Monday, June 11, 2007

Listening for Today

Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120, arranged by Mahler. (Leipzig Gewandhaus, Riccardo Chailly)

Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (Ronald Brautigam, piano; Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Riccardo Chailly)

Schubert, Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959 (Maurizio Pollini)

While I was already familiar with the piece, it became emblazoned in my psyche on seeing Robert Bresson's profoundly moving film Au hasard Balthasar, in which the only music is the slow movement of this sonata. 

Beethoven, Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 (Maurizio Pollini)

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