Playing at sight and playing from memory
Tom Service flexes his musical memory muscles whilst also improving his sight reading.
Tom Service on two of the most astounding musical skills, which the majority of professional classical musicians have in abundance - the ability to play from memory, and the ability to play at sight, without study or much in the way of rehearsal. How and why do they do it?
With pianist and teacher Richard Sisson, and violinist Eva Thorarinsdottir, of the Aurora Orchestra, whose members are unusual in that they often play from memory as an ensemble.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no. 3 in E major BWV.1006 for violin solo
Performer: Viktoria Mullova.- ONYX.
- 40-40.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 9_大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. -
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Concerto no. 4 in G minor Op.40 for piano and orchestra
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- EMI CLASSICS.
- 6405162.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 16 in G minor BWV.885
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- DECCA.
- 417 236-2-.
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Ludwig August Lebrun
Concerto no. 2 in G minor for oboe and orchestra
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Potsdam Chamber Academy.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 479 2942.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz in E minor Op.posth. for piano [B.56]
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- London.
- 443 7382.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto in D major Op.61 for violin and orchestra
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 471 349-2.
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William Walton
Touch her soft lips and part from "Henry V", arr. Richard Rodney Bennett
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.- EMI.
- CDM 5 650072.
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Franz Liszt
6 Grandes etudes de Paganini S.141 for piano
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 479 5529.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Ballade no. 3 in A flat major Op.47 for piano
Performer: Emanuel Ax.- RCA RED SEAL.
- 82876 72554 2.
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George Enescu
Impressions d'enfance Op.28 for violin and piano
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja.- Naive.
- V 5193.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- EMI.
- 631 8102.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird - suite
Performer: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. -
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Moscow Cheryomushki - musical comedy Op.105
Performer: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-9591.
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Claude Debussy
Children's corner for piano
Performer: Pascal Rog茅.- DECCA.
- 417-792-2.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Les Baricades misterieuses [from ordre no.6], arr. Thomas Ades for ensemble
Performer: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Warner Classics.
- 0825646082230.
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