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# **Portrait of Mendelssohn by Clive Brown ** [https://classicalarchive.org/portrait-of-mendelssohn-by-clive-brown/](https://classicalarchive.org/portrait-of-mendelssohn-by-clive-brown/) **Portrait of Mendelssohn** **Clive Brown** * **First publication:** **2003** * **Publisher:** **Yale University Press** (New Haven & London) * **Initial format:** Hardcover * **Subsequent editions:**…

𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 Beethoven 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤. The image captures several features that are consistent with the known historical sources: a broad forehead, a strong jaw,…

𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓’𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐍𝐎. 𝟒𝟏 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 “𝐉𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑” 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐑𝐓 Mozart completed his 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨. 𝟒𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐂 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐊. 𝟓𝟓𝟏, on 10 August 1788. It was the last of…

𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐕 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 Maxim Emelyanychev has become one of the most distinctive conductors of his generation: restless, spontaneous, theatrical and intensely communicative. Born in Russia in…

𝗭𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮: 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗛ä𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹: 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 (𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲) – 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/zelenka-missa-165941924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐅 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) began losing his hearing in his late twenties, and by the final decade of his life he was almost completely deaf.…

𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 Howard Hanson (1896–1981) occupies a unique place in American music. At a time when many 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐡-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 embraced 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝…

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Carlos Kleiber] Christa Ludwig & Waldemar Kmentt - Wiener Symphoniker Live ,Wien, 7. Juni 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLz4RGs50W4

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟯 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 — 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟮 After the frenzy of his flight toward Paris, the abandoned plan of…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜 — 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟵 — 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶, 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 The afterlife of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 did not begin after his death in 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲.…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟯 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 — 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟭 When 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 left Budapest for Hamburg in 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟭, he was…

𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗞𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵 was one of the most accomplished representatives of the Central European Kapellmeister tradition. His conducting was generally direct, structurally…

𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 — Don Giovanni — conducted by 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1954) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwysHE1Lx1k Don Giovanni — 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗽𝗶 Donna Elvira — 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳 Don Ottavio — 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗮 Leporello — 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Masetto — 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟲, 𝗦. 𝟮𝟰𝟰 [𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇] 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟴, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳: 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnW3Y70dl0

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗠 Any ranking of the Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5 is inevitably open to debate. Some recordings stand out for their ceremonial grandeur, others for…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭: 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗠 — 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟱 / 𝗗𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T131BY2Vxs Very Good Audio Recording 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗔𝗧𝗦𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗥 — 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗨 𝗪𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 — 𝗗𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟳 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟲) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTcsluFxU4 After 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, whom she outlived by 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 devoted much of her professional life to 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 her husband’s music—through the meticulous firm of 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 — 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰! 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 is both a meditation on nineteenth-century music and a passionate defence of interpretation…

𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗨 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Sergiu Celibidache occupies a unique and paradoxical position in the history of recorded performance. Few major conductors distrusted recording technology more profoundly, yet few left behind such…

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Charles Munch was one of the most spontaneous, incandescent and unmistakably French conductors of the twentieth century. His finest performances combine rhythmic freedom, nervous energy, luminous orchestral…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 — 𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘-𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2uTW0mdSs (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3uSGMBLwU (Part 2-3) 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶, conductor 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, soprano — Tove 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻, mezzo-soprano — Waldtaube 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, tenor — Waldemar 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲, tenor —…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 - 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱𝘁 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟲) - 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝗟𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟲𝟬 - 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲 - 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/richard-strauss-163229548?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱𝘁, conductor…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 Listening to classical music while driving is not the same as listening to it at home, in a concert hall, or…

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 & 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰𝟮 Edinburgh, 1949 — Live Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLmo2f5ARTs 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿, contralto 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, piano 1949/09 — Mono, Edinburgh Festival