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Xaver Varnus plays Toccata and Fugue in D minor (edited by Mendelssohn) on the great Sauer Organ of the Berliner Dom. Recorded live on the Opening Night of the «Berliner Internationaler Orgelsommer 2013».
At the time of its dedication in 1905, the great Sauer Organ of the Berliner Dom was the largest in Germany, with its 7269 pipes and 113 registers, distributed across four manuals and pedals. The court organ builder Wilhelm Sauer, from Frankfurt on the Oder, created an instrument that embodied the newest technical and musical developments of German organ building at the time. In that way, the organ met the high expectations of both the organ builder and his client: in the Protestant Cathedral of the capital city, there was to be a monumental, modern, and in every way extraordinary instrument of the highest quality. The organ of the Cathedral of Berlin represents the highpoint of Sauer’s career. At the same time, it marks the end of the long development of Romantic orchestral organs, whose sound corresponds to the characteristic sound of a symphonic orchestra of that period. Today, the organ in the Cathedral of Berlin is the largest late-Romantic pneumatic action organ in the world that has survived in its original condition.
•●The Official Video Site of Concert Organist Xaver Varnus●•
Born in Budapest, his first piano teacher was Emma Németh, one of the last pupils of Claude Debussy. Xaver Varnus has played virtually every important organ in the world, including those in Bachs Thomaskirche in Leipzig (2014), Berliner Dom (2013), Notre-Dame (1981), Saint-Sulpice (2006) and Saint-Eustache (1996) in Paris, National Shrine in Washington, D.C. (1985), and Canterbury Cathedral (2004), as well as the largest existing instrument in the world, the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia (1985). His Quadruple Platinum Disc winning album From Ravel to Vangelis, released by Sony BMG in 2007, is the best-selling organ CD ever. As a Canadian citizen, Xaver Varnus resides in Berlin, Germany. «Put simply, Varnus is a monster talent, every bit as stimulating and individual as the late Glenn Gould» (The Globe
«Counterpoint passes back and forth between the hands in a conversational and judiciously balanced manner, while a strong lyrical inlpulse informs the cross-handed variations rapid, bravura passages (Vars 5 and 19, for example). Ishizakas restrained and concentrated way with slow minor-key variations (Vars 15,21 and 25) lets the musics agonising harmonic tension speak softly for itself.»
— Jed Distler, Gramophone Magazine
«She has the fleet fingers to speed through the virtuoso variations with compelling clarity and the sensitivity to probe the dramatic potential of the slower, more profound numbers, pleasurably aided by her consistently lovely tone.»
— Robert Schulslaper, Issue 36:1 (Sept/Oct 2012), Fanfare Magazine
«The sound quality of the recording is top notch»
«In fact, the albums an audiophile gem.»
— Reviewed by Christopher Lim in The Business Times, July 20, 2012.
J.S. Bachs «Goldberg Variations», BWV 988, recorded by Kimiko Ishizaka on a Bösendorfer grand piano, with score following provided by the iPad app from MuseScore. For more information on this project, see www.opengoldbergvariations.org
J. S. Bach
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Vol. 3 CD 1
Cantatas:
BWV 24 [17:01]
BWV 185 [14:41]
BWV 177 [25:06]
BWV 71 [18:30]
Recorded at Tewkesbury Abbey England
Watch Nathalie Stutzmann and Orfeo 55 recording Bach aria «Erbarme dich» at Metz Arsenal. This piece features in their album «Une cantate imaginaire» released in 2012. Video by OFF TV.
The evolution of classical piano music from 1600 to the present day. Let the music take you away on a journey throughout the years of classical piano music. Visit the Baroque period (1600-1750), Classical period (1750-1820), Romantic period (1780-1910), Modernist period (1890-1950) and de Postmodern period (1930-present).
This is a video that will show the piano through the years of classical music. We made this to reflect on the amazing music made and for everyone who is new to classical piano music. Let us know what you think of the video and the amazing pieces played. If you think any piece or composer is missing, feel free to leave a comment below. We hope you can enjoy this beautiful music, thank you for watching!
In the tracklist below you can find the musical pieces, the composers who made them and the pianist who played them.
Domenico Scarlatti played by Michelangelo Carbonara:
0:00:00 Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 158 (Andante)
0:03:10 Sonata in C Major, Kk. 461 (Allegro)
Georg Frideric Handel played by Scipione Sangiovanni:
0:06:33 Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: I. Praeludium
0:08:51 Suite in D Minor, HWV 436: I. Allemande
Johann Sebastian Bach played by Yuan Sheng:
0:12:25 French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
0:16:30 French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande
0:19:38 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
Classical Era:
Joseph Haydn:
0:21:24 Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:52: I. Allegro played by Jeroen van Veen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played by Klára Würtz:
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, K. 279:
0:30:49 I. Allegro
0:35:46 II. Andante
0:40:58 III. Allegro
0:44:21 Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca. Allegretto
Romantic Era:
Ludwig van Beethoven played by Misha Goldstein:
0:47:46 Für Elise in A Minor, WoO 59
0:50:40 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor «Moonlight»: I. Adagio sostenuto
Frédéric Chopin:
0:56:23 Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp, Op. 36 played by Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy
1:02:11 Nocturnes, Op. 9: II. Andante in E-Flat Major played by Earl Wild
Robert Schumann:
1:06:24 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei played by Klára Würtz
Franz Liszt:
1:09:05 Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3, La Campanella played by Ivo Sandro Bartoli
Sigismond Thalberg:
1:14:10 LArt du chant appliqué au Piano, Op. 70: XIX. Casta diva, cavatine de lopéra Norma de Bellini played by Mark Viner
Anton Bruckner:
1:21:03 Andante in E-Flat Major played by Francesco Pasqualotto
Modernist Era:
Claude Debussy played by Misha Goldstein:
1:24:28 Deux Arabesques, L. 66: I. Première Arabesque
1:28:37 Clair de Lune, L. 32
Erik Satie:
1:33:36 Valse-ballet played by Jeroen van Veen
1:35:51 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux played by Håkon Austbö
Leopold Godowsky:
1:39:31 Study No. 44 in F Minor on trois nouvelle études No. 1, B. 130 (Left Hand Alone) played by Emanuele Delucchi
Postmodern Era:
Henri Dutilleux:
1:41:25 Piano Sonata, Op. 1: II. Lied played by Akanè Makita
Ryuichi Sakamoto:
1:48:08 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence played by Jeroen van Veen
Yann Tiersen played by Jeroen van Veen:
1:52:45 Comptine dun autre été: Laprès midi
1:55:10 La dispute
Yiruma played by Jeroen van Veen:
1:57:27 River Flows in You
2:00:58 Spring Waltz
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En juin 2014, Sir John Eliot Gardiner célébrait les 50 ans du Monteverdi Choir en interprétant, à la Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles, trois oeuvres majeures de la musique baroque: la déchirante cantate «Christ Lag in Todesbanden» de Bach, le virtuose «Dixit Dominus» de Haendel, authentique feu dartifice vocal, et le grand Motet versaillais «In Convertendo» de Rameau!
PROGRAMME ⤵
George Frideric Haendel (1685 – 1759)
«Dixit Dominus»
Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685 – 1750)
«Christ lag in Todesbanden, cantate BWV 4»
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
«In Convertendo»
DISTRIBUTION ⤵
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner — Direction musicale
Concert filmé à la Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles le 22 juin 2014.