“…the composition’s date of 1909 and its similarity to a number of Waterhouse’s compositions in following years marks it as the first in a series inspired by the story of Persephone—in which the innocent girl, picking flowers on the plain of Enna, is abducted by Pluto; in anguish, her mother, the harvest goddess Demeter, curses…
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Wigmore Soloists: Octet in F D803 (Schubert)
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Mozart: Sonata in A Minor K. 310, Mvt. 2
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Hauser and Campbell: Torna A Surriento
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Classic Hymns: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
“Norman Rockwell executed the present work as a preparatory study for Freedom of Worship, one of the four paintings that comprise his iconic Four Freedoms series. Inspired by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address, in which he outlined four essential human rights, Rockwell sought to capture the ideas of freedom from want,…
Teasdale, Tin, and Memley: There Will Come Soft Rain, Part I
“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum-trees in tremulous white; Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not…
Mozart: Clarinet quintet K581 in A major
“Bonnard’s fascination with the vibrant urban landscape of Paris can be traced to his paintings of the mid-1890s…The spectacle of urban modernity provided a colorful source of inspiration, and the artist was drawn to the variety of subjects it offered. His city scenes reflect a unique joie de vivre achieved through the use of bright…
Peled and Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano
“From his new dwelling overlooking the Hudson River, Church captured in his paintings the seasonal changes in the landscape. Autumn, from the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, was painted for his great friend and patron William Henry Osborn (1820‒1894), the owner of Castle Rock, a stone-built castle on the banks of the Hudson River. Church and Osborn shared…
Anuna: One Last Song (Michael McGlynn)
One Last Song Sing me one last song that will carry me away To the warm summer memory of home; And that old melody softly echoes on the breeze, To a pathway that I must walk alone. I have loved, I have lain on the dewy morning fields With a cloud of apple blossom in…
Jean-Marie Leclair: Flute Concerto in C major
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Hauser and Morricone: Theme for Ennio
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Simon and Garfunkel: The Sounds of Silence
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Wladyslaw Szpilman: The Pianist, Part 2
Władysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish pianist and classical composer of Jewish descent. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on Szpilman’s autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw and the Holocaust. wikiwand…
Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575
Sharp is primarily celebrated for her sundrenched landscapes such as the present painting. The critic for The Artist stated in April 1935 that ‘I think I can say without fear of contradiction that Dorothea Sharp is one of England’s greatest living painters. Full of sunshine and luscious colour, her work is always lively, harmonious and…
Sisto Badalocchio: Madonna with the Child (c.1604)
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Menahem Pressler: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 (Mozart)
“The Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major (K. 595) is the last of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756 – 1791) piano concertos, of a total of 21. He wrote it in 1791, the year of his death. At its premiere in Vienna, Mozart played the solo part himself – it was to be his final…
Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 Es-Dur KV 428
“In ‘Dédé at the table’ the artist’s attention is evenly divided between the girl and her surroundings. The décor, a flowery wall covering and a flowery table cloth obtrude upon us. The feeling of depth has almost disappeared and the strong diagonal line from lower left to upper right is dominant. The still life of…
Wladyslaw Szpilman: The Pianist, Part 1
Władysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish pianist and classical composer of Jewish descent. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on Szpilman’s autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw and the Holocaust. wikiwand…
Mignarda: Audi Benigne Conditor
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Cecilia Bartoli: La mort d’Ophélie (Berlioz)
“La mort d’Ophélie (The death of Ophelia) is “a setting of a ballad by Ernest Legouvé, based on Gertrude’s description of Ophelia’s drowning in Act IV of Hamlet. It was originally composed for solo voice and piano in 1842, but in 1848 Berlioz revised it for female choir and orchestra. The verses of Ernest Legouvé…
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13
“From the early 1910s onwards, Kandinsky turned his back on the depiction of the world of external appearances, embarking instead on the creation of wholly-abstract canvases, like Painting with Three Spots, which led to his being hailed as the great pioneer of non-objective art. These works express Kandinsky’s desire to create a pictorial equivalent of…
Hauser: Lascia Ch’io Pianga from Rinaldo (Handel)
“The present lot was executed in Rome where Marie Spartali Stillman lived with her husband William James Stillman (1828-191) who was posted there as a foreign correspondent for The Times between 1889-1896. It is very possible that the sitter in this picture is Bella Middleton the eldest of Marie’s step-daughters, who was present in Rome…
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, KV 478
“The glistening azure-glazed vessel and vibrant floral arrangement exemplify Bonnard’s application of the intimisme of his earlier Nabis pictures and the vibrant coloration that define the most successful compositions of his later years. Still-lifes had occupied a large part of the artist’s oeuvre over the course of his career, but as he developed his style, his approach to these compositions is much more…
Thomas & Brocal: Piano concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 (Chopin)
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Classic Hymns: Softly and Tenderly
“Norman Rockwell executed the present work as a preparatory study for Freedom of Worship, one of the four paintings that comprise his iconic Four Freedoms series. Inspired by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address, in which he outlined four essential human rights, Rockwell sought to capture the ideas of freedom from want,…
Kuijken Quartet: String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor (Haydn)
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Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478: II. Andante
“Richard E. Miller’s Tea-Time, an elegant and sumptuous work, exemplifies the artist’s celebrated, luminous images of young women in luxurious interiors that often open to gardens. A decorative painting in the Impressionist style, Tea-Time demonstrates Miller’s mastery of brushwork and color to produce a richly textured canvas. Miller executed this work around 1914 while living…
Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken
Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for the springing fresh from the world Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven Like the first dewfall, on the first grass Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden Sprung…
Hauser: Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
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Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 493: I. Allegro
“Painstakingly composed with small touches of brilliant colour, Couture sous la grande pergola illustrates Henri Martin’s mastery of Neo-Impressionist technique, as well as his penchant for classical motifs. Depicting an outdoor scene, this work captures the vibrant effect of sunlight coming through the foliage of a pergola in subtle variations of perfectly harmonised tones. Decomposing…
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