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# **Henselt - Bronsart - Piano Concertos - Paul Wee, Michael Collins ** **Support the project and access the full audio archive on Patreon:** [[https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/](https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/)](https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/) Adolf von Henselt & Hans von Bronsart — The…

# **Henryk Szeryng - Complete Philips, Mercury & Deutsche Grammophon Recordings - Box Set 44CDs ** **Support the project and access the full audio archive on Patreon:** [[[https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/](https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/)](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fclassicalarchive.org%2Fpatreon%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExM080MUI1czZwOFQ3RnAxenNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6StgHsxM1L2QaF0V30cjlQzELv3cg0PvG7iWiFwlRDSlXD2fYBGZACmefvRA_aem_VgfhNX6mK63LyTupWMd7NQ&h=AT08pTEc5ySoDeADeHEAhy-Ak5pwAXH18ymqdVM4OXe9pl-my-w23cd-cgfgzGPOaqYCNJvpPPPi1QlAQXe6zXV29nWsujDn3pqOWwv9ZYXe9FLcVqNzf1xkbGUlErn3lw&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT1qSD1PKEhJR-kx8H66oandfzXIqQXvH2nOpqv-xyW6WGfDotd9Cbhrb0MTsTXq_9wwNRVl2HQQUbyab_t52zWZz5tdbCgYZvC6buqoNKLJEBRX42eahRElouvaGZ72kiQ2YL0sHN3-tFulf9-RrRjMaVSpikJjqROaIoHsQu4W-XXXbcGFENFtqGNP-0-U-Ww2Y1iDL4dB6MlpGVOCEp3LnDMsJ-a-UauLbuscmNmKtaRPfSLopgdCK-Rsdl9pUe1mHd_QfERlqbED11BqozciA0pcOj7FFQ)](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fclassicalarchive.org%2Fpatreon%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExM080MUI1czZwOFQ3RnAxenNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7SB9dTAy5_zHD0kBCSfoyDSDmStB7t6HLaygeDJJ7gD92_OafXd6sqGkIyOg_aem_LzCgPlhd1Wkey4dHh76wYw&h=AT08pTEc5ySoDeADeHEAhy-Ak5pwAXH18ymqdVM4OXe9pl-my-w23cd-cgfgzGPOaqYCNJvpPPPi1QlAQXe6zXV29nWsujDn3pqOWwv9ZYXe9FLcVqNzf1xkbGUlErn3lw&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT1qSD1PKEhJR-kx8H66oandfzXIqQXvH2nOpqv-xyW6WGfDotd9Cbhrb0MTsTXq_9wwNRVl2HQQUbyab_t52zWZz5tdbCgYZvC6buqoNKLJEBRX42eahRElouvaGZ72kiQ2YL0sHN3-tFulf9-RrRjMaVSpikJjqROaIoHsQu4W-XXXbcGFENFtqGNP-0-U-Ww2Y1iDL4dB6MlpGVOCEp3LnDMsJ-a-UauLbuscmNmKtaRPfSLopgdCK-Rsdl9pUe1mHd_QfERlqbED11BqozciA0pcOj7FFQ) **CD 1** **MOZART**: Violin Concerto No.…

Tamas Vasary Early Life and Musical Beginnings Tamás Vásáry (born July 11, 1933, in Debrecen, Hungary) grew up in a country where music was deeply interwoven with national identity. Hungary in the 1930s and…

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

# **The Romantic World of Puccini – A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas – Iris J. Arnesen ** [https://classicalarchive.org/the-romantic-world-of-puccini-a-new-critical-appraisal-of-the-operas-iris-j-arnesen/](https://classicalarchive.org/the-romantic-world-of-puccini-a-new-critical-appraisal-of-the-operas-iris-j-arnesen/)** ** **The Romantic World of Puccini: A New Critical Appraisal of the Operas**, by…

**Bruno Walter** (born **September 15, 1876**, Berlin – died **February 17, 1962**, Beverly Hills) was one of the most influential conductors of the late Romantic and early modern eras. A close disciple of **Gustav…

# **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…

# **Adolf Busch, A Life in 20 Chapters ** What follows is a **much more expansive, fully narrative 20-chapter life portrait**, integrating **Busch the violinist, chamber musician, conductor, composer, teacher, exile, and moral authority**.…

# **Peter Serkin, A life in music** Peter Serkin (1947–2020) occupies a singular place in modern pianism. Born into one of the most formidable musical lineages of the 20th century, he spent his entire…

# **Portrait of Mendelssohn by Clive Brown ** [https://classicalarchive.org/portrait-of-mendelssohn-by-clive-brown/](https://classicalarchive.org/portrait-of-mendelssohn-by-clive-brown/) **Portrait of Mendelssohn** **Clive Brown** * **First publication:** **2003** * **Publisher:** **Yale University Press** (New Haven & London) * **Initial format:** Hardcover * **Subsequent editions:**…

# **Rudolf Serkin, A Life** **Chapter 1 – Eger: Birth into a Vanished World (1903)** Rudolf Serkin was born on **28 March 1903** in Eger, a provincial town of the Austro-Hungarian Empire whose multicultural…

# **Rudolf Serkin, A Life – Stephen Lehmann, Marion Faber ** [https://classicalarchive.org/rudolf-serkin-a-life-stephen-lehmann-marion-faber/](https://classicalarchive.org/rudolf-serkin-a-life-stephen-lehmann-marion-faber/)** ** **Publication data** **Rudolf Serkin, A Life** **Stephen Lehmann & Marion Faber** * **First publication:** **2012** * **Publisher:** **Yale University Press** (New…

# **THE PIANO CONCERTO (III)(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## I. The Culmination of the Winter of 1784: The G-major Piano Concerto, K. 453 The remarkable series of keyboard concertos…

# **Concert and Mechanical Principles (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) Let us begin with a simple, almost trivial observation: **for a pianist, broken chords and arpeggios are the most natural…

# **Mozart’s works for Piano trio, Piano Quartets - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The transition from the keyboard-and-violin sonatas to the trio for keyboard, violin, and cello occurred in…

# **Mozart’s works for violin and piano - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) Mozart began to write works for **keyboard and violin** in earnest only in **Mannheim**, when he was…

# **Hiroshi Wakasugi (1935–2009): A Life in 20 Chapters ** Hiroshi Wakasugi occupies a unique and austere place in the history of Japanese conducting. Less publicly celebrated than Seiji Ozawa and far less mythologized…

# **Takashi Asahina (1908–2001): Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Absolute Musical Integrity ** Takashi Asahina was not a man of public charm, wit, or theatrical gesture. His life offers no flamboyant scandals…

# **Takashi Asahina (1908–2001): A Life in 20 Chapters ** Takashi Asahina stands as **the patriarch of Japanese symphonic conducting** and one of the most uncompromising interpreters of the Austro-German tradition of the 20th…

# **PIANO WORKS - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## Mozart as Pianist and “Virtuoso” in His Own Sense Mozart was, as we know, a **great pianist**, one of the…

# **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 Schubert, A Biography – Elizabeth Norman McKay ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/franz-schubert-a-biography-elizabeth-norman-mckay/](https://classicalarchive.org/franz-schubert-a-biography-elizabeth-norman-mckay/) ***Franz Schubert: A Biography*** by **Elizabeth Norman McKay** is widely regarded as **one of the most authoritative, balanced, and readable…

# **J.S.Bach - Late Years and Legacy — Obscurity, Blindness, and the Afterlife of Genius** The final years of **Johann Sebastian Bach** form one of the most poignant paradoxes in music history: a life…