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German music educationist and composer (1869–1929)
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Beethoven on period instruments [4 CDs]
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Variations WoO 45, WoO 46, Op. 66Sonata in F major, Op. 17Pieter Wispelwey - baroque cello [1710]Lois Shapiro - Anon. Vienna 1780 (private collection)Recorded February 1994Label: Channel Classics CCS 6494Download 1fichier uptobox zippyLudwig van BeethovenSonatas Opus 10 No 1, Opus 26, WoO 47 No 1,Bagatelle WoO 59, Pieces WoO 60, WoO 61Trudelies Leonhardt - fortepianoBenignus Seidner, Vienna [1815]Published in 2002Label: Cascavelle VEL 3052Download 1fichier uptobox zippyLudwig van BeethovenRondos Op. 51 No 1, No 2, Andante WoO 57,Capriccio, Op. 129, Rondo Kinsky-Halm Anh. 6Sieben Bagatellen, Op. 33Natalia Valentin - fortepianoAnonymous 18th Century, South-GermanRecorded April 2009Label: Paraty 109.104Download 1fichier uptobox zippyLudwig van BeethovenThree Sonatas, Opus 31Paul Komen - fortepianoLa Grassa, Vienna [c. 1815]From the Beunk collectionRecorded February 1995Label: Globe GLO 5136Download 1fichier uptobox zippy
2020-08-14 14:08:59
Words and line: Stuart Jackson and Jocelyn Freeman's fine recital disc, Flax and Fire, moves from Purcell to Britten, via Liszt, Wolf and Schumann
[…] known Widmung from Myrthen which was Schumann's wedding present to Clara when they married in 1840. Perhaps not the most intense or obsessive performance, this dedication is beautifully wrought and finely committed. Also from that year, Schumann's year of song, is Stirb', Lieb' und Freund! from the Kernerlieder, another song which mixes devotion and passion in equal measure, again in a beautifully shaped song. Finally, some late Schumann, Geisternahe, Op.77 no. 3 setting poetry by Halm. For the final song we return to England, again a 20th century setting of 17th century words, in this case To Gratiana dancing and singing by William Denis Browne, a young composer who died in World War I. I am uncertain as to whether Peter Pears included Liszt's Petrarch sonnets in his repertoire, but all the rest of this disc is the sort of repertoire which would be part of Pears (and Britten's) recital […]
2020-04-22 11:05:25
[…] Beethoven's death in 1827? Alcoholic cirrhosis Lead poisoning Syphilis Hepatitis What was Beethoven's preferred title for his only opera, first performed in 1805? Florestan Fidelio Leonore Leonore und Florestan Which contemporary composer has written two operas in which the Ode to Joy is quoted? Thomas Adès Judith Weir Tansy Davies Gerald Barry Who was Elise, the dedicatee of his Bagatelle No 25 in A minor for solo piano? His sister Thérèse A local barmaid, Elisabeth Halm We don't know Soprano and friend Elise Barensfeld Beethoven's Op 129, Rondo alla Ingharese quasi un Capriccio, is popularly known as what? Rage Over a Lost Love Rage Over a Lost Handkerchief Rage Over a Lost Penny Worry Over a Lost Cat Which of the following birds is not 'quoted' in the Pastoral Symphony? Quail Cuckoo Goldfinch Nightingale Who in 2012 composed Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestra, based on material […]
2019-10-04 19:39:00
Franz Liszt Vor hundert Jahren - Kirill Karabit's Ode to Schiller
[…] 17th centuries. As Stravinsky said "To be a good listener, you must acquire a musical culture.... you must be familiar with the development and history of music, you must listen". Don't sneer at what might be different to what you expect, but listen where things are coming from (Please read more here). Vor hundert Jahren is music drama, unfolding as a series of tableaux, illustrating aspects of Schiller's life and works. The text by Friedrich Halm, an Austrian dramatist, was heard here in English translation by Richard Stokes. In the first scena, a processional march introduces a succession of artists. Not militarists, but artists and intellectuals ! The harp and clarinet melody, reiterated by strings and muted brass, suggested refinement, not brutality. The pace speeds up with mounting excitement, punctuated by percussion exclamation marks ! Germania (Sara Kestelman) recounts the horrors of the Thirty Years War, which tore German nations […]
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