Chopin's Complete Nocturnes

Hello fellow readers! Here is an amazing video collection of Vladimar Ashkenzy, one of the best interpreters of Chopin, playing all Chopin's nocturnes - from start to finish. Hope you enjoy! The recordings in this video are priceless, and show Ashkenzy's full interpretations.

The Unfinished Symphony

As a musician, I absolutely love unfinished pieces. It always gives you something to think about - to wonder how the piece was going to continue and end. Usually another composer or friend of the composer finishes the piece, but the style and feeling is different. Here is a classic example of a wonderful unfinished piece: Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.

Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

Mozart's Requiem "Lacrimosa" (his final piece) is another example of an unfinished piece, but instead of left unfinished, the piece was completed by his student. Mozart last note and voice written in his piece was "sa!" (Lacrimo"sa"). From then on, his student completed the piece. You can hear immediately when Mozart stopped writing the piece.

  Lacrimosa - KV626 - Mozart

New! Composer Galaxy

The first galaxy of the year is the Composer galaxy. All planets in the galaxy will be shown at the right of the blog. Please enjoy the first entry:  Chopin