November 2009
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ListenGabriel Fauré - Pavane, Op. 50 (1887) Orpheus...
Nov 4th
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September 2009
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Sep 6th
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August 2009
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Listeninthemoodforlove: Prelude in G Sharp Minor,...
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Aug 8th
Listentumbledore: Giuseppe Verdi - “Va Pensiero” from...
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July 2009
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Jul 20th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 9th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
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ListenFrédéric Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op....
Jul 7th
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ListenRichard Strauss - Four Last Songs: II. ‘Beim...
Jul 6th
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Jul 4th
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Listenfindout: String quartet N°8 in C minor  -...
Jul 4th
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Jul 3rd
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ListenW.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 in A, K488 - II....
Jul 3rd
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Jul 2nd
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RequiemTubes
W. A. Mozart Introitus and Kyrie as usual, Mozart gets the ball rolling. The opening to every other Requiem is just a variant on this. Confutatis and Lacrimosa a moment of Mozart infusing his usual sublime grandeur with a little Beethovenian toughness. (If only Beethoven wrote a Requiem!) Hector Berlioz His entire requiem in a convenient YouTube playlist. A sprawling, massive work scored for...
Jul 2nd
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Jul 2nd
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ListenGiuseppe Verdi - Requiem: “Ingemisco”...
Jul 2nd
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Jul 2nd
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ListenGiuseppe Verdi - Requiem: “Lacrimosa, Dies...
Jul 2nd
June 2009
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ListenGeorge Frideric Handel - Messiah: Recitative, Air,...
Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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ListenFirst Arabesque (Andantino con moto) - Claude...
Jun 27th
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The prelude from the Suite in G Major BWV 1007 by J.S. Bach. Performed on the baroque cello by Tanya Tomkins. Video from the Voices of Music Great Artists Series, January 2009. (via Vimeo) I chose this performance for the first real post on this blog over some rather more famous cellists playing the same piece on Youtube, and it wasn’t just a matter of video and sound quality. I really...
Jun 21st
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