the Piano (*and the piano’s supreme emotional power –  Inspired by, and dedicated to  Tam from Retravision in Byron Bay, because he just loves the wild piano stuff! )…

    August 2, 2008
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