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# **Andromeda Remastered 3 ** **ANDRCD5160 – Wagner** - Lohengrin - Eugen Jochum (Bayreuth 1954) **ANDRCD5161 – Wagner** - Parsifal - Hans Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth 1952) **ANDRCD5162 – Wagner** - Tannhäuser - Joseph Keilberth (Bayreuth…

# **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…

# **CHURCH MUSIC (V)** **(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## The C-minor Mass in Context: Between Bach and Beethoven It has been said—entirely rightly—that this unfinished Mass stands **midway between…

# **CHURCH MUSIC (IV)** **(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## A Necessary “Revolution” in Mozart’s Inner and Professional Life So what, then, actually happened? A revolution had to occur simultaneously…

# **The Orchestral Concert as Tournament: From Concerto Grosso to Sinfonia Concertante (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) We are now entirely in the realm of concert music when to the…

# **Bizet, His life and his Works by Hugh MacDonald ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/bizet-his-life-and-his-works-by-hugh-macdonald/](https://classicalarchive.org/bizet-his-life-and-his-works-by-hugh-macdonald/) **Bizet: His Life and His Works** is one of the **most authoritative modern studies of Georges Bizet**, written by…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 5 ** **ARPCD0616** **Shostakovich** – 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 (Excerpts) – **Dmitri Shostakovich** **ARPCD0617** **Richard Strauss** – Der Rosenkavalier – **George Szell** **ARPCD0619** **Leopold Stokowski** in Italy 1955…

# **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…

# **Johannes Brahms by Heather Platt** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/johannes-brahms-by-heather-platt/](https://classicalarchive.org/johannes-brahms-by-heather-platt/) **Bibliographical details** * **Author:** Heather Platt * **Publisher:** Routledge * **First publication:** **2012** * **Series:** Routledge Composer Biographies * **Length:** approximately **240–260 pages**, depending…

# **DIVERTIMENTO, CASSATION, SERENADE - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** Mozart was born into an age when **the sharp boundaries** that later (by around **1800**) separated **chamber from symphonic**, **theatrical…

# **Franz Liszt and his World , edited by Christopher H.Gibbs ans Dana Gooley ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/franz-liszt-and-his-world-edited-by-christopher-h-gibbs-ans-dana-gooley/](https://classicalarchive.org/franz-liszt-and-his-world-edited-by-christopher-h-gibbs-ans-dana-gooley/)** ** ***Franz Liszt and His World*** is a **major scholarly essay collection** devoted to **Franz…

# **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.…

# **UNIVERSALITY - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) In one of his letters to his father (7 February 1778), Mozart writes that, as Leopold well knew, he—Wolfgang—was able *“to adopt…

# **Catholicism and Freemasonry** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The attitude of educated and high-ranking Catholics in the eighteenth century toward religion was aptly captured—long before Mozart—by “Madame,” **Élisabeth Charlotte**,…

# **MOZART AND “THE ETERNAL-FEMININE”** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) There is **no biography of Mozart** that does not contain a chapter devoted to the theme of **“Mozart and women,”**…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 2 ** **ARPCD0246** Vladimir Horowitz – The London recordings 1932–1936 **ARPCD0247** **Donizetti** – *Lucia di Lammermoor* – **Fausto Cleva** **ARPCD0248** Sviatoslav Richter plays **Ravel** & **Rachmaninov** **ARPCD0251** **Bach** – *Die…

# **FRANZ SCHUBERT - DG EDITION 1 - (39CDs, DG, 2016) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-schubert-1-149222924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-schubert-1-149222924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 1 in D major, D.82** — Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado **Franz Schubert — Symphony…

# **Schubert and His Work by Herbert F. Peyser ** **Free Download: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/schubert-and-his-work-by-herbert-f-peyser/](https://classicalarchive.org/schubert-and-his-work-by-herbert-f-peyser/)** ** ## **Schubert and His Work** by **Herbert F. Peyser** **1. The Book and Its Place in Schubert Literature** *Schubert…

# **Mozart - Complete Violin Sonatas - Ingrid Haebler - Henryk Szering ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-complete-149149611?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-complete-149149611?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K. 296 Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301 Violin Sonata…

# **Franz Liszt by James Huneker ** **Complete Book (Free Download):** [https://classicalarchive.org/franz-liszt-by-james-huneker/](https://classicalarchive.org/franz-liszt-by-james-huneker/) ## **Franz Liszt by James Huneker — A Psychological and Critical Portrait** *Franz Liszt* by **James Huneker** is one of the most…

# **Martha Argerich: Anecdotes, Curiosities, and the Myth of a Reluctant Genius** **I. Psychological World: Fear, Freedom, and Emotional Extremes** Martha Argerich’s inner life has always been inseparable from her music. Unlike many virtuosos…

# **Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven** **Free Download: ** [[https://classicalarchive.org/beethovens-letters-1790-1826-volume-2-by-ludwig-van-beethoven/](https://classicalarchive.org/beethovens-letters-1790-1826-volume-2-by-ludwig-van-beethoven/)](https://classicalarchive.org/beethovens-letters-1790-1826-volume-2-by-ludwig-van-beethoven/) ## **Beethoven’s Letters 1790–1826, Volume II** by **Ludwig van Beethoven** (English edition, traditionally associated with the selection and early editorial…

# **Sviatoslav Richter — A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter I — Origins in a Fractured World (1915–1927)** Sviatoslav Richter was born in Zhytomyr, in the Russian Empire, into a household where music was…