Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Witches Dance. Arrangement for Piano, Op.8 (Niccolò Paganini)

Wolfgang Marschner plays Paganini: Le Streghe op. 8 (Witches Dance)

The great German violinist Wolfgang Marschner (*1926) plays Niccolò Paganini´s "Le Streghe" op. 8 (Witches Dance) with a wonderful facility. That´s great violin playing ! At the piano: Karin Elsner. Enjoy !


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Joan Manen plays Paganini Witches Dance

Manen playing his own arrangement of Paganini's Le Streghe. From a recital at New York Town Hall 1950, with unknown pianist

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh.123 - Johann Sebastian Bach

Polonaise in g minor, BWV Anh. 123 (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)

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Polonaise in g minor, BWV Anh. 125 (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Pieces for Piano, by Sigismond Thalberg

Sigismund Thalberg: Fantasy on themes of Mozart's Don Giovanni (1/2)

Cyprien Katsaris plays this great (in every sense of the word) piece of music. I will admit, it has its lengths, but overall it is a beautiful piece of music brought to a stunning finish through a 2 minute crescendo.


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Sigismond Thalberg - Variations on 'Home, Sweet Home!' Op.72 - MICHAEL PONTI

Played by Michael Ponti, 1974. A very popular tune, if you don't recognise it, where have you been living!). "Home! Sweet Home!" (also known as "Home, Sweet Home") is a song that has remained well-known for over 150 years. Adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne's 1823 opera Clari, Maid of Milan, the song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne. The opening lines Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home; have become famous. It is also used with Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs and in Alexandre Guilmant's Fantasy for organ Op. 43, the Fantaisie sur deux mélodies anglaises, both of which also use "Rule, Britannia". In 1909, it was featured in the silent film The House of Cards, an Edison Studios film. In the particular scene, a frontier bar was hurriedly closed due to a fracas. A card reading "Play Home Sweet Home" was displayed, upon which an on-screen fiddler promptly supplied a pantomime of the song. This may imply a popular association of this song with the closing hour of drinking establishments. The song is famous in Japan as "Hany? no Yado" ("????"?) ("My Humble Cottage"). It has been used in such movies as The Burmese Harp and Grave of the Fireflies. It is also used at Senri-Ch?? Station on the Kita-Osaka Ky?k? Railway.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

César Cui - Kaleidoscope. Orientale for Violin and Piano (Violin), Op.50 No.9

"Oriental" from Kaleidoscope, Op. 50, No. 9 by Cesar Cui

Whitney Wittwer on Violin, Abbey Hafen on Viola, and Levi Neely on Piano. We put this together hours before. Literally. Sorry about the girls in the middle of it!


Digital sheet music source: César Cui - Kaleidoscope. Orientale for Violin and Piano (Violin), Op.50 No.9

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Stephen Foster - Thats Whats the Matter,

Thomas Hampson - That's what's the matter - Stephen Foster

Thomas Hampson - That's what's the matter Stephen Foster Pittsburgh 1994 (?) Jay Ungar Trio


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Thomas Hampson - My wife is a most knowing woman - Stephen Foster

Thomas Hampson My wife is a most knowing woman - Stephen Foster Jay Ungar Trio Pittsburg 1994 (?)

what is a song from the 1900s that represents its time? i have one song and its thats whats the matter by stephen foster. but i need a different one please.

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We didn't start the fire by Billy Joel.youtube.com/watch?v=m50p-XScreMThis videos even give the time with the words, I recomend you to listen to it and watch the video

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Unfinished Oratorio, by Joseph Haydn

6.Franz Schubert - LAZARUS D.689 (Unfinished Cantata) Act I (XX - XXI)

"Lazarus, oder die Feier der Auferstehung" ("Lazarus, or the Celebration of the Resurrection") D.689, Cantata for six soloists, chorus & orchestra (Unfinished) composed by Franz Schubert (1820) Act I - XX. So war mir, Lazarus Act I - XXI. O Barmherziger, O verlass ihn nicht performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Helen Donath, Lucia Popp, Maria Venuti, Robert Tear, Elmar Schloter, Josef Protschka, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch This large-scale, three-act dramatic work for six vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra was never performed during his lifetime; indeed, it was apparently never completed. Only the first act and about half of the second act (approximately 75 minutes of music) exist in manuscripts discovered by Ferdinand Schubert, Franz's brother, after the composer's untimely death at age 31. What were the circumstances of the work's composition, and why was it abandoned? What are its principal musical characteristics, and where does it fit in Schubert's development as a composer? Finally, what insight does it provide into Schubert's personal religious beliefs? "A Discussion of Schubert's Lazarus, D.689" Franz Schubert Myspace Blogs blogs.myspace.com History of the Manuscript: The extant autograph manuscripts for Acts 1 and 2 are both "fair copies," fully written out and generally free of strikeouts or corrections. No autograph sketches, drafts, or short-scores exist. Each act's manuscript had a different fate, however. After ...


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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Johannes Brahms - Capriccio in C Sharp Minor, Op.76 No.5

Kempff- Brahms Capriccio op.76 no.5 in C sharp minor

Johannes Brahms, Capriccio op.76 no.5 in C sharp minor. Wilhelm Kempff, piano. Recorded in 1953.


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Stephen Kovacevich: Capriccio in C sharp minor, Op. 76, No. 5 (Brahms) - Philips, 1983

Dear Mr. Kovacevich: If you are reading this please be aware that I contacted via email your agent in August 2010 to request retroactive permission to post this video, but never received a reply. If you would like me to remove this video, please contact me directly and I will be glad to do so. Kind regards, David Hertzberg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scherzo, Op. 4; Ballades, Op. 10; Klavierstucke, Op. 76: youtube.com From the LP "Brahms - Stephen Bishop Kovacevich," 1983, serial number 411 103-1. Bishop recorded the Op. 76 Klavierstucke on this LP in London, February 1983. Notes by Joan Chissell.