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  • Albinoni Baroque Chopin Piano

    Special Request

    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’…

    July 25, 2008
  • Cutest Musical Squeak Hummel

    Cutest Musical Squeaks!

    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…

    June 17, 2008
  • Rachmaninoff Remember that mid 70's Pop hit?

    Remember that mid 70’s Pop hit?

    “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…

    June 8, 2008
  • Embarrasing Admission Perfect Music Piano Tchaikovsky

    Embarrasing Admission!

    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…

    June 7, 2008
  • Beethoven Diabelli Opera/Vocal Piano Piano Freaks Only!

    Piano Freaks Only!

    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…

    June 2, 2008
  • Another Attempt! Faure Opera/Vocal

    Another attempt!

    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…

    May 24, 2008
  • Perfect Music Tchaikovsky

    Perfect Music #4 – I don’t care if it is a cliche!

    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…

    May 6, 2008
  • Dvorak Piano

    Dvorak was missing from this site

    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…

    May 3, 2008
  • 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…

    April 30, 2008
  • Schubert

    Schubert was missing but not anymore!

    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…

    April 27, 2008
  • Tchaikovsky The Melody Man

    The Melody Man

    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…

    April 26, 2008
  • Bassoon Cutest Musical Squeak Hummel Hummel Hunt!

    My Hummel Hunt – I didn’t even know him!

    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:…

    April 19, 2008
  • Farrenc LONG PLAYING SELECTIONS

    Louise Farrenc long play

    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…

    April 16, 2008
  • Bach Cello

    Tim @ EspressoHead revisited!

    Here’s the real post ! What you intended to be one of your faves. Bach’s Cello suite no. 1 bwv 1007 prelude…

    April 15, 2008
  • Cherubini Composers - Ignored and Almost forgotten! Opera/Vocal

    Cherubini

    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…

    April 8, 2008
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