Tuesday, August 15th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Klavierstücke (piano pieces); Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/13/23
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Category: classical
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Monday, August 14th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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yesterday, Chicago
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Wednesday, August 2nd
timeless
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Pieces for orchestra (Op. 10, 1911-13): NDR Symphony Orchestra (now NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) with Günter Wand (1912-2002, cond.), live, Berlin, 1985
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Saturday, July 1st
This recording, the moment it ends, I want to hear it again.
Alfred Brendel (1931-, piano), 1984: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Adagio in F, H.XVII No. 9
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Tuesday, April 11th
never enough
Hearing the right music at the right time can alter the trajectory of your day, as I found, again, yesterday, listening to this.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Tuesday, March 21st
Complex? Yes. But its complexity is matched by its clarity. It breathes.
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948, rev. 1954): Ensemble conducted by Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), 1962
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Wednesday, March 15th
serendipity
What a joy, last night, to bump into this.
Perfect? No.
Exhilarating? Yes.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 5 in C minor for Unaccompanied Cello: Isabelle Nichols (cello), live, Houston (Rice University), 2022
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Monday, February 20th
Rarely does a musician take your breath away so quietly.
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950, piano), 1947: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major (Op. 27, No. 2)
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Claude Monet (1840-1926), Irises (1914-17), detail
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Thursday, February 16th
more
Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (TV show [CBC]), 1975: Alban Berg (1885-1935), Piano Sonata (Op. 1), c. 1910
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Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Checkered Tablecloth (1939), detail
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Monday, February 13th
like nobody else
Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (studio [CBC broadcast]), 1955: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fifteen Three-Part Inventions
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