Thursday, February 24, 2011

Musically Speaking

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Quote from the Musically Speaking official site : "Out mission: To present classical music of the highest quality performed by internat...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Most Significant Piano Work of the Millennium

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At least the eminent Charles Rosen said so . If you are interested in this magnificent composition, J.S. Bach's The Musical Offering ,...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Greatest Opus One Ever?

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Berg by Schoenberg A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but the title may not be far off the mark,  provided we don't take Bach's l...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Naxos Guitar Collections on Spotify

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"In 1994, NAXOS undertook to create the world's largest catalogue of recordings of the classical guitar. Produced under the artisti...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Naïve Vivaldi Edition + Open Vivaldi Playlist

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"The Vivaldi Edition, a recording venture conceived by the Italian musicologist Alberto Basso and the independent label Naïve, is one o...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Hidden David Zinman Mahler Cycle on Spotify

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" David Zinman's Mahler cycle has been among the most significant recording achievements of the last few years, if not without its ...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Open Playlist: 2011 New Classical Releases

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Since Spotify still doesn't offer an iTunes store-like interface that you can browse the new recordings easily, I think it would be hand...
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

John Cage: Number Pieces

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Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all had wonderful holidays. I've been doing a lot of reading recently, and, I found myself listening t...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

A Brief History of Post-World War II Music

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I am always fascinated by the seemingly incongruous worlds of music and other historical events. Isn't it a bit surreal that the last gu...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

A Personal Appeal from SCP Founder Ulysses

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Sorry to make you go through this again... I just cannot resist putting up Jimmy Wales' piercing eyes that might have been following you...
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