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𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 — “𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗦”: 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 At the end of Robert Schumann’s…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟱 — 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 The word 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵 has become almost inseparable from Robert Schumann’s name. It is more than…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟰 — 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮: 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 Before the modern pop idol, before the cinema star, before mass media…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟯 — 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗾 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 The story of 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗾 belongs to the earliest…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟮 — 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 The legend of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 as a musical Don Juan is one of…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟰 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟱𝟰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗡, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 The music Robert Schumann composed…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 Selecting the greatest Baroque keyboard masterpieces requires a broader definition of “keyboard” than the modern piano repertoire usually implies. These works were written for harpsichord,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 Selecting the greatest violin sonatas requires more than identifying the most famous or technically demanding pieces. The essential criterion is the quality of the…

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.…

The Joachim Quartet, led by violinist [Joseph Joachim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joachim). The quartet debuted many of the works of Johannes Brahms.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥-𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 Any attempt to identify the fifteen greatest chamber-music recordings must begin by acknowledging that “greatest” cannot mean merely the most technically perfect. A genuinely historic chamber…

𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟲 “𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛É𝗧𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘” 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗩𝗗, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼’𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 / 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 — 25 February 1985

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗭𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘆𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Arthur Maria Rabenalt 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 —…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗚 𝗔 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Václav Kašlík 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Münchner Rundfunkorchester…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 - Final 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Karl Böhm 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Götz Friedrich 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲 — Teresa Stratas 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗻 —…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 - The Dance of the Seven Veils Scene 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Karl Böhm 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Götz Friedrich 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧…