Thursday, November 10, 2011

Symphony No.3 in F Major (Arrangement for Piano Four Hands), Op.90 by Johannes Brahms

Organ Symphonies, Vierne, Symphony No.3, III

III. Intermezzo 3:55 Louis Vierne Symphony No.3 in F sharp minor, Op. 28 David Briggs (organ) Oliver Brett, Oliver Condy (registrants) Recorded on the 1888 Cavalle-Coll organ in the Basilica of St Sernin, Touiouse, 23 & 24 Oct 2008 The BBC Music Magazine collection


If you like this piece you can download Symphony No.3 in F Major (Arrangement for Piano Four Hands), Op.90 by Johannes Brahms sheet music online in digital format.

MJPires & H.Sermet plays Schubert Fantasie in F minor, op.103 (I)

Maria João Pires and Hüseyin Sermet plays Schubert Fantasia in F minor, D.940 (op.103), for four-hands, one of Schuberts most important piano works, composed in 1828, the last year of his life and dedicated to his pupil and unrequited love, Karoline Esterházy. Schubert began writing the Fantasia in January 1828 in Vienna. The work was completed in March of that year and first performed in May by Schubert and Franz Lachner (1803 - 1890, German composer and conductor). Schubert died in November 1828. Part I: Part II : youtube.com ~~~ Maria João Pires (1944) Born in Lisbon, Portugal, she made her first public performance at the age of seven with Mozarts Piano Concertos. At the age of nine she received Portugals highest award for young musicians just one year later. From 1953 until 1960 she studied at the Lisbon Conservatory with Professor Campos Coelho and took courses in composition, theory, and history of music with Francine Benoit. She continued her studies in Germany, first at the Munich Music Academy with Rosl Schmid, then in Hanover with Karl Engel. Maria João Pires has appeared all over the globe with all the major orchestras including the Berliner Philhar¬moniker, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Wiener Philharmoniker. She is also a keen performer of chamber music. In recent years she has been heard at all the major international festivals including the Schleswig-Holstein ...