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This piano transcription (by the performer) of the slow movement of Rachmaninov's 2nd symphony is both revelatory and extremely moving (from the Gilmore Keyboard Festival's 2016-17 Rising Stars Series):
OK so. I've had this piece in my digital music library for a while and just came back to it after i heard the theme in my head a short while ago. Yeah, I really, reeeeally want to learn this thing.
Johanus Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, as performed by Evgeny Kissin.
Charming piece for violin and piano by Moritz Moszkowski, Mélodie (no 3 from Op 82 Four Pieces) played by Nazrin Rashidova (violin) and Daniel Grimwood (piano):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2lSxy5pd-0
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #violin
Piano keys 🖌️ fine art print just sold on ArtHeroes
#musicfineart #piano #music #oilpaint #pianoart #jazz #classicalmusic #blueskyart #artsky #jazzmusic #musicsky #jazzsky #tunes #fineart #print #wallart #minimalist #blackandwhite #graphic #painting #homedecor
The slow movement of Henri Herz's 4th piano concerto (in E major, Op. 131) played by Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony:
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Daniil Trifonov 🇷🇺
Mi historia Americana: Sur (2026)
#classicalmusic #piano #sonata
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/45d4tvwrcFLBCaNoyDQOgD?si=GQnzePosQG-wNsY9ElcNpA
In spite of its myriad issues, YouTube does sometimes recommend good stuff. The algorithm decided I wanted to listen to Einojuhani Rautavaara, who I had not heard before, and all I can say is "yes, please. Keep it coming."
The lovely slow movement of Emilie Mayer's a-minor piano trio, played Klaviertrio Hannover: Katharina Sellheim (piano), Łucja Madziar (violin) and Johannes Krebs (cello):
MúsicoTerapia:
SADLY, THE FUTURE IS NO LONGER WHAT IT WAS (2009)
by Leyland Kirby (aka The Caretaker)
Sometimes listening to sad music can be healing...
Deeply into these 4 hours that make me think on Erik Satie for a dystopian age.
#records #classicalmusic #ambient #electronicmusic #piano #pianomusic #synths #drone #dronemusic #newage #devotional
I recently found this fine take on Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with Martha Argerich, Seiji Ozawa, and the Saito Kinen Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSfMH9Y5bi8. It's worth an ear. The poor piece often gets rushed and treated like filler. Argerich and Ozawa give it depth and intensity, and the performances from the vocal soloists and members of the orchestra are outstanding. Ozawa had to step out, but Argerich still tours and gives awesome concerts.
#music #Beethoven #SaitoKinen #piano #classicalmusic
The beautiful slow movement of Robert Schumann's Op. 47 piano quartet, played by the Mariani Quartet on their 2013 album entitled "Phantasy":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAlsz5djU-E
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #quartet
Beautiful slow movement of Arthur Foote's Op 25 piano quartet, played by the Atlanta Chamber Players on their album Footeprints:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OToiJ0zRvU4
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #quartet
The slow movement of Ferdinand Hiller's Piano Quintet Op 156, played by Oliver Triendl and the Minguet Quartet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIw8N1H9RJE
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #quintet
#rediffusion Redécouvrez ma #composition : Rêverie op. 1 pour #alto et #piano https://makertube.net/w/3Dk9SQ5FeVP9SXS5udC3uK #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music #myWork #NewMusic Merci d'avance pour vos vues / likes / abonnements / partages 😍🙏🎶🎻🎹
I've posted two movements of this Wilhelm Berger piano quintet Opus 95 (1904) before, but the whole is worth listening to, played by Jost Michaels (piano), Susanne Rabenschlag (violin), Peter Stein (violin), Karin Wolf (viola), Didier Poskin (cello) in the only complete recording I know of (from 1993):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9vreLBRs1s
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #quintet
Fateful Journey (Piano Arr.)
New sheet music video! A piano arrangement of an orchestral piece. I imagine this like the ending of some kind of fantasy anime or video game.
Listen: youtu.be/JDH5BzkurFA
#composer #piano #fantasy #composition #originalmusic #originalcomposition #sheetmusic #classicalmusic #classical #contemporary #contemporarymusic #modernclassical
Johannes #Brahms: Klavierstücke
András Schiff
https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/6792016153?l=en-US
A new-to-me recording of Stenhammar's very fine 1st piano concerto, played by Niklas Sivelöv (piano), Malmö Symphony conducted by Mario Venzago:
[#rediffusion] Redécouvrez ma #composition : Fantaisie op. 3 pour #alto, #clarinette en la et #piano https://makertube.net/w/9TDv6XvxH7znv5DvVMSxMs #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music #myWork #NewMusic Merci d'avance pour vos vues / likes / abonnements / partages 😍🙏🎶🎻🎹 @music
Unique live video (mostly looking down at the keyboard) of Tiffany Poon playing Alkan's Le Festin d'Ésope:
Post 1 of 3. “The Ambassador’s Last Recital” was the first of my bjoite alien stories, first published in 2014. I expanded and edited it to align better with the eight novellas that followed. Will the concert be a success? Will he survive? What makes him such a great musician? Who are the bjoite, what are they like, and why are they here? Get the story for the Amazon Kindle or the free Kindle app at https://www.amazon.com/Ambassadors-Last-Recital-Chris-Lemoine-ebook/dp/B00O86T0PI/ref=sr_1_1.
#sciencefiction #SF #reading #aliens #books #piano #classicalmusic
The quiet slow movement of Ferdinand Ries' Op. 141 piano sonata, played by Susan Kagan:
Cette semaine, à l'occasion du #MercrediPromo, je vous invite à (re)découvrir ma #transcription de "Songe" de Bernard Fleurette pour #alto et #piano (1er cycle). Plus d'infos : https://nicolashussein.fr/produit/bernard-fleurette-songe-pour-alto-et-piano/ (disponible dans la plupart des librairies musicales) 😍🎶🎻🎹
#myWork #partition #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music
A very fine live performance (from 2020) of Beethoven's Gassenhauer trio, played by Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Seong-Jin Cho (piano) and Sol Gabetta (cello):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAWKAAeZdDU
#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #clarinet #trio
Claire Huangci playing Pletnev's transcription of 11 numbers from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty for piano:
#JeudiAutoEdition Connaissez-vous ma Fantaisie op. 3 pour #alto, #clarinette en la et #piano ? Composée en 2018, d’une durée de 11 minutes environ, elle vous fera naviguer dans une esthétique inspirée de Debussy, avec quelques touches de Ravel ➡️ https://nicolashussein.fr/produit/fantaisie-pour-alto-clarinette-et-piano-op-3/ #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music #myWork #newMusic #composition
Well my first guess is Richard Stilgoe, whom I have just discovered is still alive. (-:
@classicalmusic #classicalmusic #chambermusic #violin #piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOOXg2koP1U (1st sonata slow movement)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y8C_8B_09U (3rd sonata slow movement)
I posted the entirety of this 2nd violin sonata by Agnes Zimmermann in May (and the slow movements of the other two at other times), but all three slow movements are absolute gems, so here is just the slow movement of the 2nd sonata, played by Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) and Sam Haywood (piano) [so far as I can tell the only recording]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ml6r2yi_3Y
#chambermusic #classicalmusic @classicalmusic #piano #violin
New music!
Heroic Knight Saga: The Shore at the End of the World
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ndCvhpvvg
A place perpetually in twilight. The vast ocean reaches out endlessly, disappearing into the horizon. Crumbling ruins are strewn about the shore and some stone pillars reach out of the water in the distance, but most of the ancient structures that used to be here have fallen into the sea. There's a tavern and an inn for travelers passing through and a few houses for local residents, but not much else. Though many have set out to discover what's beyond this place, magic cannot reach far enough to see if anything exists on a farther shore and any ships that set out always reach the same impassable, never-ending storm and must return. As far as anyone knows, the world ends here.
#composer #piano #composition #originalmusic #classical #classicalmusic #neoclassical #fantasy #fantasymusic #fantasyart #sheetmusic #pianist