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| | Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Unlike the Piano Concerto No. 1, which was rather cooly received, the Piano Concerto No. 2 was a great success, and Brahms went on to play the piece in a number of successful concerts in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, some conducted by Hans von Bülow. | | | The four movement form, together with the length of the work (a typical performance lasting around 50 minutes), means the concerto is close to being a symphony with piano solo. | | | The piece was given its public premiere in Budapest on November 9, 1881 with Brahms himself playing the solo part. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Brahms)
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| | Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Brahms's second piano concerto was begun in 1878 and completed in July of 1881. | | | The composer played the solo part at the first performance, a private concert in Meiningen in October 1881, and was also the pianist for the public premiere, in Budapest, on November 9 of that year. | | | The second piano concerto thus presents special challenges for the soloist, above and beyond mere endurance. |
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http://www.galvestonsymphony.org/composers/JBrahms_PianoConc2.html
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| | Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Piano Sheet Music - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 In... | | | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Lupu / Mehta Beethoven: Piano... | | | For a home piano that is not heavily used once a year may be enough, if the piano gets lots of use, which we hope it does, it should be tuned every six months. |
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http://www.pianothings.com/beethoven-piano-concerto-no.-2.html
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| | :: INKPOT: RACHMANINOV The Second Piano Concerto: An Inktroduction - INKPOT |
| | The Second Piano Concerto is characteristic of this fine balance, sublime in its lyricism, but always whispering a sincere emotional message. | | | Rachmaninov handles the relationship between piano and orchestra with great delicacy, allowing the piano to insert six notes of melody between the first two phrases of the clarinet, then reversing these roles by allowing the orchestra to comment between phrases of piano cantilena. | | | As for the concerto's opening string theme, which harkens back to Orthodox plainchant with its step-wise progression and limited range of notes, it is actually a fuller development of the bass line from a linking passage in the finale. |
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http://inkpot.com/classical/rachpfc2.html
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| | [Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2] notes by Paul Serotsky |
| | The peak of this “thaw”, in 1956 when large numbers of “rehabilitated” intellectuals were released, coincided with the composition of the effervescent Second Piano Concerto. | | | .which the piano grabs and turns into a cheekily chattering tune in duple time, sparking variants as it whizzes along. | | | With a thunderous “rock 'n' roll” vamp the piano bulldozes into an amazingly inventive development, capped by a huge climax that sounds suspiciously like a cheeky skit on Rachmaninov. |
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/Programme_Notes/shost_pc2.htm
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Music: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos |
| | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F | | | Shostakovich-Jazz Suites Nos 1 and 2; Audio CD ~ Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) | | | Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings in C minor |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000027F4N
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| | BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2. SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appasionato. Biret/Polish RNSO/Wit (Naxos) - INKPOT |
| | One might find, as I did that the piano sound here is rather dry and thus unattractive, this seems to be because Biret has pedalled the piano less in order to let the listener hear more voices. | | | Here the great opening horn solo followed by the piano "echo" is not hurried, savoured rather, and after the first theme is stated, the defiant piano solo following is appropriately rhetorical, but not overtly so. | | | But more rewards come in the ensuing solo for the piano, where she, without rushing, molds and shapes it so that the thrilling orchestra passage that follows seems inevitable. |
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http://inkpot.com/classical/brahmschumpfc_na.html
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| | Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | The Concerto was first performed on 9 November that year in Pest with the composer on the piano again as so often before. | | | Given that Brahms' concerto is like a chamber piece writ large, the presence of the additional detail is most welcome. | | | I have many performances of Brahms Piano Concerto #2 including Arrau, Ax, Barenboin, Fleisher, Gilels, Horowitz, Hough, Richter and Zimerman. |
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http://www.ivanmoravec.net/albums/al-su1994.html
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| | Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto 2 |
| | Other than an unpublished concerto from his teenaged years, Beethoven's first two piano concerti were written in 1794 and 1795. | | | In his own early piano concerti, he built upon this familiarity, echoing Mozart's overall structure, while opting for rather heartier orchestration and more unusual, less mannered melodies and harmonies that hint at the power to come in later Beethoven compositions. | | | This influence is most easily perceived in Beethoven's early chamber music, yet his first two piano concerti also bear a certain Mozartian flavor. |
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http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven_piano_con2.html
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| | ArkivMusic Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & 2, Etc / Thibaudet, Et Al |
| | Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. | | | Mendelssohn's two piano concertos always have fared well on disc, but rarely to the inspired heights this release attains. | | | He brilliantly negotiates Mendelssohn's scintillating keyboard writing, fusing the best qualities of significant earlier recordings (Rudolf Serkin's nervous drive, Murray Perahia's lyrical poise, and András Schiff's linear orientation) into his own virtuosic voice. |
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http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?source=WGUC&date=200501071109
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| | NewsFromRussia.Com British classical music fans vote Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2" their favorite |
| | Rachmaninov's piano concerto narrowly beat "The Lark Ascending," by English composer Vaughan Williams, in the poll conducted by Britain's Classic FM radio station. | | | Sergei Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2" - the theme of 1940s film "Brief Encounter" - is Britain's favorite piece of classical music, according to poll results released Tuesday. | | | Three hundred classical music pieces were voted for by listeners to the radio station for inclusion in its 10th classical music hall of fame. |
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http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2005/03/28/58878.html
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| | Wilhelm Furtwangler, Genius Forged in the Cauldron of War, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann |
| | All the HMVs are now on Biddulph WHL 006-7 (2 CDs). | | | Although both the recording and the CD transfer are mediocre, this sprawling work from the agonizing period of 1936 is as close as he ever got to a self-portrait. | | | There is also an emphatic 1942 "Prelude and Leibestod" from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Music and Arts CD 730) and ecstatic Brahms Symphonies 2 and 4 from January 1945 and November 1943 (Music and Arts CD 804). |
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http://www.classicalnotes.net/features/furtwangler.html
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| | Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 |
| | Only strings, piano, and a single horn are heard exchanging tender, lyrical lines, the right hand piano part singing a plangent tune above slow arpeggios in the left. | | | The piano immediately segues into another quick-stepping movement with the second Allegro, this one quite rollicking in tone. | | | Shostakovich reins such moments back in, however, to let the piano restate the theme lightly, almost delicately, in an extended solo. |
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http://www.barbwired.com/barbweb/programs/shostakovich_piano2.html
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| | Amazon.com: Music: Hélène Grimaud ~ Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Piano CDs for the Discerning Listener: A list by Mireille Wastwater, A Student of Music | | | Schumann: Kreisleriana; Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 2 ~ Johannes Brahms (Composer), et al | | | The second etude-tableaux on the disc has the right feeling for the lyric line, but pushed a little too hard in the accompaniment to be allowed its full flower. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000058BAY?v=glance
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| | Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto 2 |
| | Those intervening decades had been spent producing two symphonies, two overtures, the Haydn Variations, the Violin Concerto, the Hungarian Dances, and dozens of songs, piano works, and chamber compositions. | | | The work was soon set aside in favor of a violin concerto, and Brahms did not take it up again until another Italian visit three years later. | | | Between the premieres of Brahms' First and Second Piano Concerti, over twenty years passed. |
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http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/brahms_piano_con2.html
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| | Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Intro) |
| | Concerto No.1 (SK 60771) was released in March 1999. | | | He has recorded this repertoire on an Érard piano, one which could have been used in Chopin's time in the mid-19th century. | | | Thus, this interpretation of Chopin's very familiar concerto will sound quite different from what Romantic music enthusiasts are used to hearing. |
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http://www.sonyclassical.com/music/63371/intro.html
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| | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor |
| | Rachmaninoff played the piano for the legendary writer, who reacted by saying, ``Tell me, is such music needed by anybody?... | | | Concerto No.2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op.18. | | | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor |
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http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prognotes/rachmaninoff/pianoCon2.html
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| | Tower Records - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Lang Lang, et al |
| | The dark-hued Second Piano Concerto requires formidable technique, as well as musical sensitivity, to effectively present its array of broad, sweeping melodies. | | | Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 & 9 / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra | | | Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos / Lang Lang [SACD Hybrid] |
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| | Classical Music online store - product index - page 18 |
| | Veritas - Bach: Violin And Oboe Concertos /Wallfisch, Robson | | | Mahler: Symphony No 5 / Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic | | | Mozart: Concertos For Piano Nos 23 & 27 / Jordan, Tipo |
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| | These elements of the Lewis and Clark journey were captured in the form of a piano concerto by Philip Glass. | | | The piece develops into a fury of sound at the end that leads to an exhilarating climax, revealing to the listener that the land has finally been conquered. | | | between the American Indian flute and the piano features a traditional Shoshone musical theme as well |
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http://www.chesternovello.com/work/33029/main.html
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| | PCPA - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Perhaps the most popular piano concerto ever written, Rachmaninoff’s No. 2 comes alive with the incomparable André Watts at the keyboard. | | | This concert also showcases music from the cinema by William Walton and Leonard Bernstein. |
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http://www.pcpa.com/events/event.php?run=415
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| | On the centennial of Rachmaninov's celebrated Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | If we take a closer look at the concerto, however, we can see that this late-Romantic war-horse is actually a well-balanced, formally and motivically exemplary whole. | | | One only needs to listen to the first few minutes of Weissenberg's playing to realize that he has unlocked all the secrets of the score. | | | His flawless technique and profound understanding of the work do full justice to the composer's genius and make every listener grateful for the precious advice of Dr. Dahl: "You will begin to write your concerto… It will be of outstanding quality…". |
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| | Prom 68: Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 4; Rawsthorne - Piano Concerto No 2; Britten - Four Sea Interludes |
| | As the final Allegro began there was a mysterious colouring achieved between oboe and strings, whilst the duet between low range clarinet and piano was extremely well executed towards the end. | | | Enough of the griping, though - the music shone through, thankfully, Shelley securing wonderful control of the quieter passages in the first movement, hypnotic at the end. | | | Prom 68: Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 4; Rawsthorne - Piano Concerto No 2; Britten - Four Sea Interludes |
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http://www.musicomh.com/opera/prom-68_0805.htm
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| | Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilyevich on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Rachmaninoff's music, particularly his piano compositions, are characterized by their dark and massive chords, whose dramatic effects and strong melodic lines have made them enormously popular. | | | Other compositions include Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1934), for piano and orchestra; an orchestral tone poem, The Isle of the Dead (1909); The Bells (1913), for chorus and orchestra; three symphonies; two sacred choral works, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (1910) and Vespers (1915); and many piano pieces and songs. | | | His best-known works are the second (1901) of his four piano concertos, and the Prelude in C Sharp Minor (1892), for piano. |
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| | Cellos-Online.info |
| | Cello and bass parts may be played at the keyboard … Melody in violin 1 and cello. | | | Everything Cello is your one stop source for cello sheet music, strings, accessories, cello and music stands, cello chairs, cellos, bows, teachers, internet resources, and reference material. | | | It plays out a simple melody with a full bodied harmony on a piano. |
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| | Intelliflix: Rent Beethoven: Symphony No.9/ Piano Concerto No.2 on DVD |
| | The program opens with soloist Mikhail Pletnev's performance of "Concerto No. 2 for Piano" and continues with Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony." Recorded during the Philharmonic's tenth European Concert, this live performance features guest artists from around the globe, including Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser and Eike-Wilm Schulte. | | | Having said that: Abbado and the BPO are never really BAD, by all means, and what really makes this DVD worthwhile is the absolutely out-of-this world, stellar, mega-rendition of Beethoven's second piano concerto. | | | Pletnev is in a league of his own and confers a lightness of touch to this piece that I have seldom heard. |
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http://www.intelliflix.com/movie_view.dvd?id=8224
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| | Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Reissued as budget-priced 2CD set Virgin 61412 with Piano Concerto No. 1 (previously unreleased) | | | Perfomers: Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Hugh (cello, track #3), Andrew Davis (conductor) | | | So this performance is supposed to be a bore? |
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| | Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | Also arranged for two pianos by Tchaikovsky, January - February 1880. | | | Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings and solo piano. |
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| | 2 Pianos, 4-hands Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. | | | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. | | | All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners. |
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| | Sheet Music - Fred Jonny Berg: Opus no.44 - Piano Concerto no.2 "Urge" (1999) |
| | Sheet Music - Fred Jonny Berg: Opus no.44 - Piano Concerto no.2 "Urge" (1999) | | | First performed in NRK P1, Norway, on the 14th of March 2002 by The Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Ari Rasilainen. | | | 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets In Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 French Horns In F, 2 Trumpets In Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Piano, 1. |
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| | MacDowell, Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| | (After returning to the United States, he wrote mostly songs and piano pieces, and these do, occasionally, begin to suggest American motifs.) | | | The move to America began a decade that seemed filled with successes, starting with the very successful premiere of his Second Piano Concerto (which remains his best-known large-scale work) with Theodore Thomas and his orchestra in New York on March 5, 1889. | | | Indeed, it was through Liszt that MacDowell was able to get a performance of his First Piano Concerto in 1882, soon after its completion. |
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http://www.americansymphony.org/dialogues_extensions/97_98season/1st_concert/macdowell.cfm
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| | Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School and Central School of Ballet Review from Ballet.co |
| | Highlights of the Central show included Simple Symphony by Nellie Happee, a beguiling, light, work of great quality to Benjamin Britten's music (more please), Bintley's Scottish Dances (from Flowers in the Forest) which is always playful fun and Sara Matthews' Superstruct. | | | To Prokofiev (piano concerto), neo-classical in style this was confident work with strong patterns filling the stage. | | | The first, Monochromatic, was by second year RBS student Liam Scarlett and a deft choice to show off the Upper School's first years - everybody was talking about it in the interval. |
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http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_04/aug04/bm_rev_central_enbs_rbs_0704.htm
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| | Royal Ballet School- Leigh Witchel |
| | "Raymonda Act III," "Monotones," pas de deux from "La Fille Mal Gardée," “Uneven Ground,” “Piano Concerto #2,” "Eyes That Gently Touch" | | | Robert Hill’s “Piano Concerto #2” is a large-scale work to a jagged concerto by Lowell Lieberman. | | | Watching a graduating performance of any of the major dance academies involves a bit of calculus and science fiction; you’re no longer looking at three dimensions on the stage, but also the fourth: time. |
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http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2005/Winter/08/rbs.htm
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| | Netflix: Rent as many DVDs as you want. No late fees. |
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| | Susan Reiter - Prodigals, Gods and Music: NYCB Week 1 |
| | It's also fascinating to watch these two works with such a strong masculine emphasis alongside 1941's Concerto Barocco and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, in which the men play such a supporting role. | | | In this Concerto Barocco, Somogyi as the second ballerina caught the jazzy edge of Balanchine's pristine-on-the-surface choreography, capturing the wit within the poetry. | | | The lead male dancers in those later ballets must be elegant, gallant cavaliers, but they are there to serve the ballerinas. |
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http://www.danceviewtimes.com/dvny/reviews/2004/winter/nycb2.htm
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| | Variations Part I&II by Maksim Mrvica |
| | Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, 3rd movement | | | 3rd, Aria, Bohemian, Christmas, Concerto, Dream, Etude, Exhibition, Flat, Goldberg, Lawrence, Major, Merry, Minor, Movement, Mr, Nocturne, Olympic, Op, Patetico, Piano, Pictures, Procession, Rhapsody, Sardar, Sharp, Theme, Totentanz, Variations | | | Along came prosperity, and then there was none. |
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