Wednesday, July 30, 2008

John Williams performs Asturias by Izaak Albeniz



John Williams, one of the best contemporary classical guitarists performs Asturias by Izaak Albeniz. This piece was originally composed for piano, but was soon transcribed for classical guitar by Albeniz's friend, Francisco Tarrega. Rumor has it that Albeniz himself preferred guitar version to his original piano version.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement performed by Wilhelm Kempff



Moonlight Sonata is one of the most known Beethoven's pieces. On this video, you can see 3rd movement of this piece, the most difficult fragment of the entire sonata. Performed by late German pianist Wilhelm Kempff.

Pablo Sarasate Carmen Fantasy performed by Gil Shaham

Bach Chaconne in D minor arranged for piano by Busoni performed by Helene Grimaud



One of the most important works in violin repertoire, Chaconne was composed by JS Bach and arranged for piano by Busoni. On this video it's performed by French pianist Helene Grimaud.