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Liszt by Barenboim

Artists Composers Recordings Reviews March 16, 2011 0

Liszt: Works for Orchestra and Piano Tracks on this collection of works are: Liszt: A Faust Symphony Plácido Domingo (tenor) Berliner Philharmoniker & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Dante Symphony, S. 109 Berliner Philharmoniker & Damenchor …

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Schubert’s Maiden

Artists Composers Recordings Reviews March 15, 2011 0

Schubert’s Maiden Franz Schubert’s string quartet #14, subtitled “Death and the Maiden”, is one of the most famous compositions in the chamber music repertoire. The performing group is the Takacs Quartet. Geraldine Walther is now …

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Sayaka Shoji

Artists Composers Recordings Reviews March 14, 2011 0

Bach & Reger: Sonatas & Partitas One of the many reasons for my writing this Blog is that my work allows me to uncover new and amazing talent. It is really thrilling that young folks …

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Steve Reich

Artists Composers Recordings Reviews March 13, 2011 0

Steve Reich’s music Steve Reich studied composition with Darius Milhaud and Luciano Berio, and he developed a sound that is quite unique to him, even though it shows the influence of Bartók, Webern and Stravinsky. …

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Barenboim’s Mahler

Artists Composers Conductors Recordings Reviews March 12, 2011 0

Gustav Mahler: Symphony #9 Daniel Barenboim leads the Staadskapelle Berlin, on a Unitel Classica DVD The last completed symphony by Mahler required repeated listening on my part before I came to fully understand and appreciate …

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