Death of a Chopin pianist
The death is reported of Jerzy Godziszewski, 81, a highly regarded artist who was awarded second distinction in the 1960 International Chopin Piano Competition as well as a special prize founded by...
View ArticleThe long Goodbye
It was during the historical months which saw the Berlin wall tumble down that Kurt Masur recorded his exquisite Symphonies cycle, roughly at the same time, Harnoncourt, a Berliner, gifted us with one...
View ArticleThe Odd Couple #2
It is known that Chopin's musical thoughts, during his last weeks of life, were pervaded by Mozart, and that the Requiem was performed at Chopin's funeral at La Madeleine in October 1849. Personally,...
View ArticleOttawa pianist recognized with prestigious international award for classical...
Mauro Bertoli, an Italian-Canadian classical pianist living in Ottawa (www.maurobertoli.com), is the 2016 recipient of the CAB Foundation's Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize for young interpreters....
View ArticleOttawa pianist recognized with prestigious international award for classical...
Mauro Bertoli, an Italian-Canadian classical pianist living in Ottawa (www.maurobertoli.com), is the 2016 recipient of the CAB Foundation's Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize for young interpreters....
View ArticleOttawa pianist recognized with prestigious international award for classical...
Mauro Bertoli, an Italian-Canadian classical pianist living in Ottawa (www.maurobertoli.com), is the 2016 recipient of the CAB Foundation's Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize for young interpreters....
View ArticleClassical Music News - Mauro Bertoli
Mauro Bertoli, an Italian-Canadian classical pianist living in Ottawa, is the 2016 recipient of the CAB Foundation's Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize for young interpreters. The Prize, which bears...
View Article‘He never once said a disapproving word to a student’
Michael Garady, life companion of Peter Feuchtwanger who died at the weekend , has asked us to publish his personal tribute, adjoined by Leonard Bergaman who was one of Peter’s last students. in...
View ArticleJuly 2016: DVD of the Month
Two world-class pianists who died during the 1990’s are the subject of my DVD of the Month for July, 2016. They are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Sviatoslav Richter. What can I say? When you are a...
View ArticleRecent updates to previously posted music
8/5/16 Summer Nights #7 +1CD Mendelssohn's String Quintets at the Marlboro Festival 1990 (a rip by Corrado D.) 8/5/16 In the Name of Music +1CD set Mendelssohn's Elias by Wolfgang Sawallisch (a rip by...
View ArticleArturo Benedetti Michelangeli
You told me how much you admired this artist. His aim for perfection, his sensitivity, his delicate touch, his overall pianistic skill. Here is Mr. Michelangeli, performing the Sonata number 12 by...
View ArticleRichter Plays Shostakovich
In my view, Sviatoslav Richter was one of the three or four greatest pianists of the 20th century, along with Artur Rubinstein and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. On this CD we get to hear Mr. Richter...
View ArticleA concert pianist goes out canvassing in Cleveland
Our friend the pianist and videographer Zsolt Bognar did his civic duty this weekend in some of the most deprived areas of his hometown. Not many musicians venture this far off the beaten track. Here’s...
View ArticleRegula Mühlemann: Mozart CD review – crystal-clear tone you could drink
Mühlemann/Kammerorchester Basel/Michelangeli (Sony)Here is a soprano with the kind of crystal-clear tone you could pour over ice and drink. Regula Mühlemann’s Mozart selection eschews the obvious arias...
View Article“Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should...
Born on this day in 1863 theatre and opera producer Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=eheDFPvUhjs On this day in 1875 the Palais Garnier was inagurated in Paris....
View ArticleBeethoven’s Emperor
There are times when going back to very old recordings can be hugely rewarding. I listened today to pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli perform the Empreror Concerto under the direction of Sergio...
View ArticleRLPO/Petrenko – breathtaking agility of dazzling Daniil Trifonov
Symphony Hall, Birmingham The Russian piano virtuoso occupied the spotlight without flaunting his brilliance, though Petrenko and the Liverpool orchestra could have brought more dramaThough it has...
View ArticleSinfonia Concertante for Diverse Instruments
Have a look at this interesting new recording: Sinfonia Concertante: Performed by Kammerorchester Basel. It features the following selections: Holzbauer: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for...
View ArticleMichelangeli Performs Beethoven
Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli died on June 12, 1995, in Lugano, Switzerland . For me, he will always be a pianist whose music brings me a lot of enjoyment. While his repertoire was not huge,...
View ArticleRecent updates to previously posted music
07/02/17 Summer Nights #2 +1CD Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony by Michael Gielen in London (1981) 07/01/17 Debussy #5 +1DDL Préludes, by Catherine Kautsky (2007) 06/29/17 Schoenberg Piano Music +1DDL the...
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