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𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 - 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 - 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 - 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-great-159406109?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 : Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Donna Brown (soprano) Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling 𝗖𝗗…

𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 Few composers in the history of Western music provoked as much fascination, resistance, misunderstanding, and admiration as 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴. He was born in 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟱 Before the biography…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲), aged about 16 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, around 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This coloured miniature is 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and probably dates from 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗢 𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼…

𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗣𝗘 𝗗𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘆 Giuseppe Di Stefano was…

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Carlo Bergonzi was born on 13 July 1924 in Vidalenzo, near Parma, in…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 - 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗺 (𝗕𝗜𝗦) https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-138221921?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link “𝗔 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” Beethoven’s 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 (𝟯𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹) form…

𝗚𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲 (𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟮), one of the foundational figures of 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 literature and a central figure of the 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴 and 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺, was deeply influenced by music and…

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 & 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸 - Violin Concertos - 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 https://youtu.be/xH9Kb_MQMvc?si=xJRAJq-v51HYfNwE 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (violin) 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53…

𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐡𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐀 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 Karl Bohm’s Mozart symphony legacy is often discussed as if it were one homogeneous “old-style” body of recordings. It is not. The important starting point is…

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐬 𝐈𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 There are conductors who build careers, and there are conductors who become legends almost in spite of…

# **Janacek - Glagolitic Mass - Poulenc - Gloria - The Westminster Choir - New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/janacek-mass-new-152755186?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/janacek-mass-new-152755186?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Janáček – Glagolitic Mass: History, Dates, and Meaning** **Leoš Janáček’s *****Glagolitic…

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 / 𝗠𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 1938 — First major collaboration: Premiere of Symphony No. 5 in Leningrad conducted by Mravinsky (21 November 1937; partnership solidified from 1938 onward). 1940 — Premiere of Symphony No.…

# **Rudolf Serkin, A Life – Stephen Lehmann, Marion Faber ** [https://classicalarchive.org/rudolf-serkin-a-life-stephen-lehmann-marion-faber/](https://classicalarchive.org/rudolf-serkin-a-life-stephen-lehmann-marion-faber/)** ** **Publication data** **Rudolf Serkin, A Life** **Stephen Lehmann & Marion Faber** * **First publication:** **2012** * **Publisher:** **Yale University Press** (New…

# **Opera, A History - Christopher Headington ** [https://classicalarchive.org/opera-a-history-christopher-headington/](https://classicalarchive.org/opera-a-history-christopher-headington/) Opera, A History by **Christopher Headington** is a **clear, cultivated, and quietly authoritative survey** of opera’s development, written by a scholar who understood that opera…

# **John Field - Complete Nocturnes (Alice Sara Ott - DG) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/john-field-alice-147914790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/john-field-alice-147914790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) John Field (1782–1837) did not simply contribute to the nocturne — **he created it**. Between **1812 and about 1836**, during his…

# **Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 - 14 - 15 - Emil Gilels** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146777945?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146777945?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13, 14, and 15 – History, Dates, and Artistic Context** **Vienna, 1800–1802: Crisis,…

# **Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 - 12 - Eroica Variations - Emil Gilels ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146777616?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146777616?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 & 12 and the “Eroica Variations” Op. 35 – History,…

# **Alessandro Stradella — A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter 1 — Identity, Dates, and Historical Context** Antonio Alessandro Boncompagno Stradella was born on **3 July 1643** in **Bologna** and died on **25 February…

# **Handel - Messiah - Peter Dijkstra ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667770?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667770?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **History, dates, context, anecdotes, and legacy ** *Messiah* is not only Handel’s most famous work; it is **one of the most influential cultural creations in…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 62 - 107 - 108 - Toronto Chamber Orchestra - Kevin Mallon ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146487956?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146487956?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Symphony No. 62 in D major, Hob. I:62 (c. 1780)** Symphony No. 62 dates…

# **Leopold Kupelwieser (1796–1862): A Life** Leopold Kupelwieser was born on October 17, 1796, in Markt Piesting, a quiet Lower Austrian town surrounded by hills and forests. His father, a respected court official, instilled…

🕍 I. The Origins of Fourvière: A Sacred Hill Long Before the Basilica The Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière, which now majestically dominates the skyline of Lyon from its hilltop perch, was built between 1872…