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# **Wolfgang Sawallisch — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music (1923–2013)** **1. A Bavarian Childhood Marked by Discipline and Silence** Wolfgang Sawallisch was born on **August 26, 1923, in Munich**, into a…

# **Handel - Acis & Galatea (arr. Felix Mendelssohn) - Stephen Darlington ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-arr-146839510?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-arr-146839510?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Handel’s Original Work (1718): A Pastoral Masque** **Acis and Galatea** was composed in **1718** for the Duke of Chandos…

## **Yannick Nézet-Séguin — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Musical Life** **A Conductor Who Began as a Pianist-Partner** Before he ever stood regularly on the podium, Nézet-Séguin spent countless hours **accompanying singers and instrumentalists…

# **Isaac Stern - The Complete Columbia Analogue Recordings - Box Set 75CDs ** **DISC 1:** Tchaikovsky · Wieniawski: Violin Concertos I Hilsberg · Kurtz **DISC 2:** Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 26 · Mendelssohn:…

# **Fritz Wunderlich - Das Weihnachtsalbum ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/fritz-wunderlich-146720271?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/fritz-wunderlich-146720271?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Gruber, F: Silent Night** Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Wolfgang Neininger, Hans Georg Renner, Berthold Stihl, Helmut Böcker, Wolfgang Stert, Fritz Neumeyer **Bach, J S: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV…

# **Offenbach - Monsieur Choufleuri (end); Mesdames de la Halle ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-end-de-146648515?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-end-de-146648515?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach – *****Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…*** *(1861)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…* is one of the…

# **Johann Pachelbel** **A Life in 20 Chapters (1653–1706)** **Chapter 1 – Birth in a Fractured Germany (1653)** Johann Pachelbel was born in **September 1653** in **Nuremberg**, one of the most important cultural centers…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 72 - 93 - 95 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635443?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635443?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Symphony No. 72 in D major, Hob. I:72 (c. 1774)** **Virtuosity, experimentation, and orchestral…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 66 - 67 - 68 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146634996?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146634996?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Symphony No. 66 in B-flat major, Hob. I:66 (c. 1775)** **Light as structure, not superficiality**…

# **L'Oiseau-Lyre - The Baroque Era - Box Set 50 CDs ** **CD1** **ARNE – Overtures** Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood **CD2** **BOYCE – Eight Symphonies, Op. 2** Hogwood **CD3** **BLOW –…

# **Haydn: Choirboy at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (1740–1749)** In **1740**, when **Joseph Haydn** was just **eight years old**, his musical abilities brought him to **Vienna**, where he was admitted as a **boy soprano at…

# **Jose de Nebra - Requiem (1758), for Doña Barbara de Braganza - La Madrileña - Jose Antonio Montaño ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/jose-de-nebra-de-146248587?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/jose-de-nebra-de-146248587?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The ***Requiem*** by **José de Nebra (1702–1768)** is one of the most significant…

# **Mozart and the Musicians: Orchestras, Opera Singers, and the Reality Behind the Genius** Mozart’s relationship with **orchestral musicians and opera singers** was complex, deeply human, and often misunderstood. Far from being a distant…

# **Mozart: Emperor Joseph II and the Remark about “Too Many Notes”** The remark traditionally attributed to **Emperor Joseph II**—that Mozart’s music contained “too many notes”—is one of the most famous, and most misunderstood,…

# **Handel - Lotario - Opera - 1729 **- **Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-145844033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-145844033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Lotario* was composed in **1729–1730** and occupies a pivotal position in **Handel’s London operatic career**. It was written immediately after the…

# **ALAN CURTIS — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A monumental portrait of a scholar-musician who reshaped our understanding of Baroque opera* ## **Chapter 1 — The Birth of a Curious Mind (1934)** Alan…

# **NICHOLAS McGEGAN — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A narrative biography of one of the most influential Baroque conductors of our time* ## **Chapter 1 — Manchester Beginnings (1950)** Nicholas McGegan was born…

# **PAUL KLETZKI — A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT** *A narrative exploration of a conductor whose interpretations grew out of the deepest wounds and the deepest tenderness.* There are musicians whose art is shaped by talent,…

# **PAUL KLETZKI — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A monumental narrative biography* ## **Chapter 1 — Łódź: Birth in a Multicultural World (1900)** Paul Kletzki was born Paweł Klecki on March 21, 1900,…

# **Biographical Portraits of the Key Figures Who Shaped the Göttingen Handel Tradition** ## **I. Oskar Hagen (1888–1957) — The Visionary Who Reawakened Handel’s Theatre** Oskar Hagen was not a musician by training but…

# **Grace Bumbry — 20 Anecdotes and Curiosities** 1. **Grace Bumbry’s talent was discovered when she was only twelve**. A schoolteacher heard her sing and was so stunned by the maturity of her tone…

# **Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.6 (Violin Concerto transcription) - Chen Reiss (soprano), Jan Petryka (tenor), Paul Armin Edelmann (baritone), Javier Negrín (piano), Beethoven Philharmonie, Thomas Rösner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-145231652?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-145231652?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Pianist **Javier Negrín** and conductor…

# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life of Tito Schipa** *The intimate, charming, surprising world of the greatest tenore di grazia of the 20th century* ## **1. The Boy Who Sang Instead of Playing…

# **Mendelssohn - Octet, Op. 20 - Eroica Quartet: How could someone so young have written something so perfect?** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** **A Miracle of Youth, a Blueprint for Romantic Chamber Music, and One of…