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BRUCKNER SOCIETY OF AMERICA: Recording of the Year 2023 : BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, "Vienna" version (1891) Altomonte Orchestra / Rémy Ballot Gramola hybrid SACD 99283 Symphony No. 1 in C…

1906 Concert Antwerp 05-03-1906 – Symphony No. 5 Chronology: Year 1906 Location: Royal theater of Antwerp Nature: Fourth subscription concert Program: Mahler, Schubert-Liszt, Chopin, d’Albert, Weber Composition Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Soloist: Eugen d’Albert…

"The Ring of the Nibelung" Vienna, August 1897 Mahler's invitation to Vienna, for the performance of the Nibelung cycle that Richter had entrusted entirely to him, reached me in the wooded solitude of Knittelfeld,…

Mahler's Second Symphony in Vienna April 9, 1899 Mahler allowed some of his closest friends to secretly attend the rehearsals of his Second Symphony. The first three movements were rehearsed yesterday, and the fourth…

Great performers united by Beethoven's Triple Concerto Karajan, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstilav Rostropovich, David Oistrakh Ferenc Fricsay , Géza Anda, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Pierre Fournier Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman y Yo-Yo Ma Beethoven ‎Triple Concerto Fricsay…

Beethoven, Symphony "Eroica", Selection of Reference Recordings Furtwangler/Erich Kleiber/Toscanini/Otto Klemperer/Karajan/Bernstein/Giulini/Manfred Honneck/Roy Goodman/Frans Bruggen Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Toscanini & NBCso (1953) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_exluqKf2Jg&t=252s Beethoven - Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ - Furtwängler, VPO (1944) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3q2cLf8D8&t=80s Beethoven…

LIPATTI WITH MENGELBERG On February 16, 1942, Willem Mengelberg conducted the National Radio Orchestra in a second historical concert; the solo part of Liszt’s E flat major concerto was given by Dinu Lipatti. https://www.dinulipatti.org/on-february-16-1942-willem...…

Robert Casadesus/George Szell Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 / Robert Casadesus, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Szell (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVA00OdXcZE MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major KV 450 / Casadesus · Szell · Cleveland…

Glenn Gould and Herbert von Karajan in Berlin, Erich Lessing, 1957 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 I. Allegro con brio- Glenn Gould, piano-Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra-Herbert von Karajan Recorded 26 May…

Carlo Maria Giulini working together with CSO music director Sir Georg Solti on planning a repertoire. In this episode, Carlo Maria Giulini becomes Principal Guest Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a glorious period…

Serge Koussevitzky http://www.classical.net/music/guide/society/krs/koussbio.php In 1940, Koussevitzky established the Berkshire (now Tanglewood) Music Center as a school to train the most promising young composers, conductors, and instrumentalists. He himself taught the conducting classes there, and…

THREE YOUTHFUL SYMPHONIES OF GREAT MELODIC BEAUTY Vasily Kalinnikov - Symphony no. 1 - Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1894) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVakXOkE2G4&t=479s Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 (1895)…

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Christa Ludwig; Alfredo Kraus; "COSÌ FAN TUTTE"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Elisabeth Schwarzkopf--Fiordiligi Christa Ludwig--Dorabella Giuseppe Taddei--Guglielmo Alfredo Kraus--Ferrando) Hanny Steffek--Despina Walter Berry--Don Alfonso Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus Karl Böhm--conductor…

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 occupies an exceptional place not only in the history of music, but…

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐎 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍, 𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐊𝐇, 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 Few classical recordings have ever assembled such an extraordinary concentration of musical personalities as the celebrated 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 EMI recording of Beethoven’s Triple…

𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 has an extraordinarily rich discography and, precisely because of its transparent, rhythmic and apparently light character, it allows…

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60, by 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧, occupies one of the most singular places among his nine symphonies.…