performed by Itzhak Perlman and the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta or in its original piano-accompaniment version, with Midori Goto as soloist, a must-watch: I left today’s earlier work for later in the week for a few reasons. For one, … Continue reading Ravel: Tzigane
performed by Idil Biret and the Slovak State Philharmonic orchestra under Robert Stankovsky Eusebius came in quietly the other day. You know the ironic smile on his pale face with which he seeks to create suspense. I was sitting at … Continue reading Chopin: Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ for piano and orchestra, Op. 2
played by Nelson Friere and the Munich Philharmonic under Rudolph Kempe Music You Can Understand: Part 2 This is intense. Also, two videos this week. Watch the top one first (at least the first minute or so), then the second … Continue reading Liszt: Totentanz
Fugue for Thought 