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𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗕𝗔𝗨𝗗 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗯𝗮𝘂𝗱 was one of the twentieth century’s most complete and least theatrical great conductors. His reputation rests largely on his advocacy of modern music, especially 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Selecting the fifteen greatest achievements in solo piano literature cannot be reduced to choosing fifteen isolated compositions.…

𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧-𝗦𝗔𝗘𝗡𝗦’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 — 𝗙𝗔𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡” 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 Camille Saint-Saëns has often suffered from the very qualities that made him extraordinary. His technique seemed effortless, his craftsmanship was impeccable,…

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗮𝗯 Performs Original Piano Works 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘁 Performs Original Piano Works 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺 Performs Original Piano Works 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 Performs Original Piano Works 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮ë𝗻𝘀…

𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 — 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟭𝟳 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧Ó𝗞 Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky piano Christoph Caskel & Heinz Koenig percussion…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 — 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦, 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 Franz Liszt was not merely one of the greatest pianists of the nineteenth century. He was a phenomenon: 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿,…

𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 Few great composers spoke about other composers with the same mixture of 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, and sometimes devastating cruelty…

𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 — 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟱𝗖𝗗𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/simon-rattle-45-161001895?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: A Faust Symphony, S108 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major 𝗖𝗗 𝟯–𝟰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴: Gurrelieder 𝗖𝗗 𝟱…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗨𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗟𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆, born in 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 in 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮, belongs to that rare line of Russian pianists whose playing combines 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹…

𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/pascal-roge-2026-160497346?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝟭-𝟮: 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧Ó𝗞: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–3; Rhapsody. 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗞: Variations symphoniques 𝗖𝗗 𝟯: 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡: Piano Quintet; 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗛𝗥: Septet 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝟰–𝟲: 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦: Four Ballades Op. 10;…

As a last-minute replacement for 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲̂𝘁𝗿𝗲 in July 1963, 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶 𝗢𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮 was called upon to lead the Orchestra in two concerts at the Ravinia Festival. The 27-year-old conductor made his debut with the…

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The history of classical music is often presented as a noble succession of geniuses: 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻, 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁,…

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 - 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘂𝘅 𝟭 Franck: Symphony In D Minor, Op. 48: III. Allegro Non Troppo 9:42 Debussy: Images for Orchestra, L. 122 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

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𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐗 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐌: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟔–𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎) 𝐈. 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐀𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 The story of 𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐱…

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# **Beulah Collection 6** 1. **Georg Solti** conducts **Beethoven** Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 (1958) 2. **Georg Solti** conducts **Beethoven** Violin Concerto & **Haydn** Symphony No. 100 (Mischa Elman) 3. **Georg Solti** conducts **Schubert**…

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