Classical Essentials

Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 No.1 in B-Flat Minor (Arthur Rubinstein)

Chopin making the piano keys all dirty with awesome.


Performed by James Rhodes (obvs).

Chopin Ballade No. 3 In A - Flat Major, Op. 47

Schumann Waldszenen Op. 82 III. Einsame Blumen

Music: Symphony No. 4 — I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell (excerpt)
Composer: Anton Bruckner
Artists: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra;
Album: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

FR-713SACD 
Street Date: February 10, 2015

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Thrilling live performances from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in brilliant audiophile sound!

Anton Bruckner is known as a deeply religious composer whose Catholic spirituality is prominent in his music, particularly his later symphonies. However, his Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (“Romantic”) is one of his most secular, most influenced by nature and most popular works. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck offer a bold new interpretation of this great music, breaking Bruckner out of the strictly interpreted box in which he is often placed. Here, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Honeck present the 1878/80 version, the same version that was used for the symphony’s premiere in 1881.

This release is the third in the highly acclaimed “Pittsburgh Live!” series of multi-channel hybrid SACD releases on the FRESH! Series from Reference Recordings. The previous release, “Dvořák/Janaček” (FR-710SACD), has received a Grammy® nomination along with numerous critical accolades.

For more than 119 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been known for its artistic excellence, a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens. Past music directors have included many of the greats, including Fritz Reiner (1938-1948), William Steinberg (1952-1976), Andre Previn (1976-1984), Lorin Maazel (1984-1996) and Mariss Jansons (1995-2004). This tradition of outstanding international music directors was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

The orchestra has been at the forefront of championing new American works, and gave the first performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” in 1944.  The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast on the airwaves coast-to-coast and in the late 1970s it made the groundbreaking PBS series “Previn and the Pittsburgh.”  The orchestra has received increased national attention since 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International, produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3, which are made possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

This release and the entire “Pittsburgh Live!” series are recorded and mastered by the team at Soundmirror, whose outstanding orchestral, solo, opera and chamber recordings have received more than 70 Grammy nominations and awards! Soundmirror has recorded for every major classical record label, now including Reference Recordings.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 — I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell (excerpt)

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THOMAS GOULD Live in Riga
Sinfonietta Riga

1-3 VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D, OP. 61 - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 
I. Allegro ma non troppo 
II. Larghetto 
III. Rondo (Allegro)

4 THE LARK ASCENDING - RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

‘Violinist Thomas Gould is one of a new generation of classical musicians who refuses to be defined by a single genre’. GUARDIAN

‘One of the most talented and charismatic British violinists of the younger generation’. LONDON EVENING STANDARD

‘The young British violinist Thomas Gould seems intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation… Scythingly scintillating playing from a young virtuoso with a magpie mind’. THE TIMES

‘Live in Riga’ is the major new album from the celebrated 31 year old British violinist Thomas Gould.  Recorded live in concert with Sinfonietta Riga on April 11th 2014 at the Great Guild Hall in Riga, Latvia, it confirms Gould’s enormous potential as one of the most inventive and colourful instrumentalists of his generation.  Gould is no ordinary classical musician but one of a new generation who refuse to be defined by a single genre.  He has developed impressive jazz credentials, but it is in this environment as soloist/director of classical repertoire where he really excels.  The Times recently described Gould as “intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation”.  Gould, however, is incomparably his own musician.  Bold and courageous enough to forge his own path and follow his singular vision, he steps outside the footsteps of the greats.

‘Live in Riga’ is a defining album for Gould, his first disc of a three-album deal with forward-thinking British jazz and classical record label Edition Classics.  Over the last decade he has been in demand as a soloist with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra and LA Phil New Music Group.  He is also much in demand as a leader/director, working with Britten Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACO2, but it’s when he brings these disciplines together that the magic happens.  As Gould explains, “It means that everyone plays in a more engaged way. There is a group commitment to making it work, so the process is much more collaborative than when working with conductor.”

Sinfonietta Riga is an orchestra with a story to tell.  Formed in 2006, their vision is as bold as Gould’s.  Equally happy to play in concert dress or T-shirts they are intent on building new audiences for the music while reaching for the highest artistic standards.  Their collaboration is a perfect match and a unique experience for both the orchestra and for Gould.  This live concert recording bears witness to this special musical symbiosis.

To release an album featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a bold decision.  As two cornerstones of the violin repertoire, there are plenty of performances to compare, but Gould’s versions demonstrate a brilliance of tone and colour that demands attention.  His flexibility and breadth of musical interests is fully evident.  Gould’s playing has the clarity you would expect from any major performer but radiates a freedom in its expression as though improvised with an immediate elegance and poise.

For Gould it’s all about achieving the right balance.  Whether it’s jazz or classical, written or improvised, as soloist or director, Gould is right in the eye of the storm.  If the dark clouds gathering in the wider music world imply that the days of the single-minded virtuoso are coming to an end; if to succeed in that brave new world we need to attract more diversity and brighter colours, then in Thomas Gould we may have found the lightning conductor to spark a new generation.


THOMAS GOULD Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria Da Capo,  Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Fine Classical Music)

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Piano Sonata No.16 in C-Major, K. 545: I. Allegro

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Piano Sonata No.15 in F-Major, K. 533: III. Rondo Allegretto

The Marriage of Figaro, is a comic opera in four acts composed by Mozart in 1786 featuring an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro.

The Marriage of Figaro is now regarded as a cornerstone of the standard operatic repertoire, and it appears among the top ten at the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture

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Charles Haupt, violin
Shieh-Jian Tsai, violin
Feng Hew, cello
Robert Hausmann, cello
Virginia Barron, viola

Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College
Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium
Thursday, April 15, 2010 

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) String Quintet In C Major, D.956, Op.163  2. Adagio

"3. Allegro" from "Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042" by Johann Sebastian Bach

Live recording from MM degree recital. 
Auer Hall, Indiana University, April 2002.
Nicholas Phillips, piano

Schubert, Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960 I. Molto moderato

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Philharmonia and pianist Cristian Budu in a performance of Schumann's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston November 4, 2015.

Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54 Allegro affettuoso

Ward, Tanisha, "September," Richard Strauss, Vier Letzte Lieder

Dvorana Union
sobota, 28. januar 2012 ob 19.30

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dirigentka Živa Ploj Peršuh

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

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Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178:  I. Lento Assai, Allegro Energico, Grandioso, Recitativo

Colburn School - Junior Solo Recital - February 2012

11 Robert Schumann  Kinderszenen, Op. 15 - 7. Träumerei

An extract from the Agnus Dei from Josquin's mass setting "Hercules Dux Ferrariae", as featured on the Renaissance Singers' recent album release "Vigilate"

Josquin des Prez: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae - Agnus Dei (extract)

From "Carmina Burana", The London Docklands Singers' Summer Concert, 2nd July 2011. Recorded live at All Saints' Church, Poplar. Conducted by Andrew Campling.

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