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# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **Mendelssohn - Octet, Op. 20 - Eroica Quartet: How could someone so young have written something so perfect?** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** **A Miracle of Youth, a Blueprint for Romantic Chamber Music, and One of…

# **Baldassare Galuppi - Il mondo alla roversa - Opera - 1750 - Diego Fasolis** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/baldassare-il-145072446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/baldassare-il-145072446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) [https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/jan02/Galuppi.htm](https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/jan02/Galuppi.htm) **A Comic Opera of Social Inversion and Enlightenment Wit** **Baldassare Galuppi** (1706–1785), one of the central architects…

# **NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT — HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MUSICIANS AND ORCHESTRAS ** There are artists whose careers are built upon the stages they occupy, and others whose lives are defined by the companions they…

# THE INNER LANDSCAPE OF NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT — A FULL PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Nikolaus Harnoncourt was one of those rare musicians whose artistic identity was inseparable from the structure of his mind…

## **Official Announcement** Welcome to this community, and thank you for being part of one of the most active and significant networks devoted to classical music on Facebook. My name is **Alejandro Rosàs Navarro**,…

# **Haydn - String Quartets Op.54 - Leipziger Streichquartet** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144880511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144880511?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) By the late 1780s, Haydn had reached a moment of extraordinary artistic mastery. Having transformed the quartet genre through the clarity and wit of…

# **Giulini Remastered - Complete Studio Recordings on Columbia, HMV, Pathé & Electrola - Box Set 60CDs ** CD 1 Beethoven Egmont Overture; Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’ CD 2 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 CD…

# **MICHAEL VOGL (1768–1840): THE DEVOTED MENTOR-FRIEND** ## **I. Origins, Early Formation, and the Making of a Viennese Baritone** Michael Vogl was born on **August 10, 1768**, in the Upper Austrian market town of…

# **A DETAILED STUDY OF LOUIS SPOHR’S VIOLIN TECHNIQUE** ## **I. Introduction — Spohr as Violinist: A Bridge Between Eras** To understand **Louis Spohr’s violin technique** is to stand at a crossroads in the…

# **A FULL ANALYSIS OF LOUIS SPOHR’S EIGHT SYMPHONIES** ## **I. Introduction — Spohr’s Symphonic World** To explore the eight symphonies of **Louis Spohr** is to enter the most refined borderland between the Classical…

# **LOUIS SPOHR — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I — Brunswick Beginnings (1784–1790)** Louis Spohr was born on 5 April 1784 in **Brunswick**, into a cultivated and musically sensitive household. His…

# **HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and Early Musical Awakening** Henry Charles Litolff was born in London on **August 7, 1818**, the son of a Scottish mother, Sophie Hayes,…

# **EDITH MATHIS — A LIFE** **Edith Mathis** ( [Lucerne](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerna_(ciudad)) , February 11, 1938 – [Salzburg](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburgo) , February 9, 2025) was a [Swiss ](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiza)[soprano](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano) ## **I. Early Life and Musical Beginnings (1938–1956)** Edith Mathis…

# **BERNHARD KLEE (1936–2025), A LIFE** ## **I. Early Years and Musical Formation (1936–1960)** Bernhard Klee was born on 17 April 1936 in **Schwerin**, in a Germany still grappling with the shadows cast by…

# **Ignaz von Sonnleithner (1770–1831): The Patriarch of Vienna’s Enlightened Musical Salon** ## **I. Origins of an Enlightened Mind: The Formation of a Viennese Cultural Figure** Ignaz von Sonnleithner was born on **30 November…

# **THE DEATH OF VINCENZO BELLINI — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** ## **I. The Final Year: Triumph, Fatigue, and the Fragile Physiology Behind Genius** In **1835**, Vincenzo Bellini stood at the pinnacle of his fame.…

# **Gaetano Donizetti: An Emotional and Psychological Portrait of His Decline** ## **I. The Shadow Begins: Exhaustion, Loss, and the Crumbling of Inner Defenses** The psychological decline of **Gaetano Donizetti** unfolded not as a…

# **Antonio SALIERI (1750-1825) - La grotta di Trofonio - Dramma giocoso in two acts (Vienna, 1785) ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-salieri-144600982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-salieri-144600982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/antonio-salieri-144600982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Elisabeth Freyhoff**, soprano (Dori) **Maria Hegele**, mezzo-soprano (Ofelia) **Jorge Navarro Colorado**, tenor (Plistene) **Jan Petryka**,…

# **THE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE OF RIMSKY-KORSAKOV** ## **Chapter I — Tikhvin: Birth in a Provincial, Noble, and Musically-Sleeping World** Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born on **18 March 1844** in the quiet provincial town…

# **THE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE OF MODEST MUSSORGSKY** ## **Chapter I — Origins in Karevo: A Childhood Rooted in Russia’s Landed Nobility** Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born on **21 March 1839** in the remote…

# **THE DEATH OF BEDŘICH SMETANA — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** Bedřich Smetana’s death in 1884 stands among the most tragic and complex in the history of music. Unlike the peaceful departures of Verdi or…

# **THE DEATH OF ANTONIO VIVALDI — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** *Illness, poverty, decline, and the mystery of a forgotten funeral* Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) died not in Venice, the city of his glory, but in…

# **I Musici - Complete Analogue Recordings 1955-1979 - The Philips Legacy - Box Set 83 CDs ** **CD1 Antonio Vivaldi**: Violin Concertos op. 8 No. 1-4 “Four Seasons” (Felix Ayo, 1955) **CD2 Giuseppe…