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rafiknyclassical · 25 days ago
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Queen of Spades sound track from the unreleased 1934 film.
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rafiknyclassical · 2 months ago
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A little 20th century musical history.
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Paul Stefan, Rudolf Kastner, Arnold Schönberg, Otto Klemperer, Hermann Scherchen, Anton Webern and Erwin Stein after the premiere of Schoenberg’s Serenade, Op. 24 in 1924. 
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rafiknyclassical · 4 months ago
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Still quite timely.
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rafiknyclassical · 4 months ago
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Einojuhani Rautavaara. Epic.
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rafiknyclassical · 5 months ago
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My cousin. (Just kidding!).
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Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) - Serenata morisca ·
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
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rafiknyclassical · 5 months ago
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Una bella voce!
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Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840–1913) : 'Lorelei' performed by Natasha Page and Ella O'Neill.
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rafiknyclassical · 5 months ago
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Carlo Zuccari (1704-1792) - Flute Sonata in G Major: I. Allegro (2) ·
Mario Carbotta, flute · Roberto Cognazzo, harpsichord
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rafiknyclassical · 6 months ago
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The Christmas Oratorio.
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rafiknyclassical · 7 months ago
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Prokofiev - Sonata no. 6 in A Major
I first heard this sonata in high school and honestly it was THE angsty bangy piano piece that my rebellious self could relate to. Of course, that was me focusing on the more garish parts and the unstable tonality. I haven’t listened to that sonata in forever, and it recently came up in my “recommended videos” on YouTube. I listened through again, following the score, amazed how much I remembered it. Like, with every passing bar, I could only recall what happens right after, and this strange recollection of memory, in patches, made it feel surreal. I know more about music now and about Prokofiev’s overall style, and I was captivated by all of the small details coming through that I hadn’t known before. The sonatas nos. 6, 7, and 8 were written between 1940-44, and so are known as the “War Sonatas”. No.7 is the most popular, but I’ve always had a soft spot for no. 6. Because of current political trends, the threat from the Nazis, the fear under Stalin, loss of his close friend to the regime [Vsevolod Meyerhold was an opera director and was arrested by secret police and shot. A month later, Meyerhold’s wife was found murdered under “mysterious circumstances”], and being basically forced to write an obnoxious and saccharine cantata for Stalin’s 60th birthday, Prokofiev had to channel his true anger and pain in these sonatas. The sixth opens with an unstable main theme, that rides forward like a grotesque and cold machine. The second melody has a thinner texture and is almost dreamlike, before the machinery of the opening takes over in a grotesque march. The second movement is kind of like a march, built of staccato chords throughout. The third is like a very slow waltz, lushly written and elongated, full of longing. The final is a rushed speed through hell, as dark as you’d expect a Soviet toccata to be.
Movements:
1. Allegro moderato
2. Allegretto
3. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
4. Vivace
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rafiknyclassical · 9 months ago
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This is funny!
Microtonal chord names I just made up:
Intervals:
Supermajor: major interval raised 50 cents
Subminor: minor interval lowered 50 cents
Neutral: major interval lowered 50 cents/minor interval raised 50 cents
Superaugmented: augmented interval raised 50 cents
Subaugmented: augmented interval lowered 50 cents
Superdiminished: diminished interval raised 50 cents
Subdiminished: diminished interval lowered 50 cents
Triads:
Major triad: root + major third + perfect fifth
Supermajor triad: root + supermajor third + perfect fifth
Minor triad: root + minor third + perfect fifth
Subminor triad: root + subminor third + perfect fifth
Neutral triad: root + neutral third + perfect fifth
Augmented triad: root + major third + augmented fifth
Superaugmented triad: root + major third + superaugmented fifth
Supermajor triad (#5): root + supermajor third + augmented fifth
Hyperaugmented triad: root + supermajor third + superaugmented fifth
Half-augmented triad: root + major third + subaugmented fifth
Half-superaugmented triad: root + supermajor third + subaugmented fifth
Diminished triad: root + minor third + diminished fifth
Subdiminished triad: root + minor third + subdiminished fifth
Subminor triad (b5): root + subminor third + diminished fifth
Hypodiminished triad: root + subminor third + subdiminished fifth
Half-diminished triad: root + minor third + superdiminished fifth
Half-subdiminished triad: root + subminor third + superdiminished fifth
Escalated triad: root + neutral third + augmented fifth
Superescalated triad: root + neutral third + superaugmented fifth
Half-escalated triad: root + neutral third + subaugmented fifth
Abated triad: root + neutral third + diminished fifth
Subabated triad: root + neutral third + subdiminished fifth
Half-abated triad: root + neutral third + superdiminished fifth
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rafiknyclassical · 9 months ago
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Sunday listening.
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rafiknyclassical · 10 months ago
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rafiknyclassical · 10 months ago
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A wonderful piece.
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rafiknyclassical · 10 months ago
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One of my favs!
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Marten Root, traverso
Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba
Menno van Delft, harpsichord
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rafiknyclassical · 10 months ago
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Eugène Walckiers (1793-1866) - Quatrième Quatuor op. 48
Academia de los Afectos
Natural horn: Couturier Breveté, ca. 1852 Lyon, France. Original.
Clarinet in B flat, 6 keys: A. Grenser, ca. 1780 Nuremberg, Germany. Copy made by Rudolf Tutz, Innsbruck.
Flute, 8 keys: A. Grenser, ca. 1790 Dresden, Germany. Copy made by Martin Wenner, Singen.
Bassoon, 8 keys: H. Grenser, ca. 1800, Dresden, Germany. Copy made by Pau Orriols, Barcelona.
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rafiknyclassical · 11 months ago
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August Klughardt (1847-1902) - Wind Quintet op.79
played by the Berlin Philharmonic Winds:
Andreas Blau- flute, Jonathan Kelly- oboe, Sarah Willis - horn, Stefan Schweigert - bassoon, Alexander Bader- clarinet
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rafiknyclassical · 11 months ago
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Ms. Baeva made stunning performance. W/O reading music.
Orchestra was brilliant!
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