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# **Esa-Pekka Salonen - The Complete Sony Recordings - Box Set 61** **CDs ** **CD 1** **Bach**-Transcriptions – Stokowski: Toccata & Fuge BWV 565; Elgar: Fantasie & Fuge BWV 537; Webern: Ricercare from “Das…

# **Rudolf Serkin - The Complete Columbia Album Collection - Box Set 75CDs ** **DISC 1:** Brahms: Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (1946) Reiner **DISC 2:** Beethoven:…

# **Isaac Stern - The Complete Columbia Analogue Recordings - Box Set 75CDs ** **DISC 1:** Tchaikovsky · Wieniawski: Violin Concertos I Hilsberg · Kurtz **DISC 2:** Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 26 · Mendelssohn:…

# **HUGO WOLF — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** **Chapter 1 — Origins in Windischgrätz (1860–1868)** Hugo Wolf was born on **13 March 1860** in Windischgrätz, a small provincial town in what was then…

# **L'Oiseau Lyre - Classical & Early Romantic - Box Set 50 CDs ** **CD 1** – Stamitz: Three Symphonies; Clarinet Concerto **CD 2** – Boccherini: Symphonies **CD 3** – Haydn: Cello Concertos **CD…

# **Yuja Wang** With **[Michael Tilson Thomas](https://www.facebook.com/MichaelTilsonThomas?__cft__[0]=AZY-_1WgayU5S1nETAu7PcdPWlvfmy33qZuuEDAhVRiIVP-U-rZ5bl-EGz518Dv2Qov9lxyI3F803Tmy0diOz4dzOfHEj0la2CWLGMTjie-pwof04RlsFyEhtrwyiKN-_AGBo0bs0EMbKzwNs3yEPkilze53x8hhxymE8SE1vYDT41ST1g2rAQU0fhgiFrM-zog&__tn__=-]K-R)** and an **[Lang Lang](https://www.facebook.com/LangLangPiano?__cft__[0]=AZY-_1WgayU5S1nETAu7PcdPWlvfmy33qZuuEDAhVRiIVP-U-rZ5bl-EGz518Dv2Qov9lxyI3F803Tmy0diOz4dzOfHEj0la2CWLGMTjie-pwof04RlsFyEhtrwyiKN-_AGBo0bs0EMbKzwNs3yEPkilze53x8hhxymE8SE1vYDT41ST1g2rAQU0fhgiFrM-zog&__tn__=-]K-R)** at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. Yuja played **Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2** on Wednesday.

# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life and Work of Mikhail Glinka** **1. A sickly child who heard bells before music** Glinka spent his childhood at the family estate of Novospasskoye under the strict…

# **Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov** with **Irène (Eneri) Gorainoff** **Irène (Eneri) Gorainoff** was a **Russian-born pianist and composer**, a remarkable musical prodigy whose early brilliance placed her among the most striking child musicians of the…

# **Bruno Walter: Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music (1876–1962)** **Early Debut and Unusual Seriousness (1893)** Bruno Walter, born **Bruno Schlesinger** on **15 September 1876**, made his conducting debut at the age…

# **Mozart’s Poverty at the Time of His Greatest Achievements** One of the most persistent misunderstandings about Mozart’s life is the belief that his financial difficulties were the result of failure, neglect, or declining…

# **Jacqueline du Pré • Pinchas Zukerman • Daniel Barenboim** **Beethoven Piano Trios - Jacqueline du Pré • Pinchas Zukerman • Daniel Barenboim** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-145976892?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-145976892?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Karl Böhm in Dresden - Brahms / Schumann ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-in-145886410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-in-145886410?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98** Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden **Franz Schubert — 3 Marches Militaires, D.733: No. 1…

# **Dohnányi Vienna - The Complete Decca Recordings - Box Set 31CDs ** CD 1 BARTÓK Miraculous Mandarin, 2 Portraits ERICH BINDER, WIENER PHILHARMONIKER CD 2 BEETHOVEN Overtures – Leonore No. 3, Fidelio, Coriolan,…

# **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…

## Primary Sources Behind These Rankings **1. Bachtrack (Global Concert Database)** **Bachtrack** is the **single most important quantitative source** for modern concert programming. * Tracks **tens of thousands of concerts per year** * Covers…

She was an indispensable voice for Karajan’s opera and concert projects in the 1950s and 1960s – Leontyne Price. [[https://karajan.org/stories/karajan-artists-leontyne-price/](https://karajan.org/stories/karajan-artists-leontyne-price/)](https://karajan.org/stories/karajan-artists-leontyne-price/) The soprano from Mississippi is one of the first Afro-American divas in classical music…

# **LEONTYNE PRICE — A LIFE ** ## **Chapter 1 — Origins in Laurel, Mississippi: A Childhood Shaped by Dignity, Faith, and Song (1927–1944)** Leontyne Price was born Mary Violet Leontyne Price on February…

# **Pauline Viardot — A Life in 20 Chapters** **The Voice of Europe, The Muse of Composers, and One of the Most Influential Artists of the 19th Century** ## **Chapter 1 — A Childhood…

# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **THE DEATH OF GIACOMO PUCCINI — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** *Cancer, suffering, stubborn hope, desperation, and the unfinished ending of a genius* Giacomo Puccini’s death on **29 November 1924** in Brussels stands as one…

# **Giulini Remastered - Complete Studio Recordings on Columbia, HMV, Pathé & Electrola - Box Set 60CDs ** CD 1 Beethoven Egmont Overture; Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’ CD 2 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 CD…

# **EUGEN D’ALBERT — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Making of a Prodigy** Eugen Francis Charles d’Albert was born on **April 10, 1864**, in Glasgow, Scotland, into a family whose musical…

# **REYNALDO HAHN — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood in Caracas and Paris, and the Awakening of a Poet-Musician** Reynaldo Hahn was born on **August 9, 1874**, in Caracas, Venezuela, the youngest of…

# **ERNEST SCHELLING — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood Genius, and the Formation of an Artist** Ernest Henry Schelling was born on **July 26, 1876**, in Belvidere, New Jersey, into a family that…