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Bach – Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
…The sound quality of the video improved in “normal quality” mode, but the image and audio are still best in “high quality” mode. The extra lines in the notation were…
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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…understand the performers and that he struggled to hear high notes and soft voices, although loud sounds were painfully intolerable. Despite his fears and the potential impact on his career,…
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Glenn Gould Performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould’s 1981 performance of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations is available in high-quality audio. The video includes all 14 variations, starting with the Aria and ending at Variation 13. Links…
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Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2, 1st Movement – Moderato, Featuring Georgii Cherkin
Georgii Cherkin performs the beloved Rachmaninoff Concerto N. 2 – I. Moderato. The first half of the movement was recorded due to YouTube’s 6-minute limit, but a full-length, high-quality version…
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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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Isaac Albeniz – Asturias
Sorry for the poor quality of this guitar cover of Albeniz Isaac’s “Asturias (Leyenda).” My camera can only record up to 5 minutes, while this piece is at least 7…
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Gloria – Schubert Mass in G, Los Altos High School Choral Union
“Los Altos High School Choral Union performs Schubert’s Mass in G.”…
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Behind the Curtain: The Life of a Classical Musician
…requiring not just musical skill but also a high degree of emotional intelligence and diplomacy. Challenges of the Profession Despite the prestige associated with being a professional classical musician, the…
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Pachelbel’s Canon in D on Great Highland Bagpipe
Pachelbel’s Canon in D on the bagpipe. Learning it for a wedding this week. Sheet music: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6jycsrj0icnai1/cannon.jpg?dl=0….
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Muzio Clementi
…to master their instrument. Entrepreneurship and Music Publishing Clementi was not only a composer and performer but also a shrewd entrepreneur. Recognizing the need for high-quality keyboard instruments, he ventured…
