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Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000, piano, direction), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, live, Munich (Germany), 1986: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 23 in D minor (K466), excerpts
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spellbinding
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000, piano), Claudio Abbado (1933-2014, conductor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, live, Vienna (Austria), 1986: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K488)
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sounds of Ukraine
Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016), Symphony No. 2 (“Ukraine Forever”), 2010; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Mykola Dyadyura, cond.), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2011
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sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Symphony No. 1 (1963-74); National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Volodymyr Sirenko, cond.), Kyiv (Ukraine), 1998
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musical thoughts
Music is still song, even if one cannot literally sing it: it is not a philosophy, not a world-view. It is, above all, a chant, a song the world sings about itself, it is the musical testimony to life.
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sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Meta-Waltz; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Volodymyr Sirenko, cond.), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 9/25/21
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto in A-minor (BWV 1041); Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Philippe Herreweghe, cond.) with Vilde Frang (violin), live, Frankfurt (Germany), 12/3/21
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like nobody else
Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987, cello) with New Philharmonia Orchestra (Daniel Barenboim, cond.), live (studio), London, 1967: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Cello Concerto in E minor (Op. 85, 1919)
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never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major (“Emperor”), 2nd Mvt.; London Symphony Orchestra (Simon Rattle, cond.) with Krystian Zimerman (piano), 2020 (published 7/9/21)
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sounds of Paris
Why not begin the week with something unlike anything else?
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction; Paul Fitzsimon, direction; Bruno Mantovani, direction), live, Paris, 2016: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Gruppen for three orchestras (1955-1957)
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art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet, 1840-1926, Luncheon under the Tent, Giverny, c. 1883-86, detail (Monet in Chicago, through 6/14/21)
timeless
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, (Op. 6; 1909-10, revised 1928), Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) conducting an unidentified orchestra, live, Japan
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