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Who Were the Classical Musicians on the Titanic?
…steeped in music and the church. He began his career as an orchestra member, then took a job with the Cunard Line, where he played on multiple ocean liners. When…
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Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta – 4th Movement
…ingenuity in developing multiple musical ideas. After a climactic moment, the main melody from the first movement returns as a expanded theme. Bartok’s genius takes us through atonality, mechanical tempi,…
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Cecilia Bartoli Performs Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans
Cecilia Bartoli performed live at the Munt in Brussels in April 2000. The recording is not CD quality and was taken from a radio broadcast that was translated multiple times…
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Haydn – Nelson Mass, Part 3
…as the fourth St Paul’s, was built by the Normans after a fire in 1087. Construction took over 200 years and was plagued by multiple fires. The cathedral was consecrated…
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Largo from Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95
…wide vocal range and versatile musical style, ranging from pop to classical and operatic arias. Sissel sings in multiple languages and has performed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer….
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Debussy’s Clair De Lune – Animated Score
Debussy’s Clair de lune, played by Stephen Malinowski, is a piano piece accompanied by a graphical score. There are multiple versions of the video on YouTube, with different resolutions and…
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Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
…The story follows a selfish hero who regrets rejecting a young woman’s love and instigating a fatal duel with his best friend. The opera has been recorded multiple times and…
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Massenet’s Meditation, Played by Monika Vrabcová
…multiple prizes for best interpretation of compulsory works. In 1998, she won first prize in The International music competition in San Bartolomeo, and a year later achieved the same position…
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Mozart – Violin Concerto in D Major, No. 4, KV. 218 & Violin Sonata in B Flat Major, KV. 378
Monika Vrabcová, born in Prague in 1983, is a talented violinist. She began playing the violin at age 5 and participated in numerous competitions, winning multiple prizes for her performances….
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Bach – Sarabande, Cello Suite No. 3
…of the cello repertoire, with cellists frequently returning to them. Some notable cellists recorded the works later in their careers, while others presented multiple versions. Ophélie Gaillard falls into the…
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Bach’s Toccata & Fugue D Minor, BWV 565 – Transcribed for Classical Guitar
…into transcribing baroque music for guitar. Playing this piece on guitar is incredibly challenging because you have to handle multiple voices and maintain distinction between them. Bach’s works truly pushed…
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Leroy Anderson
…Portuguese, in addition to English and Swedish, which he had learned in his youth. He believed that his fluency in multiple languages would secure him a career as a language…