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2017-08-27 21:16:47
Michelangeli Plays Ravel and Rachmaninov
Ravel and Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos, as performed by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Performed by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Gracis conducting. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli died on June 12, 1995 in Lugano, Switzerland. On this recording he brings his technical mastery to two works composed within a few years of each other: Ravel’s exquisite, jazz-inflected G major concerto and Rachmaninov’s 4th concerto, more discreetly Romantic than its two much-loved predecessors. With his infinitely subtle gradations of color and touch, Michelangeli proves characteristically mesmerising in both works. Here is the second movement of the Rachmaninov Concerto number 4:
2016-09-24 13:25:45
Forever female
Happy birthday drag virtuosa Vicky Boofont. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PhjvuHuLJE Born on this day in 1598 librettist Giovanni Francesco Busenello. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isL0E-4TsQ Born on this day in 1868 composer Tomás López Torregrosa. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNMJh7tTr8 Born on this day in 1891 contralto Karin Branzell. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mKPVum1ZhA Born on this day in 1893 composer Rafael Millán. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6fr4ohafHs Born on this day in 1907 soprano Lina Bruna Rasa. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7OcGhkOU8E Born on this day in 1910 tenor Helmut Melchert. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrE33PvqazE Born on this day in 1915 conductor Ettore Gracis. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyERcOocSE Born on this day in 1922 baritone Cornell MacNeil. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUX3QzIEun4 Also born on this day in 1922 baritone Ettore Bastianini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=mljTv4V0PFE Born on this day in 1927 tenor Alfredo Kraus. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNwhHwFl_JE Born on this day in 1938 baritone Pablo Elvira. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-457Hz8UaA On this day in 1976 the off-Broadway musical Oh Calcutta opened. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0n_A5qGAok
2015-09-24 14:00:01
Jagged with sophistication
On this day in 1930 Noel Coward‘s play Private Lives premiered in London. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJCtMSIeTvU Born on this day in 1598 librettist Giovanni Francesco Busenello http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isL0E-4TsQ Born on this day in 1868 composer Tomás López Torregrosa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNMJh7tTr8 Born on this day in 1891 contralto Karin Branzell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5w5wxDyby4 Born on this day in 1893 composer Rafael Millán http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Y23fKmzbA Born on this day in 1907 soprano Lina Bruna Rasa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7OcGhkOU8E Born on this day in 1910 tenor Helmut Melchert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrE33PvqazE Born on this day in 1915 conductor Ettore Gracis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyERcOocSE Born on this day in 1922 baritone Cornell MacNeil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBCBJZALSw Also born on this day in 1922 baritone […]
2015-04-28 22:24:07
Ravel and Rachmaninov : Piano Concertos. On this CD, the late pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli brings his technical mastery to two works composed within a few years of each other: Ravel’s exquisite, jazz-inflected G major concerto and Rachmaninov’s 4th concerto, more discreetly Romantic than its two much-loved predecessors. We get to hear the following: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Performed byArturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), with the Philharmonia Orchestra , Ettore Gracis conducting. With his infinitely subtle gradations of color and touch, Michelangeli proves to be characteristically amazing in both of these works. Let me illustrate this pianist’s outstanding skills: Here is Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli – Ravel Piano Concerto, as conducted by Sergiu Celibidache : And next, here he is in Brahms’s Ballade Op.10 No 2 in D major: Tags: […]
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