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August 1, 2025

Dmitri Shostakovich: Life During Wartime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WPjNphbbla0 It must have been terrifying to be an artist in the Soviet Union during…

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August 1, 2025

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: “Night On Bald Mountain” and “The Great Gate of Kiev”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NnKTM0aLjZI Classical Net has details on the guy with the greatest first name in music…

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August 1, 2025

Life is Great: Two Great Violinists, a Great Orchestra, a Great Conductor and a Great Composer

In addition to Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman, the conductor is Seiji Ozawa. The three, and…

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August 1, 2025

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin: “Polovtsian Dances” and “In the Steppes of Central Asia”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YabEfOQRG3U Here is the beginning of Wikipedia's profile of Alexander Borodin, who seems to have…

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August 1, 2025

Béla Bartók: “Romanian Folk Dances” and “Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta, Second Movement (Allegro)”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuktjzVMNRI I struggled a bit with the names of the pieces. If anyone has more…

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August 1, 2025

Jascha Heifetz: Niccolò Paganini’s “Caprice No. 24” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Chaconne”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcnGrie__M An interesting quote from Jascha Heifetz--considered one of the greatest violinists ever--on the importance of…

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August 1, 2025

As If We Need Another Sign of the Apocalypse

The site io9 details how a computer house at the University of Málaga in Spain…

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August 1, 2025

Schoenberg: “Verklaerte Nacht,” Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqODySSxYpc The choice for today's post came down to either part 1 of Verklaerte Nacht (part…

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August 1, 2025

Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, First Movement

http://www.youtube.com/embed/RM9DPfp7-Ck A classical cellist could be intimidating. Yo-Yo Ma, however seems like a regular guy.…

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August 1, 2025

The First Steps to a Classical CD Collection

Here, at least according to Classical CD Guide, is a listing of the classical world's…

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Life During Wartime

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: “Night On Bald Mountain” and “The Great Gate of Kiev”

Life is Great: Two Great Violinists, a Great Orchestra, a Great Conductor and a Great Composer

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin: “Polovtsian Dances” and “In the Steppes of Central Asia”

Béla Bartók: “Romanian Folk Dances” and “Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta, Second Movement (Allegro)”

Jascha Heifetz: Niccolò Paganini’s “Caprice No. 24” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Chaconne”

As If We Need Another Sign of the Apocalypse

Schoenberg: “Verklaerte Nacht,” Part 1

Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, First Movement

The First Steps to a Classical CD Collection

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