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Today, 22/07/2025: Mozart, Bruckner and Mahler. 22/07/2025: A Day to Remember: From Vienna to Salzburg by Car In a single unforgettable day, we set off from Vienna and began our journey with a morning…

Selection of Reference Recordings of Mozart's Don Giovanni

Otmar Suitner / Peter Schreier sings Mozart Arias Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Constanze, dich wiederzusehen (Remastered) Peter Schreier · Staatskapelle Dresden · Otmar Suitner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_wMqjibrE&list=OLAK5uy_nmP7IySS9vRpj7jSfMQXcb2Ab9uHEbRHM&index=2 La clemenza di Tito, K. 621:…

W.A.Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" (1968) -Edith Mathis · Hermann Prey · Gundula Janowitz-Edith Mathis- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau-Tatiana Troyanos- Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin · Karl Böhm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BULyAmLxL2s&t=1951s A discographic gem, a masterpiece in a…

𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥 (1897–1970) was a Hungarian-born American conductor, pianist and composer, and one of the most distinguished orchestral conductors of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 and raised in Vienna, he was a remarkable…

𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦 (1879–1961) was a British conductor and impresario, and one of the most charismatic and influential musical figures of the 20th century. Born in 𝐒𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬, Lancashire, into a wealthy family, he…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was a German composer and conductor, and one of the most important musical figures of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Born in 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡, he was the son of the…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐡 (1890–1951) was a German conductor and one of the most distinguished interpreters of opera and the symphonic repertoire of his generation. Born in 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧, Germany, into a remarkable musical family, he studied…

𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 (1876–1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer, and one of the most distinguished conductors of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧, he began his career as a pianist before turning to…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐖𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡 (1930–1966) was a German lyric tenor, widely regarded as one of the finest singers of the 20th century. Born in 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥, Germany, he studied at the 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 and made his…

𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐙 — 𝟐𝟎 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 Michel Corboz was never one of those conductors who built a public image around theatrical gestures or celebrity.…

𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐕 — 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 From Baroque opera and historically informed Mozart to Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Maxim Emelyanychev has built an increasingly important discography both as conductor and keyboard player. 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓 𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄…

𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗕 𝗔𝗧 𝗣È𝗥𝗘-𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗪 When 𝗙𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻 died in Paris on 17 October 1849, at the age of only thirty-nine, he left behind one final wish…

𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 Franz Schubert (1797–1828) lived a life unlike that of most great composers of his time. While Haydn served the Esterházy family, Mozart worked for the…