Solfeggietto in C minor (H 220, Wq. 117: 2) (yeah they used to name music like we name software) composed in 1770 by C.P.E. Bach, son of J.S.

Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ8fyDSYaOI

Skinny Pete plays it in the music store scene in Breaking Bad season 5 episode 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQlAmtWHPII) and he makes more mistakes than me.

The instrument is Clavia Nord Stage 2 using a sampled Yamaha C7 grand piano and a few touches of synth.

Updated with a better take with less reverb on Feb 23, 2014.

Video

C.P.E. Bach - Solfeggietto [piano + synth]

Live concert recording of Dvorak's Cello Concerto

Recorded on February 13th, 2011 in Roswell, GA, USA

Ludwig Symphony
Thomas Ludwig - conductor
Laszlo Mezo - cello

Dvorak- Cello Concerto 01

I could not resist adding some ambient guitars to this wonderful piano composition by Dirk Maassen. Sadly my volume pedal broke whilst making this so it is not quite as I would like. Once my volume pedal is repaired I may revisit it. Please check out more of Dirk's beautiful music @ascoltadi



"Away" by Dirk Maassen (ft An Imaginal Space)

Bach's iconic Toccata and Fugue in D minor, here played in Busoni's arrangement.  Fun fact for music nerds:  the entrance of the second voice in the fugue appears in the subdominant rather than the dominant.  Scandalous!

J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. Busoni)

Strauss - Waltz Vienna woods

Chopin: Scherzo Nr. 4

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Karin Matsunaga
Recordist/ Mixer: Kirill Belousov

Mics used:
Neumann KM-184
Sanken COS-11D
AKG C414 BL-II

A little bit of history:

"Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741), nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest") because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe. Vivaldi is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over 40 operas. His best known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.

Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi worked from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. Vivaldi also had some success with stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna hoping for preferment. The Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and the composer died a pauper, without a steady source of income.

Though Vivaldi's music was well received during his lifetime, it later declined in popularity until its vigorous revival in the first half of the 20th century. Today, Vivaldi ranks among the most popular and widely recorded Baroque composers.

A.Vivaldi - Concerto in A minor for Violin

Beethoven's Tempest Sonata 3rd Mvt

UCLU Chamber Choir Winter Concert - 12 December, 2012

Bach Cantata 116 - Soloists: Rebecca Rothwell, Leila Hills, Andrew Doll and Joseph Dodd
Cantata no. 116 ‘Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ’ (1724)
• Chorus ‘Du Friedefurst , Herr Jesu Christ’
• Aria ‘Ach, unaussprechliche ist die Not’
• Recit ‘Ach, lass uns durch die scharfen Ruten’
• Chorale ‘Erluecht auch unser Sinn und Herz’

UCLU's Chamber Choir, a group of 26 experienced singers from around the university, present an evening of stunning choral music in St Olave's Church, joined and accompanied by a number of talented musicians from UCLU Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor: Charles Peebles
Organist: Luke Moynihan
Rehearsal Pianist: Ashley Harvey

http://www.uclumusicsociety.org

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UCLU Chamber Choir Winter Concert: Bach Cantata 116

Music of the Baroque 2018 sampler

Handel, Coronation Anthem No. 1, "Zadok the Priest"

The return of the King- Hope And Memory

John Mortensen is a classical and jazz pianist, teacher, and composer.  He serves as professor of piano at Cedarville University in Ohio.  He studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland.

J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. Busoni)

John Mortensen, Pianist