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# **Andromeda Remastered 3 ** **ANDRCD5160 – Wagner** - Lohengrin - Eugen Jochum (Bayreuth 1954) **ANDRCD5161 – Wagner** - Parsifal - Hans Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1952) **ANDRCD5162 – Wagner** - Tannhäuser - Joseph Keilberth (Bayreuth…

# **Andromeda Remastered 2 ** **ANDRCD5085** Donizetti – *L’elisir d’amore* – Nino Sanzogno (1957) **ANDRCD5086** Verdi – *Aida* – Fausto Cleva (1957) **ANDRCD5087** Offenbach – *Orphée aux enfers* – René Leibowitz (1953) **ANDRCD5089** Massenet…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 7 ** **ARPCD0819** George Szell & Pierre Fournier – Live in Cologne 1962 – **Mozart**, **Debussy** & **Dvořák** **ARPCD0820** **Tchaikovsky** – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 – **Willem Mengelberg** **ARPCD0821**…

# **Four-Hand Works and the Highest Form of Concertante Dialogue (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) The most striking examples of concert style we find in Mozart’s four-hand works for one…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 5 ** **ARPCD0616** **Shostakovich** – 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 (Excerpts) – **Dmitri Shostakovich** **ARPCD0617** **Richard Strauss** – Der Rosenkavalier – **George Szell** **ARPCD0619** **Leopold Stokowski** in Italy 1955…

# **Handel's father ** **Handel’s Father: The Story of Georg Händel** The father of **George Frideric Handel**, **Georg Händel (1622–1697)**, was a man whose life stood at the crossroads of **professional ambition, social discipline,…

# **CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS (2) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **The Viennese Shock of 1773: K. 168–173 and the Encounter with Haydn** Judging by numbering and chronology,…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 3 ** **ARPCD0369** **Pergolesi** – Stabat Mater – **Mario Rossi** **ARPCD0370** **Bruno Walter** to The Memory of **Arturo Toscanini** **ARPCD0371** **Beethoven** – Symphony No. 3, Leonore Overture No. 3 –…

# **Mozart and Counterpoint (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) What time and environment could offer him was **no longer genuinely living polyphony**, but rather **a survival—something rigid, petrified, a textbook…

# **FRANZ SCHUBERT - DG EDITION 1 - (39CDs, DG, 2016) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-schubert-1-149222924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-schubert-1-149222924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 1 in D major, D.82** — Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado **Franz Schubert — Symphony…

# **Sebastian Bach by Reginald Lane Poole ** **Free Download: ** [[https://classicalarchive.org/sebastian-bach-by-reginald-lane-poole/](https://classicalarchive.org/sebastian-bach-by-reginald-lane-poole/)](https://classicalarchive.org/sebastian-bach-by-reginald-lane-poole/) ## **Sebastian Bach** by **Reginald Lane Poole** (London, late 19th century) **Nature and scope of the book** *Sebastian Bach* by Reginald Lane…

# **J.S.Bach - Family, Loss, and Music as Daily Life** Few aspects of **Johann Sebastian Bach’s** life reveal the human cost of his era more starkly than his family history. Bach fathered **20 children**…

# **La Discothèque Idéale de Diapason , Beethoven: Concertos, Overtures, Fidelio, Masses ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/la-discotheque-147871279?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/la-discotheque-147871279?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15** (recorded 1976) Emil Gilels, piano USSR State Symphony Orchestra…

# **La Discothèque Idéale de Diapason : Beethoven - Les symphonies ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/la-discotheque-147867179?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/la-discotheque-147867179?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21** Arturo Toscanini – NBC Symphony Orchestra **Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op.…

# **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…

# **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…

## **The Bach Family Genealogical Tree ** The Bach family represents **one of the most extensive, cohesive, and well-documented musical lineages in European history**, active without interruption for **more than two centuries**, primarily in…

# **André Cluytens — His Relationships with Musicians, Conductors, and Soloists** André Cluytens’ artistic life was shaped not by rivalries or power struggles, but by **networks of trust, quiet authority, and deep professional respect**.…

# **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…

# **Bela Bartok - The Hungarian Soul - Box Set 20 CDs ** **CD 1** **Bartók: Suite No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40** Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Charles Bruck **Bartók: Two Pictures,…

# **Astrid Varnay: Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Extremes** ## **1. The Sieglinde Debut Nobody Thought Possible (1941)** When Varnay was called at the last moment to sing **Sieglinde** at the Metropolitan…

# **Astrid Varnay (1918–2006): A Voice Born into Destiny** **Astrid Varnay** was not merely a great Wagnerian soprano; she was **a phenomenon shaped by fate, circumstance, and fearless intelligence**. Few singers in operatic history…

# **Bruno Walter’s Relationships with Other Musicians and Orchestras** **Gustav Mahler: Master, Mentor, and Moral Reference** The most decisive relationship in **Bruno Walter’s** artistic life was undoubtedly with **Gustav Mahler**, whom he met in…

# **Karl Böhm in Dresden - Brahms / Schumann ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-in-145886410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-in-145886410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98** Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden **Franz Schubert — 3 Marches Militaires, D.733: No. 1…