Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (Remastered 2023, Prague 1960) · Sviatoslav Richter (youtube, 15.11.2025)

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Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (Remastered 2023, Prague 1960) · Sviatoslav Richter (youtube, 15.11.2025)

 

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio (Live at Mozart Hall of the Zaragoza Auditorium / 2019) · Grigory Sokolov (youtube, 7.5.2020)

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio (Live at Mozart Hall of the Zaragoza Auditorium / 2019) · Grigory Sokolov

(youtube, 7.5.2020)

Schubert | Notturno for piano trio | (Lucas Jussen | Gordan Nikolić | Sietse-Jan Weijenberg) Recorded live on January 15 2018 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

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Schubert | Notturno for piano trio | Lucas Jussen | Gordan Nikolić | Sietse-Jan Weijenberg

Recorded live on January 15 2018 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Gordan Nikolić, concert master
Lucas Jussen, piano
Sietse-Jan Weijenberg, cello

(youtube, 26.1.2018)

 

Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte - Seong-Jin Cho (youtube, 16.1.2025)

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Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte - Seong-Jin Cho

(youtube, 16.1.2025)

 

Schubert: Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (Live at Church of San Bernardo, Rabbi / 2019) · Grigory Sokolov Schubert: Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (youtube, 9.5.2020)

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Schubert: Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (Live at Church of San Bernardo, Rabbi / 2019) · Grigory Sokolov (youtube, 7.5.2020)

  

Schubert: Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 · Grigory Sokolov (Live at Church of San Bernardo, Rabbi / 2019) (youtube, 7.5.2020)

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Schubert: Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 · Grigory Sokolov (Live at Church of San Bernardo, Rabbi / 2019)

(youtube, 7.5.2020)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio (Live at Mozart Hall of the Zaragoza Auditorium / 2019) · Grigory Sokolov (youtube, 7.5.2020)

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio

(Live at Mozart Hall of the Zaragoza Auditorium / 2019) · Grigory Sokolov

(youtube, 7.5.2020)

Tárrega: Capricho árabe · Andrés Segovia (youtube, 13.12.2018)

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Tárrega: Capricho árabe · Andrés Segovia

(youtube, 13.12.2018)

Rachmaninoff Adagio Sostenuto. The Theme That Became "All by Myself" (Khatia Buniatishvili) (youtube, 6.12.2025)

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Rachmaninoff Adagio Sostenuto. The Theme That Became "All by Myself" (Khatia Buniatishvili)

(youtube, 6.12.2025)

Ravel Miroirs - Sviatoslav Richter in Prague, 1965 (youtube, 8.5.2011)

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Ravel Miroirs - Sviatoslav Richter in Prague, 1965

00:00. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 1. Noctuelles

04:46. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 2. Oiseaux tristes

08:21. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 3. Une barque sur l'océan

12:00. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 4. Alborada del gracioso

20:28. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 5. La Vallée des cloches

Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58 (Zimerman) Performer: Krystian Zimerman, 2003 Berkeley (youtube, 19.11.2025)

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Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58 (Zimerman)

0:00 - Mvt I Allegro maestoso

12:36 - Mvt II Scherzo: Molto vivace

15:07 - Mvt III Largo

25:04 - Mvt IV Finale: Presto non tanto


Performer: Krystian Zimerman, 2003 Berkeley

Schubert - Piano sonata D.960 - Richter studio / Sviatoslav Richter Studio recording, Salzburg, 6, 9 & 11.VIII.1972 (youtube, 19.7.2013)

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Schubert - Piano sonata D.960 - Richter studio

Piano sonata D.960


I. Molto moderato 0:00

II. Andante sostenuto 24:35

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza 34:41

IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 38:35


Sviatoslav Richter

Studio recording, Salzburg, 6, 9 & 11.VIII.1972

(youtube, 19.7.2013)

Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor - Frederic Chopin

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Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor - Frederic Chopin

Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor · Arthur Rubinstein

Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 49: Chopin: Nocturnes

Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato · Elisabeth Leonskaja (youtube, 4.8.2022)

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Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato · Elisabeth Leonskaja

(youtube, 4.8.2022)

Schubert: Andantino de la Sonata D 959 | Elisabeth Leonskaja (youtube, 15.6.2018)

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Schubert: Andantino de la Sonata D 959 | Elisabeth Leonskaja

(youtube, 15.6.2018)

Mily Balakirev - Nocturne No. 3 in D Minor · Alexander Paley (youtube, 8.11.2014)

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Mily Balakirev (1837 -1910) - Nocturne No. 3 in D Minor · Alexander Paley

(youtube, 8.11.2014)

Boccherini Guitar quintet and string quartet No. 4 in D Major G 448 Fandango - Kian Soltani & friends (youtube, 3.10.2022)

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Boccherini Quintet No. 4 in D Major G 448 Fandango - Kian Soltani & friends

Luigi Boccherini

 in D major,

G. 448, Fandango




Kian Soltani, cello

Petrit Çeku, guitar

Marc Bouchkov, violin

Alexey Stychkin, violin

Sindy Mohamed, viola

part of 47th Samobor Music Festival - Kian Soltani & friends 2.0




Intro 0:00

Allegro maestoso 00:17

Pastorale 05:13

Grave assai 10:22

Fandango 12:05 Sunday 25/09/2022

St. Anastasia Church in Samobor, Croatia

Arvo Pärt : Mozart's Adagio (Brilliant Classics 2006 & youtube, 26.11.2013)

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Arvo Pärt : Mozart's Adagio

Mozart's Adagio pour violon, violoncelle et piano d'Arvo Pärt (né en 1935), basé sur la sonate n°2 K280 de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791).

Violon : Benjamin Hudson
Violoncelle : Sebastian Klinger
Piano : Jürgen Kruse

Brilliant Classics 2006 & youtube, 26.11.2013

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino - Mitsuko Uchida (youtube, 31.7.2018)

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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: II. Andantino - Mitsuko Uchida

(youtube, 31.7.2018)

Una Furtiva Lagrima - Enrico Caruso 1904. Remastered. (youtube, 22.2.2008)

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Una Furtiva Lagrima - Enrico Caruso 1904. Remastered. (youtube, 22.2.2008)

Una furtiva lagrima (A furtive tear) is the romanza from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino (Caruso) when he finds that the love potion he bought to win his dream lady's heart, Adina, works. 

Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she isn't interested in a relationship with an innocent, rustic man. To win her heart, Nemorino buys a "love potion" with all the money he has in his pocket. The "love potion" is actually a cheap red wine sold by a con business traveler. But when he sees Adina weeping, he knows that she has fallen in love with him and the "Elixir" works. 

Caruso created the role of Nemorino the first time in February 1901 at La Scala in Milan. The conductor was the famous Toscanini, but the notoriously critical and reserved audience of La Scala did not react at all ... until Caruso started singing - and he basically turned the performance from failure to success. The audience went wild and Caruso was compelled to repeat "Una furtiva lagrima" three times. 

When Toscanini came back stage to go before the curtain with the artists, he embraced Caruso, then turned to the manager of La Scala, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, and said: "Per dio! Se questo Napoletano continua a cantare così, farà parlare di sè il mondo intero." (By Heaven! If this Neapolitan continues to sing like this, he will make the whole world talk about him.) 

And a few years later the whole world talked about him. - and still haven't forgotten his "velvet" voice and intense empathy. 

Text Italian:

Una furtiva lagrima
Negli occhi suoi spuntò,
Quelle festose giovani
Invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vo?
Che più cercando io vo?
M'ama, sì, m'ama, lo vedo, lo vedo!
Un solo istante i palpiti
Del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir confondere
Per poco ai suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
Confondere i miei coi suoi sospir!
Cielo, si può morir...!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah! Cielo, si può, si può morir...!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morir...
Si può morir d'amor!