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...
by Barry Lenson | Nov 15, 2016 | Henry Purcell, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Russian Music, Sacred Music, Uncategorized
We might not always enjoy participating in history . . . but thanks to music, we can relive important events in the past I invite you to watch Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s “Festival Coronation March,” which was written for...
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