August 2011
52 posts
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ListenLiszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in d minor
Aug 31st
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“Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.”
– Franz Liszt
Aug 30th
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Aug 30th
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jordanthefrightener asked: favorite work by liszt?
Aug 29th
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ListenBach - Prelude and Fugue in a minor transcribed...
Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
35 notes
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ListenLiszt - Totentanz: Paraphrase on Dies irae (Dance...
Aug 28th
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Aug 28th
15 notes
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ListenLiszt - Rigoletto Paraphrase  Performed by Gyorgy...
Aug 28th
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“We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a...”
– Liszt
Aug 26th
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ListenSarasate - Zigeunerweisen ...
Aug 24th
56 notes
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“In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of...”
– Bela Bartok
Aug 24th
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Aug 24th
132 notes
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Aug 19th
11 notes
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Aug 17th
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“Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.”
– Liszt
Aug 16th
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ListenLiszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor ...
Aug 16th
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Aug 15th
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“Mozart is sweet sunshine.”
– Antonin Dvorak
Aug 14th
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ListenBach - Fugue No. 4 from the Well-Tempered Clavier...
Aug 13th
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Aug 13th
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“What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind.”
– Carl Maria von Weber
Aug 13th
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ListenBach - Piano (Harpsichord) Concerto No. 1 in D...
Aug 11th
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Aug 11th
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“A classical work doesn’t ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are...”
– Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Aug 11th
12 notes
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ListenBach - “Air” Performed by Yo-Yo Ma...
Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
54 notes
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ListenBach - Prelude No. 4 from the Well-Tempered...
Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
83 notes
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“I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.”
– Johann Sebastian Bach
Aug 9th
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ListenBach - Fantasia and Fugue (fugue unfinished) in C...
Aug 9th
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Aug 9th
15 notes
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ListenBach - Bradenburg Concerto No. 1 - 4. Menuetto ...
Aug 9th
6 notes
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“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the...”
– Johann Sebastian Bach
Aug 8th
14 notes
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Aug 8th
15 notes
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Aug 8th
14 notes
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Aug 8th
3 notes
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ListenBach - Bradenburg Concerto No. 1 - 3. Allegro ...
Aug 7th
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ListenBach - Brandenbug Concerto No. 1 - 2. Adagio ...
Aug 7th
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Aug 7th
33 notes
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ListenBach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 - 1. Allegro ...
Aug 6th
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“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights...”
– Johannes Sebastian Bach
Aug 5th
6 notes
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Aug 5th
18 notes
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ListenBach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Aug 5th
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Aug 4th
12 notes
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“Old Bach had died in 1750, and with him had departed the learned contrapuntal...”
– From Harold Schonberg’s The Great Pianists from Mozart to the Present
Aug 4th
3 notes
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ListenScriabin - Fragilite Op. 51 No. 1
Aug 3rd
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“Scriabin’s playing is said to have resembled that of Albéniz. Both have...”
– From Harold C. Schonberg’s The Great Pianists from Mozart to the Present
Aug 2nd
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ListenScriabin - Nocturne for the Left Hand Op. 9 ...
Aug 2nd
7 notes
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ListenScriabin - Prelude in C major Op. 11 No. 1
Aug 2nd
9 notes