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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 2
Peter Schickle wsn't the first composer to have some fun with "serious" music. The challenge this month is to post examples of musical humor in classical works.
New Bach Series from Les Arts Florissants
Agnew and Les Arts Florissants perform this work with modest forces. The musicians available to Bach in Mühlhausen were limited. It was a factor in the music he wrote. These performances provide context by matching the forces Bach had available.
Gustavo Gimeno Superb with Dutilleux
Gimeno and his ensemble also deliver a stellar performance of Duitlleux's First symphony. This work straddles the traditional and the innovative. And Gimeno and the Luxembourg Philharmonic make it all work.
David Starobin plays Guitar Music by Guitar Virtuosi
This is a collection of virtuoso guitar music written by virtuoso guitarists. And it's played by a virtuoso guitarist.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 1
This month's Classics a Day theme is a tribute to the late Peter Schickle. Schickle was a talented composer of both classical and film music. He's best remembered, though, for his alter ego, PDQ Bach.
Cesar Guerra-Peiza: More Brazilian Treasures
Goias Philharmonic Orchestra; Neil Thomson, conductor delivers some inspired performances here.
Bacewicz, Ysaye, Enescu: Music for Strings
That three-dimensional sound stage really makes these works come alive. It also highlights the interplay between instruments, something key to all three works.
Top-flight recording, and top-flight performances.
David Johnson Piano Music: Unfamiliar and Appealing
This is a fascinating collection of pieces. Some are quite simple. Others sound challenging to play. Johnson writes in a primarily tonal style. But that doesn't limit him to simple harmonies.
#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 4, 2024
What continually surprises me is how much music is yet to be discovered from earlier centuries. And also how much of it was known at the time, but somehow fell into obscurity.
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