Classical Music & Chess
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Jun 25, 2016
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#124
RussBell wrote:
This is a wonderful thread. Hope it has longevity. I just happened to stumble across it a few minutes ago when studying Hans Kmoch's "Pawn Power In Chess" while listnening to Murray Perahia performing Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto No.5....a great performance....
Thanks for the comment and thanks for the post!
Same for all of the rest! Keep in mind that the original intent of the thrad was to discuss the relationship between Music & Chess.
Jun 25, 2016
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#125
Music boosts your mind and IQ for a while. That's why I always listen Mozart's or Beethoven's music before a game
Jun 25, 2016
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#126
ChessPlayinDude47 wrote:
Do you guys have any favorite recordings (orchestral, chamber music, opera, piano literature, other genres...) that you just loved listening to as a kid - which you grew up with?
I like Eine Kleine Nachmustaick (I don't know to spell this) and symphony no.40 g.
Those are awesome...
Jun 25, 2016
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#129
I expected that it was Mozart's but it just as easily could have been someone elses...he didn't specify.
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:
Symphony No.40 by whom?
By the composer of "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik".....
RussBell wrote:
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:
Symphony No.40 by whom?
By the composer of "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik".....
Ah yes, Manuel de Falla, Nights in the Gardens of Spain; when I'm playing chess, I must say, I much prefer Eine Kleine Nichtmusik, by the esteemed P.D.Q. Bach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMB01JK5pY and when I get a hankering for some opera, The Abduction of Figaro, really whets the appetite.
gerberk wrote:
I grew up with the Max Bruch ,the Beethoven and the Paganini violin concertos .Sibelius came a little later and Opera came much much later.But I never lost my love for the violin concertos of my youth.
For me, there were a few: I loved Schumann's First Symphony "Spring" with Rafael Kubelick, conducting; man, did I wear that LP out. Also Schumann Cello Concerto with Casals.
Then there was the cassette tape I had of the Bruch #1 and Sibelius Violin Concerti with Francescatti; I wore that one out too!
As for chamber music, I fell in love with the Czech string quartets very early on! The Juilliard Quartet recording of Smetana's "Aus Meinen Leben" (E Minor String Quartet) paired with the Dvořák "American" Quartet. There was also a wonderful Smetana Piano Trio in G Minor done by the Yuval Piano Trio that I just adored. On the flip side was the "Dumky" Trio.
Those were the days. The Sibelius Symphonies came a bit later as my dad would occasionally check-out a record of Sibelius from the library to borrow for a few weeks.
Jun 25, 2016
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#133
I really like it that you mention Yuval Trio!
The pianist of that trio, Prof. Yonathan Zak of Tel Aviv University, who will celebrate 84 years in July and who is still an extremely active musician and teacher - taught me everything I know about piano interpretation. I still consider him to be my teacher, and I started working with him exactly 25 years ago.
I also got to know personally the cellist - Simca Heled. We played some chamber music together in concerts in Israel - and it was a great experience. Simca has amazing sound and expression, a winning sense of humor, and great wisdom as a person.
Harish73 wrote:
ChessPlayinDude47 wrote:
Do you guys have any favorite recordings (orchestral, chamber music, opera, piano literature, other genres...) that you just loved listening to as a kid - which you grew up with?
I like Eine Kleine Nachmustaick (I don't know to spell this) and symphony no.40 g.
Those are awesome...
Symphony No. 50, Op. 360, is cool too... The "Mt. St. Helens"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfmNLkhPWg
solskytz wrote:
I really like it that you mention Yuval Trio!
The pianist of that trio, Prof. Yonathan Zak of Tel Aviv University, who will celebrate 84 years in July and who is still an extremely active musician and teacher - taught me everything I know about piano interpretation. I still consider him to be my teacher, and I started working with him exactly 25 years ago.
I also got to know personally the cellist - Simca Heled. We played some chamber music together in concerts in Israel - and it was a great experience. Simca has amazing sound and expression, a winning sense of humor, and great wisdom as a person.
Wow! No wonder you got to be such a fine pianist! Small world!
Holy cow! It's now up on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9MCvBAoWOk
Yuval Piano Trio: Smetana/Dvorak
Thank you, Simca and Solsky, both!
fightingbob wrote:
ChessPlayinDude47 wrote:
I see that the Sibelius Symphonies with Lahti/Vänskä are available on BIS too. Sorry, my mistake; but I really do have them on MHS label.
Don't apologize, ChessPlayinDude, there were quite a few CDs the Musical Heritage Society and BMG Classical Music Service got the right to reproduce, but BMG left the original label alone and just added BMG.
I belonged to BMG from 1994 until they sadly went belly up due to the popularity of godawful MP3s and the portability demanded by ... guess who ... millennials. Hi Fi just doesn't get the high five from them.
Before there were CDs and BMG, it was the International Preview Society where you got to try out the current record release (I went with cassettes). When International Preview Society was big in the early 1980s, Musical Heritage Society was releasing some truly mediocre recordings by no-name orchestras, but probably due to competition they came around in the era of the CD to releasing top performances.
I belonged to both, and also the Columbia Music Club, but nothing beat the 3 for 1 and sometimes 4 for 1 deals of the BMG Classical Music Service. Just another trip down memory lane.
Yes, it does bring back many memories for me; I guess we had quite a few of the Musical Heritage Society records lying around. Some of them quite interesting.
YuriSenkevich wrote:
Carlos Torre Repetto liked Ice creams...
How do you know that?
kaynight wrote:
Sorry to disagree guys, but my worst chess is when I am Brahms and Liszt.
Don't feel badly, my worst chess is when I'm ABEL and RETI, and I feel like I'm going to reach my GOLDMARK, but then my eyes get GLAZUNOVed over and I decide to go to the BEACH instead and I realize the truth is that I SUK, and I realize it's BAX to the drawing board. My cat has confirmed this to be true whenever he says, "MILHAUD!"
This is a wonderful thread. Hope it has longevity. I just happened to stumble across it a few minutes ago when studying Hans Kmoch's "Pawn Power In Chess" while listnening to Murray Perahia performing Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto No.5....a great performance....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8_ke_KjAXU