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Leonid Kuzmin Performs Rachmaninoff’s Elegie – Fantasy Pieces Op. 3
Leonid Kuzmin plays Rachmaninov’s Elegy Op. 3 in video for listening only. Please be respectful….
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Scarlatti Sonata in E Major, K. 380, Played by Leo Brouwer
Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer plays his transcriptions of 12 keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti in a 1974 recording. The specific piece featured is Sonata in E Major K. 380/L. 23…
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Leonard Bernstein – Kaddish Symphony No. 3
The hr-Sinfonieorchester presents Bernstein’s 3rd Symphony (“Kaddish”) with various artists, including speaker Samuel Pisar and conductor Eliahu Inbal. The symphony consists of three movements: Invocation – Kaddish 1, Din Torah…
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Leonard Bernstein – Psalm 148, Performed by Carol Lin
Bernstein’s earliest surviving composition, “Psalm 148,” is a short song scored for soprano solo and piano, performed by Carol Lin and pianist Alexander Wong….
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Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein
Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs the Overture to Bernstein’s operetta, Candide….
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Mozart’s Variations in C Major, K. 265, Performed by Leonardo Locatelli
Mozart’s Variations by Locatelli….
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America’s First Orchestra
…in Three Movements. The illustrious list of conductors over the years includes names like Arturo Toscanini, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinksy, Gustav Mahler, Antonín Dvořák, Leonard Bernstein and Richard Strauss. Over…
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Child Prodigies – Exploring the Music of Great Young Classical Composers
…Well, Mozart did it, and he did it with flair! The artistic influence of his father, Leopold, can’t be ignored, but young Wolfgang’s undeniable talent was evident even at this…
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Johann Sebastian Bach
…popular pieces for the organ. In 1717, Bach accepted a position with Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, a move that was met with resistance from Duke Wilhelm Ernst, who imprisoned Bach…
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Luigi Boccherini
…in Lucca, Italy, Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was the third child in a musically gifted family. His father, Leopoldo Boccherini, was a talented cellist and a double-bass player. His siblings also…
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Sonata in A Major – Mozart
Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was an Austrian composer and violinist. He originally planned for a career in the church but changed his path after his father’s death….
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Variations on a Theme by Mozart – Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
…on Mozart: Musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. His father, Leopold Mozart, was a composer and violinist. Mozart and his sister Nannerl…
