
================================ Chopin Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22 Adam Harasiewicz, piano Original release ================================ While in his mid-teens, during vacations spent at the Mazowsze village of Szafarnia (where he was a guest of Prince Antoni ...
================================ Henry Litolff Concerto Symphonique for piano & orchestra No. 4 in D Minor, Op.102 Pro Arte Orchestra/Charles Mackerras Joseph Cooper,piano. ================================ Related information: Henry Charles Litolff (6 February 1818[1]--August 5, 1891) was a ...
The first of Chopin's "Trois Nouvelles Etudes" composed in 1839 as a contribution to Méthode des méthodes de piano, a piano instruction book by Ignaz Moscheles and François-Joseph Fétis, this intimate piece in F minor develops students' facility with 3-on-4 polyrhythms while showing none of the ...
Der renommierte deutsche Pianist Michael Krücker spielt Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870). Der Titel des zu hörenden Stückes lautet "Rondo sentimental". Mehr Infos unter: www.michaelkruecker.com
The so called Fantasie Impromptu that everyone plays,was actually the first draft (1834) that Chopin composed. It is also Chopin's first Impromptu. The other three were composed later. The word Fantasie was added by Julius Fontana who was given the authorization to publish Chopin's posthumous ...
Sydney Smith (1839-89) was one of the most celebrated British composers of salon music, and studied under Moscheles at the Leipsig Conservatory. For more information on the man and his scores, see: http://www.sydneysmitharchive.org.uk/smitharchive.html I suspect that Smith's point of reference in ...
The Prussian composer and pianist Charles Mayer(1799-1862) was a pupil of John Field. He was a considerable composer of studies, which are stylistically somewhere between Czerny and Moscheles. This piece comes from a set of twelve studies entitled 'Kunst der Fingerfertigkeit' (The Art of Finger ...
Polish-born Aleksander Michałowski was one of the oldest pianists to record. He was taught by Ignaz Moscheles (Beethoven disciple and friend of Mendelssohn and Chopin) and Carl Reinecke, followed by Carl Tausig (Liszt's greatest pupil). He later also sought advice on Chopin interpretation from ...
My footage on Grieg's life and music Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway on 15 June 1843. His ancestors were Scottish; the original family name was spelt "Greig". After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, his great-grandfather travelled widely, settling in Norway around 1770, and establishing business ...