Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas ... The rigid forms of classical music gave way to greater expression, and music grew closer to art, literature and theatre. Beethoven ...
Beethoven: life mask (c.1812). The mask was taken by sculptor Franz Klein after being commissioned by the Streicher family who wanted it for their piano shop ... through this list of symptoms ...
I wanted to make a recording of some of Beethoven's most personal music. -It's almost as if ... Let's do it. -A piano recording requires a special instrument. For this level of performance ...
This book places domestic music-making back into the history of the classical symphony. It investigates a largely untapped wealth of early nineteenth-century arrangements of symphonies by Beethoven - ...
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It was big music meant to reach a big audience. He takes a very different approach on his forthcoming album. “Beethoven Blues,” due Nov. 15, is a solo piano collection of Batiste’s ...
the cello-centric 'Triple' Concerto and the arrangements for cello and piano of other works. Featuring a preface by renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and concluding with the reviews of the composer's ...
Ryan Bancroft conductor Michelle Cann piano IVES The Unanswered Question ... he conducts the Orchestra in Leicester for the first time in music by Beethoven and Strauss. The opening of Also ...
Quincy Jones, the pioneering musician, record producer and titan of American entertainment, has died aged 91.His publicist ...
Think of the scintillating majesty of Beethoven ... the music needs to be calming and revitalising in order to expedite the body’s return to a resting state. An archetypal piece for this is Erik Satie ...
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