ALFRED CORTOT - Chopin Ballade no.4 f-moll
YouTube video by Melanie Peoska
On November 21st, 1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the first phonograph.
If you had to pick one recording to celebrate, what would it be?
I'm listening to one of my favorite early-ish classical recordings: Alfred Cortot playing Chopin.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA9N...
21.11.2024 06:19
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Maurice Ravel - La Valse (Seong-Jin Cho)
YouTube video by Azure
Waltz pushed to the extreme, to a breaking point:
Written between 1919 and 1920, Maurice Ravel's La valse is a love letter to the waltz, and to the fading, crumbling culture of Vienna, and Europe, of the 19th century.
Masterfully performed by Seong-Jin Cho here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghY2...
20.11.2024 13:51
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Mahler - Symphony No. 1 "Titan" (Bernstein, VPO) FULL VIDEO
YouTube video by Amadeus Radio
On November 20, 1889, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 "Titan" had its first performance.
Here's "Titan" performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under Leonard Bernsteinβa hallmark recording of this absolute masterpiece.
That haunting, spacious opening π
youtu.be/ISBfOpztUZM?...
20.11.2024 08:11
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Thomas Quasthoff & Daniel Barenboim β Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: 24. Der Leiermann (excerpt)
YouTube video by Deutsche Grammophon - DG
Austrian composer Franz Schubert passed away 196 years ago, on November 19, 1828.
Schubert is among the foremost early Romantic composers, celebrated for his symphonies, piano works, and lieder (German art songs).
Listen to Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey): www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zfu...
19.11.2024 13:10
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