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# **Philippe Herreweghe - The Harmonia Mundi Years - Bach Cantatas - Box Set 17CDs ** 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 Bach, J S: 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗪𝗩𝟭𝟵𝟴 ‘𝗟𝗮ß, 𝗙ü𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻, 𝗹𝗮ß 𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗹’ (Trauerode) Bach, J S: 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮…

𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗜. 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 The story of Gustav Mahler begins not with music,…

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𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ak5l3y0Bzc&t=1108s (VIDEO) Probably the greatest version that we will ever hear of this magnificent work Sadly this would be Karajan's final performance…

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𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 And 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗛ö𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 Austrian violinist and conductor 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 (1909 - 1991) and his wife, actress 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗛ö𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 (1923 - 2007), 𝗨𝗞, 18th April 1964. He annually conducts the 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀…

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧 Dear members of my Facebook groups and followers of my professional profile, I would like to invite you to join me on 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧, where you will find a…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 (𝗜𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀” (𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟯) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲 In the spring of 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵, a new figure entered Beethoven’s life — 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗯 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲, a…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 (𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻” (𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟰–𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟴) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 By 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟰, Ludwig was four years old and already known among neighbors for his…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - **𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟵 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛 In February 1785, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 came to Vienna and found, not the impulsive rebel…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 - 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 - 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶; 𝗟𝗦𝗢; 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂, 𝗚𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘃, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘀, 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟬 - 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 https://www.patreon.com/posts/verdi-macbeth-155285385?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 is a dark, violent, and psychologically intense opera based on Shakespeare’s tragedy. It tells the story…

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𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪Ä𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥 — 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 The list below is built mainly from documented translations of his own essays, colloquia, and Beethoven writings, as cited in a…

𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 — 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝟮. 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are conductors whose greatness lies in warmth, others in charisma, and a very rare few whose authority seems almost terrifying because it is…

𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗜. 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻— 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱; 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿.”…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 — 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗜. 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗬 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 “𝗡𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀…

𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐎 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝟏𝟎 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔 — 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 Arturo Toscanini married Carla De Martini on…

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. While I share a great deal here, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬,…

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 Here are our own Composer Timelines for the following music periods: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟖𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎) 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎) 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎) 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎–𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟎) 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜…

**𝐀 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐐𝐔𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂, 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎** To compare these nine books properly, one must begin by recognizing that they do **not** all aim to do the same thing.…

𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐙 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐑 — 𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈. 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 — 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐙𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟎𝐬) The relationship between 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐤 (1881–1945) and 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 — CHAPTER 3 — “Das Königreich Rücken” (The Kingdom of Back): Leopold’s European Campaign, 1763–1764** **1) The “Duty to God” and the Will to Conquer Europe** Leopold Mozart left Salzburg…