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# **Mozart - Early Symphonies - Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (7CD) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-early-7cd-145227331?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-early-7cd-145227331?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Tamerlano - Opera - 1724 - George Petrou ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-tamerlano-145226778?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-tamerlano-145226778?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *A psychological opera seria of cruelty, love, and imperial fragility* When **Handel** composed ***Tamerlano*** in **1724**, he was at the height…

# **Handel - Arias - Kathleen Battle - Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Sir Neville Marriner ** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmXSbOcX7ng&list=OLAK5uy_k9COmfRTORmcr7DaVM9Q77t8eY4_tEuVg&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmXSbOcX7ng&list=OLAK5uy_k9COmfRTORmcr7DaVM9Q77t8eY4_tEuVg&index=1) 1. **Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49** - Oh, didst thou know...As when…

# **Russian Piano School Series Part. 2 ** 65. Chopin - Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 - Stanislav Neuhaus 66. Chopin - 4 Ballades, Brahms - Fantasies, Op. 116, Liszt - Grand fantasie…

# ***In honour of Marion Anderson. Standing (l-r): Jessye Norman, James Levine, Kathleen Battle. Marion Anderson is seated.***

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT JESSYE NORMAN** *The goddess of sound, the intellectual icon, the force of nature* ## **1. The Standing Ovation that Began in Mid-Aria** During *Erwartung* in Paris, the audience began applauding *before…

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT KATHLEEN BATTLE** *The angelic voice, the perfectionist temperament, the legend of impossible beauty* ## **1. The Telephone Audition that Started Everything** Kathleen Battle’s first professional break came when conductor Thomas Schippers…

# **KATHLEEN BATTLE vs. JESSYE NORMAN** Two Voices, Two Worlds, One of the Greatest Rivalries in Modern Opera** In the history of opera, rivalries often emerge from vocal similarity, competition for the same roles,…

# **Why Joseph Haydn Rightfully Belongs Among the Seven Most Important Composers in the History of Classical Music** Yes—there is every reason to argue that **Joseph Haydn** deserves a secure place among the **seven…

# **Beethoven- The Complete Piano Variations & Bagatelles - Ronald Brautigam ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-145204790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-145204790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Beethoven’s piano variations form a parallel biography of the composer—one written not in letters or diaries, but at the keyboard itself.…

# **Why Do Celibidache’s Beethoven Symphonies Seem Boring to Some Listeners?** The symphonies of Beethoven conducted by Sergiu Celibidache can seem **boring** to certain listeners for several very concrete reasons, connected both to his…

# **Beethoven - Symphony No.7 Op.92 - Sergiu Celibidache ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193790?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Beethoven - Symphony No.7 Op.92 - Leonard Bernstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra (DG, 1990)** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193584?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193584?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Beethoven - Symphony No.7 Op.92 - Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra - 1960 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193419?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193419?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Beethoven - Symphony No.7 Op.92 - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra (Mercury, 1963) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193149?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-7-145193149?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Beethoven - Symphony No.7 Op.92 - Karl Böhm, Wiener Philharmoniker (DG, 1972) ** **Without a doubt, this is my reference version. (With all due respect to Otto Klemperer, this is my reference cycle.)**…

# **Pergolesi - Stabat Mater, Salve Regina - Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/pergolesi-stabat-145173861?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/pergolesi-stabat-145173861?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Antonio Caldara - La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145173511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-caldara-145173511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *A monumental Venetian–Austrian oratorio, where Pietro Metastasio’s poetry meets Caldara’s spiritual depth* ## **1. A Masterpiece Born at…

# **Vivaldi - I Concerti dell'addio - Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivaldi-i-europa-145173336?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivaldi-i-europa-145173336?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Vivaldi - Concerti per la Pietà - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivaldi-concerti-145173043?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivaldi-concerti-145173043?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Veracini, Geminiani, Corelli, tartini, Vivaldi, Locatelli - The 1690 Tuscan Stradivari - Violin Sonatas in 18th-Century Italy - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/veracini-corelli-145172555?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/veracini-corelli-145172555?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)