Sergei Prokofiev is a Russian composer of the 20th Century, and his life story is quite fascinating, tragic, as well as quite successful. For me, he has two pieces here
Sergei Prokofiev is a Russian composer of the 20th Century, and his life story is quite fascinating, tragic, as well as quite successful. For me, he has two pieces here
In November 1994, I went with some friends to Stanford Hospital to visit an acquaintance who had just gotten out of back surgery. We saw her, and on the way
Debussy makes a second entry in the Top 50 with his inestimable Images, Book 1. He composed these not long after completing the Pour le piano suite. They are gorgeous
Claude Debussy comes in on my list of Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical at #34 with his amazing suite literally called For the Piano. It is a suite of three pieces,
Cécile Chaminade has her second entry here in my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical with this lovely little piece for piano entitled Guitare, Op. 32. What I love about this piece
Coming in at #36 in this beautiful piece from Frédéric Chopin’s late compositional period, the Berceuse in Db major, Op. 57. Frédéric Chopin composed this gorgeous little lullaby in 1844,
Lili Boulanger was a French composer on par with Debussy, Fauré and Ravel, but she had the misfortune to get sick when she was 2 years old. The bronchial pneumonia
It’s a rather odd thing that the musical Les Misérables is so well known that if you just say Les Mis, everyone knows what you’re talking about, but unlike Andrew
now that it is after midnight, it’s apparently father’s day. it makes me sad, still, that I had such a crappy father, abusive, womanizer, lazy dolt. I can’t be appreciative
Sergei Rachmaninoff is an amazing composer who created a number of rich, beautiful, melodic pieces that touch deeply into your heart. Growing up, I’ve always loved his famous Prelude in