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Haydn/Fossa: Grand Duos Pour Deux Guitares (Duo Sonare)
Francois de Fossa (1775-1849)Grand Duos for Two Guitars(Arrangement of Haydn's Divertimento, Op. 2 Nos 1-3 & theMinuetto from Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 1)Thomas Offermann & Jens Wagner, Guitars(Period Instruments)K & K Verlaganstalt LC 04457 (2000)[Flac & Scans]
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Faces of classical music
2018-09-24 11:37:00
Giacomo Susani plays Joaquin Turina, Dionisio Aguado and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (HD 1080p)
[…] harmonics toward the end of the piece leads into its quiet chordal ending.Source: Chris Morrison (allmusic.com)✻As Canadian guitarist Drew Henderson mentions for the Rondo Brillante No.2 Op.2 by Dionisio Aguado, "The theme of this Rondo bears a striking resemblance to Beethoven's famous ‘Pathetique’ Sonata, Op.13 No.8. Given that this piece was published in the year of Beethoven's death (1827), perhaps we can call it a ‘tribute’. However, the dedication is to Aguado's contemporary, François de Fossa". ✻A few years before leaving Italy in 1938 in the face of rising anti-Semitism, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco had written this charming ten-minute piece, ostensibly as a tribute to Paganini. Having composed it for the guitar virtuoso Andrés Segovia, he consciously attempted to draw a parallel between himself and Paganini. Will the latter ever be separated from that disparaging word, diabolical? Naturally, one will recognize thematic references to Paganini here, but the music is still Castelnuovo-Tedesco's own, […]
2016-01-01 11:40:53
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nome di battesimo Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (Salisburgo, 27 gennaio 1756 – Vienna, 5 dicembre 1791), è stato un compositore, pianista, organista, violinista e clavicembalista austriaco[1][2] a cui è universalmente riconosciuta la creazione di opere musicali di straordinario valore artistico. Mozart è annoverato tra i più grandi geni della storia della musica, dotato di raro e precoce talento.[3] Iniziò a comporre prima di aver compiuto 6 anni (la sua prima composizione, un minuetto per clavicembalo, risale al gennaio 1762)[4] e morì all’età di trentacinque anni, lasciando pagine indimenticabili di musica, tant’è che è stato definito dal Grove Dictionary come “il compositore più universale nella storia della musica occidentale”:[5] la sua produzione comprende musica sinfonica, sacra, da camera e opere di vario genere. Fu il primo, fra i musicisti più importanti, a svincolarsi dalla servitù feudale e a intraprendere una carriera come libero professionista.[2] La […]
2013-07-26 01:00:00
Ries- Flute Quartets Op. 145
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) Three Quartets for Flute & Strings, Op. 145 (ca. 1820) Laura Pontecorvo, Flute Alessandro Tampieri, Violin Diego Mecca, Viola Andrea Fossà, Cello Quartetto Rara - Period Instriments Inedita PI 2506 (2005) [Flac & Scans]
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