by Barry Lenson | Mar 29, 2018 | Opera, Philip Glass, Uncategorized
Didn’t Philip Glass compose the operas Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach? Yes, he did. But now that he is 80, he is not resting on his considerable accomplishments. He is enjoying a year of nearly frenetic activity that would knock the tar our of most people half his...
by Barry Lenson | Aug 3, 2017 | Piano Music, Robert Schumann, Uncategorized
Let’s start by watching Sviatoslav Richter play the living daylights of this piece. Many works of classical music have easy-to-pronounce names. There are Papillons (Schumann), Aida (Verdi) and other pieces that have mellifluous names that roll right off the...
by Barry Lenson | May 1, 2017 | Baroque Music, C.P.E. Bach, Uncategorized
I have to say it right up front. Infusion Baroque, a Montreal-based chamber ensemble, has just released 1747: C.P.E. Bach, a new CD of works by C.P.E. Bach that comes about as close to pure happiness as any other recording you’re going to listen to anytime soon....
by Barry Lenson | Mar 16, 2017 | Great Singers, Nicolai Gedda, Russian Music, Uncategorized
Let’s start today’s post by watching Nicolai Gedda in two extraordinary performances. First, as Faust . . . And second, in a concert performance of Lenski’s aria from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin . . . The world of music lost a treasured...
by Barry Lenson | Jan 2, 2017 | Piano Music, Uncategorized, Violin Music
It has been nearly six months since I downloaded and started to investigate DakApp, a new app for serious students of classical music. DakApp is one remarkable resource for students. In today’s post, I would like to explain what it is and why it belongs on the...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 7, 2016 | holiday music, Piano Music, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Steinway Pianos, Uncategorized
Here is Jeffrey Biegel delivering holiday magic in “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson. Pure happiness . . . what a perfect way to begin today’s post! I recently wrote a post on this blog about pianist Stewart Goodyear’s CD of his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s...
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