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# **Agostino Steffani (1654–1728)** Agostino Steffani is one of the most fascinating and unusual figures of the Baroque era. He was not only a composer but also a **diplomat, priest, and political agent**, moving…

# **Agostino Steffani - Niobe, Regina di Tebe - Opera - 1688 - (Jaroussky, Paul O'Dette, Stubbs) Erato ** [[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/agostino-niobe-150739364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/agostino-niobe-150739364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/agostino-niobe-150739364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/agostino-niobe-150739364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Among the many operas of **Agostino Steffani**, *Niobe, Regina di Tebe* stands as his…

# **Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)** Samuel Scheidt completes the celebrated trio of early German Baroque masters often called the **“Three S’s” — Schütz, Schein, and Scheidt**. If Schütz brought Italian dramatic expression to sacred music…

# **Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)** Johann Hermann Schein stands at one of the most fascinating crossroads in music history. He belonged to the remarkable generation that transformed German music by absorbing the revolutionary ideas…

# **Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749)** **Francesco Antonio Bonporti** was an Italian Baroque composer and priest whose music became surprisingly influential—especially through its later association with **Johann Sebastian Bach**, who studied and even copied some…

# ** Pablo Sarasate — A Life in 20 Chapters ** Chapter 1 — Pamplona and the Sound of a Military Band (1844) Pablo Martín Melitón Sarasate y Navascués was born on **March 10,…

# **Emilio de’ Cavalieri (c.1550–1602)** **Emilio de’ Cavalieri** was one of the most fascinating and influential figures at the dawn of the Baroque era — a composer, producer, diplomat, choreographer, and theatrical innovator who…

# **Francesca Caccini (1587–c.1641)** ## **Francesca Caccini (1587–c.1641)** **Francesca Caccini** was one of the most extraordinary musicians of the early Baroque era: a celebrated **composer, singer, instrumentalist, teacher, and court musician**, and one of…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐬’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐫𝐚 Johannes Brahms is often described as the great Classical Romantic, a composer who stood apart from…

𝗝.𝗦. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 The spiritual architect of Baroque music Among the three great German Baroque masters — 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, and 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, Bach represents…

# **The Legacy of Leonid Kogan [16 CD Box Set] ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/legacy-of-leonid-150266813?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/legacy-of-leonid-150266813?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **ALBAN BERG – Violin Concerto** Soviet RTV Large Symphony Orchestra — Gennady Rozhdestvensky **ÉDOUARD LALO – Symphonie espagnole in D…

# **Concert and Mechanical Principles (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) Let us begin with a simple, almost trivial observation: **for a pianist, broken chords and arpeggios are the most natural…

# **PIANO WORKS - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## Mozart as Pianist and “Virtuoso” in His Own Sense Mozart was, as we know, a **great pianist**, one of the…

# **MOZART AND “THE ETERNAL-FEMININE”** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) There is **no biography of Mozart** that does not contain a chapter devoted to the theme of **“Mozart and women,”**…

# **Ingrid Haebler — A Life in 20 Chapters** Below is an **expanded, narrative biography in 20 chapters**, written in a **classical, unschematic tone**, aiming to capture **the full artistic and human profile** of…

# **Leon Fleisher - The Complete Album Collection [23CD Box Set]** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/leon-fleisher-148712238?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/leon-fleisher-148712238?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Schubert**: Sonata in B-Flat Major; **Schubert**: Landler, Op. 171 (released 1956) **CD 2** **Rachmaninoff**: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,…

# **Arturo Toscanini - The Complete RCA Collection - Box Set ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/arturo-toscanini-148583168?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/arturo-toscanini-148583168?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) [https://www.discogs.com/es/release/4489165-Arturo-Toscanini-NBC-Symphony-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-OrchestraPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Orches](https://www.discogs.com/es/release/4489165-Arturo-Toscanini-NBC-Symphony-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-OrchestraPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Orches) **Volume 1**: **Ludwig van Beethoven** – Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 “Eroica” **Volume 2**:…

# **Bruno Walter: Humanist Authority and the Art of Living Time in Orchestral Conducting** ## 1) Origins of a Style: From Central Europe to a Humanist Podium Bruno Walter’s art as a conductor grew…

# **Rameau and Opera — How He Composed, Where His Language Came From, and What He Left to History ** Jean-Philippe Rameau arrived late to the operatic stage, but when he did, he did…

# **Josef Strauss — A Life In 20 Chapters** ## Chapter 1. Birth into a Musical Dynasty (1827) Josef Strauss was born on **20 August 1827** in Vienna, the second surviving son of **Johann…

# **Soltissimo 1 - The Orchestral Recordings by Georg Solti on Decca in Early Years - Box Set 43 CDs ** **CD 1 – Johannes Brahms** Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 Violin…

# **Soltissimo 4 - The Orchestral Recordings by Georg Solti on Decca in 1990s - Box Set 39 CDs ** **CD 01 – BRUCKNER**: Symphony No. 8 in C minor **CD 02 – BEETHOVEN**:…

# **DG The Originals Series** **[447 3992]** **Bartok** – The Piano Concertos – Geza Anda **[447 4002]** **Beethoven** – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 – Carlos Kleiber **[447 4012]** **Beethoven** – Symphony No. 9…

# **Hans Knappertsbusch - Great Live Performances 1940-1964 [50CD Box Set] - Part 1 (CDs 1 to 20) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/hans-great-live-147736124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hans-great-live-147736124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1**: **Liszt**: "Prelude" (1941 BPO) / **Wagner**: Journey to the Rhine of Siegfried…