Yesterday in Dead Musicians ♪♫ - October 17 10-17a: Chopin Bonanza! Cortot | Lipatti | Rachmaninoff | Richter - Janácek / Haas / Szymanowski Quartets arr. Tognetti 2002 - Hummel Mandolin & Trumpet Concertos : Stephens / Agnes / Shelley 2001 1825 – Peter Winter (German opera composer & violinist) 1837 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Austrian composer & pianist) 1849 – Frédéric Chopin (Polish composer & pianist)http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en/edition/xvi/participants/info/stage/4 1890 – Prosper Sainton (French violinist)) 1910 – Julia Ward Howe (American abolitionist, author & poet, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic")http://www.juliawardhowe.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic,_Frank_C._Stanley,_Elise_Stevenson.ogg 1944 – Pavel Haas (Czech composer, pupil of Janáček, perished at Auschwitz)http://claude.torres1.perso.sfr.fr/Terezin/MyHaas.html 1972 – Billy Williams (American R&B & pop singer) http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/bwilliams.html 1979 – Karel Reiner (Czech composer & pianist, the only classical composer to survive Theresienstadt) 1981 – David Guion (American composer & arranger, inspired by soundscape of the West)http://www.perfessorbill.com/comps/dguion.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundscape ************************************************* Hummel: Mandolin & Trumpet Concertos Freudenfest Overture, S148 Mandolin Concerto in G major, S28 Trumpet Concerto in E major, S49/W1 Ballet Music for 'Das Zauberglöckchen', S206/W31 Alison Stephens, mandolin Urban Agnes, trumpet London Mozart Players Howard Shelley front: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bRbv-I8Oz2s/TcBLwuolRaI/AAAAAAAAGkI/ZGk_43XPkvo/s1600/CHAN%2B9925%2BP.jpg mp3 @320: http://www.mediafire.com/?lyk9dqysx99ylik PASSWORD: aire ************************************************* Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 Victor 78rpm Album M95 Recorded in 1930 Digital transfer by F. Reeder I. Grave II. Scherzo III. Marche funèbre IV. Finale - Presto Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano vbr mp3: http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinSonataInB-flatMinor ************************************************* Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 78rpm discs: HMV D.B.2027, 2028, 2029, 2308, 2310 Recorded 4,5,15th Jul. 1933, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London Digital transfer by F. Reeder 12 Etudes, Op. 10 No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in E Major No. 4 in C-sharp Minor No. 5 In G-flat Major ("Black Keys") No. 6 in E-flat Minor No. 7 in C Major No. 8 in F Major No. 9 in F Minor No. 10 in A-flat Major No. 11 in E-flat Major No. 12 in C Minor ("Revolutionary") 12 Etudes, Op. 25 No. 1 in A-flat Major No. 2 in F Minor No. 3 in F Major No. 4 in A Minor No. 5 in E Minor No. 6 in G-sharp Minor No. 7 in C-sharp Minor No. 8 in D-flat Major No. 9 in G-flat Major No. 10 in B Minor No. 11 in A Minor ("Winter Wind") No. 12 in C Minor Alfred Cortot, piano vbr mp3: http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinEtudes ************************************************* Chopin: Impromptus Victor 78rpm disc 8238 Recorded July 5, 1933 Digital transfer by F. Reeder Impromptu No. 1, in A-flat Major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 2, In F-sharp Major, Op. 36 Alfred Cortot, piano vbr mp3: http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinImpromptus ************************************************* Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 Victor 78rpm Album DM 567 (032573 - 032580) Recorded July 8, 1935 Digital transfer by F. Reeder I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Allegro vivace Alfred Cortot, piano (unnamed orchestra) John Barbirolli vbr mp3: http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinPianoConcertoNo.2 ************************************************* Chopin: 14 Waltzes (Columbia, 1950) Dinu Lipatti, piano (front cover art in archive) mp3@128: http://www.archive.org/details/Chopwallip50 ************************************************* Sviatoslav Richter in Prague - Chopin: Ballades (Praga, 2002) Recorded live in Prague, Feb. 21, 1960 front: http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/richterprague.jpg mp3@160: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23: http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinBalladeNo.1richter-prague1960 Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38 http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinBalladeNo.2richter-prague1960 Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 47 http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinBalladeNo.3richter-prague1960 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 http://www.archive.org/details/ChopinBalladeNo.4richter-prague1960 ************************************************* Janácek - Haas - Szymanowski : String Quartets (Chandos, 2002) arranged for string orchestra by Richard Tognetti Leos Janácek: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" (1923) Pavel Haas: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains" (1925) Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927) Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti front: http://place1.dyndns.org/music/files/images/detailed/440426.jpg vbr (224-320) mp3: http://www.archive.org/details/Janhaaszy02 ************************************************* http://yesterdayindeadmusicians.blogspot.com/