performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Nikolaus Harnoncourt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iq8vmXHdu4 (cover image by Dorian Mongel) Here it is. Music post no. 700. No. 600 was Mahler 9, 500 was Schoenberg’s violin concerto, 400 was Mahler’s Das Lied, 300 was Shostakovich’s … Continue reading Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92
performed by John O’Conor no. 2 and no. 3 None have quite attained to these vague eolian harmonies, these half-formed sighs floating through the air, softly lamenting and dissolved in delicious melancholy. Nobody has even attempted this peculiar style, … Continue reading John Field: Nocturnes, H. 24-26
performed by the Melos Quartet, or below (which I believe is the exact same recording, though uncredited and un-movement-ed) I’m not sure what to make of this work. I’ve found very little about it online, often referred to as a … Continue reading Schubert String Quartet no. 2 in C, D. 32
Fugue for Thought 