Mozart’s Great Mass C-minor KV 427
One of Mozart’s greatest works. Nothing more needs to be said, just listening is required.
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2016 has arrived !
Another year has finally arrived and I am spending a few weeks in New Zealand over Christmas. It is certainly and easily one of the most beautiful countries in the world ( I used to live there for 4 years ) and the only thing that can be bothersome is the long flight from and […]
Christoph Graupner
The contemporary of Bach was a highly original composer, it is wonderfully fresh music and makes a perfect alternative to more mainstream baroque. A huge amount of his music can be found on Spotify and You Tube. Here a beautiful Aria sung by Miriam Feuersinger. The near absence of Vibrato and her crystal clear voice are […]
Mozart
Once more some more outstanding playing by Lee Luvisi. Here are 6 sets of Variations. Particularly remarkable seems to me the first, very early KV 179 : when played with such inspiration anything by Mozart becomes a miracle. 12 Variations in C Major on a Minuet by Johann Christian Fischer, K. 179 12 Variations in B-flat Major on an […]
Yan Svankmejer
Far from being just some ‘Klamauk’ Yan Svankmejer’s surrealist films are very well thought out statements about the human condition and its prevalent absurdities and perversions. Here is a short film that shows in an exemplary way what Svankmejer is all about:
W G Sebald
It was one of the privileges in my life having been in contact with W G Sebald and exchanging letters over the subject of music shortly before his untimely death. Sebald comes from the same background as I do , the so called ‘Oberallgaeu’, where the city of Sonthofen sits at its very centre, he was […]
Sunday delight from the depths of you tube
Here is some wonderfully idiomatic Gershwin playing, performed by Terry Harrington on an electric keyboard. What an amazing grasp of the music: I give it 100 out of 100.
Forgotten pianists Vol. 8
Lee Luvisi is an outstanding pianist in every respect and if it wouldn’t be for you tube I probably would never heard of him. What a superb sound he creates, one of the most beautiful I have heard in a long time plus unfailing musicianship, what a delight to listen to his playing ! How is it possible […]
Forgotten pianists Vol. 7
Could it be that the great art of Paderewski is nearly forgotten already ? He can definitely teach us a thing or two about Chopin and what is NOT about: flashy, self indulgent and sporty playing, but a music with a tremendous vision and power. Here is a truly breathtaking version by the old man […]
Musical perfection
Musical perfection is a rare beast , but sometimes artists can achieve it. The truly incomparable soprano Kathleen Battle sang in 1987 three spirituals as encores at the Salzburg Festival with James Levine at the piano.The second of those spirituals ‘Witness” is such an event. Starting at 4.30 min.