Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Pizzicato Ost
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| Stravinsky’s Les Noces | 25 Mar 2023 | 01:41:33 | |
A coffin on a gondola, a ballet dancer with no pants on, an anti-patriarchy show, a royal scandal and a Russian peasant wedding ceremony - this and more, as well as tons of great music in our longest episode so far. And here is a list of the people mentioned in the episode:
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| Mily Balakirev’s oriental fantasy ”Islamey” | 11 Mar 2023 | 01:14:27 | |
The world's most difficult solo piano piece and its nationalist antisemitic author are the hot topic of this episode. Is it all that simple though?.. | |||
| Season 2 introduction | 03 Mar 2023 | 00:16:50 | |
After 2 years of silence, Pizzicato Ost returns with a second season. This introduction episode presents the concept and the idea of the new season. | |||
| Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" (pt. 2) | 20 Mar 2021 | 00:54:51 | |
We continue talking about the great piano suite, where babbling French ladies mix with an even old witch, and a gate is wearing a helmet... https://spoti.fi/2P94ffW | |||
| Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" (pt. 1) | 06 Mar 2021 | 01:19:14 | |
The most orchestral of all piano works, a piece that has inspired so many great musicians, Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" is our topic for two episodes. Composed as an homage to the composer's close friend, artist Victor Hartmann, the work brings his paintings and sketches to life. Russian, Polish, French, Jewish motifs are all mixed in this suite for piano solo. The recording used in this show is this one: https://spoti.fi/3rm5reb | |||
| Beethoven's Große Sonate für Hammerklavier b-flat major, op. 106 | 20 Feb 2021 | 01:06:46 | |
"Here you have a sonata that will be a hard nut to crack; pianists will grit their teeth from it for another 50 years". 200 years later, pianists still grit their teeth from Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata, and it stays quite a hard nut to crack! A few recordings to check out: https://spoti.fi/2OLydX5 (part 6)
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| Georges Bizet: Orchestral suites played by Orchestre de la Bastille with Myung-Whun Chung | 13 Feb 2021 | 01:09:32 | |
Bizet's bright and dazzling suites for orchestra (Carmen, L'Arlesienne, and Jeux d'enfants) are full of energy, the spirit of Provence and Spain. Here, they are played by the Orchestre de la Bastille (orchestra of the Paris opera) with their chief conductor at the time, Myung-Whun Chung.
We tell about the circumstances when the works were created, in the last years of the composer's life, and also mention Gounod, Liszt, Lully, Berlioz, and many other great names. A short review of the scandal surrounding the opening of the Opera Bastille in 1989 is also part of this episode. https://spoti.fi/2ZfNDoK | |||
| Robert Schumann's Phantasiestücke (fantasy pieces) op. 12 | 06 Feb 2021 | 01:04:11 | |
One of Schumann's intimate and diverse piano cycles "Phantasiestücke" involves emotional states of his imaginary characters Florestan and Eusebius, and has appeared as a means of provoking jealousy. Recordings recommended in the end of the episode:
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| Rostropovich and Britten play Schubert, Schumann and Debussy | 30 Jan 2021 | 01:07:35 | |
The great musical friendship between two legendary 20th century musicians, composer and pianist Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), has enriched the world with some fine examples of music. We are also lucky to have this wonderful recording, showing the joy of music making by these two brilliant men. https://spoti.fi/36sVROi | |||
| Ferenc Liszt's symphonic poem Mazeppa S. 100 | 23 Jan 2021 | 01:32:12 | |
Today we talk about how a Polish man turned Ukrainian military leader has inspired great artists for great works. We discuss the appearance of the symphonic poem as a genre, and one of its founders Ferenc Liszt. Along the way, we will also mention Pushkin, Mendelssohn, Weber, and many more great names. Victor Hugo's poem Mazeppa: | |||
| Mozart: Horn concertos 1-4. Dennis Horn, Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra | 16 Jan 2021 | 00:52:06 | |
In this episode, you can find out more about the horn, originally a hunting instrument, and a respectable member of the orchestra nowadays, with some rarely performed solo concertos. We will tell you about the brilliant British horn player who died far too early half a century ago. You will also get to know more about Mozart's peculiar sense of humour https://spoti.fi/2LGvj4J | |||
| Antonin Dvorak's Cello concerto B minor op. 104 | 09 Jan 2021 | 01:21:15 | |
The spectacular Cello concerto by Antonin Dvorak is one of the best examples of the genre. We tell about it, with some dives into Czech music of earlier and later times, a review of American economics in the the 19th century, and episodes of the Six-Day War in Israel!
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| The Enchanted Kingdom. Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | 02 Jan 2021 | 00:59:11 | |
With this record, we dive into the mysterious and spooky world of legends and fairy tales reimagined by Russian composers on the verge of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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| Dmitri Shostakovich’s 11th symphony (The year 1905), op. 103 | 26 Dec 2020 | 01:24:26 | |
In 1957, for the 40th anniversary of the Russian revolution, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) composes his 11th symphony, and dedicates it to the first Russian revolution of 1905. Full recording under Mariss Jansons:
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| Maria Yudina - Live at Kiev Philharmonic Hall | 26 Dec 2020 | 01:16:05 | |
We talk about a live recording of a concert of the great Russian pianist Maria Yudina (1899-1970) at the Philharmonic Hall in Kiev in 1954. We also tell some biographical anecdotes and stories of the times https://spoti.fi/3aLaMX8 | |||
| Alexander Borodin's "In the steppes of Central Asia" | 26 Dec 2020 | 01:24:37 | |
"In the steppes of Central Asia" is a short symphonic miniature created by Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) in 1880 that takes us to the Asian desert with a caravan joined by Russian military troops. Here is the full Svetlanov recording: https://spoti.fi/3aG2sI5 | |||
| Rachmaninov: Songs. Sergei Leiferkus, baritone. Howard Shelly, piano | 26 Dec 2020 | 01:06:43 | |
Today, we are recommending a recording with selected Rachmaninov songs performed by Russian baritone Sergei Leiferkus and British Pianist Howard Shelly made in 1994-1995. This is a link to the lyrics of all the songs on the recording:
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| Tchaikovsky's Dumka (Russian rustic scene), op. 59 | 03 Dec 2020 | 00:27:52 | |
Dumka is a short piano solo piece composed by Peter Tchaikovsky in 1886. It is a fun miniature with lots of character. Some recordings in this episode:
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