Martha Argerich plays Franz Liszt – The Piano Sonata in B-Minor S.178

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Published on May 24, 2013

Complete performance with gapless playback. Section markings are noted in annotations.

Sheet music: http://bit.ly/151ayA2

Amazing Music/Performances: Schubert Piano Sonata No 9 in B, D575 Andras Schiff

Schubert Piano Sonata No 9 in B, D575 Andras Schiff

La Casa di Davide Arionia Tellus

Published on Aug 11, 2014

Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No 9 in B, D 575
Andras Schiff, piano
I. Allegro ma non troppo (B major) 0:00
II. Andante (E major) 8:42
III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio (G major, D Major) 14:04
IV. Allegro giusto (B major) 19:28

Beethoven – Gilels Piano Sonata No. 2

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2012

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.2, No. 2
1.Allegro vivace
2.Largo appassionato
3.Scherzo. Allegretto
4.Rondo. Grazioso

Emil Gilels, piano

Historic Musical Bits: Kempff plays Schubert Piano Sonata in A Major D664, great compositions/performances

Kempff plays Schubert Piano Sonata in A Major D664

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Published on Jul 4, 2012

Franz Schubert:
Piano Sonata in A Major D664:
Mvt.I: Allegro moderato 00:00
Mvt.II: Andante 10:41
Mvt.III: Allegro 15:14

Wilhelm Kempff: piano

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The Piano Sonata in A major D. 664, Op. posth. 120 is a sonata for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in the summer of 1819.

Movements

I. Allegro moderato

A major

II. Andante

D major

III. Allegro

A major

Well regarded among pianists, the “Little” A major sonata is so called to distinguish it from the hefty 1828 sonata in the same key.^{[citation needed]} It is the shortest among Schubert’s complete sonatas.^[1] The manuscript, completed in July 1819, was dedicated to Josephine von Koller of Steyr in Upper Austria, whom he considered to be “very pretty” and “a good pianist.” The lyrical, buoyant, in spots typically poignant nature of this sonata fits the image of a young Schubert in love, living in a summery Austrian countryside, which he also considered to be “unimaginably lovely.”^[2]

The A major sonata is straightforward, with a dulcet melodic opening. It was the first of Schubert’s piano sonatas where the sonata form as perfected by his idol, Beethoven, does not seem wrestled with; rather, it is a “joyous breakthrough,” a carefree triumph over strict rules of construction.^[3]

The original manuscript to this “little” sonata has been lost.^[4]

Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff:

(25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. He recorded the complete collection of their piano sonatas.^[1][2] He is considered to have been one of the chief exponents of the Germanic tradition during the 20th century and one of the greatest pianists of all time.^[3

Album cover for Wilhelm Kempff’s recording of Beethoven Piano Sonatas on DG 139 935 (1965), which received the Grand Prix du Disque.

Early life

Kempff was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, in 1895.^[1] He grew up in nearby Potsdam where his father was a royal music director and organist at St. Nicolai Church. His grandfather was also an organist and his brother Georg became director of church music at the University of Erlangen. Kempff studied music at first at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik at the age of nine after receiving lessons from his father at a younger age. Whilst there he studied composition with Robert Kahn and piano with Karl Heinrich Barth^[1] (with whom Arthur Rubinstein also studied). In 1914 Kempff moved on to study at the Viktoria gymnasium in Potsdam before returning to Berlin to finish his training.^[1]

As a pianist

In 1917, Kempff gave his first major recital, consisting of predominantly major works, including Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata and Brahms Variations on a theme of Paganini.^[1] Kempff toured widely in Europe and much of the rest of the world. Between 1936 and 1979 he performed ten times in Japan (a small Japanese island was named Kenpu-san in his honor)^{[citation needed]}. Kempff made his first London appearance in 1951 and his first in New York in 1964. He gave his last public performance in Paris in 1981, and then retired for health reasons (Parkinson’s Disease)^{[citation needed]}. He died in Positano, Italy at the age of 95, five years after his wife, whom he had married in 1926. They were survived by five children.^[1]

Wilhelm Kempff recorded over a period of some sixty years. His recorded legacy includes works of Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, Mozart, Bach, Liszt, Chopin and particularly, of Beethoven.^[1]

 Kempff (right) with Ernest Ansermet (left) in 1965

He was among the first to record the complete sonatas of Franz Schubert, long before these works became popular. (For Schubert sonatas which were left incomplete, Kempff recorded only the completed movements and not the fragments.) He also recorded two sets of the complete Beethoven sonatas (and one early, almost complete set on shellac 1926-1945), one in mono (1951–1956) and the other in stereo (1964–1965). He recorded the complete Beethoven piano concertos twice as well, both with the Berlin Philharmonic; the first from the early 1950s in mono with Paul van Kempen, and the later in stereo from the early 1960s with Ferdinand Leitner. Kempff also recorded chamber music with Yehudi Menuhin, Pierre Fournier, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Paul Grummer, and Henryk Szeryng, among others.

He left recordings of most of his repertory, including the complete sonatas of Beethoven and Schubert. He performed to an advanced age, concertizing past his eightieth birthday. His association with the Berlin Philharmonic spanned over sixty years.  Read more

Schubert – Overture in E minor, D. 648 , Prague Sinfonia, conducted by Christian Benda

Schubert – Overture in E minor, D. 648

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Schubert wrote his Overture in E minor in 1819. It was performed in Vienna two years later, but then disappeared from public view until the publication of Schubert’s collected works in 1886. Some Schubertians regard it as a landmark work of unusual power, breaking ground that he would build on in his last two symphonies. Schubert biographer John Reed appears to disagree when he writes that it “lacks any touch of Schubertian charm. The themes are short and symphonic, rather than lyrical.” But the two opinions are reconcilable. The Overture is, in a sense, Schubert doing Beethoven: The short motifs building into longer sequences and the mounting tension and explosive climaxes all show Beethoven’s influence on the 22-year-old Schubert. At the same time, the actual construction of those sequences, with the same motif repeated at progressively higher or lower pitches, harks back to Baroque music. Orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings.This performance by the Prague Sinfonia, conducted by Christian Benda

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Schubert Piano Sonata No 5 in A flat, D 557 Andras Schiff

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Published on Dec 18, 2013

Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No 5 in A flat, D 557
Andras Schiff, piano
I. Allegro moderato 0:00
II. Andante 4:15
III. Allegro 7:51

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Happy Birthday Mozart: Mozart piano sonata # 9 K.311 – DANIEL BARENBOIM , great compositions/perfoemances

DANIEL BARENBOIM ~ Mozart piano sonata # 9 ; K.311 1989

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Published on Jan 27, 2014

Daniel Barenboim plays Mozart’s piano sonata # 9 in D major, K.311 with wonderful vigor and delicacy as only he can do. These recordings were made in Germany in 1989 and are part of a full DVD set of all of Mozart’s piano sonatas. The idea of orchestral writing is evident in the K.311 sonata, especially the 3rd movement, because of the contrast in texture and tonal colour.However, it is the 2nd. movement that gives off a distinctly beautiful
sonata movement without a development. Its song-like eleven-bar theme, with a concluding note at the 12th measure, is followed by an episode and a wonderfully varied return of the theme in D major (measure 25) instead of a contrasting second subject. The recapitulation starts in measure 39. One of Mozart’s most memorable piano sonatas.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311 (284c) was written on the composer’s stay in Augsburg and Mannheim in November-December 1777, and is contemporaneous with his Sonata K. 309 (Mozart wrote his Sonata K. 310 in the summer of the following year, in Paris). The three sonatas K. 309-311 were published as a set ‘Opus IV’ in about 1782, by Franz Joseph Heina in Paris.

The work has three movements:

1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andante con espressione
3. Rondeau (allegro)

A typical performance takes about 15 to 17 minutes.

The first movement is in sonata form. Its first subject has a quasi orchestral opening, and its second subject in the dominant key (A major) is quieter. The development section is almost entirely based on the last four bars of the exposition.

The second movement has an episodic structure A-B-A-B-A-coda. The second theme’s melody is gently decorated with syncopation, accompanied by broken chords in the left hand.

Lastly, the most technically demanding movement of the three is a sonata rondo, with a short central episode in F sharp minor (the main key’s relative minor). A slow cadenza-like passage containing a rapid ascending chromatic scale leads back to the first theme.

The piece displays mature thematic development.

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Schubert Symphony No 2 B flat major, D 125 / Maazel Bavarian RSO: make music part of your life series

Schubert Symphony No. 2, D125 B flat major Maazel Bavarian RSO

La Casa di Davide

Published on Mar 24, 2014

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D. 125:

I. Largo – Allegro vivace
II. Andante in E flat major 9:50
III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace in C minor – Trio in E flat major 17:40
IV. Presto 21:03

Lorin Maazel conducts Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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The Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, D. 125,^[1] is a symphony by Franz Schubert composed between 1814 and 1815.

There are four movements:

• I. Largo – Allegro vivace
• II. Andante in E flat major
• III. Menuetto: Allegro vivace in C minor – Trio in E flat major
• IV. Presto

In the opening movement, the initial theme of the Allegro vivace is based on the corresponding first theme of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s overture to The Creatures of Prometheus.^[2]

The second movement is a theme with five variations in E-flat major, Schubert’s only set of symphonic variations. Although there is some variation in the melody, the primary focus of the variations are on instrumentation and tone color. The first variation features violins and winds. The second variation passes the theme between the low strings and the woodwinds. The third variation is again violins and winds. The fourth variation is in C minor and features some acceleration with the use triplet-sixteenth notes. The fifth variation maintains the triplet-sixteenths, but they move into the background with the melody returning close to its original form as a kind of recapitulation. A coda concludes the movement.^[2]

The minuet is in C minor and mainly scored for the tutti and fortissimo. The contrasting Trio in E flat major is more thinly scored winds, violins and pizzicato bass. The melody of the trio is actually a variation of the theme used in the second movement forming a melodic and harmonic (E-flat/C minor) link is made between the inner two movements.^[2]

The finale is a galop^[2] in fast 2/4 time.

 

Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 | Daniel Barenboim: great compositions/performances

Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 | Daniel Barenboim

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Español: Sonata para Piano nº12 en La bemol Mayor, Op. 26

* 1st Movement (Andante con Variazioni)
* 2nd Movement (Scherzo, Allegro Molto)
* 3rd Movement (Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe)
* 4th Movement (Allegro)

Work: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Soloist: Daniel Barenhoim

Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, Daniel Barenboim, great compositions/performances

Piano Sonata No. 31 – Beethoven

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Daniel Barenboim

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas.

The sonata is in three movements. The moderato first movement in sonata form, marked con amabilità, is followed by a fast scherzo. The finale comprises a slow recitative and arioso dolente, a fugue, a return of the arioso lament, and a second fugue that builds to an affirmative conclusion.

I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
III. Adagio ma non troppo. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28, “Pastoral”- Daniel Barenboim: great compositions/performances

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28, “Pastoral”. Daniel Barenboim, piano

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata para piano Nº 15 en Re mayor, “Pastoral”
(Compuesta en 1801)
1. Allegro
2. Andante

3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Daniel Barenboim, piano
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was named Pastoral or Pastorale by Beethoven’s publisher at the time, A. Cranz. While not as famous as its immediate predecessor, Piano Sonata No. 14, it is generally admired for its intricate technicality as well as for its beauty. The sonata takes roughly twenty-five minutes to play with its intended repeats.

Published in 1801, the work is dedicated to the Count Joseph von Sonnenfels.

Structure

The sonata is in D major, and follows the typical four-movement form of the classical sonata.

1. Allegro, 6/8
2. Andante, 2/4
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace, 3/4
4. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo, 6/8

“Pastoral”

It has been debated whether the title ‘pastoral’ refers to the sense of countryside and nature (the 6th symphony pastoral sense), or to its sense of calm, simplicity and lightness. Beethoven’s publishers had a tendency to name his sonatas without consulting Beethoven himself. Beethoven wrote most of his works with greatly contrasting parts, and behaves no differently in this sonata. Though its first and last movements can well be described as “pastorale,” the inner two movements do not partake of those qualities at all.

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Schubert – Piano sonata D.664 – Richter London 1979: great compositions/performances

Schubert – Piano sonata D.664 – Richter London 1979

  incontrario motu

Franz Schubert

Piano sonata D.664

I. Allegro moderato 0:00
II. Andante 12:10
III. Allegro 18:35

Sviatoslav Richter
Live recording, London, 31.III.1979

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Schumann – Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 – Harding: make music part of your life series

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  Opus 13

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Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61

1 Sostenuto assai – Allegro, ma non troppo
2 Scherzo. Allegro vivace
3 Adagio espressivo
4 Allegro molto vivace

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Rachmaninov – Suite for two pianos n°1 – Rudenko / Lugansky: make music part of your life series

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Rachmaninov – Suite for two pianos n°1 – Rudenko / Lugansky

Sergei Rachmaninov:  Suite for two pianos n°1 op.5:

I. Allegretto. Barcarolle 0:00
II. Adagio sostenuto. La nuit… L’amour 7:35
III. Largo di molto. Les larmes 13:53
IV. Allegro maestoso. Pâques 19:24

Vadim Rudenko
Nikolai Luganski
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Sviatoslav Richter plays Schubert Sonata D.575: Great compositions/performances

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Sviatoslav Richter plays Schubert Sonata D.575

The Piano Sonata in B major, D. 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147. Schubert composed the sonata in August 1817.

Movements

I. Allegro ma non troppo (B major)

II. Andante (E major)

III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio (G major, D Major)

IV. Allegro giusto (B major)

 

Bob van Asperen – Antonio Soler – Sonata 84 (make music part of your life series)

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Prokofiev – Piano sonata n°6 – Richter Locarno 1966 (great compositions/performances)

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Prokofiev – Piano sonata n°6 – Richter Locarno 1966

Sergei Prokofiev:
Piano sonata n°6 op.82

I. Allegro moderato 0:00
II. Allegretto 8:55
III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo 12:45
IV. Vivace 19:07

Sviatoslav Richter
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Ludwig van Beethoven – Rondo in G major Op. 51 No. 2

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great compositions/performances: Beethoven, Sonata para piano Nº 15 en Re mayor Opus 28 Pastoral. Daniel Barenboim, piano

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Beethoven, Sonata para piano Nr. 15 en Re mayor Opus 28 Pastoral. Daniel Barenboim, piano

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great compositions/performances:Kempff plays Schubert Piano Sonata in B Major D575

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Kempff plays Schubert Piano Sonata in B Major D575

Franz Schubert:
Piano Sonata in B Major D575:
Mvt.I: Allegro ma non troppo 00:00
Mvt.II: Andante 08:04
Mvt.III: Scherzo. Allegretto 13:49
Mvt.IV: Allegro giusto 19:25

Wilhelm Kempff: piano

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F. GEMINIANI, Concerto Grosso No.12 in D minor “La Follia“, Ensemble 415

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, 1687 – 1767

Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Strings & Continuo No. 12 in D minor “La Follia” (after Corelli Op.5/12) [Variations 1-8/Variations 9-14/Variations 15-24] 0:08

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Klára Würtz, piano.
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in A major, D 664 (Op. 120)
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II. Andante
III. Allegro

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Great Compositions/Performances: Emil Gilels plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s – Piano Sonata #31 in A-Flat, Op. 110

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Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata #31 in A-Flat, Op. 110

Composed in 1821.

I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (@ 0:00)
II. Allegro molto (@ 7:29)
III. Adagio — Fuga (@ 9:49)

Performed by Emil Gilels.
Paintings by William Blake.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas.

The sonata is in three movements. The moderato first movement in sonata form, marked con amabilità, is followed by a fast scherzo. The finale comprises a slow recitative and arioso dolente, a fugue, a return of the arioso lament, and a second fugue that builds to an affirmative conclusion.

Composition

In the summer of 1819 Moritz Schlesinger, from the Schlesinger firm of music publishers based in Berlin, met Beethoven and asked to purchase some compositions. After some negotiation by letter, and despite the publisher’s qualms about Beethoven’s retaining the rights for publication in England and Scotland, Schlesinger agreed to purchase 25 songs for 60 ducats and three piano sonatas at 90 ducats (Beethoven had originally asked 120 ducats for the sonatas). In May 1820 Beethoven agreed, the songs (op. 108) already being available, and he undertook to deliver the sonatas within three months. These three sonatas are the ones now known as opp. 109–111.

Beethoven was prevented from completing all three of the promised sonatas on schedule by factors including an attack of jaundice; Op. 109 was completed and delivered in 1820, but correspondence shows that Op. 110 was still not ready by the middle of December 1821, and the completed autograph score bears the date December 25, 1821. Presumably the sonata was delivered shortly thereafter, since Beethoven was paid the 30 ducats for this sonata in January 1822.

Form

Alfred Brendel characterizes the main themes of the sonata as all derived from the hexachord – the first six notes of the diatonic scale – and the intervals of the third and fourth that divide it. He also points out that contrary motion is a feature of much of the work, particularly prominent in the scherzo second movement.

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JOHANNES BRAHMS – 7 WALTZES OP. 39: JOHANNES BRAHMS – 7 WALTZES OP. 39 Performed by Dinu Lipatti, Nadia Boulanger

JOHANNES BRAHMS – 7 WALTZES OP. 39
Performed by Dinu Lipatti, Nadia Boulanger

1. Waltz for Four Hands in C-Sharp Major, No. 6, Op. 39 00:00
2. Waltz for Four Hands in A-Flat Major, No. 15, Op. 39 00:58
3. Waltz for Four Hands in E Major, No. 2, Op. 39 2:04
4. Waltz for Four Hands in B Major, No. 1, Op. 39 3:19
5. Waltz for Four Hands in G-Sharp Minor, No. 14, Op. 39 4:07
6. Waltz for Four Hands in G Major, No. 10, Op. 39 5:15
7. Waltz for Four Hands in E Major, No. 5, Op. 39 5:47

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Great Compositions/Performances: Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1 (Paul Tortelier & Eric Heidsieck)

Great Compositions/Performances: Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1 (Paul Tortelier & Eric Heidsieck)

00:00 – Adagio sostenuto – Allegro
17:59 – Rondo. Allegro vivace

Paul Tortelier, cello
Eric Heidsieck, piano

recorded: 1972

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Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Muzio Clementi – Minuetto Pastorale

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Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Muzio Clementi – Minuetto Pastorale

Muzio Clementi (24 January 1752 — 10 March 1832) was a composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. Born in Rome, he spent most of his life in England.

Work: Minuetto Pastorale

Orchestra: The Philharmonia

Conductor: Francesco d’Avalos

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Great Compositions/Performances: Horowitz plays Schumann Toccata in C Major, Op.7

Robert Schumann 
Toccata in C Major, Op.7 
Vladimir Horowitz: piano

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Kempff plays Schubert Piano Sonata in A Minor D845, Op.42

The Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42) by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, composed in May 1825.

Piano Sonata in A Minor D845: 

I. Moderato, A minor 00:00

II. Andante poco moto, C major. (4 measures missing after measure 43) 8:06

III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio: Un poco più lento, A minor 17:13

IV. Rondo: Allegro vivace, A minor 23:58

The first movement is in sonata form though with ambiguity over the material in the development and the beginning of the recapitulation.^[1]

The second movement is in variation form. Noted performers of the work in the 19th century included Hans von Bülow, who played the sonata in both Europe and the USA.^[2]

Daniel Coren has discussed the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata.^[3]

Wilhelm Kempff: piano

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GREAT PERFORMANCES: Wilhelm Kempff PlaysBeethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 16 Op. 31 in G major

Piano: Wilhelm Kempff

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1, was composed between 1801 and 1802.
The sonata consists of three movements. A typical performance lasts about 20 minutes.

1. Allegro vivace
2. Adagio grazioso
3. Rondo, allegretto – presto

Although it was numbered as the first piece in the trio of piano sonatas which were published as Opus 31 in 1803, Beethoven actually finished it after the Op. 31 No. 2, the Tempest Sonata. [From Wikipedia]

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Beethoven – Sonata No. 15 D-dur – Valery Afanasiev, piano

Не правда ли, необычное (как бы странное) исполнение (интерпретация)?
Конец сонаты в этом моём ТВ-рипе, к сожалению, обрезан (отсутствует).
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Valery Afanassiev (Russian: Валерий Павлович Афанасьев, Valerij Pavlovič Afanasiev; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor.

 

 

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545 (Facile)

The Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was described by Mozart himself in his own thematic catalogue as “for beginners,” and it is sometimes known by the nickname Sonata facile or Sonata semplice. Mozart added the work to his catalogue on June 26, 1788, the same date as his Symphony No. 39. The exact circumstances of the work’s composition are not known, however. Although the piece is well-known today, it was not published in Mozart’s lifetime and first appeared in print in 1805. A typical performance takes about 14 minutes. The work has three movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondo
The first movement is written in sonata form and is in the key of C major. The familiar opening theme is accompanied by an Alberti bass, played in the left hand.
A bridge passage composed of scales follows, arriving at a cadence in G major, the key in which the second theme is then played. A codetta follows to conclude the exposition, then the exposition is repeated. The development starts in G minor and modulates through several keys. The recapitulation begins, unusually, in the subdominant key of F major. According to Charles Rosen, the practice of beginning a recapitulation in the subdominant was “rare at the time [the sonata] was written,” though the practice was later taken up by Franz Schubert. The second movement is in the key of G major, the dominant key of C major. The music modulates in the middle of this movement to the parallel minor (G minor) and its relative major (B-flat major). The movement then modulates to the tonic, and, after the main theme and development is heard again, ends.
The third movement is in rondo form and is in the tonic key, C major. The first theme is lively and sets the mood of the piece. The second theme is in G major and contains an Alberti bass in the left hand. The first theme appears again and is followed by a third theme. The third theme is in a minor key and modulates through many different keys before modulating into C major. The first theme appears again followed by a coda and finally ends in C major.
The finale was transcribed to F major and collected with a solo piano arrangement of the second movement of the violin sonata in F major to form the Piano Sonata in F major, K. 547a.
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Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in B major, D 960 (Op. posth.) and D 575 (Op. posth. 147)

Klára Würtz, piano.
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960 (Op. posth.)
I. Motto moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Scherzo, allegro vivace con delicatezza
IV. Allegro, ma non troppo

Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in B major, D 575 (Op. posth. 147)
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
II. Andante
III. Scherzo, allegretto
IV. Allegro giusto

Beethoven Sonata Op 106 “Hammerklavier” Part 1 Valentina Lisitsa

Recording in Hannover Germany
Beethoven Sonata Op 106 “Hammerklavier” Part 1 Valentina Lisitsa

 

Valentina Lisitsa: Beethoven Sonata in F minor, No.23, Op 57 “Appassionata”

Rehearsal run before recital in Musikverein, Vienna

Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

For the 1974 Italian film, see Appassionata (film). For the album by Maksim Mrvica, see Appassionata (album).

Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning “passionate” in Italian) is a piano sonata. Among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Op. 53 and Les Adieux, Op. 81a), it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna.

Unlike the early Sonata No. 8, Pathétique,^[1] the Appassionata was not named during the composer’s lifetime, but was so labeled in 1838 by the publisher of a four-handarrangement of the work.

The Appassionata was considered by Beethoven to be his most tempestuous piano sonata until the twenty-ninth piano sonata (known as the Hammerklavier), being described as a “brilliantly executed display of emotion and music”.^{[citation needed]} 1803 was the year Beethoven came to grips with the irreversibility of his progressively deteriorating deafness.

Movements/Sections	I. Allegro assai II. Andante con moto III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Composition Year	1804–06

 

Nr. 32 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Andante for Flute & Orchestra in C major KV 315

Nr. 32 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Andante for Flute & Orchestra in C major KV 315

Gilels plays Scarlatti – 7 Sonatas (live in Locarno, 1984)

Gilels could do no wrong.

Domenico Scarlatti 
[1] Sonata in D minor, K 141
[2] Sonata in F major, K 518      4:39
[3] Sonata in D minor, K 32       9:38
[4] Sonata in F minor, K 466   12:43
[5] Sonata in A major, K 533   17:45
[6] Sonata in B minor, K 27     20:50
[7] Sonata in G major, K 125   25:36

Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: September 25, 1984, live, Chiesa di San Francesco, Locarno, Switzerland

Beethoven Piano Sonata 15 D major Pastoral Op 28 Barenboim

From Wikipedia:
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was named Pastoral or Pastorale by Beethoven’s publisher at the time, A. Cranz. While not as widely recognised as its immediate predecessor, Piano Sonata No. 14, it is admired for the intricacy and technicality in the beauty it portrays. It takes roughly 35 minutes to play the entire work as intended with repeats.

Published in 1801, it is dedicated to the Count Joseph von Sonnenfels. This sonata was written at a time when Beethoven’s alarm at his worsening deafness was increasing. Nevertheless, Beethoven paints a serene image with this sonata.

The whole sonata is in D major, and follows the typical four-movement form of the classical sonata.

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
   

“Pastoral”

It has been speculated whether the title ‘pastoral‘ refers to the sense of countryside and nature (the 6th symphony pastoral sense), or to its sense of calm, simplicity and lightness. Beethoven’s publishers had a tendency to name his sonatas without any consultation from Beethoven himself. Beethoven wrote most of his works with greatly contrasting parts, and behaves no differently in this sonata. Though its first and last movements can well be described as “pastorale,” the inner two bear no real similarity to the name at all.

 

P. Dukas, The sorcerer’s Apprentice

Paul Dukas (1865-1935), french composer and symphonist, known as “the french Richar Strauss”, composed this symphonic ballad after Goethe in 1897, and immediatly became Dukas most-known piece, despite a splendid piano sonata. Michel Plasson conducting the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

 

Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in E minor, D 566

Frank van de Laar, piano.
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in E minor, D 566 
I. Moderato
II. Allegretto
III. Scherzo, allegro vivace
IV. Rondo, allegretto

Beethoven: Six Variations on ‘Nel cor piu non mi sento’, WoO 70 – Wilhelm Kempff, 1964

Wilhelm Kempff: “Für Elise” (Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor) – 1965, Deutsche Grammophon : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DSjo…
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Piano Sonata in A minor, K 310 – Movement 1 (Mozart) – 1962 DG Recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuTwlO…

Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 – Movement 1/1 (Mozart) – 1960, DG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoJAG5…

Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester B-dur KV 595 (1/2) (Mozart) – 1963, DG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiFqm_…

Claudio Arrau Plays Beethoven”s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” (Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012 – 80,245 views)

Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012 – 80,245 Views

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

•     I.  Allegro assai – 00:36
• II. Andante con moto – 11:07
• III. Allegro ma non troppo – 17:47

 

 

Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata no. 5, D 557 – Wilhelm Kempff

Franz Schubert
1797-1828

Piano Sonata no. 5, D. 557
in A flat major / As-dur / en La bemol majeur

1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante
3. Allegro

a Friday Matinee at the concert: Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) Violin Sonata II, Op.5

 

00:00 – Andante
02:06 – Presto
04:30 – Adagio 
05:18 – Allegro

Anton Steck violin
Christian Rieger harpsichord
Markus Möllenbeck violoncello

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Geminiani on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Geminiani

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Thursday Afternoon at the Concert: Annie Fischer plays Beethoven – Piano Sonata 18, Op.31, No.3 “The Hunt” (Color-Coded Analysis)

Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 (1802)
I.Allegro @0:00
II.Scherzo. Allegretto vivace @8:00
III.Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso @12:54
IV.Presto con fuoco @16:58

Piano: Annie Fischer

For more videos of this type see:
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http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/p/simple-visual-breakdowns-of-works.html

Introduction to Sonata Form:
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This analysis was assisted in large part by Donald Tovey‘s “Companion to Beethoven’s Pianoforte Sonatas”.

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