Busoni/Bach: Chaconne

Busoni's piano transcription on Bach's Chaconne, from Partita II In D Minor For Vn, BWV1004.

Brahm's also wrote a left-hand piano transcription of this piece. In a letter to Clara Schumann, he wrote:

On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.

Interpreter: John Ogdon
Album: Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Fantasia after Bach; Toccata

Beethoven - Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia "Moonlight"

I like very much Kissin's interpretation. I hope you enjoy it!

Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata #14 'Quasi una Fantasia' Op. 27 No. 2: Andante sostenuto
Interpreter: Evgeny Kissin
Album: Evgeny Kissin: Beethoven, Franck, Brahms


I recommend reading this interesting study of the famous "Moonlight" sonata and its different interpretations.

Beethoven: Triple Concerto. Largo

Because we can't have enough Beethoven :)

Ludwig van Beethoven : Beethoven Triple Concerto Op. 56 in C: 2. Largo

Interpreters: Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Berliner Philarmoniker, Barenboim.
Album: Beethoven - Triple Concerto ~ Choral Fantasy

Schubert: Notturno. Adagio.

Schubert : Notturno. Flat major D 897 op. 148. Adagio

Interpreter: András Schiff; Yuuko Shiokawa; Miklós Perényi
Album:
Schubert: Piano Trios

Beethoven - Violin Sonata #10

Ludwig van Beethoven : Violin Sonata #10 In G, Op. 96, "The Cockcrow" - 2. Adagio Espressivo

Interpreter: Ann-Sophie Mutter
Album: Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

Beethoven - God save the King - Variations

Let us continue the streak of Beethoven pieces :)

Ludwig van Beethoven : God Save the King

Interpreter: Unknown
Album: Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 6 - Piano Works

Beethoven - Canzona di Ringraziamento

This is one of the last compositions of Beethoven. He wrote this slow movement of his 15^th quartet as thanksviging for having survived a near-fatal illness. It's a deeply moving piece and widely regarded as one of his greatest masterpieces (as the rest of the late quartets). I recommend listening to this piece (and preferably the entire quartet, of course) in complete silence; if one listens carefully, one cannot help but to share the existential experience felt as communicated by the master.

This is a legendary recording by the Julliard Quartet.



Ludwig van Beethoven : Quartet #15 Molto Adagio (Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart).
Interpreter: Julliard Quartet
Album: Beethoven : Complete String Quartets.