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Let's welcome our new members. Ricardo Alberto Varela Ortega, Sergey Bogolyubsky, 金永集, Lucio Vivaldi, Jan Hester, Igor Akmulin, Despina Daskalierou, Gia Bẻo, Rogelio Nieto, Anuar Mustafa, Şebnem Altın Güç, Rof Ben, Matteo Martino, Dumitru…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 The 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 is one of the oldest, most prestigious and historically influential institutions of higher musical education in Russia. Together with the…

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…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 Selecting the greatest violin sonatas requires more than identifying the most famous or technically demanding pieces. The essential criterion is the quality of the…

# 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Few encounters in the history of Western music produced consequences as immediate and far-reaching as the first…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗗Ü𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗 — 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗥 When Robert Schumann…

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀: Ngô Thanh, Reiko Hayakawa, Seyun Hwang, Kenneth W. Keuffel Jr., Ar Jonathan Khoo, Carmen Popovici, Leonie Moxham-Smith, FRédérique Salaün, Jianjie Ji, Дмитрий Пьянов, Jean Verrier, 王明, Andre Philips, Thom…

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Charles Munch was one of the most spontaneous, incandescent and unmistakably French conductors of the twentieth century. His finest performances combine rhythmic freedom, nervous energy, luminous orchestral…

𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗞𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗞𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Leopold Stokowski was one of the most imaginative, controversial and influential conductors in recording history. His art was founded not only upon interpretation, but upon the very…

𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗟 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 George Szell is often remembered as the supreme orchestral disciplinarian: a conductor of relentless rehearsal, exact ensemble, perfectly balanced textures and uncompromising technical standards. Under his direction,…

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧, 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Felix Mendelssohn has often been admired for his elegance and simultaneously underestimated because of it. His music appears so lucid, balanced…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 — 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 To understand Robert Schumann, one must begin with a simple…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 — 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗢𝗫𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭 — 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗭𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗔𝗨 Robert Schumann’s childhood begins not with the image of a passive…

# **SWR Digital Archive 4 ** 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟯𝟬𝟭 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 - String Quartet No. 3 - Verdi Quartet 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟯𝟬𝟮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗸𝗲 - Piano Music - Jozef de Beenhouwer 𝗦𝗪𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟯𝟬𝟯 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 - Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op. 6…

𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗟 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 George Szell, born 𝗚𝘆ö𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘇é𝗹𝗹 in Budapest on 𝟳 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟳 and deceased in Cleveland…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟰 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟰𝟰𝟭 — Britten - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Simple Symphony - Britten Quartet 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟰𝟰𝟮 — Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 3, Romeo and Juliet, Capriccio Italien - Vladimir Jurowski,…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟯 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟯𝟬𝟲 — Nielsen - Overtures & Suites - Tamás Vetö 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟯𝟬𝟳 — Schumann - Piano Quintet Op. 44, Quartet Op. 47 - Schubert Ensemble 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟯𝟬𝟴 — Obrecht - Missa Sub…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟮 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟭𝟲𝟬 — Monteverdi - Madrigali Erotici e Spirituale - Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟭𝟲𝟮 — Fritz Wunderlich Arias 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟭𝟲𝟯 — The Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟭𝟲𝟱 — Wagner -…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟭 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟭 — Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Vojtech Spurny - Baroque Bohemia & Beyond I 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟮 — Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Vojtech Spurny - Baroque Bohemia & Beyond II 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟯 — Czech Chamber…

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 was not a composer, nor was he primarily a musical thinker in the way that Goethe, Hoffmann, Tolstoy, or Thomas Mann could be said…

𝗚𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿 - 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟭𝟱𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻: Sonata For Piano And Violin No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻: Sonata For Piano And Violin…

𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗜𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗟 Among modern Bruckner conductors, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 occupies a distinctive and rather unusual place. He is not normally placed in…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗻 (Part 2) 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 With 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁…

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗻 (𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀) - Part 1 Few orchestras in the world possess a history as long, continuous and inseparably connected…