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…
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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”)…
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When I began my ‘classical quest’ I focused almost entirely on the Romantic period. Apart from Bach I had no interest in Baroque. I thought of Baroque as just wimpy flutes…
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Mendelssohn’s Op 030 no. 1 in E flat major / Andante Expressivo From his series Lieder Ohne Worte (songs without words) Which exalted emotion is expressed here? Joy? Contemplation of Nature?…
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Hijacked by car ads, Hollywood tearjerkers and Muzac/elevator music; they remain eternally and universally appealing! Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini. Heaps of these versions on a “theme by…
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Shostakovich starts off romantic, gets regal and powerful, and then just knocks our socks off! The Gadfly – romance The Gadfly…
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About 9 months ago I went crazy over Handel. I didn’t know his music much at that point, but rapidly accumulated a few hundred downloads, burned 3 or 4 CD’s to play…
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Beethoven Brahms Chopin Liszt Mendelssohn My personal bias - emotionally moving piano Piano Rachmaninoff
My Personal Bias – emotionally moving piano
A selection of solo piano pieces that fit my bias … Dreamy, melancholy, peaceful or joyously uplifting. Here is a handful of the pianos ‘Master Composers.’ (*this bias is due no doubt to the neural…
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Listening to Mozart = a smarter baby? I haven’t read the book but if it’s true, I’d put it down to his elemental rhythms and melodies matching the human brain’s wiring, thereby…
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How often Bach projects all three of these qualities. Clarity, Purity (not a wasted note) – Soothing … yeaaah! Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude bwv 147 Bach concerto in F minor…
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Robert Schumann – not an easy life! Through extreme efforts to improve his piano playing he ruined one hand. He was denied marriage for years to the woman he loved. Attempted…
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One of the most fascinating aspects of Classical music is how Soloists, Chamber groups and Orchestras interpret the musical scores of the Masters. The enormous discrepancies between versions is highlighted here.…
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Baroque Bassoon Funny dream / Vivaldi bassoon Vivaldi
The Bassoon, Vivaldi’s love of it – and my funny dream
I recently discovered the haunting beauty of the Bassoon. My brother hit the nail on the head when he commented that it’s like a high-tech Didgeridoo! (Arguably the oldest musical instrument…
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Synaesthesia (with several different spellings – see this concise, fascinating article (http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Synaesthesia) – is basically a condition where two different sensory elements get linked. Here are three types: Grapheme-colour: Grapheme-colour is the…
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Chopin Great Composers pay tribute to other "Greats" Liszt Opera/Vocal
Great composers pay tribute to other “Greats”
UPDATE: Be sure to read the comment from Emiellucifuge .. and my response. It’s fascinating to compare “Transcriptions” of one great composers work, with the “original.” Here are just two examples:…