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# **Teldec Collection — Box Set 50 CDs** **CD 1** **Bartók:** Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1–3 (András Schiff, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer) **CD 2** **Beethoven:** Symphonien Nr. 6 & 8 (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Vol. 1-32 - Norichika Iimori ** My reference, alongside Doráti and Ádám Fischer. 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟎𝟏 Nos. 6, 17 & 35 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟎𝟐 Nos. 14, 77 & 101 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬…

# **Richard Strauss - Daphne - Erich Kleiber ** **Rose Bampton** (Daphne), **Set Svanholm** (Apollo), **Anton Dermota **(Leukippos),** Ludwig Weber** (Peneios), **Lydia Kindermann** (Gaea), **Angelo Mattiello** (First Shepherd), **Umberto di Toto** (Second Shepherd) **Orchestra…

# **Borodin - Prince Igor - Jerzy Semkow** **Constantin Chekerliiski** (Prince Igor),** Boris Christoff** (Khan Konchak), **Kiril Dulguerov **(Eroshka), **Alexei Milkovsky** (Skula), **Julia Wiener** (Yaroslavna),** Liliana Bareva **(Polovtsian Girl), **Luben Mihailov **(Ovlur), **Radka Gaeva**…

𝐁𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐭 — 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 — 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐁ö𝐡𝐦 **Elfride Trötschel** (soprano), **Elfriede Weidlich** (soprano), **Elisabeth Höngen** (mezzo-soprano), **Helena Rott** (mezzo-soprano), T**orsten Ralf **(tenor), **Josef Herrmann** (baritone) **Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden, Karl Böhm**

**𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝟏𝟔-𝐂𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐓** **𝐂𝐃𝐬 𝟏–𝟗 — 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒** • **𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐏ê𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬** • **𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐕** • **𝐋𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡** • **𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 — 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬** This collection features two…

𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎) is widely regarded as 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. More than any other twentieth-century composer, he…

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…

𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀'𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 Few composers have captured human emotion with such beauty, sincerity, and timeless power. When 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏)…

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀'𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒 Decades before the musical avant-garde became fashionable, one remarkable composer was already reinventing the future of music. When 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐯𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒)…

𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 One of the twentieth century's greatest American composers transformed not only the concert hall, but also the institutions that shaped generations of musicians.…

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𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of Britain's greatest composers brought classical music to millions through wit, melody, and unforgettable theatre. When 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫…

𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍-𝐁𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the most influential composers in history transformed French opera—and his extraordinary life ended in one of music's most astonishing tragedies.…

𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the greatest film composers in history proved that music can become the true protagonist of a movie. When 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧…

𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍-𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐘... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐐𝐔𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 One of the greatest musical thinkers in history transformed both music theory and French opera forever. When 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧-𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐮 (𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟑–𝟏𝟕𝟔𝟒) was approaching 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲, he was respected…

Demos la bienvenida a los nuevos miembros. Luís Lopes, Ali Harb, Rowdy Mattison, น้องนวลล ขาว, Fondazione "Alessandro Lanari" - Bis, Malfeit Or, Sayantan Bose, Tatevik Tananyan, Hernán Sánchez, Josine - Violin Insight, Alessandro Bani,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟭𝟴 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱: 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆, 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲…

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the greatest violinists of all time proved that quality matters far more than quantity. When 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 (𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟑–𝟏𝟕𝟏𝟑) died, his…

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 One of Britain's most original composers created some of his greatest masterpieces after becoming almost completely…

𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the greatest composers of the twentieth century transformed British music through genius, courage, and…

𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 One of Britain's greatest musical educators transformed English composition after centuries of…