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In this episode of Classics Unlocked, Graham Abbott explores the piano music of Béla Bartók. His music was, by and large, influenced by his researches into folk music traditions, but he also wrote works with starkly modernist characteristics. He was not only one of the great composers and music educators of the 20th century, but also one of its great pianists. And a pianist who wrote an enormous amount of wonderful music for the piano.
The music in this episode features:
ANDOR FOLDES COMPLETE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON RECORDINGS
Andor Foldes, piano
DG/Eloquence 484 1256
DISCOVER: https://Eloquence.lnk.to/AndorFoldesYP
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In this episode, Graham Abbott completes his journey dissecting the 32 published piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven by examining those classified as being written in his 'late' period, with specific attention paid to the composer's use of harmony and fugal structures.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recording:
BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 483 7429 (8-CD + Bluray)
DISCOVER: https://UMA.lnk.to/sijPHID
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott provides an introduction to the two completed concertos by Sir Edward Elgar. Mention 'Elgar' and 'concerto' in the same sentence, and the chances are the piece that will come to mind will be his famous Cello Concerto from 1919; however Elgar also completed a magnificent, grand concerto for solo violin, composed a decade earlier.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recordings:
ALFREDO CAMPOLI: THE BEL CANTO VIOLIN - VOL 5
Alfredo, Campoli, violin
Decca/Eloquence 482 5143
ELGAR
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Decca Classics 485 0241
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott discusses the middle piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven - a creative phase in which the composer breaks away from the classical model.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recording:
BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 483 7429 (8-CD + Bluray)
DISCOVER: https://UMA.lnk.to/sijPHID
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott explores one of Giuseppe Verdi's – indeed one of all opera's – most popular creations: his La traviata from 1853.
This episode uses the legendary recording from 1977, featuring Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo and Sherrill Milnes, with the Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Carlos Kleiber.
Deutsche Grammophon 479 7287
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott explores one of the most famous bodies of work in the Western music tradition: Beethoven's nine completed symphonies.
This episode of Classics Unlocked features the legendary Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Herbert von Karajan's complete cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker, released in 1963 and reissued on the Eloquence label.
DISCOVER: https://Eloquence.lnk.to/00028942903623AM
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott looks at two beautiful English works from the first half of the 20th century which evoke the spirit of Christmas and which are inspired by seasonal carols and poetry: Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' and Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols'.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured Decca recordings reissued on the Eloquence label:
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury
Decca Classics 484 0781
DISCOVER: https://eloquence.lnk.to/00028948407811ID
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham explores a small but vital corner of the 600 works Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left the world: his beautiful wind concertos.
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott discusses the gigantic symphonic output of Anton Bruckner. 'Once immersed in the sound world of a Bruckner symphony', says Graham, 'the experience can be truly overwhelming and deeply moving'.
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott discusses the early published piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven - a young man trying to impress!
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), one the greatest rule breakers in the whole history of music.
All the recordings from this episode are on the Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics labels, and can be discovered at: classicsdirect.com.au
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott talks about one of the most monumental works of art ever to come from the mind of man: Richard Wagner's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recording:
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus
Decca Classics 478 8370 (17-CD)
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott explores the powerful and emotive symphonies of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
This episode of Classics Unlocked features the following recording:
P. TCHAIKOVSKY: The Symphonies; Symphonic Poems
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Russian National Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8699 (7-CD)
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott discusses the wonder and mystery of Johann Sebastian Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recording:
J.S. BACH: The Six Cello Suites
Pierre Fournier, cello
Deutsche Grammophon 483 6385 (2-CD + BluRay Audio Disc set)
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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott discusses the symphonic output of Gustav Mahler.
This episode of Classics Unlocked featured the following recording:
Mahler: The Symphonies & Song Cycles
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Decca Classics 483 4643 (12-CD + BluRay Audio Disc set)
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