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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘, 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 occupies one of the decisive places in the history of Western music. He stands at…

𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 – 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗼, 𝗥𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹’𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟮𝟴 – 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟯 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 - 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟭 - 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼 - 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-poro-hwv-159137101?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘇𝗰𝘇𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗻́𝘀𝗸𝗮, 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼 —…

# **Prima Voce Series** * **Alessandro Bonci** - **The Fonotipia Recordings** (1905-1907) * **Alexander Kipnis** - **Boris Godunov** * **Alexander Kipnis** in **Opera and Lieder** (1918-1924) * **Alma Gluck** (1911-1917) * **Amelita Galli-Curci** Vol.…

# **[Il Mito dell'Opera Series](https://classicalpippo9.blogspot.com/2024/08/il-mito-dellopera-series.html)** 1. Il Mito dell'Opera - 18 ''Celeste Aida'' da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi (1908-1969) 2. Il Mito dell'Opera - 18 Che gelida manina da La Boheme di Puccini Vol.…

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 (1685–1757) was an 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 composer and keyboard virtuoso of the late 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 period. Born in 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, he was the son of 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 and received a strong musical education from an early…

# **Nathan Milstein - Great DG & EMI Recordings - Box Set 37CDs ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/nathan-milstein-152678636?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/nathan-milstein-152678636?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1 – *****Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos*** **Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64** Conductor…

𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐄𝐘𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖 (1685–1757) 𝐈. 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐘 (1685–1701) 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢 was born in Naples on 26 October…

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 — 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2021910 Almira — 1705 Nero — 1705 (lost) Florindo — 1708 Dafne — 1708 Rodrigo — 1707 Agrippina — 1709 Rinaldo — 1711 Il pastor fido —…

**Domenico Scarlatti** (1685–1757) was one of the most original keyboard composers of the Baroque era and a central figure in the history of the harpsichord. Son of Alessandro Scarlatti, he was trained in Italy…

# **I Musici - Complete Analogue Recordings 1955-1979 - The Philips Legacy - Box Set 83 CDs ** **CD1 Antonio Vivaldi**: Violin Concertos op. 8 No. 1-4 “Four Seasons” (Felix Ayo, 1955) **CD2 Giuseppe…

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗮’𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 Cimarosa composed more than sixty securely documented operas, although older catalogues sometimes claim over eighty by counting revisions, alternative titles, doubtful attributions and works written partly by…

𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗗𝗔 — 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-telemann-163510678?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The recording entitled 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 & 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗮 does not present an opera jointly composed in the conventional sense. It reconstructs a fascinating historical…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝟭. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 — 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 An introductory post on Hughes’s central idea: that the emotional lives of musicians…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦— 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 The lives of great musicians are often told as if they belonged only to art: dates of birth, places…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗’𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 Opera has always lived at the crossroads of several arts. It is music, theatre, poetry, painting, gesture, architecture, and psychological drama…

𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔: 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 occupies one of the most poetic positions in Western…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶…

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 The history of classical music does not advance only through works, styles, schools, or institutions. It…

𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶 (𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟲): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗮, 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝗶: 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟱 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶 was born on 𝟰 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬 in 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝗶, in…

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬: 𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗔 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬) If Rome had revealed to Handel that a city without opera could still become a place of musical glory, the…

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟵: 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔, 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟳–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴) When Handel arrived in 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲 in 1707, he entered one of the great artistic capitals of Europe—but under conditions that…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟴: 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟳) When Handel left Hamburg in the autumn of 1706, he was not fleeing failure. He was leaving behind a…

𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗢𝗦𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗔: 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗛 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 Nicolo Paganini was born in 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳, 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟮, into a…