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𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐧 – 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 – 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2025866 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐍’𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐈. 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 Joseph Haydn’s contribution to the symphony is without parallel…

**Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676) **was one of the most important opera composers of the early Baroque and a central figure in the rise of public opera in Venice. A student of Claudio Monteverdi, Cavalli worked…

**Arcangelo Corelli** (1653–1713) was one of the most influential composers of the Baroque era and a central figure in the development of instrumental music. Born in Fusignano, Italy, he spent most of his career…

**Jean-Baptiste Lully** (1632–1687) was one of the most influential composers of the French Baroque and the architect of a distinctly French operatic style. Born in Florence and later naturalized as a French citizen, he…

# **Mozart’s works for Piano trio, Piano Quartets - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The transition from the keyboard-and-violin sonatas to the trio for keyboard, violin, and cello occurred in…

# **Mozart’s works for violin and piano - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) Mozart began to write works for **keyboard and violin** in earnest only in **Mannheim**, when he was…

# **A Night at the Opera – An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordings – Sir Denis Forman** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/a-night-at-the-opera-an-irreverent-guide-to-the-plots-the-singers-the-composers-the-recordings-sir-denis-forman/](https://classicalarchive.org/a-night-at-the-opera-an-irreverent-guide-to-the-plots-the-singers-the-composers-the-recordings-sir-denis-forman/) A Night at the Opera – An…

# **Mozart - Symphonies - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## I. Quantity, Survival, and the Problem of Definition Mozart wrote **more than fifty symphonies**, and only a very small…

# **Handel by Stanley Sadie ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/handel-by-stanley-sadie/](https://classicalarchive.org/handel-by-stanley-sadie/) **Handel by Stanley Sadie** **Stanley Sadie’s *****Handel*** is one of the **most authoritative modern scholarly accounts** of the life and music of **George Frideric…

# **CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS (1) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **When Mozart Wrote His First String Quartet** When Mozart composed his first string “quartet” (K. 80)—during his…

# **Bach by C. F. Abdy Williams** **Free Download: ** [[https://classicalarchive.org/bach-by-c-f-abdy-williams/](https://classicalarchive.org/bach-by-c-f-abdy-williams/)](https://classicalarchive.org/bach-by-c-f-abdy-williams/) ## **Johann Sebastian Bach by C. F. Abdy Williams — An Early English Portrait** The book *Bach* by **C. F. Abdy Williams** belongs…

# **Apostolo Zeno (1668–1750)** *Life, Intellectual World, and Operatic Libretti* **Apostolo Zeno** occupies a crucial but often underestimated position in the history of Baroque opera. Standing between the exuberant theatrical freedom of the 17th…

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.17 KV 453 - No.18 KV 456 - Christian Zacharias - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533967?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533967?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Composed in **1784**, Piano Concertos **K. 453 and K. 456** belong to one of…

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.16 KV 451 - No.19 KV 459 - Christian Zacharias - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533827?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533827?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concertos No. 16 in D major, K. 451…

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.5 KV 175 - No.6 KV 238 - No.11 KV 413 - Christian Zacharias - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533426?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533426?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175…

# **Telemann - Der Geduldige Socrates - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/telemann-der-147371706?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/telemann-der-147371706?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Georg Philipp Telemann – *****Der geduldige Socrates*** (*The Patient Socrates*) ## **Date, place, and genre** **Composed and premiered: 1721, Hamburg** **Genre: Comic–philosophical opera…

# **Alessandro Scarlatti - La Gloria di Primavera - **1716 (Naples) - **Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/alessandro-la-di-147367820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/alessandro-la-di-147367820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **La Gloria di Primavera** is a refined and emblematic example of Alessandro Scarlatti’s **secular ceremonial music**, written in…

# **Handel - Partenope - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-partenope-146976461?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-partenope-146976461?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Partenope**, premiered in **London in 1730**, is one of Handel’s most original and audacious operas—not because of tragedy or heroic grandeur, but because of its…

# **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…

# **Bach JCF - Die Auferweckung Lazarus - Gilbert Bezzina ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-146665553?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-146665553?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, often called the **“Bückeburg Bach”**, occupies a unique position within the Bach family. Standing stylistically between his father…

# Tilsion Thomas and Renée Fleming premiered MTT's *Poems of Emily Dickinson* # (Photo: Abdiel Thorne)

# **Gounod - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Iceland SO, Yan Pascal Tortelier ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/gounod-nos-1-2-146349458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/gounod-nos-1-2-146349458?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Charles Gounod and the Symphony: An Unlikely Encounter** Although today **Charles Gounod** is remembered above all as…

# **Handel - Siroe, Re di Persia - Opera - 1728 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-145976459?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-145976459?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **George Frideric Handel — *****Siroe, Re di Persia*** **Genre:** Opera seria **Librettist:** Pietro Metastasio **First performance:** 17 February…

# **Handel - Saul - Oratorio - 1739 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-145465444?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-145465444?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. The Genesis of a Revolutionary Oratorio (1738–1739)** When **George Frideric Handel** began work on *Saul* in the summer of…