This piece was written in 1970 for the birthday of his first and only child Siegfried. His wife Cosima (who married Wagner two months later) had written in her diary, "At 4:30 I am awakened by sweet sounds, R. [Richard Wagner] at the piano proclaiming to me the hour of birth” He had set up a small orchestra by their staircase and played this piece ( Read more... )

Alessandro Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus is a rare sacred work that isn't as famous as Vivaldi's Gloira but definitely is a beautiful piece of work ( Read more... )

Who would have thought that Vivaldi wrote 3 separate Glorias.

Vivaldi really must have liked this waitress Gloria... as David would joke with me ( Read more... )

Well apparently I'm still not over English Composers yet ( Read more... )

Continuing on with this whole English Composer kick. I have a feeling I'll be on an English Composer kick for a while ( Read more... )

So I'm a huge sucker for English Composers. With all the crazy things that has been going on in my life, I'm slowly finally beginning to put the pieces back and move forward ( Read more... )

Franz Joseph Haydn: Horn Concerto No.2 in D major ( Read more... )

David's been helping me out with my classical project. I listened to this last week but didn't have a chance to write it up because I was so busy with coming back to southern california ( Read more... )

I was thinking earlier in the year about starting a 365 sort of project for the year of 2012 and thought that listening to one new classical piece each day and writing about it would be a lot of fun. Thankfully D talked me out of it, but I've decided that I'd like to listen to one new classical piece each week. This will keep me listening actively ( Read more... )

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