Archive for November, 2006
Vengerov just wants to have fun
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E major K 261 (arranged for violin and piano by Max Rostal
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in c minor Op. 30 No. 2
- Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in f minor Op. 80
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Selection from the 24 [...]
Tom’s Orphanage: Bawlers
For those of you who haven’t read the first review in this series: the idea is to review this album by listening to each song only once. This gives me almost no time to think. I just jot down my thoughts as the music plays on. Why? Because it’s fun and because I may repeat [...]
Happy Birthday Seda Sesigüzel!
Doğum günüm kutlu olsun, aşkım! Seni çok seviyorum!
Seda is in Istanbul today to celebrate her birthday with her family. If you feel so inclined visit her website to send birthday greetings! :-) In the meanwhile you can listen to a recording of her playing the first movement from Beethoven’s Sonata “Pathétique” op. 13:
::Seda Sesigüzel - [...]
Tom’s Orphanage: Brawlers
Tom Waits is really productive lately. Two days ago he released a three-CD-set called Orphans: Brawler, Bawlers & Bastards. Here’s the deal: I’ll listen to each song only once and while listening I type down my thoughts. Let’s go.
Delicate miniatures and melancholic sonatas
This season, the Konzerthaus Berlin has put up some intriguing programs celebrating the 100th birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich. Among these concerts were performances by the Jerusalem Quartet (all string quartets), the Konzerthausorchester (Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra), as well as the Berlin Sinfonietta (Chamber Symphony). In an engaging performance on Thursday night, Alexei [...]
Russian Program at the Konzerthaus
This promises to be an exciting evening at the Konzerthaus in Berlin:
Alexei Lubimov, piano
Galina Ustvolskaya Sonata No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich Five Preludes for Piano (1919-20)
Sergey Prokofjew Sonata No. 7 op. 83
Alexander Skryabin Five Preludes op. 74
Andrej Volkonsky “Musica stricta”
Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata No. 2 op. 64
November 16, 2006. Konzerthaus
Ustvolskaya and Shostakovich: there should be many more concerts [...]
What Rhapsody is lacking
Real Rhapsody is a music subscription service that I have been using for quite a while now. It features millions of pop songs, jazz tunes, and classical works. The catalogue is pretty amazing, rarely do they not have what I am looking for. All it takes to listen to days of music is a broadband [...]
Tenso Days Berlin
This should be interesting: the newest space for the arts in Berlin, the Radialsystem, hosts this year’s Tenso Days Festival. The festival features three concerts with contemporary music for chamber choirs. Works include well-known pieces by Rihm (Astralis), Lachenmann (Consolation II), Scelsi (Tre canti sacri), and Ligeti (Lux aeterna) as well as premieres by Franck [...]
