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Selections from Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux - specifically Op. 39#8, or Op. 33#4. But others as well. And then find myself getting sucked into another one - all the while thinking, "...seriously, you want to work that hard again?!" Apparently.
I can't stay away from Rachmaninoff, so there must be some strong affinity. And yes - beautiful Couperin!
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"Beau Soir" for violin and piano by Debussy. I played this a couple of years ago on a program with a violinist.
The music flows along to the delicate rhythm and phrasing of the french poem it was based on by Paul Bourget, "Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses, Et qu'un tiède frisson court sur les champs de blés..."
It doesn't have the same feel in English. At sunset, à breeze rustles through the field of wheat.
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An die Musik. https://youtu.be/bZZqZTKoFcM?si=h6zrTVbTpLTVuDIF
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I think that Liszt's transcription of Schumann's Widmung feels like a good reflection of my personality. At least half of the time. I'm a Gemini so the other half is likely on the opposite end of the spectrum. But, Widmung just brings me such joy when I hear it played or sung well, and I'd like to think that I'm a pretty joyous individual.