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**Pierre Monteux at the Ravinia Festival in 1949** Victor Charbulak collection, Rosenthal Archives of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT LEONTYNE PRICE AND HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH CONDUCTORS & COLLEAGUES** ## **1. Karajan and the First Encounter: “The Most Beautiful Voice in the World”** When Herbert von Karajan first heard Leontyne Price…

# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life of Paul Kletzki** ## **1. The boy who memorized orchestral scores before he could shave** In Łódź, musicians would give the teenage Kletzki orchestral parts to test…

# **PAUL KLETZKI — A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT** *A narrative exploration of a conductor whose interpretations grew out of the deepest wounds and the deepest tenderness.* There are musicians whose art is shaped by talent,…

# **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,…

# **Why Do Celibidache’s Beethoven Symphonies Seem Boring to Some Listeners?** The symphonies of Beethoven conducted by Sergiu Celibidache can seem **boring** to certain listeners for several very concrete reasons, connected both to his…

# **DEMYSTIFYING SERGIU CELIBIDACHE** # **A great conductor… profoundly overrated** Sergiu Celibidache has become, over the decades, a near-mythical figure: the mystical maestro, the Zen philosopher of the orchestra, the sworn enemy of recordings,…

# **NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT AND THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN** *A Full Narrative Analysis, Including the Paris Symphonies (Concentus Musicus) and the London Symphonies (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)* To speak about **Haydn under Nikolaus Harnoncourt** is to…

# THE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES ACCORDING TO NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT A NARRATIVE COMPARISON WITH OTHER GREAT CYCLES When **Nikolaus Harnoncourt** recorded the Beethoven symphonies with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe between 1990 and 1991, few expected…

# **Haydn - String Quartets Op.54 - Leipziger Streichquartet** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144880511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144880511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) By the late 1780s, Haydn had reached a moment of extraordinary artistic mastery. Having transformed the quartet genre through the clarity and wit of…

# **RENATA TEBALDI — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Legendary Life** ## **1. “The Voice of an Angel”: Toscanini’s Unforgettable Whisper** During the rehearsals for the reopening of La Scala in 1946, Arturo Toscanini,…

# **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…

# **Hermann Abendroth Collector's Edition - Legendary Eterna Recordings - Box Set 15CDs ** CD 1 Bach JS: Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Abendroth Handel:…

# **Mozart: Zaide - Bernhard Paumgartner** Camerata Academica Des Salzburger Mozarteum Philips [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z468yygox1Y&t=3110s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z468yygox1Y&t=3110s) * Bass Vocals – **[Kurt Dichtl](https://www.discogs.com/artist/6945585-Kurt-Dichtl)****, ****[Robert Dietl](https://www.discogs.com/artist/712727-Robert-Dietl)****, ****[Walter Raninger](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1156625-Walter-Raninger)** * Choir – **[Mozarteums Kammerchor](https://www.discogs.com/artist/6804872-Der-Mozarteumchor-Salzburg)** * Conductor –** ****[Bernhard Paumgartner](https://www.discogs.com/artist/890414-Bernhard-Paumgartner)** *…

# **Antonio SALIERI (1750-1825) - La grotta di Trofonio - Dramma giocoso in two acts (Vienna, 1785) ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-salieri-144600982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-salieri-144600982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-salieri-144600982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Elisabeth Freyhoff**, soprano (Dori) **Maria Hegele**, mezzo-soprano (Ofelia) **Jorge Navarro Colorado**, tenor (Plistene) **Jan Petryka**,…

# **Verdi- Il trovatore** - Azucena- **Fiorenza Cossotto** - Leonora- **Leontyne Price** - Manrico- **Placido Domingo** - Conte di Luna- **Sherrill Milnes** - **Zubin Mehta** with the New Philharmonia Orchestra [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBoILy4lpM&t=142s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBoILy4lpM&t=142s)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBoILy4lpM&t=142s)

# THE GREAT TENORS OF THE WORLD CUP FINAL CONCERT Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, Indian Orchestra Conductor and musician Zubin Metha, Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and Spanish tenor Jose Carreras. (Photo by Rick Maiman/Sygma…

# **ZUBIN MEHTA — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I — Origins in Bombay: A Childhood Surrounded by Music** Zubin Mehta was born in **1936**, in Bombay (now Mumbai), into a family…

# **Haydn - Missa Cellensis - Jos Van Immerseel ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-j-missa-144204575?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-j-missa-144204575?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Composed:** 1766–1773 **Place:** Eisenstadt, during his early years as Kapellmeister to the Esterházy court **Dedication:** Our Lady of Mariazell (one of Central Europe’s…

# **Verdi - La Forza del Destino** - Plowright · Baltsa · Carreras - Bruson · Rigby · Burchuladze - Tomlinson · Van Allan · Curtis Ambrosian Opera Chorus - **Philharmonia Orchestra - Giuseppe…

# **LORIN MAAZEL — 30 ANECDOTES & CURIOSITIES** **1. The Little Boy Who Conducted Before He Could Read** Family friends remembered a toddler standing on a sofa, waving his arms with uncanny authority whenever…

# **Anton Rubinstein- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 25 & Don Quixote, Op. 87 - Grigorios Zamparas - Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/anton-rubinstein-143909443?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/anton-rubinstein-143909443?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **KLAUS TENNSTEDT – 30 ANECDOTES & CURIOSITIES** **1. The Quiet Boy Who Heard Everything** As a child in Merseburg, Tennstedt was so shy that teachers feared he lacked confidence. Yet at home he…

Stadtpark wien, 21/07/2025 The great Anton Bruckner Anton Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E-flat major 'Romantic' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=56VBDwujEJc Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer London, 1963