How come Jews are so prominent in classical music?
Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman, Leonard Bernstein, Gil Shaham, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Isaac Stern, Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav Mahler, Arthur Rubinstein. And I am certain there are many who I forgot. It seems like...
View ArticleShould i have chosen to study composition or conducting?
Hello everyone, Today I had to choose between studying for a degree in composition or conducting, and i've decided to choose conducting even though I am more of a composer)-Do you think i chose wisely?...
View ArticleOnce upon a time, people played the piano
Once upon a time, people played the piano. Not in order to pursue a career in the concert world. Not to make money. Not even to impress anyone else. It was simply a satisfying form of entertainment...
View ArticleBest Recordings Of...
So I'm currently experimenting around with various recordings of pieces. Do any of you guys have recommendations for any of the following pieces? Are there any recordings that you feel like I should...
View ArticleThe Art of Rene Leibowitz
Where is the Rene Leibowitz love in this forum? http://www.angelfire.com/music2/reneleibowitz/rl.html http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Leibowitz-Rene.htm...
View ArticleForgotten Romantic Era Adagios/Andantes (5th in a Series): Elmas Piano...
The Adagio of the Piano Concerto #3 of Stephan Elmas (1862-1937) is both an incredibly beautiful piece and an interesting mix of early and late romantic era music. On first hearing the main...
View ArticleTrying to identify an old Traviata recording
Growing up, I sometimes listened to some of the 78s that were part of a set my mother had from somewhere. The set was part of La Traviata, Acts 1 and 2 through Pere Germont's "Di Provenza". I presume...
View ArticleIntroduction
I was comparing recordings of Chopin's ballades,played by Artur Rubinstein and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and wondered what other people felt about those two pianists. Next thing I find myself on this...
View ArticleFavorite pianists by composer
Rather than trying the impossible task of picking the single greatest pianist, it would be interesting to see our selections by their performances by composer. I'll try by naming my three for each.....
View ArticleIdentify this 5-part set that came pre-loaded on my Creative MP3 player in 2002
Around about 2002 I bought my first MP3 player - a Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 with 20GB of storage space. Creative shipped the player with some classical albums pre-loaded, though the pre-loaded files...
View ArticleCarnegie Hall 1947
I ordered the Bel Canto Society's DVD of Ulmer's "Carnegie Hall" and I was happy with it, so I thought I'd let folks here know... https://www.belcantosociety.org/stor...-hall-dvd-vhs/ If you haven't...
View ArticleClassical CDs for Sale
I have about 100 classical CDs to sell. I want $2 per disc, plus postage; single CDs ship for about $2.75, add a bubble mailer and that'll be $3 for the shipping within the US. I'll ship any number of...
View ArticleEarly Music (Byrd, Couperin,Frescobaldi) on Piano
I have been long admiring the English virginalists (Byrd, Gibbons, Bull) and the French harpsichordists (Couperin, Rameau, Daquin etc). I recently acquired Glenn Gould superb recording of Byrd and...
View ArticleArthur Rubinstein on The Beatles
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View ArticleNovodevichy cemetery. Great russian musicians (film).
In Moscow there is a Novodevichy cemetery, which is used from Soviet times for burials of famous people (there are more than 25000 graves). As a citizen of Moscow I have visited it in 2015 and made a...
View ArticleChopin's Mazurkas
These pieces don't always seem to get the attention that some of Chopin's other works do, but as I was listening to them this morning I was struck by their magnificence. Despite their outward...
View ArticleFavorite recordings of Brahms' Klavierstucke (op.76, 116,117,118 and 119)
Finally I make a thread about my most favorite works in the literature of solo piano. I'm a big fan of solo works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Franck, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Ravel,...
View ArticleAdvice on the Early Romantics
This is my weakest area of classical appreciation, apart from Modernism, which is for another day. Early Romanticism is, for me, a murky fog dotted with faint names such as Schubert, Schumann (both of...
View ArticleChopin Waltzes Found**
After sampling many recordings, I have found 2 in particular I like: Rubinstein and Pires I love em! discussion: Talk classical All the news about classical music and opera in press and media
View ArticleLooking for Russian opera libretti & scores
Hello! I'm looking for Russian opera libretti and scores, ideally in French or English. (German is OK at a pinch, but my German's only intermediate.) Here's the list of operas I own, and whether I have...
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