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Saturday Noon Concert (32): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Opus 111

Published on April 25, 2009 in arta, audio, cultura, muzica and proiecte. 4 Comments Tags: , , .

This might sound at a point like a ragtime, but don’t be fooled – it’s a piano sonata nevertheless. :) The last one written by Beethoven (and his last composition for piano too). So here goes the last “concert” from this series (we hope you’ve enjoyed it):

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As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (25): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Opus 79

Published on March 7, 2009 in arta, audio, cultura, muzica and proiecte. Closed Tags: , , .

The 25th piano sonata written by Beethoven is rather short (in spite of having three movements), quick and playful. The truth is that we don’t know what else to tell you about it. Here it is:

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As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (23): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

Published on February 21, 2009 in arta, cultura, muzica and proiecte. Closed Tags: , , .

You’ll recognize this one easily. The sonata is really powerfull, quite violent in fact (no wonder Lenin liked Appassionata a lot :) – see here). Some might say it reveals a bit of Beethoven’s turbulent spirit. Gramo would prefer to say it was like heavy metal for the beginning of the 19th century. :) Anyway, here it is:

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As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.

Saturday Noon Concert (20): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49, No. 2

Published on January 31, 2009 in arta, audio, cultura, muzica and proiecte. Closed Tags: , , .

So, here is Beethoven’s 20th piano sonata (and we still have 12 more sonatas to go). Its story is the same with that of the sonata we wrote about last week, except for the names of its movements, which are “Allegro, ma non troppo” and “Tempo di Menuetto” (yes, it also has only two parts), so we won’t bother you with that. Happy listening!

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As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Saturday Noon Concert (18): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.18 in Eb, Op.31, No.3 ‘The Hunt’

Published on January 17, 2009 in arta, cultura, muzica and proiecte. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

We don’t know why this sonata is called ‘The Hunt’, but it wasn’t Beethoven’s idea. Anyway, would you believe that the guy who wrote the Fifth Symphony is the same guy who wrote something as playful and happy as this? :) If you don’t know what we mean, listen for yourself:

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We want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Saturday Noon Concert (17): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.17 in D-, Op.31, No.2 ‘Tempest’

Published on January 10, 2009 in arta, audio, cultura, muzica and proiecte. 6 Comments Tags: , , .

Beethoven’s biographer Anton Schindler said that this sonata was inspired by Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. This claim is, however, disputed by other music scholars (see here).

That aside, the first part may remind you of a storm, but the second doesn’t seem to have anything to do with weather, being a bit boring. The third, on the other hand, is quite lyrical and very beautiful and if you haven’t heard it already, then you should, ’cause you’ll like it a lot. Or not, but in that case you don’t like classical music. :)

Enjoy your listening:

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We want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Saturday Noon Concert (16): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.16 in G, Op.31, No.1

Published on January 3, 2009 in audio, cultura, experiments, muzica and proiecte. Closed Tags: , , .

Happy New Year everybody! Here is the 16th piano sonata written by Ludwig van Beethoven:

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The midi file rendered here by Gramo was created by Bunji Hisamori, who has kind enough to give us the permission to post it on our blog (thank you, Bunji!). The file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. Here are the other “concerts” from this series.

Saturday Noon Concert (11): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb, Op.22

Published on November 29, 2008 in arta, cultura, experiments, muzica and proiecte. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Omg, we’ve had 10 weeks of “concerts” already! :)

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The credit goes to Bunji Hisamori for creating the midi file and allowing us to post an audio rendering of it on our blog. The file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. Here are the other “concerts” from this series.

Saturday Noon Concert (10): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.10 in G, Op.14, No.2

Published on November 22, 2008 in arta, audio, cultura, muzica and proiecte. Closed Tags: , , .

This one starts in a joyous mood. Then it becomes rather distant and official, only to get playful again in the end but in a more subtle way. The first part remains, however, our favourite. Happy listening!

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The credit goes to Bunji Hisamori for creating the midi file and allowing us to post an audio rendering of it on our blog. The file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. Here are the other “concerts” from this series.

Sunday Evening Concert (9): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14, No.1

Published on November 16, 2008 in arta, audio, cultura, experiments, muzica and proiecte. Closed Tags: , , .

Sorry for the delay, we are back in Bucharest now. :) And here is your concert:

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The credit goes to Bunji Hisamori for creating the midi file and allowing us to post an audio rendering of it on our blog. The file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. Here are the other “concerts” from this series.