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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 The history of Western music is not a sequence of ruptures but a chain of transformations. Few composers embody…

# **THE PIANO CONCERTO (III)(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## I. The Culmination of the Winter of 1784: The G-major Piano Concerto, K. 453 The remarkable series of keyboard concertos…

# **Mozart’s works for Piano trio, Piano Quartets - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The transition from the keyboard-and-violin sonatas to the trio for keyboard, violin, and cello occurred in…

# **Mozart - Symphonies - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## I. Quantity, Survival, and the Problem of Definition Mozart wrote **more than fifty symphonies**, and only a very small…

# **CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS (2) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **The Viennese Shock of 1773: K. 168–173 and the Encounter with Haydn** Judging by numbering and chronology,…

# **Mozart’s Tonal Circle: Restraint as a Quiet Revolution (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **Impossible—yet precisely here Mozart’s revolutionary nature reveals itself**, even though **he never advertises it** and **never…

# **Fragments and the Creative Process (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) Mozart’s habitual—indeed almost instinctive—use of a compositional “springboard” can explain why **so many fragments and opening sketches** have survived.…

# **Arturo Toscanini - The Complete RCA Collection - Box Set ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/arturo-toscanini-148583168?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/arturo-toscanini-148583168?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) [https://www.discogs.com/es/release/4489165-Arturo-Toscanini-NBC-Symphony-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-OrchestraPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Orches](https://www.discogs.com/es/release/4489165-Arturo-Toscanini-NBC-Symphony-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-OrchestraPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Orches) **Volume 1**: **Ludwig van Beethoven** – Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 “Eroica” **Volume 2**:…

# **Soltissimo 3 - The Orchestral Recordings by Georg Solti on Decca in 1980s - Box Set 57 CDs ** **CD 01 – BRUCKNER**: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major **CD 02–03 – MAHLER**:…

# **Karl Bohm - Die Aufnahme in der NHK Hall, Tokyo 1975 - Box Set 8CDs ** **CD 1 :** **Japanische Nationalhymne** **Österreichische Nationalhymne** **Ludwig van Beethoven**: *Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major*, Op.…

# **Karl Böhm - Complete Orchestral Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon - Box Set 67CDs ** ## **BEETHOVEN** **CD 1** **Beethoven**: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 “Pastoral” **CD 2** **Beethoven**: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4…

# **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**…

# **Offenbach - Orphée aux Enfers - Willy Mattes ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-orphee-146648699?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-orphee-146648699?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Jacques Offenbach – *****Orphée aux Enfers*** *(Orpheus in the Underworld, 1858; revised 1874)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Orphée aux Enfers* is not only the…

# **Lorin Maazel - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon - Box Set 39 CDS ** **CD 1** Hector Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (excerpts) Roméo and Juliet · Roméo und Julia Symphonie dramatique…

# **ANECDOTES FROM MOZART’S LIFE ** **1. The encounter with Johann Christian Bach (London, 1764–1765)** At the age of **8–9**, Mozart met **Johann Christian Bach** in London, a central figure of the galant style.…

# **WHY MOZART WAS THE ABSOLUTE GENIUS IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC** ## **1. An unrepeatable combination of natural gifts: intuition, ear, and total memory** Many composers were prodigies, but **none combined such a…

# **Rameau - Castor et Pollux - Opera - Revised Version 1754 - Charles Farncombe - English Bath Festival Baroque Orchestra ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/rameau-castor-et-145331063?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/rameau-castor-et-145331063?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/rameau-castor-et-145331063?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Rameau — *****Castor et Pollux***** (1737 / 1754)** History, Context, Transformation,…

# **A Psychological Portrait of Mozart Lovers — And a Guide to Mozart’s Works for Every Emotional State** Studies in musical psychology (North, Hargreaves, Rentfrow, Gosling, Levitin, Levitin) consistently show that those who feel…