You really can’t go wrong with solo piano music. Well, you can if you’re talking about the corner-bar, lounge lizard-type playing. If so, no thanks. I prefer my piano playing with less smarm. And oodles more talent. In fact, I prefer my piano playing like this, as performed by Mitsuko Uchida. Here’s an excerpt from […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sonata in B flat'
On Going to Less Than 11 (Piano Music, Box 9)
March 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Box 9: Piano Music, K279, K280, K281, K282, K283, Kenny Bania, Mitsuko Uchida, Mozart at 19, Munich (Early 1775), Nigel Tufnel, Piano Sonata No 1, Piano Sonata No 2, Piano Sonata No 3, Piano Sonata No 4, Piano Sonata No 5, Seinfeld, Sonata in B flat, Sonata in C, Sonata in E flat, Sonata in F, Sonata in G, Spinal Tap, These Go To 11
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Of Lost Cords and Lovely Klaviers (Violin Sonatas, String Duos & Trios, Box 8)
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · An Education (movie), Arthur Grumiaux, Box 8: Violin Sonatas String Duos & Trios, Juliette Greco, K454, K481, K526, Mozart at 28, Mozart at 29, Mozart at 31, Sonata in A, Sonata in B flat, Sonata in E flat, Vienna (April 21 1784), Vienna (August 24 1787), Vienna (December 12 1785), Walter Klien
I arrived at Panera Bread at 6 this morning only to discover some guy had beaten me to “my” table. “No worries,” I thought. “I’ll just get another one. The place is empty. I can pick any table I want.” So I did, thinking very highly of myself for being so amenable. Then I discovered […]
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Of Blockbuster Mort and Beautiful Music (Violin Sonatas, String Duos & Trios, Box 8)
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Arthur Grumiaux, Blockbuster Video, Box 8: Violin Sonatas String Duos & Trios, Emotion in Music, K378, K379, K380, Mozart at 23, Mozart at 24, Mozart at 25, Pizzicato, Salzburg (1779-81), Sonata in B flat, Sonata in E flat, Sonata in G, Spaces Between Notes, Vienna (April 1781), Vienna (Summer 1781), Walter Klien
This is gorgeous music. Every track grabs me by the lapels and gives me a hearty shake. This is another one of those deserted-island CDs you hear so much about. (Which is odd since there are so few deserted islands these days, yet so many people standing around on them clutching the one thing they’d […]
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Of Tight Colons and Chirping Instruments (Violin Sonatas, String Duos & Trios, Box 8)
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Beatles, Blandine Verlet, Box 8: Violin Sonatas String Duos & Trios, Gerard Poulet, Harpsichord, K13, K14, K15, K26, K27, K28, K29, K30, K31, London (1764), Mozart at 10, Mozart at 7, Mozart at 8, Sonata in B flat, Sonata in C, Sonata in D, Sonata in E flat, Sonata in F, Sonata in G, The Hague (Febraury 1766)
Even though I like harpsichord and violin, today’s music irritated me from the opening notes. I had just sat down at Schuler Books, inserted my ear buds and clicked the play button in iTunes. Sonata for Piano and Violin in C, K.14, Movement 1 (Allegro) began. Very sprightly harpsichord. I’m diggin’ it. However, at the […]
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Of Child Prodigies and Bear Harpsichords (Violin Sonatas, String Duos & Trios, Box 8)
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Blandine Verlet, Box 8: Violin Sonatas String Duos & Trios, Emily Bear, Gerard Poulet, Harpsichord, K10, K11, K12, K6, K7, K8, K9, Mozart at 7, Mozart at 8, Sonata in A, Sonata in B flat, Sonata in C, Sonata in D, Sonata in G
Today’s music was composed by a boy of seven or eight. Remarkably, it’s quite good. Probably due as much to the harpsichord playing of the legendary Blandine Verlet and the violin skills of the talented Gerard Poulet as to Mozart’s abilities as a composer. It’s not often one gets to hear music composed by kids […]
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