Classical Music for Reading

I was inspired by 'Diagnosing genius: the life and death of Beethoven' by Martin Mai. I'm really into his dark way of composing, and haven't played anything of Beethoven yet. Also the video lectures of Jonathan Biss at the Curtis institute of music, gave me lots of help. So this month's classical piece will be the Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Op. 27, No. 2) - written by Beethoven, also known as the Moonlight Sonata (completed in 1801). 

So the process took me 3 days to study the sheets and in the end it was recorded by Feau, who did a great job mixing and mastering the piece.

Moonlight Sonata, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Op. 27, No. 2) Beethoven - by New Hansen

Il lago dei cigni è uno dei più famosi e acclamati balletti del XIX secolo, musicato da Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij (op. 20). La prima rappresentazione ebbe luogo al Teatro Bolshoi di Mosca il 20 febbraio 1877 (calendario giuliano), con la coreografia di Julius Wenzel Reisinger.
Il libretto di Vladimir Petrovic Begičev, direttore dei teatri imperiali di Mosca insieme al ballerino Vasil Fedorovič Geltzer, è basato su un'antica fiaba tedesca, Der geraubte Schleier (Il velo rubato), seguendo il racconto di Jophann Karl August Musäus.
Primo dei tre balletti di Čajkovskij, fu composto tra il 1875 e il 1876. Viene rappresentato in quattro atti e quattro scene (soprattutto fuori dalla Russia e nell'Europa Orientale) o in tre atti e quattro scene (in Russia e Europa occidentale). Sebbene esistano molte versioni diverse del balletto, la maggior parte delle compagnie di danza basa l'allestimento, sia dal punto di vista coreografico che musicale, sul revival di Marius Petipa e Lev Ivanov per il Balletto Imperiale, presentato la prima volta il 15 gennaio 1895 (data come sopra) al Teatro Imperiale Mariinskij a San Pietroburgo, Russia.

Swan Lake is one of the most famous and acclaimed ballets of the nineteenth century , with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( Op. 20). The first performance took place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow February 20, 1877 ( Julian calendar ) , with choreography by Julius Reisinger Wenzel .
The libretto by Vladimir Petrovic Begicev , director of the imperial theaters in Moscow together with the dancer Vasil Fedorovich Geltzer , is based on an old German fairy tale , geraubte Der Schleier ( The Stolen Veil ) , following the story of Karl August Jophann Musäus .
The first of the three ballets by Tchaikovsky , was composed between 1875 and 1876. It is represented in four acts and four scenes (especially outside Russia and Eastern Europe ) or in three acts and four scenes ( in Russia and Western Europe) . Although there are many different versions of the ballet , most dance companies setting up bases , both in terms of choreographic and musical , on the revival by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov for the Imperial Ballet , first presented January 15, 1895 ( as given above) at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg , Russia.


P.I.Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Scene, Act I. Waltz - OFC live

Eine Kleine Nacht Musik(Petita Serenata Nocturna) en Sol M, K.525,
W.A. Mozart
Orquestra Cum Jubilo del Camp de Tarragona
Direcció: Lluís Caballeria
VIII Concert de Nadal a Castellvell del Camp
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Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Mozart. (Romanze)

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