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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡: 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗡 The 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 stands in the 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻, one of the city’s great historic parks. It is one…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗹 To choose a recording of a Wagner opera is never a neutral decision. It is not only a question of sound quality, famous…

𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬--Born, July 7, in Kalischt, Bohemia; removed to Iglau, December of same year. 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟲--First piano lessons. 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟱--Attended Viennese conservatory (until 1878). 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟳--Attended University of Vienna (until 1879); friendship with…

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 - 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵 Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer: Ouverture Wagner: Tannhäuser: Ouverture And Venusberg Music Wagner: Die Walküre: Valkyrie Ride Wagner: Siegfried: Forest Murmurs Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude Wagner: Parsifal: Transformations…

𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲 - 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 [𝟭𝟮𝗖𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁] https://www.patreon.com/posts/rudolf-kempe-box-155868591?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 : 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: Symphony No.1 in B flat, Op.38 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮́𝗸: Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 : 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻: Symphony No.3 in E…

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 Hans Knappertsbusch is not a conductor whose legacy is best understood through neat completeness. His recorded reputation rests above all on a relatively small number…

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNTmpISEBWA 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲 - 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲…

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟲) One of the most authoritative Wagnerian conductors of the late nineteenth century, Hans Richter was born in Raab (Győr, Hungary) and trained in Vienna. A trusted associate of Richard Wagner, he…

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬. ©𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲

# **Andromeda Remastered 3 ** **ANDRCD5160 – Wagner** - Lohengrin - Eugen Jochum (Bayreuth 1954) **ANDRCD5161 – Wagner** - Parsifal - Hans Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1952) **ANDRCD5162 – Wagner** - Tannhäuser - Joseph Keilberth (Bayreuth…

# **Hans Knappertsbusch - Great Live Performances 1940-1964 [50CD Box Set] - Part 1 (CDs 1 to 20) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/hans-great-live-147736124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hans-great-live-147736124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1**: **Liszt**: "Prelude" (1941 BPO) / **Wagner**: Journey to the Rhine of Siegfried…

# **Richard Wagner’s Final Year — A Narrative Psychological Portrait** In the last year of his life, Richard Wagner moved through the world like a man walking inside a storm of his own making.…

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐎 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐒 Claudio Abbado belonged to a generation in which the great conductor was still frequently imagined as an absolute ruler: an imposing figure…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟳 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 When 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 arrived in Vienna, he entered not only a great musical capital but also a city divided…

𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗘 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 James Levine left one of the largest and most varied recorded legacies of any American conductor. His discography encompasses Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Berlioz, Mahler, Brahms, Schumann,…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗞𝗬-𝗞𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is frequently described as a supreme orchestrator, as though colour were the principal—or even the only—reason for his enduring importance. The description is accurate but incomplete. His…

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗭 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Fritz Reiner was one of the supreme orchestral disciplinarians of the twentieth century. His conducting combined extraordinary precision, rhythmic tension, transparent textures and an almost unequalled ability…

𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜́𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Rafael Kubelík was one of the twentieth century’s most humane, spontaneous and musically generous conductors. His interpretations rarely sought the immaculate finish of Karajan, the iron discipline…

𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 The operatic repertory is not a neutral museum of masterpieces. It is the result of institutional tradition, language, economics, star singers, political history, editorial availability and theatrical…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 — 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟬𝟯 — 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 The relationship between 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 and 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 is one of…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 Listening to classical music while driving is not the same as listening to it at home, in a concert hall, or…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗣𝗭𝗜𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 The 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 is one of the most symbolically complex tributes to the composer. It stands on the 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, near…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟳 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛, 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗨𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 There are artists whose genius burns brightest in youth, and…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 To conduct the operas of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 is not simply to conduct opera. It is to enter one…