text: 1903 – Fugue for Thought
  Music, Piano, Russian Piano 2016Leave a comment
  October 19, 2016 October 14, 2016 Fugue for Thought
  performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy, or below by Nikolai Lugansky Rachmaninoff! Also been a while since we've seen this guy. I actually had no intentions of duplicating so many of the composers from last year's Russian Symphony series in this piano … Continue reading Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Chopin, op. 22
  Nikolai Medtner: Piano sonata in f minor, op. 5
  October 17, 2016 October 14, 2016 Fugue for Thought
  performed by Geoffrey Tozer In case you haven't ever heard of Nikolai Medtner, I'd like to make the case that this, one of his earliest compositions, is undeniably one of the greatest things ever composed in the history of history. … Continue reading Nikolai Medtner: Piano sonata in f minor, op. 5
  Scriabin: Deux Poèmes, op. 32
  October 11, 2016 October 7, 2016 Fugue for Thought
  performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy or below by Ivo Pogorelich Two little things today, sketches from Scriabin, as if he's working out ideas in preparation for something truly monumental. The 'two poems' date from 1903, and are as follows: No. 1 … Continue reading Scriabin: Deux Poèmes, op. 32
  Music, Piano, Russian Piano 2016, SonataLeave a comment
  Scriabin Piano Sonata no. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
  October 10, 2016 October 1, 2016 Fugue for Thought
  performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy Well, it hasn't been as long since we've visited Scriabin. He was part of the the Russian Symphony Series and the Symphonic Poem series, but aside from his multiple symphonies and other orchestral work, he arguably made his … Continue reading Scriabin Piano Sonata no. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
  July 31, 2016 September 17, 2016 Fugue for Thought
  performed by the Emerson String Quartet I hope you listened to and enjoyed the very first post of July, Debussy's string quartet. It's one of the most famous quartets in the repertoire, I'd say, especially from a composer who lived … Continue reading Ravel String quartet in F major