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# **Leonard Bernstein Edition - The Vocal Works - Box Set 56CDs ** CD 1–2 **Bach – St. Matthew Passion** CD 3–4 **Beethoven – Missa Solemnis** **Haydn – Missa in B-flat major “Theresienmesse”** CD…

# **Mariss Jansons - The Oslo Years - Box Set 21CDs+5DVDs ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mariss-jansons-152599697?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mariss-jansons-152599697?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **𝐂𝐃 𝟏** **𝐓𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐲**: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 **𝐓𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐲**: Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture **𝐓𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐲**: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 **𝐂𝐃…

𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘: 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 (1933– ) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 (1933–1950) 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 (born 21 August 1933) entered…

𝐌𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑: 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐎, 𝐖𝐀𝐑, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 (1905–1937) 𝐈. 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 (1905–1914) Following the Prix de Rome…

𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐖𝐒𝐊𝐈 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐔𝐌 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇-𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟐–𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟔) 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟐–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕) was born on 18 April 1882…

# **Herbert von Karajan - Live in Berlin 1970-1979 - Box Set 20 SACDs ** **CD 1** **Vivaldi**: Sinfonia for Strings in B minor, RV 169 “Al Santo Sepolcro” **Sibelius**: Violin Concerto in D…

𝐆𝐈𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐕𝐒. 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐓𝐈 — 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎’𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈. 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒 Although 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) and 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐢 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐–𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕) belonged to essentially the same generation, their artistic…

𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄́: 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂, 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄 Few musical stories condense the grandeur and the collapse of Central European culture as sharply…

𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 — 𝐀 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏. 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 By 1936, 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑) was living through one of the most difficult phases…

# **Carlo Maria Giulini - Complete Recordings on DG - Box Set 42 CDs ** **𝗖𝗗𝟭 — 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡: 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯 / 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡: 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯** Composed By – **Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann**…

𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗟 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 The early career of 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗹 (1897–1970) reads less like the meteoric story of a flamboyant prodigy and more like the steady forging of one…

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗕𝗔𝗨𝗗 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (1895–1920) Hans Rosbaud was born on July 22, 1895, in Graz, Austria, into a musically cultivated family. His father was…

𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟵) Rafael Kubelík was born on June 29, 1914, in Býchory near Prague, into one of the most…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗞 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗠𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗠 (1929–1945) 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗸 (1929–2021) was born in Amsterdam on March 4, 1929, into a culturally engaged but not overtly musical…

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗦 Few conductors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries combined intellectual rigor, aristocratic poise, and polemical courage as strikingly…

𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 The early career of 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 (1885–1973) reveals the slow and disciplined formation of one of the most formidable conductors of the twentieth century. Unlike…

## **𝗩𝗮́𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮** **𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮** Like several great Czech conductors, Václav Neumann began his career as…

𝗦𝗜𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗜 — 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) remains one of the most deeply loved conductors of the twentieth century. Behind the recordings and concerts lies a…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡, 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗢 𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖, 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵) In 1929, a photograph captured an extraordinary moment: three of the most influential cultural figures of the early…

𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vUd_l29KY The relationship between Herbert von Karajan and Dmitri Shostakovich was never personal in the intimate sense that Karajan had with…

# **The Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper) — Origins and Historical Context ** ## The Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper) — Origins and Historical Context 4 The building shown in your photograph is the **Vienna Court…

# **Monument dedicated to composer Johannes Brahms at Karlsplatz. Vienna ** Photograph by Gerhard Trumler. The monument dedicated to **Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)** stands in the small park near **Karlsplatz**, directly beside Vienna’s **Musikverein**, the…

# **Beulah Collection 1 ** * **Arturo Toscanini conducts Wagner (1946–1952)** * **Bach** – Brandenburg Concertos – New York Sinfonietta, Max Goberman (1960) * **Bach** – Mass in B Minor – Hans Grischkat (1958)…

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 — 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 Leopold Stokowski was one of the most charismatic, theatrical, and influential conductors of the twentieth century. He reinvented the role of the conductor,…