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Saturday Noon Concert (26): Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, opus 81a, ‘Les Adieux’

This time the name of the sonata seems to express Beethoven’s own intentions. The sonata was dedicated to “(…) Archduke Rudolph in admiration”. We don’t know who he was, but we’ll google him later.

Anyway, according to Beethoven’s indications, the three parts tell the story of a farewell, of a period of absence and finally of the departed person’s return (Beethoven wrote the word “Lebewohl” (Farewell) over the three chords of the first part). And now, let’s give it a try:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

My Album! :)

Vorba vine, fiindca albumul lui Gramo’s World e de fapt aici. Dar ne-a placut leapsa asta si am furat-o si noi de la Adi. Asa ca am tras la sorti un titlu de articol de pe Wikipedia, un citat si o poza [link not relevant anymore] de pe Flickr. Si asa a iesit urmatoarea coperta de album:

Partea mai funny e ca acum am inceput sa ne dorim sa gasim albumul asta pe undeva, fiindca suntem curiosi sa ascultam ce-i pe el. 🙂

Saturday Noon Concert (25): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Opus 79

The 25th piano sonata written by Beethoven is rather short (in spite of having three movements), quick and playful. The truth is that we don’t know what else to tell you about it. Here it is:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

S-au anuntat castigatorii! (pentru YTSO)

S-au anuntat pe la inceputul saptamanii, dar noi ne-am uitat abia acum, asa ca acum va spunem. E vorba de YouTube Symphony Orchestra, orchestra simfonica formata din oameni din comunitatea YouTube, care o sa cante simfonia lui Tan Dun in aprilie (pe 15 la Carnegie Hall, pe 16 pe net). A, si o faza supertare: din orchestra o sa faca parte si un roman, domnul Titus Flueras:

Saturday Noon Concert (24): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Opus 78

Beethoven dedicated this sonata to one of his students, the Duchess Thérèse von Brunswick (she might be the one for whom Für Elise was written too). So this is perhaps how Beethoven sounds when he’s in love. 🙂 Happy listening:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (23): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

You’ll recognize this one easily. The sonata is really powerfull, quite violent in fact (no wonder Lenin liked Appassionata a lot 🙂 – see here). Some might say it reveals a bit of Beethoven’s turbulent spirit. Gramo would prefer to say it was like heavy metal for the beginning of the 19th century. 🙂 Anyway, here it is:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (22): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, op. 54

We don’t know much about this sonata. Apart from the obvious fact that it has only two movements, that is, and the historic evidence pointing to 1804 as the year when it was written. Anyway, you might want to listen to it, so here we go:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Meredith Monk (Peter Greenaway’s Documentary)

Acum am realizat ca am avut un post despre Diamanda Galas dar n-am avut unul si despre Meredith Monk. De ce sunt legate Galas si Monk una de cealalta in mintea lui Gramo? Hmmmm,… Probabil fiindca s-a intrebat ani si ani de zile cum ar fi un concert in care ar canta impreuna. 🙂

Anyway, iata documentarul lui Greenaway despre Meredith Monk (sunt 8 parti):

p.s.: Il puteti vedea in full screen aici.

Saturday Noon Concert (21): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53 ‘Waldestein’

This one is perhaps one of the most famous piano sonatas composed by Beethoven, being used for the soundtrack of several movies, the titles of which we can’t remember right now. Apart from being famous, it is quite good, so we think you’ll have a nice listening. Enjoy!

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.