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The Light of Claude Debussy

December 20th, 2012 in Top Video Picks by

The new year is rapidly approaching, so before the end of the Debussy-year 2012 we should take the chance to watch this film by Anthony Tobin, celebrating the genius of Debussy. It was shown by G. Henle Verlag during the Frankfurt Musik Messe, 2012, in connection with their release of three volumes of the complete piano works of Debussy. “The […]

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Sit in on a Unique Class with Messiaen on Debussy and Colour

September 7th, 2012 in Top Video Picks by | 1 comment

French composer Olivier Messiaen was a synaesthete who experienced colours when he heard or imagined music. He devised his own system of modes (scales) based on his synaesthesia and in some scores he actually notated the colours, to help the performer in interpretation. Here is a unique video clip from one of his famous classes at the Paris Conservatoire. A […]

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Happy 150th Birthday, Claude Debussy!

August 22nd, 2012 in Piano News by | 8 comments

Great piano composers’ anniversaries don’t normally take place annually, but since the Chopin & Schumann year 2010 and the Liszt celebrations 2011, time has now come for another immensely important composer. Today, the 22nd of August 2012 marks the 150 years birthday of the French composer Claude Debussy, by many considered the father of “modern music”. A New Musical Outlook […]

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Impressive Expressions! – Blechacz plays Piano Music by Debussy and Szymanowski

May 25th, 2012 in Piano News by | 4 comments

Hailed by critics is this new release from young Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz born in 1985. At the age of 20 he won all five sections of the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He so impressed the judges that they awarded no second prize. Blechacz has previously recorded three albums for Deutsche Grammophon; Chopin Preludes, Chopin Concertos and Sonatas by […]

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Nelson Freire’s Impressionist Affinity

July 12th, 2011 in Piano News by | 1 comment

Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire is among the truly great living musicians, and his remarkable musicianship continues to captivate the critics and charm the musical world. Winner of the Gramophone Recording of the Year in 2007 for his Brahms Piano Concertos. Nelson has a special affinity with Debussy’s music and his magical style perfectly suits these luminous works key French piano […]

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An Evening with Friedrich Gulda at the Keyboards

December 25th, 2009 in Top Video Picks by | 32 comments

In a live recording from the Amerikahaus, Munich, Friedrich Gulda reveals the versatility of his keyboard playing. On the clavichord he plays three preludes and fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (in A minor BWV 889, in C major BWV 846, in A flat major BWV 886) on the piano; his own re-working of Schubert’s song Der Wanderer, ending with Debussy’s […]

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Class Dismissed – Teacher is On-line

December 10th, 2009 in Piano News by | 6 comments

The Increasing Popularity of Piano Video Tutorials These days, some people claim that you can teach yourself to play piano if you have the right course, the motivation, and the determination to follow through. Some people decide to study piano by downloading tutorials by an experienced piano teacher because they feel more comfortable by doing the learning at home. With […]

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More Pieces for Four Hands

May 9th, 2008 in Piano Street Site News by

We keep working on adding more four hands piano music. This is what has been added today: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52a Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 65a This means that we now have the complete works for four hands by Brahms in our online library. Claude Debussy: Six Antique Epigraphs Small Suite Prelude, Cortège et Air de Danse Prelude à […]

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