jsmurf: I have never listened to Beethoven's Russian, Polish or Irish folk songs. Thanks for posting them. They are great!
Okay, how about a fugue by Chopin? Ashkenazy plays Chopin Fugue in A minor, Op.posth.P3 No.2 - YouTube
My three favorite classical pieces are In the Hall of the Great Mountain King, Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata
My pleasure. I have come across it only a couple months ago. Most interesting to hear a fugue by Chopin. I wish he had written a symphony as well. Hi Steve, Thanks for that link. Glad you mentioned Trifonov. I first saw him at The Interantional Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competiton. He took 3rd place and also received an award for best performance of mazurkas. I really enjoyed his playing. You can still watch most of his performances on the Competition's website. Here's Daniil playing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto: [YOUTUBE]g80VU33jr8Q[/YOUTUBE]
Yes, the piece is rather reserved compared to his other work. As for a symphony, at least we have his piano concertos.
You're quite welcome. He also placed first in the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv, and most of those performances are available online too. [youtube]3NG9V8KJsB4[/youtube]
The great duel scene from Eugene Onegin, recorded circa 1936: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv3NR1ZpVGE&feature=related The virtuous, pure-hearted Lensky is about to be fatally shot by his childhood friend, now arch-rival by dint of bitter insult Eugene Onegin.
I used to listen to classical music all the time more to my mothers liking not mine she believed that when she was pregnant that classical music would help to make a smart baby.... HAHA oh mommy.... HAHA anyways I don't listen to it anymore if I had the option when I was younger I wouldn't have. I used to like piano but I could not play I had lessons and I couldn't do it I didn't like it and I don't work we'll with things I don't like doing. But sometimes ill listen to classical music to calm down to
If you liked it, I really recommend that you have a go at the whole opera. I just finished watching it . It is available on youtube (who knows for how long).
CentreStreams | dev.musiccentre.ca A Midwinter's Night Dream, a chamber opera for children by Canadian composer Harry Somers for the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus. This recording is a 1989 CBC Radio 2 broadcast featuring an interview with Somers.
