August, 2011

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André Jolivet (1905 – 1974): Second trumpet concerto (1954): Grave
André Jolivet (1905 – 1974): Second trumpet concerto (1954): Grave André Jolivet: Second trumpet concerto (Grave) Having appeared on the most famous stages around the world for the past 20 years, Eric Aubier has risen his trumpet to the rank
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André Jolivet (1905 – 1974): Second trumpet concerto (1954): Grave
André Jolivet: Second trumpet concerto (Grave) Eric Aubier, trumpet From Great French Concertos 1948 – 1956 (2007) Released by InDeSens André Jolivet: Second trumpet concerto (Grave) Having appeared on the most famous stages around the world for the past 20
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The Romantic Age in Music and the Arts
Beethoven Minuet in G Beethoven “Moonlight” Piano Sonata no.14, C sharp Minor Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz, J277 Schubert Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 The events during and following the French Revolution in 1789 represented not only a complete
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Tchaikovsky Again?
BBC Music Magazine asked ten critics to name the masterpieces they found most boring – a good trick to create buzz and drive forum discussions. How then do you qualify a boring masterpiece? For that matter, if the piece is
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In Touch with Richard Pontzious – Live for a Dream
I was leaning at the fench on the first floor of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, waiting. Two men came out of the opposite concert hall; a tall white man with silver hair, next to him, a Chinese
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Funeral Rites for Gustav
Gustav Mahler and Marion Mathilde von Weber
Gustav Mahler Symphony no.2 in C minor “Resurrection” (1894) After conducting a performance of Carl Maria von Weber’s comic opera Die drei Pintos (The three Pintos) on January 20, 1888—with Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky in the audience—Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) went home
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The life of Martins
The opening scenes of the Irene Langemann’s documentary Die Martins-Passion (Martins’ Passion, 2004) are exquisitely adequate in presenting the life of Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins: a grand piano is hoisted up dozens of floors outside an apartment building in
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Edouard Oganessian – Brahms: Complete Organ Works
Edouard Oganessian – Brahms: Complete Organ Works Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G minor: Fugue iscover Brahms’rarely performed and recorded organ music, in homage to J. S. Bach and Lutheran liturgical practice.
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