Throughout this blog I’ll build a repertoire of “Perfect Music” What else can you call these master works – by ‘the Greatest’?! Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #5 in E flat major(“The Emperor”)…
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In Bach’s Arioso from Cantata 156 – You’ve got heaven’s melody, grandeur and power. (Virgil Fox socks it to us) Bach arioso from cantata no.156…
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Franz Liszt Trancendent Etudes Preludio This little raucous, absurd (then beautiful!) piece reminds me of the scene where Depardieu plays the piano Liszt trancendental etudes preludio…
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I love it. Wonder what the “critics” think?! Sibelius – Karelia Suite opus 11 – Intermezzo Sibelius karelia suite Intermezzo…
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G.I. Gurdjieff Piano Satie Two eccentrics? or ....
Two eccentrics? .. or visionary forunners of Minimilism and “New Age” music?
Eric Satie (1866-1925) and G.I. Gurdjieff (1872-1949) Satie was the archetypal poor, struggling artist. Eccentric? You bet. 84 identical handkerchiefs and 12 identical velvet suits! For 27 years he never let…
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I read recently that Liszt has been a key inspiration to some of the heaviest heavy metal bands around! To portray ‘evil’, the devil and/or death itself seems to be the…
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The following two selections (*edited from the same piece: Tchaikovsky’s Violin concerto in D, op. 35 / Allegro Moderato) show how a great composer can pull us to the edge of…
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Here is “Come Sweet Death” by J.S. Bach. (*performed by Frederick Swann – who was Virgil Fox’s main student/acolyte. Virgil Fox himself the only interpreter of Bach’s organ works I would…
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Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major KV 622 Adagio This piece regularly appears in the top 10 or 20 of the best Classical. Mozart clarinet concerto…