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Friday, January 31, 2014

Litolff - Concerto Symphonique No. 4 In D Minor

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In 1854 the piano virtuoso and composer Henry Litolff made a visit to Wiemar to see Franz Liszt who was acting kappelmeister there, and th...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Respighi - Ancient Airs And Dances Suite No. 1

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The Russian composer and teacher Rimsky-Korsakov had an unlikely pupil in Ottorino Respighi, who studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakov...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Bach - Organ Concerto In A Minor, Based On Vivaldi Concerto For Two Violins BWV 593

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Near the end of Johann Sebastian Bach's life there was a move away from the more 'learned' forms in music, mainly fugue and coun...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Buxtehude - Praeludium In G Minor BuxWV. 149

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The oldest known type of musical instrument is the flute. Examples made from animal bone have been found in caves that were inhabited by e...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Litolff - Concerto Symphonique No. 3 in E-flat Major 'National Hollandais'

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Henry Litolff began his life in London, born in 1818 to a Scottish mother and a French father who had been a member of Napoleon's army ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Brahms/Schoenberg - Piano Quartet No. 1

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With this work there is the rare opportunity of listening to what is one master composer's opinion of another master composer's wo...

Brahms - Studies For Pianoforte, Variations On A Theme Of Paganini Opus 35

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Johannes Brahms' music for solo piano is not usually filled with brilliant effects or obvious virtuosity. The difficulties in Brahms m...