How exciting! I’m getting requests! Eve has requested Chopin’s Prelude op. 28 / no. 4 – and some Albinoni. (not on the site until now) Since my father was the ultimate ‘Chopin freak’…
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These are the sweetest little musical ‘squeaks’ I’ve ever heard! 4 squeaks starting about 4 minutes and 45 seconds in, up to 5:25 It’s a nice piece of music worth listening…
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“All by Myself” by Eric Carmen. No wonder it was such a smash hit! Based on one of Rachmaninoff’s most rousing and gorgeous themes. (at the time Carmen thought the music…
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Besides the ‘inner prods’ to listen to Classical – which I ignored (*see ABOUT ME on the right); there were a few periods of false starts. One is when I was…
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UPDATE: As a result of the two comments above (thanks again Taneyev!) – I’ve replaced the “sleeping pianist”! with the master Maurizio Pollini If you Google stuff like: Greatest Piano pieces…
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My Dentist yet again! He already knew about my “thing” with Opera (see Opera apology on the Categories list) – but he still urged me to listen to this piece by…
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I’m going to put it in the “Exclusive” Perfect Music section. Any piece that can give you goosebumps after you’ve heard it about a zillion times deserves it! Honestly – when…
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I recently gave a two CD set of Classical music to a friend who wasn’t at all familiar with Classical. He reported that Dvorak’s Humoresque “got him” In the whole repertoire…
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My Dentist Again! Launches me on a Spohr Search Spohr
My Dentist Again! Launches me on a Spohr Search.
Whilst sitting back having a root canal – my Dentist, who turned me on to Hummel (see Hummel under composers) – was playing one of those ‘compilations’. Something like “For meditation…
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Thanks to a comment by Jess (see “Almost Perfect Music” on the right and look in comments) We now have some Schubert! It was quite an oversight on my part since…
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Come on. Let’s face it. Tchaikovsky IS the “Melody Man” Who else wrote melodies like this? It’s as though they had existed for thousands of years and somebody just pulled them out of…
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I didn’t know anything about Johann Nepomuk Hummel until my Dentist mentioned him the other day. My dentist is a Classical Music buff and I’d given him a 2 volume CD Set titled:…
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Farrenc Long Play 24 minutes long Sonata No. 1, Op. 37: II. Poco adagio Etudes opus 26 – No 18 en re bemol majeur Nonette pour cordes et vents en…
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Here’s the real post ! What you intended to be one of your faves. Bach’s Cello suite no. 1 bwv 1007 prelude…
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ANOTHER “Underdog” Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. Talk about being cheated out of fame and posthumous recognition!!! Just read what was said…