January, 2011

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Liszt: Via Crucis
Liszt: Via Crucis Liszt: Station II, Jesus trägt sein Kreuz Stations of the cross or Way of the cross depicts the final hours of Jesus. One of Liszt most daring and original composition, Via Crucis is a new kind of
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Liszt: Via Crucis
Station II, Jesus trägt sein Kreuz Maîtrise Notre Dame de Paris David Selig, piano Nicole Corti, conductor From Liszt: Via Crucis (2011) Released by Saphir Productions Liszt: Station II, Jesus trägt sein Kreuz Stations of the cross or Way of
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Les Violoncelles Français – Méditations
Les Violoncelles Français – Méditations Rachmaninov: Vocalise Eight French cellists perform transcription of some of the most famous melodies.
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Les Violoncelles Français – Méditations
Rachmaninov: Vocalise Les Violoncelles Français, music ensemble From Les Violoncelles Français – Méditations (2010) Released by Mirare Rachmaninov: Vocalise Eight French cellists perform transcription of some of the most famous melodies. Official website
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Concert Review from Geneva
Geneva, 27th November 2010. A year so dominated by the economic downturn in the West and the rise of China epitomized by the Shanghai Expo in the East, few may have noticed that this year marks the 170th birthday of
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Does it take incredible intelligence to produce a music genius?
The musical genius of Beethoven, though witnessed over 200 years ago, is still deeply admired by many because Ludwig van Beethoven once described his talent saying, “I keep a thought in my mind for a very long time. I am
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Bach, the composer as intellectual
Bach, the composer as intellectual by Marco Moraes   But all at once it dawned on me that this Was the real point, the contrapuntal theme; Just this: not text, but texture; not the dream But topsy-turvical coincidence, Not flimsy
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