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𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗣𝗘 𝗗𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘆 Giuseppe Di Stefano was…

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝟯𝟯 𝗖𝗗𝘀) https://www.patreon.com/posts/herbert-von-33-156003270?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 Also sprach Zarathustra 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel; Tod und Verklarung 𝗖𝗗 𝟯 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 Beethoven: Symphony…

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟲𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭: 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗜𝗻 𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟲𝟴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗜𝗻 𝗙 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟵𝟬 Berliner Philharmoniker,…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝘀𝗺𝗲́𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗮 — 𝗰. 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱 Genre: opéra. Libretto: after Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris. Status: composed around 1865, but left unfinished. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗿𝗼𝗶 𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗹𝗲́ — 𝗰.…

𝐊𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are pianists whose greatness lies in brilliance, others in poetry, and a very rare few whose art seems…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶 (1687–1762) was an Italian Baroque composer, violin virtuoso, and influential music theorist, and he stands among the most important…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 The transition from Renaissance music to Baroque music was not a simple replacement of one style by another. It was a deep…

𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 — 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧? The safest answer is that 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗳𝗼𝗿-𝗮𝗹𝗹 “𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮.” His preferences changed across his career, and…

𝗠𝗬𝗨𝗡𝗚-𝗪𝗛𝗨𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 Myung-Whun Chung is one of those rare conductors whose authority has never depended on theatrical gestures, public self-advertisement, or cultivated legend. His power has…

𝐉𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 — 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝟐𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 –…

𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐈 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐀 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐀…

# **Verdi - The Great Operas - Box Set 35CDs ** **CD 1-2** **Verdi: Nabucco** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Renata Scotto (soprano), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Veriano Luchetti (tenor), Matteo Manuguerra (baritone), Anne Edwards (soprano), Robert…

𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚: 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗭𝗭𝗢-𝗦𝗢𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 (1928–1945) 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 (1928–2021) was born on 16 March 1928 in Berlin into a deeply musical household.…

## What “reference recording” means in Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony When critics speak of “reference recordings” of **Symphony No. 9**, they are usually comparing interpretations that, by different paths, solve (or illuminate) four enormous challenges:…

# **Beulah Collection 6** 1. **Georg Solti** conducts **Beethoven** Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 (1958) 2. **Georg Solti** conducts **Beethoven** Violin Concerto & **Haydn** Symphony No. 100 (Mischa Elman) 3. **Georg Solti** conducts **Schubert**…

𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 33 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦… 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗦 — 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜, “𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔”, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 Vincenzo Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) is one of those…

# **Beulah Collection 5** 1. Basically **Bartók** - 1937-1959 Recordings played & conducted by Ida Haendel, Ivor Newton, Rafael Kubelik, **Georg Solti** 2. **Dvořák** - Cello Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 8 - Mstislav…

# **Andromeda Remastered 5** **ANDRCD9082** **Johann Strauss** – Die Fledermaus – Herbert von Karajan (Vienna 1960) **ANDRCD9083** **Beethoven** – Fidelio – Herbert von Karajan (Vienna 1960) **ANDRCD9084** **Wagner** – Rienzi – Josef Krips (Vienna…

# **Andromeda Remastered 1 ** **ANDRCD5000** Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Joseph Keilberth (1953) **ANDRCD5002** Vladimir Horowitz - The Romantic Era - 1942-1953 Recordings **ANDRCD5003** Clara Haskil - The 1947-1954 Piano Concertos…

# **ARIA AND SONG (I) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** In this chapter—which is something like an **intermezzo**—we approach the final part of our investigation, the chapter devoted to…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 3 ** **ARPCD0369** **Pergolesi** – Stabat Mater – **Mario Rossi** **ARPCD0370** **Bruno Walter** to The Memory of **Arturo Toscanini** **ARPCD0371** **Beethoven** – Symphony No. 3, Leonore Overture No. 3 –…

# **Patriotism and Education** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) It is striking how closely this letter resembles another, likewise addressed to the Rhineland: Emperor Joseph II’s letter of **13 July…

# **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…

# **Andre Cluytens - The Complete Orchestral & Concerto Recordings [65CD Box Set] ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/andre-cluytens-148751939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** * **Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58** — Marcelle Meyer…