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Unfinished Prelude ~ André Gagnon

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Perfect | Laura Sullivan

A very beautiful piece full of contradictions by Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet.

The Symphony No. 7 was premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna on December 8th, 1813. This is the beginning of the 2nd movement in A minor, transcribed by Liszt.

The instrument is a Nord Piano 3, using a sampled Grotrian-Steinweg Concertino upright piano, sampled strings, and effects.

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Beethoven - Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 [piano + synth]

New England Conservatory pianist Ming-Hang Zhang performs Scriabin: Sonata for Piano no 9 in F major, Op. 68 "Black Mass". Recorded live in Jordan Hall, January 29, 2015.

2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915). Scriabin's music is heard today primarily at the keyboard - his ten piano sonatas and hundreds of preludes, etudes, and "poems," many of them bearing titles, are numerically the bulk of his output.

Because of the size of this body of work, it closely tracks the evolution of a musical language. Scriabin's earliest works display Chopin's influence in their romantic melodies. Late works anticipate the twelve-tone revolution soon to come - but with a basis in mysticism rather than mathematics.

In the concert this recording came from, NEC piano students performed all ten of the sonatas. The listener was taken on a speedy trip through the evolving sound of piano music in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the personal journey of a romantic visionary.

Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas

Sonata for Piano no 9 in F major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"

Rafael Payare makes his subscription series debut leading the CSO in Bernstein's much loved Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Bartók's popular Concerto for Orchestra. CSO Principal Bassoon Keith Buncke showcases his artistry and extraordinary agility in Mozart's lively masterpiece.

CSO Program Notes: Bernstein's West Side Story

Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. In collaboration with the best conductors and guest artists on the international music scene, the CSO performs well over one hundred concerts each year at its downtown home, Symphony Center, and at the Ravinia Festival on Chicago’s North Shore, where it is in residency each summer. Music lovers outside Chicago enjoy the sounds of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through best-selling recordings and frequent sold-out tour performances in the United States and around the globe.

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CSO Program Notes: Bernstein's West Side Story

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