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# **OFFENBACH - Maître Péronilla - Markus Poschner** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-maitre-146648389?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-maitre-146648389?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach – *****Maître Péronilla*** *(1878)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Maître Péronilla* is a late opera-bouffe that reveals a more **refined, ironic, and psychologically alert Offenbach**, written…

# **Offenbach - Die Grossherzogin von Gerolstein - Pinchas Steinberg ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-die-146647608?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-die-146647608?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein* stands as one of the sharpest and most politically audacious operettas of the nineteenth century. Premiered…

# **Handel - Agrippina - Opera - 1710 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-agrippina-145467098?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-agrippina-145467098?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. Venice, 1709: A Young Genius Arrives in the City of Opera** When **George Frideric Handel** arrived in Venice in…

# **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.…

# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life of Tito Schipa** *The intimate, charming, surprising world of the greatest tenore di grazia of the 20th century* ## **1. The Boy Who Sang Instead of Playing…

# **Johann Adolf Hasse – *****L’Olimpiade***** (1756 / versions 1735–1762) - Frieder Bernius** *A Masterwork of Opera Seria, Olympian Virtuosity, and Metastasian Drama * [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **1. The Libretto: Metastasio’s Most Perfect Dramatic Architecture**…

# **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…

# **Handel, Israel in Agypten, arr Mendelssohn - Hermann Max ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-israel-in-144033157?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-israel-in-144033157?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Felix Mendelssohn’s arrangement and revival (1833)** ## **I. Background: Why Mendelssohn Chose *****Israel in Egypt*** By the early 19th century, Handel…

The Vienna State Opera – A Living Monument to Music I. Origins and Imperial Ambition (1850s–1869) In the mid-19th century, Vienna stood at the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, already one of the most…

𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 New York, New York: On stage, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (center) and 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗺 (left) shared the podium, conducting the 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 at a 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 Pension Fund concert.…

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFihwDIaKug&t=354s 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 “𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹” 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 conducting the 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Recorded in 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻’𝘀 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆: 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝗚 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱” 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱.…

𝗟𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬’𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗫𝗜𝗩 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 In the last decade of…

𝗔𝗟𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 — 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Alfred Brendel (1931–2025) built one of the most distinctive artistic identities in pianism. His repertoire was selective, intellectually coherent, and centred on the Austro-German tradition, with carefully…

# **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:…