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𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗬: 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 The marriage of 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿, celebrated in Vienna on 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮, was not the magnificent public event…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟱 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 Few artists of the nineteenth century understood the public meaning…

𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗘 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 James Levine left one of the largest and most varied recorded legacies of any American conductor. His discography encompasses Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Berlioz, Mahler, Brahms, Schumann,…

𝗝𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Jascha Horenstein belonged to a generation of conductors for whom interpretation was founded upon structural understanding, stylistic responsibility and absolute concentration rather than theatrical personality. His performances…

𝗗𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Dimitri Mitropoulos was one of the most intense, selfless and visionary conductors of the twentieth century. He conducted without a baton, frequently without a score and with…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗠 Any ranking of the Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5 is inevitably open to debate. Some recordings stand out for their ceremonial grandeur, others for…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭: 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗠 — 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟱 / 𝗗𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T131BY2Vxs Very Good Audio Recording 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗔𝗧𝗦𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗥 — 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗨 𝗪𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 — 𝗗𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚…

𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Hermann Scherchen was one of the most radical, intellectually adventurous and unpredictable conductors of the twentieth century. He cannot be classified simply as a specialist in modern…

𝗞𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Kurt Masur was sometimes characterised as a sober, traditional conductor: dependable, serious, architecturally disciplined and resistant to interpretative eccentricity. Such descriptions are not entirely wrong, but they…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 {𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸} (13 September 1819–20 May 1896) - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳, written in 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnYlORpL5Q Orchestra: 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 Conductor: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 Soloist: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶 Year of…

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 — 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟱𝟰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHftc53Gxw 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 (piano) 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶 (conductor) 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 11–12 October 1958 — Stereo 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗺, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟮 𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Long before 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 became a celebrated conductor or began…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 During his lifetime, 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 inhabited one of the great paradoxes of musical history.…

𝗝𝗢𝗦É 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣É𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 — 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 José Luis Pérez de Arteaga’s Mahler is far more than a conventional biography. It brings together…

The Joachim Quartet, led by violinist [Joseph Joachim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joachim). The quartet debuted many of the works of Johannes Brahms.

𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟲 “𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛É𝗧𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘” 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗩𝗗, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼’𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 / 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 — 25 February 1985

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗭𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘆𝗽𝘀𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Arthur Maria Rabenalt 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 —…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗚 𝗔 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 — 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗩𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Kurt Eichhorn 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Václav Kašlík 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Münchner Rundfunkorchester…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 - Final 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Karl Böhm 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Götz Friedrich 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲 — Teresa Stratas 𝗝𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗻 —…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 - The Dance of the Seven Veils Scene 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Karl Böhm 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Götz Friedrich 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 / 𝗗𝗩𝗗, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Sir Georg Solti 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Otto Schenk 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Vienna Philharmonic 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 — Vienna State Opera Chorus…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗗𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻 — Thomas Stewart 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮 — Brigitte Fassbaender 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗲…