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𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗜𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗟 Among modern Bruckner conductors, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 occupies a distinctive and rather unusual place. He is not normally placed in…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗮̈𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗮̈ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 The history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is the history of an American institution founded…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗡𝗲́𝘇𝗲𝘁-𝗦𝗲́𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻: 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁 The conducting history of the Metropolitan Opera of New York is…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟴 Franz Schubert died in Vienna on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟴, at the age of only thirty-one. His death took…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 1** VOXNX2000 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗻 - Symphony No. 2 - 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗹𝘆 VOXNX2001 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗻 - Symphony No. 4 - 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 VOXNX2002 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 - Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments -…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟵 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 “𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟” 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 — 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝟭. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭 — 𝗘𝗠𝗜 / 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Soloists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,…

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟲𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭: 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗜𝗻 𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟲𝟴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗜𝗻 𝗙 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟵𝟬 Berliner Philharmoniker,…

𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 - 𝗟𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲 𝗟’𝗢.𝗥.𝗧.𝗙.- 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwzBaYWVG8 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗖𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗔 𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗟, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘 For Claude Debussy, the sea was never merely a stretch…

𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐲, 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 There are composers whose greatness lies in large monuments, and there are others whose influence works more strangely, more quietly,…

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐟: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 There are pianists who astonish by force, brilliance, and the sheer dazzle of their fingers, and there are others whose…

# **Mozart - The Complete Operas - Box Set 44CDs ** CD 1-2 **Mozart: La Finta Semplice** (The Pretended Simpleton). Opera buffa in three acts. K.51 Barbara Hendricks; Siegfried Lorenz; Douglas Johnson; Ann Murray;…

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# **DG The Originals Series** **[447 3992]** **Bartok** – The Piano Concertos – Geza Anda **[447 4002]** **Beethoven** – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 – Carlos Kleiber **[447 4012]** **Beethoven** – Symphony No. 9…

# **George Szell — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Discipline, Intelligence, and Control** George Szell (1897–1970) was one of the most formidable conductors of the 20th century. Feared by orchestras, admired by…

# **Fritz Reiner — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Discipline and Fire** Fritz Reiner (1888–1963) is often remembered as one of the most exacting conductors of the 20th century: feared by orchestras,…

# **LEONTYNE PRICE — A LIFE ** ## **Chapter 1 — Origins in Laurel, Mississippi: A Childhood Shaped by Dignity, Faith, and Song (1927–1944)** Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontyne Price on February…

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒 – 𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝟒𝟏 𝐂𝐃𝐬 𝐂𝐃 𝟏–𝟐 Handel: 𝐋𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐇𝐖𝐕 𝟒𝟕 Emma Kirkby (soprano), Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Ian Partridge (tenor), David Thomas (bass) The Academy…

# **Handel — Alcina — Ferdinand Leitner** **Norma Procter **(contralto), **Jeannette van Dijck** (soprano), **Thomas Hemsley **(bass), **Bernhard Zimmermann**, **Dame Joan Sutherland **(soprano), **Fritz Wunderlich **(tenor), **Nicola Monti** (tenor) **Cappella Coloniensis, Kölner Rundfunkchor**, **Ferdinand…

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀, 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮, 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮 (𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹é - 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 - 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 - 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶) 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp2RDlZQBgg&list=PLV8qW9zndZFiC_XPe6QjNQAq8d2zlf2Jd&index=1 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹é (Norma) 𝗣𝗹á𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼 (Pollione) 𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 (Adalgisa) 𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶 (Oroveso) Ambrosian Opera Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 Among all the love stories in the lives of great composers, few have acquired the haunting…

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 A late photograph of an affectionate diva with her mentor, 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧, perhaps taken in Greece during their final stage performances together in 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚 at 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎.…

Maria Callas - 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶.

𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘃á (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟯, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲, in 𝗥𝗮č𝗮, 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮, 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭, in 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘃á was one of the greatest 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the late 20th…