September 14

Selections from Duke Ellington: The complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Oken Small Group Sessions

Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat major op. 83
(Pollini/VPO/Abbado)

Stravinsky Orpheus & Danses Concertantes
(Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)

Stravinsky Apollo
(BPO/Karajan)

Bach Partitas BWV 825, 826, 828, & 829
(Gould)

Haydn Sonatas
(Andsnes)

Boulez Piano Sonata 3
(Jumppanen)

Chopin Mazurkas
(Rubinstein)

Youtube audio of Martha Argerich playing Chopin Mazurka in C major op. 24 no. 2

September 13

Virgil Thompson, Art Tatum, and others on Bri's laptop

Ives Concord Sonata
(Aimard/Zimmermann/Pahud)

Stravinsky Le Chant du Rossignol
(Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez)

September 12

Bach St Matthew Passion
(Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale/Soloists)

Chopin Mazurka in C op. 24 no. 2
(Rubinstein)

Brahms op. 117, 118, 119
(Kempff)

September 11

The Playlist

Songs by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Sondheim, et al
(Jim Steichen on the piano)

September 10

The Playlist

Schumann Kreisleriana; Gesang der Fruhe
(Pollini)

Brahms Symphony No 3 in F major op. 90
(BPO/Abbado)

Ives songs
(Graham/Aimard)

Duke Ellington various works (will get recording info soon)

September 9

The Playlist

Mahler: Symphony No 9 in D major
(Abbado/BPO)

Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major
(Pollini/VPO/Abbado)

Mozart Piano Concerto No 18 in B-flat major
(Aimard/COE)

September 8

The Playlist

Chopin Mazurkas

(Rubinstein)

Mozart Piano Concerto in B-flat major K 595 

(Aimard/COE)

Brahms Symphony No 3 in F major op. 90

(Abbado/BPO)

Chopin Ballade no 2 in F major / Mazurkas op. 33 / Waltz in A-flat major op. 34 no. 1

(Pollini)

Bach duet "Wie selig sind doch die" from Cantata BWV 80

(Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale/La Chapelle Royale)

Brahms selections from Ein Deutsches Requiem

(Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique)

September 7

The Playlist

Fragment of Maurizio Pollini playing Stockhausen's Klavierstucke X

Youtube audio of Pollini and unidentified instrumentalists playing Luciano Berio's Concerto for piano and 22 instruments "Points on a Curve to Find"

Part 1 of 2

Part 2 of 2

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581

(Amadeus Quartet/de Peyer)

Dowland songs for lute

(Bream)

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

(Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique)

I have a feeling that an essay-post on the Brahms Requiem is coming.

September 4/5/6

denn ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach...

The Playlist

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45

(Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique)

Also this video of the end of a live performance by Abbado and the BPO, moving for Abbado and his players' evident concentration and for the silence at the end.

Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F Major op. 90

(Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic)

Ives: Songs

(Aimard/Graham)

Mozart: Symphony in A K 201 

(Abbado/Orchestra Mozart)