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𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 Felix Mendelssohn’s life reads like a luminous novel of the Romantic era: a child prodigy raised in privilege, a tireless traveler, a charming social…

# **Beulah Collection 5** 1. Basically **Bartók** - 1937-1959 Recordings played & conducted by Ida Haendel, Ivor Newton, Rafael Kubelik, **Georg Solti** 2. **Dvořák** - Cello Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 8 - Mstislav…

# **Beulah Collection 3 ** * Alfred Brendel Early Recordings 1 – **Beethoven, Liszt & Mozart – Alfred Brendel** (1957–1962) * Alfred Brendel Early Recordings 2 – **Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Balakirev & Liszt – Alfred…

# **Andromeda Remastered 2 ** **ANDRCD5085** Donizetti – *L’elisir d’amore* – Nino Sanzogno (1957) **ANDRCD5086** Verdi – *Aida* – Fausto Cleva (1957) **ANDRCD5087** Offenbach – *Orphée aux enfers* – René Leibowitz (1953) **ANDRCD5089** Massenet…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 4 ** **ARPCD0476** David Oistrakh plays **Brahms, Bach & Chausson** **ARPCD0477** **Chopin** – 24 Preludes & Piano Sonata No. 2 – Alfred Cortot **ARPCD0479** **Bruckner** – Symphony No. 7 –…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 1 ** **ARPCD0004** **Bruckner** – Symphony No. 8 – **Wilhelm Furtwängler** **ARPCD0010** **Verdi** – Aida & Trovatore (highlights) – Maria Callas **ARPCD0015** Richard Tauber in Concert 1937–1947 **ARPCD0028** **Schubert** –…

# **Bach by C. F. Abdy Williams** **Free Download: ** [[https://classicalarchive.org/bach-by-c-f-abdy-williams/](https://classicalarchive.org/bach-by-c-f-abdy-williams/)](https://classicalarchive.org/bach-by-c-f-abdy-williams/) ## **Johann Sebastian Bach by C. F. Abdy Williams — An Early English Portrait** The book *Bach* by **C. F. Abdy Williams** belongs…

# **Andre Cluytens - The Complete Orchestral & Concerto Recordings [65CD Box Set] ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** * **Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58** — Marcelle Meyer…

# **THE DEATH OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** Felix Mendelssohn’s final weeks in the autumn of **1847** form one of the most tragic and bewildering chapters in 19th-century musical history. The composer…

# **CHOPIN – A LIFE (1810-1849)** # **Childhood in Żelazowa Wola and Warsaw (1810–1820)** ## **Early Life and Family Circle** Frédéric François Chopin was born on **1 March 1810** in the small Polish village…

𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗞𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵 was one of the most accomplished representatives of the Central European Kapellmeister tradition. His conducting was generally direct, structurally…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Bruno Walter occupies a unique position in the history of conducting. He belonged directly to the final world of late Romanticism, worked closely with Gustav Mahler and…

𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗟𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗵è𝗺𝗲 (𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 - 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗮 - 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵 - 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂) 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲 - SUNG IN GERMAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6LZYd-ZYFE&list=OLAK5uy_nVRn_G3rp5ntDNukhW93W4OPkubQH22G0&index=1 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 (Mimi) 𝗦á𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗞ó𝗻𝘆𝗮 (Rodolfo) 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵 (Musetta) 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 (Marcello) 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺 (Colline) 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗔 — 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗔𝗗𝗢’𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬, 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 Antonello Manacorda belongs to that fascinating generation of conductors whose authority did not begin with the baton, but with…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 The section 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words reveals a different but…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 — 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟰 After the success and warm reception of the 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟮𝟬, completed in 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟰, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 entered what would become one of the…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 ⠀ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼 was born on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟲, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯, in 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻, into one of…

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗶: 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮 · 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼 · 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲 - 1957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UXNFBvmB_o&list=OLAK5uy_lAFJLyMMqOPmiJQ3BdetCTaXat7fsCkAc&index=1

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮𝗲̈𝗻𝘀: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗜. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱, and from the very beginning his life…

𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 - 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶, 𝗜𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼, 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗶 (𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬) https://www.patreon.com/posts/vivaldi-four-il-155286720?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶’𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 begins not as an isolated masterpiece, but as part of a…

𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐒 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐊 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒 (1854–1888) 𝐈. 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐆𝐄 (1854–1865) 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐤 (1854–1928) was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy, Moravia…

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# **The Transition from Baroque to Classicism** ## The real driving composers and why ## **Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)** — the birth of Classical keyboard language Scarlatti is one of the most revolutionary figures in…