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# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 23 - 24 - 61 - Northern Chamber Orchestra - Nicholas Ward ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-145811478?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-145811478?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

Giuditta Pasta (born Giuditta Negri; Saronno , April 9, 1798 - Blevio , province of Como , April 1, 1865) was a very famous Italian soprano 1831, on December 26th, she premiered perhaps her…

Rosa Ponselle — Monumental Authority Rosa Ponselle represents Norma as classical grandeur. Her voice—dark, massive, and sovereign—creates a Norma of overwhelming authority. She sounds born to command druids and armies. While less psychologically fractured…

Leyla Gencer — Psychological Fire Leyla Gencer offers one of the most intense and volatile Normas ever recorded. Her voice, less conventionally beautiful, becomes an instrument of nervous tension and emotional risk. Her Norma…

Anita Cerquetti — Volcanic Tragedy Anita Cerquetti possessed a voice of raw power and blazing intensity. Her Norma is overwhelming, sometimes almost uncontrollable. What she lacks in refinement she compensates with elemental force. Her…

Giulia Grisi — The Original Romantic Norma Though known to us mainly through accounts rather than recordings, Giulia Grisi, the first great Norma after Pasta, shaped the Romantic tradition of the role. Her Norma…

Lilli Lehmann — Intellectual Classicism Lilli Lehmann, singing Norma in the late 19th century, approached the role with Wagnerian discipline and intellectual rigor. Her Norma was controlled, statuesque, and dignified, emphasizing structure over emotional…

# Beverly Sills "Tales of Hoffmann" **Operatic soprano Beverly Sills in costume for "Tales of Hoffmann" at the New York City Opera in 1972.** (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images).

# **Beverly Sills "Maria Stuarda"** **Operatic soprano Beverly Sills in costume starring in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at the New York City Opera in 1972**. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images).

# Beverly Sills "I Puritani" **Operatic soprano Beverly Sills in costume starring in I Puritani in 1973.** (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images).

# Beverly Sills "Roberto Devereaux" **Operatic soprano Beverly Sills in costume as Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux at the New York City Opera in 1972. **(Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images).

# **Beverly Sills — A Life ** ## **Chapter 1 — Brooklyn Beginnings (1929–1933)** Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman on May 25, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents of Russian-Jewish…

# **Urania Remastered - Famous Conductors ** **01.** **André Cluytens** conducts Wagner, Mussorgsky, Ravel **02.** **Artur Rodziński** conducts Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker **03.** **Arturo Toscanini** conducts Berlioz *Roméo & Juliette*, *Harold en Italie* **04.** **Bernard…

# **Urania Remastered - Famous Conductors Part. 2 ** **101.** **Antal Dorati** conducts Tchaikovsky **102.** **Antal Doráti** Great Recordings 1 - Brahms The Four Symphonies **103.** **Antal Doráti** Great Recordings 2 - Schumann Symphony…

# **Beethoven_ Fidelio, Op. 72 - Jon Vickers, Helga Dernesch, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-op-72-145786098?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-op-72-145786098?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

Milstein with Horowitz

Conductor Herbert von Karajan rehearsing with Nathan Milstein in Lucerne, Switzerland. Lucerne,1957

Vladimir Horowitz, Nathan Milstein, Gregor Piatigorsky, Arturo Toscanini and Bernardino Molinari

Nathan Milstein (violin), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Gregor Pitiagorsky, relax after having played a Beethoven trio, Berlin

Left to right: Pianist Arthur Rubinstein, violinist Nathan Milstein and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky in Aspen, Colorado

# **Nathan Milstein - Great DG & EMI Recordings [37CD Box Set]** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/nathan-milstein-145753070?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/nathan-milstein-145753070?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## CD 1 — Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos **Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64** — Nathan Milstein; William Steinberg;…

# **Haydn - London Symphonies 99-104 - Mogens Wöldike - Vienna State Opera Orchestra ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-london-99-145752893?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-london-99-145752893?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)