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Faces of classical music
2019-09-13 07:17:00
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor – Martha Argerich, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Accompanied by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under the baton of the Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine classical pianist Martha Argerich, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, performs Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23. The concert was recorded during the Salzburger Festspiele in Austria, at Großes Festspielhaus on August 14, 2019.✻Although Tchaikovsky was already an accomplished composer (having already produced his first two symphonies, a string quartet, and two notable tone poems, all of these successful and enduring works), he still sought the approval of mentors such as Balakirev and Nicolas Rubinstein. On Christmas Eve 1874 he played the concerto for Rubinstein (its intended soloist) in an empty classroom. Rubinstein responded with a torrent of castigation, made famous by Tchaikovsky's own recollection. Tchaikovsky slunk off in despair. Later Rubinstein called him back and detailed a list […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-09-03 14:17:00
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F minor – Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (HD 1080p)
Riccardo Chailly conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36. The concert was recorded live during the Summer Festival in Lucerne, at KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, on August 17, 2019.✻Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his Fourth Symphony between 1877 and 1878, dedicated to his patroness and "best friend" Nadezhda von Meck.Following his catastrophic marriage to former student Antonina Miliukova, lasting a mere two months, Tchaikovsky made a start on his fourth symphony. After emerging from a profound period of writer's block, struggling with his sexuality and battling with a heavy bout of depression, it's perhaps unsurprising that the music is urgent, supercharged and violent at points. Even the opening bars of the first movement are intended to represent a metaphor for Fate, or, as poor old Tchaikovsky put it: "the fatal power which prevents one from attaining the goal of happiness".Between the moments of […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-08-14 07:08:00
Christian Blackshaw plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert (HD 1080p)
British pianist Christian Blackshaw performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonatas No.14 in C minor, K.457, and No.8 in A minor, K.310, as well as Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major, D.960, and Moments Musicaux (No.1 in C major). The recital recorded at Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, on October 14, 2017.✻British pianist Christian Blackshaw answers 20 questions, including his signature meal, favourite concert hall, and his role models.Name your favourite concert hall/venue anywhere— Wigmore Hall, London and also, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St PetersburgYour first three record store purchases— Dinu Lipatti recital, Artur Schnabel Beethoven Sonatas, and Clifford Curzon Schubert D major Sonata, D.850Three pieces, songs or arias that you could listen to on repeat for an hour?— "Der Abschied" from Das Lied von der Erde of Mahler performed by Kathleen Ferrier, Vienna Philharmonic and Bruno Walter | "Trauere, mein Herz", Cavatina Act 3 from Oberon by Weber performed by Gundula Janowitz, Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Ferdinand […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-05-27 19:13:00
The best new classical albums: May 2019
Recording of the MonthGustav Mahler: "Titan", Eine Tondichtung in Symphonieform (Hamburg / Weimar 1893-1894 version)Les Siècles (On period instruments)Conductor: François-Xavier RothRecorded 2018Released on May 10, 2019 by Harmonia mundiForget the Mahler First you know and travel back to the work's second incarnation. This is Titan, a five-movement symphonic poem with a very definite programme, which Mahler later dropped: a man's heroic but ultimately fruitless battle with fate. Playing mainly Austro-German instruments appropriate to the period, Les Siècles make a compelling case for this precursor of Symphony No.1. Beautifully judged, vividly characterised and with a gorgeous range of colours – the later-discarded second movement, "Blumine", is heavenly – this is another triumph for conductor François-Xavier Roth.Source: itunes.apple.comGustav Mahler was not yet thirty years old when he mounted the podium to conduct his "Symphonic Poem" (Sinfonische Dichtung) in the Large Hall of the Redoute (Vigadó) in Budapest on 20 November 1889. The young […]
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