The evolution of notation in Western music
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Prelude in G Sharp Minor, Op.32, No.12/Rachmaninoff 1873-1943 Russian
Pianist: Vladimir Ashkenazy b.1937 Russian
Claude Debussy kicking back in Pourville…
“I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.”
Seems like just the other day that we had Claude Debussy on OF…
August 22 is his birthday (he lived from 1862 - 1918), and again we show him in a happy, bucolic setting, picnic’ing w. his daughter, Claude-Emma - known as Chouchou…
Giuseppe Verdi - “Va Pensiero” from Nabucco
It is said that during Verdi’s funeral procession the people lining the streets sang ”Va Pensiero” as his carriage passed by.
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Krystian Zimerman: the BBC Radio 3 Interview
Debussy’s Clair de Lune, from concert in Istanbul with Denyce Graves.
Excellent video of Carlos Kleiber conducting a very quick, almost manic Beethoven’s 7th
I. Poco Sostenuto — Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto — Assai meno presto
IV. Allegro con brio
