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𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗭𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘆𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Arthur Maria Rabenalt 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 —…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗚 𝗔 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Václav Kašlík 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Münchner Rundfunkorchester…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 - Final 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Karl Böhm 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Götz Friedrich 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲 — Teresa Stratas 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗻 —…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 - The Dance of the Seven Veils Scene 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Karl Böhm 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Götz Friedrich 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗩𝗗, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Sir Georg Solti 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Otto Schenk 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 — Vienna State Opera Chorus…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗗𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻 — Thomas Stewart 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮 — Brigitte Fassbaender 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗲…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 — 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 - Final ACT 1 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Daniel Barenboim 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Patrice Chéreau 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 — Richard Peduzzi 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 — Moidele…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 — 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 - Prelude 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 — Ian Storey 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲 — Waltraud Meier 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 — Matti Salminen 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹 — Gerd Grochowski 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴ä𝗻𝗲 —…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗛Ä𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Sir Colin Davis 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Götz Friedrich 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Jürgen Rose 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: Norbert Balatsch 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵ä𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 — Spas Wenkoff 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 — Gwyneth Jones…

𝗘𝗨𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Eugene Ormandy remains inseparable from the Philadelphia Orchestra and the famously sumptuous sonority that became known throughout the world as the “Philadelphia Sound.” During his extraordinary tenure—first…

𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 (𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟲–𝟭𝟳𝟵𝟭) 𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗢, 𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗜 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗔, 𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔 𝗘 𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/wolfgang-amadeus-163907446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Dramma per musica in three acts, K. 366. Libretto: Giambattista Varesco. First performed: 29 January 1781, Munich. 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 — Idomeneo,…

𝗘𝗨𝗚𝗘𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Eugen Jochum is remembered above all as one of the supreme Bruckner conductors of the twentieth century, but that description captures only part of his achievement. His…

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗭 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Fritz Reiner was one of the supreme orchestral disciplinarians of the twentieth century. His conducting combined extraordinary precision, rhythmic tension, transparent textures and an almost unequalled ability…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Nikolaus Harnoncourt did not merely change the way Baroque and Classical music was performed. He transformed the modern understanding of what interpretation itself could mean. For him,…

𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗘 𝗝Ä𝗥𝗩𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗦 — 𝟮𝟱-𝗖𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗫 𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 — 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗜 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗞𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗩 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃: Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘃: Waltz Suite, Op. 110 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗗Ü𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗 — 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗥 When Robert Schumann…

𝗦𝗘𝗜𝗝𝗜 𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗪𝗔 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Seiji Ozawa was one of the most internationally influential conductors of the post-war era. His art united rhythmic precision, luminous orchestral colour, exceptional transparency and an instinctive…

𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗦𝗧 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 No ranking of The Planets can be entirely objective. Some recordings stand out for their historical authority, others for the violence of Mars, the spirituality of…

𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 – “𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗻𝘀” – 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯 – 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼, 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗻 – 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 – 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyTJWfxMuM The…

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…

𝗦𝗜𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Sir John Barbirolli was one of the most affectionate, instinctive and profoundly humane conductors of the twentieth century. He did not seek orchestral perfection as an…

𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Erich Kleiber was one of the great representatives of the Central European conducting tradition, yet he never belonged comfortably to any single school. His performances combined rhythmic…