An alert for those who might wish to hear recordings of composer performances from the European Radio archives. The TtN for earlier today has 2 hours of recordings from Sibelius, Debussy, Dohnanyi, Britten, Bartok, Lehar, Granados, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich and Grieg:
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The piano pieces look particularly interesting:
12:37 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
La cathédrale engloutie
Claude Debussy (piano)
12:43 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Soirée dans Grenade (No.2 from Estampes)
Claude Debussy (piano)
12:48 AM
Dohnányi, Ernõ (1877-1960)
Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (Op.29)
Ernõ Dohnányi (piano)
1:24 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Three Hungarian Folk Songs
Béla Bartók (piano)
1:37 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor (from Goyescas)
Enrique Granados (piano)
2:06 AM
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)
Poème in F sharp (Op.32 No.1)
Alexander Scriabin (piano)
2:27 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Sommerfugl - from Lyric pieces, book 3 for piano (Op.43 No.1)
Edvard Grieg (piano)It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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