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# **Klaus Tennstedt – Psychological Profile & Relations with Other Conductors and Orchestras** Klaus Tennstedt was, perhaps more than any other major conductor of the late twentieth century, a man whose inner world shaped…

# **KLAUS TENNSTEDT – A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I – Childhood in Merseburg (1926–1939)** Klaus Tennstedt was born in Merseburg, in the German province of Saxony-Anhalt, in 1926. His childhood was…

The Vienna State Opera – A Living Monument to Music I. Origins and Imperial Ambition (1850s–1869) In the mid-19th century, Vienna stood at the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, already one of the most…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was a German composer and conductor, and one of the most important musical figures of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Born in 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡, he was the son of the…

𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 (1876–1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer, and one of the most distinguished conductors of the 20th century. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧, he began his career as a pianist before turning to…

The 1999 Salzburg Festival production of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, conducted by Sylvain Cambreling. The scene you mention is Berlioz’s “Ballet des Sylphes”, from Part II. Faust has fallen asleep, and Méphistophélès summons…

Colin Davis’s conducting of Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette is nothing short of magnificent. Few conductors understood Berlioz’s unique musical language with such natural authority. Davis combines clarity, dramatic tension, rhythmic vitality and an extraordinary…

𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 – 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐍𝐎. 𝟑 / 𝐃’𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐘 – 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐑 𝐔𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂̧𝐀𝐈𝐒 – **Robert Casadesus**, piano – 𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐓 Magnard: 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐨. 𝟑 𝐢𝐧 𝐁-𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐎𝐩. 𝟏𝟏 d’Indy: 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧…

𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄 — 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓, 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 Auguste-Joseph Franchomme (1808–1884) was one of the most distinguished French cellists of the nineteenth century and, above all, one of Frédéric Chopin’s closest musical friends…

# **Shostakovich: Orchestral Songs - Vocal Symphonic Music ** **CD 1** **Shostakovich: Über unserer Heimat strahlt die Sonne, Op. 90** WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Rundfunk-Kinderchor Berlin, Michail Jurowski **Shostakovich: The Nose —…

𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 Johannes Brahms was 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Throughout his life, he 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, convinced that they did not meet…

𝐁𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐭 — 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 — 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐁ö𝐡𝐦 **Elfride Trötschel** (soprano), **Elfriede Weidlich** (soprano), **Elisabeth Höngen** (mezzo-soprano), **Helena Rott** (mezzo-soprano), T**orsten Ralf **(tenor), **Josef Herrmann** (baritone) **Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden, Karl Böhm**

𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 Howard Hanson (1896–1981) occupies a unique place in American music. At a time when many 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐡-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 embraced 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝…

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the greatest violinists of all time proved that quality matters far more than quantity. When 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 (𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟑–𝟏𝟕𝟏𝟑) died, his…

𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 One of the greatest composers of the twentieth century transformed British music through genius, courage, and…

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍'𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 One of Britain's most original composers believed that places could possess a mysterious spiritual power. When 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐)…