Todays Birthdays in Music: June 8 (Schumann, Ax)
1810 - Robert Schumann, Zwickau, Germany; composer and music critic
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Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44, 1st mvt., played by Sviatoslav Richter and the Borodin Quartet
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, accompanied by Gerald Moore, sings "Der Nussbaum"
Horowitz plays "Träumerei" (Moscow, 1986)
1949 - Emanuel Ax, Lvov, Ukraine; pianist
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Emanuel Ax plays an excerpt from Chopin's Sonata No. 2, Op. 25 ("Marche funèbre")
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Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44, 1st mvt., played by Sviatoslav Richter and the Borodin Quartet
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, accompanied by Gerald Moore, sings "Der Nussbaum"
Horowitz plays "Träumerei" (Moscow, 1986)
1949 - Emanuel Ax, Lvov, Ukraine; pianist
Wiki entry
Official website
Emanuel Ax plays an excerpt from Chopin's Sonata No. 2, Op. 25 ("Marche funèbre")
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