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Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano in E-flat major (K. 498): William Hudgins (clarinet), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Victor Rosenbaum (piano), live, Boston, 2019
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in D minor (K. 397): Kristian Bezuidenhout (1979-, fortepiano), live, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2013
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Music avoids impossibility.
—Louis Zukofsky (1904-78), from Anew (#2)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Clarinet Quintet (K. 581): Armida Quartet with Sabine Meyer (clarinet), live, Italy (Merano [aka Meran]), 2019
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Sonata in B-flat major (K. 570): Peter Serkin (1947-2020, piano), live, New Jersey (Ridgewood), 2017
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art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Eric Romero, Año de los Muertos (Year of the Dead), 2020 (Dia de Muertos: Memories & Offerings, through 12/11/22)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Adagio in B minor (K. 540): Peter Serkin (1947-2020, piano), live, New Jersey (Ridgewood), 2017
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art beat: yesterday, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Claudia Alvarez, Dia de los Inocentes (Holy Innocents Day), 2010, detail (Dia de Muertos: Memories & Offerings, through 12/11/22)
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When it comes to sparkling clarity—something that, these days, seems to be in painfully short supply—no one outdoes Mozart.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466): Leif Ove Andsnes (piano, direction) and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, live, London, 8/7/22
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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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo in D Major (K. 485), Fantasia in C Minor (K. 475); Leif Ove Andsnes (1970-, piano), live, Vienna (Austria), published 4/8/22
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For you I have emptied the meaning
Leaving the song—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 9)
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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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Two takes.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo in D major, K. 485
Víkingur Ólafsson (1984-, piano), published yesterday
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Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989, piano), live, Vienna, 1987
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