~ Hummel Piano Concerto 3 in b minor op. 89 1/4
Views: 9333 |  |  |  |  | Howard Shelley London Mozart Players Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 89 in B minor was composed in Vienna in 1819 and published in Leipzig in 1821. Unlike his earlier piano concerti, which closely followed the model of Mozart's, the B min ...More or concerto along with the slightly earlier Concerto no. 2 is written in a proto-Romantic style that anticipates the later the stylistic developments of composers such as Frédéric Chopin and Felix Mendelssohn. The piano concerto was written by Hummel as a showcase for his virtuosity at the instrument. It was written while the composer was in Vienna in 1819 and is scored for piano, Flute, two oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. The work is composed in traditional three movement form. * I. Allegro moderato * II. Larghetto * III. Finale: Vivace |
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~ Part I Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in Synthesia
Views: 20902 |  |  |  |  | Pretty colors. o.0 A nice piano hero sort of game running the Rachmaninoff 3 in strict tempo. Although the original beats this anyday. All you need is the midi file to play it. Just a nice demonstration of the first movement. I only thought that looked th ...More e coolest. Ossia cadenza by the way. |
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~ Emil Gilels plays Grieg (vaimusic.com)
Views: 8541 |  |  |  |  | vaimusic.com Excerpt from Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, II. Adagio played by Emil Gilels (Grieg) From: VAI DVD 4472 Emil Gilels in Concert One of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, Emil Gilels (1916-1985) possessed a fearless technical f ...More acility and a highly cultivated tone control that freed him to follow his interpretive instincts. In this program, Gilels plays two masterpieces of the concerto repertoire: Griegs Piano Concerto and Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 3. Both works are conducted by Paavo Berglund, leading the Philharmonia Orchestra in the Beethoven and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Grieg. Live performances, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 1983 (Grieg) /1984 (Beethoven). 86 min., Color, mono, 4:3, All regions. TO PURCHASE THE COMPLETE DVD, PLEASE VISIT www.vaimusic.com OR CALL TOLL-FREE IN THE US 1(800)477-7146 (OUTSIDE OF THE US, CALL 914-769-3691.) |
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~ Rubinstein - Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1 - I Maestoso (1/3)
Views: 165613 |  |  |  |  | Director : Bernard Haitink. Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam. Johannes Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (Op. 15) is one of Brahms' most famous and frequently performed pieces. A concerto on nearly every major pianist's repertoire, it presents conside ...More rable technical challenges to the performer. Brahms worked on the composition for some years, as was the case with many of his works. After a prolonged gestation period, it was first performed on January 22, 1859, in Hanover, Germany, when Brahms was just 25 years old. Five days later, at Leipzig, an unenthusiastic audience hissed at the concerto, while critics savaged it, labelling it "perfectly unorthodox, banal and horrid". In a letter to his close personal friend, the renowned violinist Joseph Joachim, Brahms stated, "I am only experimenting and feeling my way", adding sadly, "all the same, the hissing was rather too much!" Brahms originally conceived the work as a sonata for two pianos. Seeking a grander and fuller sound, Brahms later orchestrated the work in an attempt to transform it into a four-movement symphony. However, he also found that unsatisfactory. Brahms ultimately decided that he had not sufficiently mastered the nuances of orchestral color to sustain a symphony, and instead relied on his skills as a pianist and composer for the piano to complete the work as a concerto. Brahms only retained the original material from the work's first movement; the remaining movements were discarded and two new ones were ... |
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~ Horowitz - Liszt's Consolation #3 in D flat major
Views: 15553 |  |  |  |  | Vladimir Horowitz plays Consolation No. 3 in D flat major by Franz Liszt ... Live in Vienna (1987) Biography: Date of Birth 1 October 1903, Kiev, Ukraine, Russia Date of Death 5 November 1989, New York, New York, USA (heart attack) Birth Name Vladimir Sam ...More oylovich Gorowitz Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz was born on October 1, 1903, in Berdichev (near Kiev), Ukraine (then Russian Empire). His father, named Simeon Horowitz, was an electrical engineer. His mother, named Sophie Horowitz, was a professional pianist and teacher at the Kiev Conservatory. Young Vladimir Horowitz took his first piano lessons from his mother. At the age of 9 he entered the Kiev Conservatory where he studied with Vladimir Puchalsky, Sergei Tarnowsky, and Felix Blumenfeld. At the age of 11 he met and played with Alexander Scriabin. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1920 with the performance of the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff. By that time his family was devastated by the purges of the Russian Revolution. All of their property, including the piano, was seized by the Bolsheviks. Horowitz performed extensively in Kharkov, Kiev, Moscow, and Leningrad, acquiring a reputation as a virtuoso. In Leningrad alone he gave 23 concerts in 1922, being paid with food instead of money. He left Russia in 1925 and gave 69 concerts in Europe during the season of 1926-1927. He studied briefly with Alfred Cortot in Paris. Horowitz made his American debut in 1928 with the New York Philharmonic, playing ... |
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~ Martha Argerich - Sonata in B minor by Liszt Pt 1-3
Views: 9899 |  |  |  |  | Part 1 of 3. Martha Argerich plays 'Sonata for piano in B minor' by Franz Liszt (1971 Debut Recital). Movements: Lento assai - Allegro energico - Grandioso - Cantando espressivo - Biography: Born: June 5, 1941 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Martha Argerich is ...More a concert pianist of Argentine origin. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar caliber. Despite this, she is widely recognized as one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Early life Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age 3. At age 5, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza who stressed to her lyricism and feeling. She gave her debut concert at the age of 8, playing a concerto by WA Mozart. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria. She later studied with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Stefan Askenase. In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. At the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition Argerich met Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli whom she would later seek out for lessons at twenty during a personal artistic crisis. Argerich won the 7th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1965. One of her performances in ... |
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~ Horowitz - Chopin's Polonaise #6 in A flat major (Heroic)
Views: 9084 |  |  |  |  | Vladimir Horowitz plays Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major by Frederic Chopin ... Live in Vienna (1987) Biography: Date of Birth 1 October 1903, Kiev, Ukraine, Russia Date of Death 5 November 1989, New York, New York, USA (heart attack) Birth Name Vladimir S ...More amoylovich Gorowitz Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz was born on October 1, 1903, in Berdichev (near Kiev), Ukraine (then Russian Empire). His father, named Simeon Horowitz, was an electrical engineer. His mother, named Sophie Horowitz, was a professional pianist and teacher at the Kiev Conservatory. Young Vladimir Horowitz took his first piano lessons from his mother. At the age of 9 he entered the Kiev Conservatory where he studied with Vladimir Puchalsky, Sergei Tarnowsky, and Felix Blumenfeld. At the age of 11 he met and played with Alexander Scriabin. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1920 with the performance of the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff. By that time his family was devastated by the purges of the Russian Revolution. All of their property, including the piano, was seized by the Bolsheviks. Horowitz performed extensively in Kharkov, Kiev, Moscow, and Leningrad, acquiring a reputation as a virtuoso. In Leningrad alone he gave 23 concerts in 1922, being paid with food instead of money. He left Russia in 1925 and gave 69 concerts in Europe during the season of 1926-1927. He studied briefly with Alfred Cortot in Paris. Horowitz made his American debut in 1928 with the New York Philharmonic, playing ... |
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~ Martha Argerich - Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 Pt 1-4
Views: 6004 |  |  |  |  | Part 1 of 4. Martha Argerich plays Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Claudio Abbado (1994). Mvt. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito Biography: Bo ...More rn: June 5, 1941 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Martha Argerich is a concert pianist of Argentine origin. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar caliber. Despite this, she is widely recognized as one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Early life Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age 3. At age 5, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza who stressed to her lyricism and feeling. She gave her debut concert at the age of 8, playing a concerto by WA Mozart. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria. She later studied with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Stefan Askenase. In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. At the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition Argerich met Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli whom she would later seek out for lessons at twenty during a personal artistic crisis. Argerich won the 7th International Frederick Chopin ... |
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~ Argerich & Freire - Rachmaninov's Suite for 2 Pianos - Waltz
Views: 5827 |  |  |  |  | Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire play Rachmaninov's Suite for Two Pianos No. 2, Op. 17 - Waltz Biography: Martha Argerich - Born: June 5, 1941 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Martha Argerich is a concert pianist of Argentine origin. Her aversion to the press a ...More nd publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar caliber. Despite this, she is widely recognized as one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Early life Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age 3. At age 5, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza who stressed to her lyricism and feeling. She gave her debut concert at the age of 8, playing a concerto by WA Mozart. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria. She later studied with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Stefan Askenase. In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. At the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition Argerich met Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli whom she would later seek out for lessons at twenty during a personal artistic crisis. Argerich won the 7thInternational Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1965. One of her performances in that winning campaign was a defiantly confident reading of Chopin's ... |
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~ Sandro Russo plays Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto op. 30 - Part 1/5
Views: 11042 |  |  |  |  | A live performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.3 op. 30 (AKA The "Rach 3") by Sandro Russo. The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (colloquially known as the "Rach 3") is famous for its technical and musical demands o ...More n the performer. It has the reputation of being the most difficult concertos in the standard piano repertoire. Following the form of a standard concerto, the piece is in three movements: 1. Allegro ma non tanto (D minor) The first movement revolves around a diatonic melody that soon develops into complex pianistic figuration. It reaches a number of ferocious climaxes, especially in the cadenza. The first theme in its full form reappears just before the coda. Rachmaninoff wrote two versions of this cadenza: the dramatic and powerful original, commonly notated as the ossia, and a second one with a lighter, toccata-like style. In his recording of the concerto, the composer used the second cadenza. 2. Intermezzo: Adagio (F sharp minor/D flat major) The second movement is opened by the orchestra and it consists of a number of variations around a single lush, heavily romantic melody following one another without a rigid scheme. The melody soon transitions to a tonic major which is the second theme. After the first theme development and recapitulation of the second theme, the main melody from the first movement reappears, before the movement is "closed" by the orchestra in a manner similar to the introduction. Then the piano ... |
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~ Argerich & Economou - The Nutcracker (Suite for 2 pianos) Pt 1-4
Views: 6231 |  |  |  |  | Part 1 of 4. Martha Argerich and Nicolas Economou play The Nutcracker op. 71a (Suite from the ballet op.71) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arrangement for two pianos by Nicolas Economou. Mvt. I. Ouverture miniature - Allegro giusto. Biography: Martha Argeri ...More ch Born: June 5, 1941 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Martha Argerich is a concert pianist of Argentine origin. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar caliber. Despite this, she is widely recognized as one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Early life Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age 3. At age 5, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza who stressed to her lyricism and feeling. She gave her debut concert at the age of 8, playing a concerto by WA Mozart. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria. She later studied with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Stefan Askenase. In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. At the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition Argerich met Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli whom she would later seek out for lessons at twenty during a personal artistic crisis. Argerich won the 7th International Frederick ... |
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~ Argerich - Chopin's Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante Op 22
Views: 6697 |  |  |  |  | Martha Argerich plays Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante Op. 22 by Frederic Chopin. Biography: Born: June 5, 1941 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Martha Argerich is a concert pianist of Argentine origin. Her aversion to the press and publicity has ...More resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar caliber. Despite this, she is widely recognized as one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Early life Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age 3. At age 5, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza who stressed to her lyricism and feeling. She gave her debut concert at the age of 8, playing a concerto by WA Mozart. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria. She later studied with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Stefan Askenase. In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. At the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition Argerich met Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli whom she would later seek out for lessons at twenty during a personal artistic crisis. Argerich won the 7thInternational Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1965. One of her performances in that winning campaign was a defiantly confident reading of Chopin's Etude in C major ... |
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~ Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.3 (1941) - first movement : Part 1
Views: 81564 |  |  |  |  | Composer : Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff ( Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов ) - ( 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943 ). Composition : Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor op.30 Piano : Vladimir Horowitz ( 1 October 1903 - 5 November 1989 ). Director : Sir John Giovanni ...More Battista Barbirolli ( 2 December 1899 - 29 July 1970 ). Orchestra : New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra . Horowitz graduated in 1919 at the Kiev Conservatory playing the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor op.30 . This recording was made on 4 May 1941 at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York (Live). |
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