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𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗘 𝗝Ä𝗥𝗩𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗦 — 𝟮𝟱-𝗖𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗫 𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 — 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗜 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗞𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗩 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃: Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃: Waltz Suite, Op. 110 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗗Ü𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗 — 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗥 When Robert Schumann…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟮 — 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡’𝗦 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘 — 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗟𝗬 There was always something dramatic…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Bernard Haitink’s greatness was rarely proclaimed through theatrical gestures, violent tempo manipulation or the deliberate imposition of a conductor’s personality upon the score. His authority emerged gradually,…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱, 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱 — 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/beethoven-piano-163810802?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗭𝗨𝗕𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗛𝗧𝗔 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Zubin Mehta’s extraordinary career connects several apparently different musical worlds: the Central European tradition he absorbed in Vienna, the orchestral brilliance of Los Angeles, the distinctive identity…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Riccardo Muti is one of the defining conductors of the modern Italian tradition: a musician of rhythmic authority, textual discipline, theatrical instinct and uncompromising respect for the…

𝗦𝗘𝗜𝗝𝗜 𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗪𝗔 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Seiji Ozawa was one of the most internationally influential conductors of the post-war era. His art united rhythmic precision, luminous orchestral colour, exceptional transparency and an instinctive…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗔𝗭𝗘𝗟 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Lorin Maazel was one of the most technically formidable conductors of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He possessed an exceptional ear, an almost photographic memory, absolute…

𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮 · 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 · 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4K_eXZxC0 A Fabulous Recording

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲’𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 This celebrated portrait was painted in Vienna by 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, an actor and amateur painter who was also Mozart’s brother-in-law through his marriage to 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮…

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝘁’𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 This celebrated portrait of 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 was painted in 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟵 by the Austrian portraitist 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝘁, almost twenty-eight…

𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 — 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲 This image is a detail from the celebrated 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁, painted in 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 around 1780–1781 and traditionally attributed…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 “𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁” — 𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 The so-called 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 was painted in 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 in 1777 by an unidentified artist. It was copied from a now-lost original for 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶…

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟯 — 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 This small ivory miniature, traditionally attributed to Martin Knoller, portrays Mozart at the age of seventeen. It is thought to date from 1773, when the…

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹.

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮, attributed to 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶 (𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼̀, 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮, 1706–1770), Portrait of 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 at the age of 13 in 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮, 1770. Offered for auction at 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲’𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 on 27 November 2019, from…

𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀, 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 — 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 (𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟲–𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝟭𝟳𝟵𝟭), 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.(AI recreation faithfully based on the original illustration.)

𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀: “𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝘅-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘆.”

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗚 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗠 Few minor figures in musical history have exercised such a decisive influence over the fate of a masterpiece…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯𝟮 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 ════════════════════════════ 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛: 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 After 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, Solomon does not end his biography with the corpse, the grave, the…