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# **Riccardo Chailly — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** **1. A Childhood Immersed in the Orchestra Pit** Riccardo Chailly did not “discover” music—he was born into it. As the son of…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 97 - 98 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146896361?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146896361?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Joseph Haydn – Symphonies Nos. 97 & 98 (1792)** **The consolidation of Haydn’s London symphonic language**…

# **Erica Morini*****, *****A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter 1 – Vienna, 1904** Erica Morini was born on **5 February 1904 in Vienna**, then the musical capital of Europe. She entered a world where…

# **Handel - Alceste - Franck-Emmanuel Comte ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alceste-146840665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alceste-146840665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Genesis and Historical Context (1749)** **Alceste** is one of the most fascinating *unfinished* dramatic projects by **George Frideric Handel**, composed in **1749** as **incidental…

# **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 Bohm - The Operas - Complete Vocal Recordings on DG - Box Set 70CDs ** **Karl Böhm – The Operas / The Complete Vocal Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon** **Fidelio, Op. 72 –…

# **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…

## **Yannick Nézet-Séguin — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Musical Life** **A Conductor Who Began as a Pianist-Partner** Before he ever stood regularly on the podium, Nézet-Séguin spent countless hours **accompanying singers and instrumentalists…

# **Yannick Nézet-Séguin — A Life in Music ** [[https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/](https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/)](https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/) **Origins and Formation (1975–1995)** Yannick Nézet-Séguin was born on **March 6, 1975**, in **Montreal, Quebec**, into a francophone Canadian family for whom culture and…

# **Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Nos. 2&3 - Electoral Sonatas Wo0 47 - Emil Gilels ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146776962?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146776962?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146776962?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 (Op. 2) and the “Electoral Sonatas” WoO…

# **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**…

# **Rudolf Serkin - The Complete Columbia Album Collection - Box Set 75CDs ** **DISC 1:** Brahms: Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (1946) Reiner **DISC 2:** Beethoven:…

# **Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress - Kent Nagano ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/stravinsky-rakes-146762311?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/stravinsky-rakes-146762311?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/stravinsky-rakes-146762311?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *The Rake’s Progress* stands as **Igor Stravinsky**’s only full-length opera and the culminating masterpiece of his **neoclassical period**. Premiered in **1951** at the…

# **MICHAEL HAYDN - BRILLIANT EDITION - 28 CDS** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/michael-haydn-28-146695099?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/michael-haydn-28-146695099?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Symphony No. 20 in C Major, MH 252** – Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Harold Farberman **Symphony No. 36 in B-Flat Major, MH 475** –…

# **Bach J.C - Missa da Requiem - Miserere - Hans Christoph Rademann ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-j-c-missa-146666360?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-j-c-missa-146666360?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Johann Christian Bach’s sacred works are far less numerous than those of his father, yet they are **exceptionally revealing**…

# **Bach JCF - Die Auferweckung Lazarus - Gilbert Bezzina ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-146665553?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-146665553?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, often called the **“Bückeburg Bach”**, occupies a unique position within the Bach family. Standing stylistically between his father…

# **Bach JCF - Pygmalion; Die Amerikanerin; Ino - Secular Cantatas - Hermann Max - Das Kleine Konzert ** [[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-jcf-die-ino-146665253?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach — Secular Cantatas** *Pygmalion* · *Die Amerikanerin* · *Ino*…

# **Wiener Philharmoniker - 175th Anniversary Edition - Box Set 44 CDs ** **CD 1**: **Beethoven** Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Bernstein **CD 2**: **Beethoven** Symphony No. 7 / Kubelik **CD 3**: **Beethoven**…

# **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…

# **Otto Klemperer in 1905: a summary of his life and situation at that time** In **1905**, Otto Klemperer was **20 years old** and still in a **decisive formative phase**, far from public recognition…

# **Mahler’s Fourth Symphony** ## *Why Klemperer Offers the Most Profound Metaphysical Reading* Among the many great interpretations of **Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4**, the reading by **Otto Klemperer** stands apart not because it…

# **Joseph Haydn — 50 Curiosities and Anecdotes from an Extraordinary Life** 1. **He was born into humble circumstances**: Haydn was born in **1732 in Rohrau**, the son of a wheelwright and a cook.…

# **Bruno Walter: The Private Life Behind the Podium** **Bruno Walter** is often remembered as one of the great humanist conductors of the 20th century—warm, lyrical, and morally grounded. That humanism was not an…

# **Bruno Walter’s Relationships with Other Musicians and Orchestras** **Gustav Mahler: Master, Mentor, and Moral Reference** The most decisive relationship in **Bruno Walter’s** artistic life was undoubtedly with **Gustav Mahler**, whom he met in…