July, 2016

41 Posts
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A Selected Reading List for Pianists
Non-fiction Sleeping in Temples Out of Silence – Pianist’s Yearbook Susan Tomes Scottish pianist and acclaimed chamber musician (a former member of Florestan Trio), Susan Tomes writes sensitively and honestly about the exigencies of life as a pianist and performer
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Enrique Granados: Transcending Nationalism
Composers working at the turn of the 20th-century are frequently categorized as nationalists. And Spain produced three prominent composers that seemingly fit this narrow description. Isaac Albéniz composed vibrant piano works of Lisztian difficulty and Iberian color, while Manuel de
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Minors of the Majors
Claude Debussy: L’enfant prodigue
“Minors of the Majors” invites you to discover compositions by the great classical composers that for one reason or another have not reached the musical mainstream. Please enjoy, and keep listening!
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Critical Ear with Sharpened Pen
Music Critics—Their Past and Future: An interview with John Terauds
Founder of the website “Musical Toronto”, whose motto is—If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You Are Dead Wrong, John Terauds is a renaissance man and a bubbling hub of information, opinion, and insights. As a long time classical music
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Misia Sert – Muse and Patron to Poets, Painters and Musicians (II)
As Madame Alfred Edwards, Misia was showered with jewels by her husband, and lived in opulent surroundings served by butlers and footmen; at heart still a bohemian, she considered her new situation a ‘golden cage’. She was flattered by her
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St. Peter: The oldest church in Salzburg
For countless visitors to the city of Salzburg, the Cathedral is one of the city’s major tourist attractions. The Frankish missionary Rupert founded the church in 774, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received his baptism there on 28 January 1756. However,
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Alfred Schnittke
Penitential Psalms
Penitential Psalms Nr.2. Es nimmt mich die Wüste auf wie die Mutter ihr Kind From Alfred Schnittke Penitential Psalms (2016) Released by Harmonia Mundi Alfred Schnittke: Penitential Psalms – Nr.2. Es nimmt mich die Wüste auf wie die Mutter ihr
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How You Should Feel in the Key of E flat minor
In our earlier series on C major and minor, G major and minor, and D major and minor, and A major and minor, E major and minor, B major and minor, F sharp major and minor, C sharp major and
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