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# **Martha Mödl – A Life Lived at the Burning Edge of Wagnerian Tragedy** Martha Mödl was not a singer who aimed at beauty. She aimed at **truth**, and she paid for it with…

# **Vieuxtemps - Cello Concertos - Heinrich Schiff - Neville Marriner ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Henri Vieuxtemps is remembered above all as a towering violin virtuoso and composer, yet his contribution to the cello repertoire—though limited…

# **Mozart - Les Petits Riens, Ballet - Overtures - ASMF - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-les-riens-147456057?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-les-riens-147456057?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Les Petits Riens** **Ballet-pantomime by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (K. 299b / K. Anh. 10)** **Les Petits Riens** occupies…

# **Bach - Cantatas BWV 202 - BWV 209 - Elly Ameling - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-cantatas-147444629?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-cantatas-147444629?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Two Secular Masterpieces: BWV 202 and BWV 209** Among Bach’s secular cantatas, **BWV 202** and **BWV 209**…

# **Lovro von Matačic: His Relationships with Musicians, Conductors, Soloists, and Orchestras** Lovro von Matačić’s professional relationships were defined less by diplomacy than by **musical truthfulness**. He did not cultivate networks, friendships, or alliances…

# **Lovro von Matačić (1899–1985)** ## **A Life in 20 Chapters** Lovro von Matačić stands as one of the **most profound, uncompromising, and morally complex conductors of the 20th century**. Revered by musicians for…

# **Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721) ** ## **Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721): A Life of Discipline, Duty, and Quiet Influence** **Johann Christoph Bach** was born in **1671**, into the vast Bach musical dynasty of Thuringia.…

# **50 Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life of Johann Sebastian Bach** **Childhood and Early Formation** 1. Bach was born into a **musical dynasty spanning several generations**, where music was not a profession but…

# **Could Rossini Have Written Great Symphonies? ** The idea that **Gioachino Rossini** might have composed **outstanding symphonies** had he chosen to do so is not speculative flattery, but a conclusion grounded in **musical…

# **Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor — Life and Musical Career ** **Tugan Sokhiev** was born on **September 21, 1977**, in **Vladikavkaz**, in North Ossetia–Alania (then part of the Soviet Union). He grew up in a…

# **Handel - Jephtha - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-jephtha-147140407?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-jephtha-147140407?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **George Frideric Handel – *****Jephtha***** (HWV 70): The Last Oratorio and a Work Written in Darkness (1751–1752)** **1. Handel at the Threshold of Silence…

# **André Cluytens — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** André Cluytens (1905–1967) remains one of the most **subtle, intelligent, and paradoxically understated conductors** of the twentieth century. Revered by musicians, quietly…

# **Wolfgang Sawallisch — His Relationships with Musicians, Soloists, Singers, and Fellow Conductors** **1. A Musician’s Conductor** Wolfgang Sawallisch was universally regarded as **a conductor trusted by musicians**. Unlike many podium figures whose authority…

# **Handel - Acis und Galatea, arr. Mozart - Handel & Haydn Society - Christopher Hogwood ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-und-146839981?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-und-146839981?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Handel’s Original Work (1718): The English Pastoral Ideal** **Acis and Galatea** was composed by **George…

# **Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Nos. 2&3 - Electoral Sonatas Wo0 47 - Emil Gilels ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146776962?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146776962?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146776962?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 (Op. 2) and the “Electoral Sonatas” WoO…

# **Reinhard Goebel & Musica Antiqua Köln - Complete Recordings on Archiv Produktion - Box Set 75 CDs ** **CD 1–12** **J. S. BACH** Orchestral & Chamber Works Brandenburg Concertos · Orchestral Suites ·…

# **Bach JCF - Pygmalion; Die Amerikanerin; Ino - Secular Cantatas - Hermann Max - Das Kleine Konzert ** [[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach — Secular Cantatas** *Pygmalion* · *Die Amerikanerin* · *Ino*…

# **Offenbach, La Belle Helene - Michael Plasson - Norman, Aler, Bacquier - (Toulouse 1984) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-la-146649251?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-la-146649251?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach – *****La Belle Hélène*** *(1864)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *La Belle Hélène* is one of the supreme…

# **Offenbach - Pariser Leben, Rudolf Bibl ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-leben-146648897?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-leben-146648897?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Jacques Offenbach – *****Pariser Leben***** (*****La Vie parisienne*****)** *(1866)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Pariser Leben*—originally *La Vie parisienne*—is one of the most dazzling, intelligent, and culturally…

# **Offenbach - Die Grossherzogin von Gerolstein - Pinchas Steinberg ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-die-146647608?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-die-146647608?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein* stands as one of the sharpest and most politically audacious operettas of the nineteenth century. Premiered…

# **Johann Gottfried Walther - 15 Barock konzerte für Orgel - Wolfgang Rübsam** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/johann-gottfried-146568251?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/johann-gottfried-146568251?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The collection usually known as **“15 Baroque Concertos for Organ”** by Johann Gottfried Walther does not constitute a single, unified…

# **Bach - Tombeau de Sa Majeste la Reine de Pologne - Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot (Bach’s *****Trauerode*****, BWV 198)** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-tombeau-de-146566364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-tombeau-de-146566364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-tombeau-de-146566364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The work commonly referred to in French as **“Tombeau de Sa Majesté la…

# **Wiener Philharmoniker - 175th Anniversary Edition - Box Set 44 CDs ** **CD 1**: **Beethoven** Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Bernstein **CD 2**: **Beethoven** Symphony No. 7 / Kubelik **CD 3**: **Beethoven**…

# **Otto Klemperer in 1905: a summary of his life and situation at that time** In **1905**, Otto Klemperer was **20 years old** and still in a **decisive formative phase**, far from public recognition…