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# **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**.…

# **Josep Carreras — Anecdotes and Curiosities from His Life** **1. A Child Who Already Knew He Was a Singer** As a small boy in Barcelona, Carreras did not merely sing—**he performed instinctively**. Family…

# **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…

# **Zubin Mehta - The Complete Warner Recordings [27CD Box Set] ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/zubin-mehta-27cd-147059119?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/zubin-mehta-27cd-147059119?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Ravi Shankar**: Rága Málá Ravi Shankar (sitar) London Symphony Orchestra **CD 2** **Sergei Prokofiev**: Peter and the Wolf, Op.…

# **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…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 85 - 92 - 103 - Capella Istropolitana - Barry Wordsworth ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146896100?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146896100?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, Hob. I:85 – “La Reine” (1785)** Composed as part…

# **Karl Bohm - Complete Decca & Philips Recordings - Box Set 38CDs ** **CD 1** **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**: *Symphonies Nos. 34, 36, 38* Wiener Philharmoniker **CD 2** **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**: *Requiem*, K. 626…

# **Canadian Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the upcoming New Year's concert ** This year's concert at Vienna's Musikverein will be conducted by Canadian Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York…

# **Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert - Complete Recordings on Archiv Produktion - Box Set 99 CDs** **CD 1** **CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH** The Symphonies for Strings Wq 182 nos. 1–6 **CD 2**…

# **Van Cliburn - Complete Album Collection - Box Set 28 CDs ** CD 1 **Tchaikovsky** – Concerto No. 1 CD 2 **Rachmaninoff** – Concerto No. 3 CD 3 **Schumann** – Concerto – Chicago…

# **André Previn - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection - Box Set 55CDs ** **CD 1** **Gershwin**: Piano Concerto in F major; Rhapsody in Blue (1960) **CD 2** **Hindemith**: Piano Sonata No.…

# **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:…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 72 - 93 - 95 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635443?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635443?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Symphony No. 72 in D major, Hob. I:72 (c. 1774)** **Virtuosity, experimentation, and orchestral…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 69 - 89 - 91 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635137?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146635137?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Symphony No. 69 in C major, Hob. I:69 “Loudon” (c. 1776–1777)** Despite its later…

# **Joseph Haydn and the Esterházy Family: The Appointment That Changed a Life Forever** When **Joseph Haydn** entered the service of the **Esterházy family** in **1761**, he crossed a decisive threshold—not merely from insecurity…

# **Joseph Haydn and the Morzin Years (1757–1760): The Birth of a Composer in Public ** **Haydn: Symphony No. 4 in D Major- Adam Fischer ** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFWJBasAnI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFWJBasAnI) By the late 1750s, **Joseph Haydn was…

# **Shostakovich Collection - Box Set 28CDs** **CD 1** **Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10** **Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 for Chorus & Orchestra “To October”** **Shostakovich:…

# **Bela Bartok - The Hungarian Soul - Box Set 20 CDs ** **CD 1** **Bartók: Suite No. 2, Sz. 34, BB 40** Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Charles Bruck **Bartók: Two Pictures,…

# **Bruno Walter** The **world premiere of Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony** took place **after the composer’s death**. The work was premiered by **Bruno Walter**, conducting the **Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra**, on **26 June 1912**, in…

# **Mozart and the Musicians: Orchestras, Opera Singers, and the Reality Behind the Genius** Mozart’s relationship with **orchestral musicians and opera singers** was complex, deeply human, and often misunderstood. Far from being a distant…

# **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;…

# **Mozart vs. Gluck — Work-by-Work Comparison** What follows is not a “who is better” exercise, but a close look at how two radically different operatic minds approach **myth, morality, character, time, and musical…