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# **Lorin Maazel - RCA & Sony Recordings ** **Beethoven – Complete Symphonies** — Lorin Maazel **Berg – Lulu** — Lorin Maazel **Bizet – Carmen** — Lorin Maazel **Bruckner – Symphony No. 3** —…

𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐓 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟗) 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀 — 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍-𝐃𝐄-𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐄 (1874–1889) 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 (13 September 1874 –…

# **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…

𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐂𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒 (1846–1860s) 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐡 was born on 23 November…

𝐆𝐀𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐅𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐄𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 (1845–1890) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 (1845–1854) 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞 (1845–1924) was…

𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 & 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃, 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇 𝐈. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇: 𝐍𝐎 “𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍,” 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 There is no direct, personal…

𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 — 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒, 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐘: 𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐃𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟑–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏) 𝐈. 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐎 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟑–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎𝐬) 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟑–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏) was born on 23 June 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio,…

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…

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…

## **𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 (𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐)** **A Rigorous Essay on His Life and Professional Activity** ## **𝐈. 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗–𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟓)** **Hermann Winkelmann** was born on **March 8, 1849, in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany**.…

𝗦𝗜𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗 (1869–1944) — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (1869–1894) Sir Henry Joseph Wood was born in London on 3 March 1869, into a musically inclined family.…

𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦: 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘 (1803–1826) Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) was born on 11 December 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André,…

## **The Final Year of Gioachino Rossini: Serenity, Memory, and the Last Curtain (1867–1868)** The last year of **Gioachino Rossini’s** life unfolded not in the theatrical blaze that had once defined his fame, but…

𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗨𝗠 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀: 𝗔 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 (1908–1989) was born in Salzburg on April 5, 1908, into a cultivated, musically…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗨𝗥𝗔 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 — 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗠𝗔 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 Few conductors in the history of classical music generated such fascination, admiration, controversy, and myth as Herbert von Karajan.…

# **Beulah Collection 7 ** 1. Adagio – 10 Slow Movements 2. American Compositions 1 – **Bernstein**, **Schuman**, **Copland**, **Barber** & **Gershwin** 3. American Compositions 2 – **Gershwin**, **Harris**, **Giannini** & **Copland** 4. American…

# **Beulah Collection 6** 1. **Georg Solti** conducts **Beethoven** Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 (1958) 2. **Georg Solti** conducts **Beethoven** Violin Concerto & **Haydn** Symphony No. 100 (Mischa Elman) 3. **Georg Solti** conducts **Schubert**…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012) reshaped the idea of what a singer could be. He was not merely a…

## 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 Giacomo Meyerbeer was not merely a successful composer; during the 1830s–1850s he was arguably **the most powerful operatic figure in Europe**. His premieres…

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔) — 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐚 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf remains one of the most fascinating and controversial sopranos in recording history. She was admired as a supreme interpreter of Mozart,…

# **Beulah Collection 5** 1. Basically **Bartók** - 1937-1959 Recordings played & conducted by Ida Haendel, Ivor Newton, Rafael Kubelik, **Georg Solti** 2. **Dvořák** - Cello Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 8 - Mstislav…

# **Beulah Collection 4 ** 1. 20th Century Voices Vol. 1 - Teresa Stich-Randall, Ljuba Welitsch, Kirsten Flagstad 2. 20th Century Voices Vol. 2 - Aksel Schiøtz, Fritz Wunderlich, Mario Lanza 3. 20th Century…

## **The Metropolitan Opera House of New York — History, Directors, and a Transformative Era (with Special Focus on 1908–1909)** The building shown corresponds to the **Metropolitan Opera** as it stood in its **original…

# **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…