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# Brahms - "Symphony No 1" - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - GÜNTER WAND, conductor # Berlin, Philharmonie, 15.II.1994 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw5Qs8DJFrs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw5Qs8DJFrs)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw5Qs8DJFrs)

**Richard Strauss** German composer and conductor (from left): Kalanke, Kloos, conductor **Hans Knappertsbusch**, Hilert, Strauss, NN. Photo: Hanns Hubmann (Photo by Hanns Hubmann/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

# **Hans Knappertsbusch: The Last High Priest of Wagner** Half a century ago, on **October 25, 1965**, **Hans Knappertsbusch**—“**Kna**” to musicians and devotees—departed for **Walhalla**, leaving behind one of the most singular legacies in…

# **Between Monumentality and Neglect: Hans Knappertsbusch on Stage and on Disc** **Hans Knappertsbusch** (1888–1965) remains one of the most **polarizing figures in 20th-century conducting**. Few conductors have inspired such **reverence and irritation at…

# **Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - Arturo Toscanini 1941 - Pristine Audio XR ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-9-147622259?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-no-9-147622259?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) This **Buenos Aires performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony**, recorded on **24 July 1941**, occupies a unique place in…

13th July 1946: **Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet** (1883 - 1969) takes singers Flora Nielsen and Nancy Evans through** a rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's 'The Rape of Lucretia' for the Glyndebourne Opera Festival**. **Britten (Benjamin…

# **J.S.Bach - Alessandro Scarlatti - Cantatas - Albinoni - Vivaldi - Telemann - Concertos - Maurice Andre - Helen Donath - Iona Brown - ASMF - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/j-s-bach-vivaldi-147450491?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/j-s-bach-vivaldi-147450491?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **J. S. Bach…

# **André Rieu: A Life Between Tradition, Showmanship, and Musical Conviction** **1. Early Life and Musical Roots (1949–1970s)** André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu was born on **October 1, 1949**, in Maastricht, a city whose…

# **The André Rieu Phenomenon: How to Popularize Classical Music and Attract Younger Audiences** **1. André Rieu as a Cultural Phenomenon** The extraordinary success of **André Rieu** cannot be understood merely in musical terms.…

# **Lovro von Matačic: His Relationships with Musicians, Conductors, Soloists, and Orchestras** Lovro von Matačić’s professional relationships were defined less by diplomacy than by **musical truthfulness**. He did not cultivate networks, friendships, or alliances…

# **Lovro von Matačić (1899–1985)** ## **A Life in 20 Chapters** Lovro von Matačić stands as one of the **most profound, uncompromising, and morally complex conductors of the 20th century**. Revered by musicians for…

# **What is your assessment of the 2026 New Year’s Concert conducted by Nézet-Séguin?**

# **Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - World Premiere** It premiered on May 21, 1892, at the [Teatro dal Verme](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_dal_Verme) in [Milan](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil%C3%A1n) , conducted by [Arturo Toscanini](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Toscanini) with Adelina Stehle as Nedda, Fiorello Giraud as Canio, [Victor…

# **Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor — Life and Musical Career ** **Tugan Sokhiev** was born on **September 21, 1977**, in **Vladikavkaz**, in North Ossetia–Alania (then part of the Soviet Union). He grew up in a…

# **Willi Boskovsky And Elisabeth Höbarth** **Austrian violinist and conductor Willi Boskovsky** (1909 - 1991) and his wife, actress **Elisabeth Höbarth (1923 - 2007)**, UK, 18th April 1964. He annually conducts the Vienna New…

## 📅 **Conductors of the Vienna New Year’s Concert (Year → Conductor)** **1939** – Clemens Krauss **1940** – *No concert (World War II era interruption)* **1941** – Clemens Krauss **1942** – Clemens Krauss **1943**…

# **André Cluytens — A Life in 20 Chapters** A conductor of **quiet authority, intellectual balance, and human decency**, André Cluytens occupies a singular place in twentieth-century musical history. Neither a revolutionary nor a…

# **André Cluytens — His Relationships with Musicians, Conductors, and Soloists** André Cluytens’ artistic life was shaped not by rivalries or power struggles, but by **networks of trust, quiet authority, and deep professional respect**.…

# **André Cluytens — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** André Cluytens (1905–1967) remains one of the most **subtle, intelligent, and paradoxically understated conductors** of the twentieth century. Revered by musicians, quietly…

**Andre Cluytens** (conductor) Receiving "The Disk d'Or" from **Pierre Bourgueois **(CEO of Pathe Marconi) in presence of **Alfred Cortot**, **George Auric et Marguerite Long **- **October 1958**

# **Wolfgang Sawallisch — His Relationships with Musicians, Soloists, Singers, and Fellow Conductors** **1. A Musician’s Conductor** Wolfgang Sawallisch was universally regarded as **a conductor trusted by musicians**. Unlike many podium figures whose authority…

# **Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - Ricardo Chailly** Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer, with the Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly, 1989. (Photo by kpa/United Archives via Getty Images)

# **Riccardo Chailly — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** **1. A Childhood Immersed in the Orchestra Pit** Riccardo Chailly did not “discover” music—he was born into it. As the son of…

# **The Duel of Giants: Porpora and Handel in London ** London in the 1730s: An Operatic Battleground By the early 1730s, London had become the most lucrative and volatile operatic capital in Europe.…