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𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 One of Britain's finest twentieth-century composers quietly became a master of both the concert hall and the cinema. When 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏) began composing…

𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐕 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐄... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐈𝐓 One of Britain's greatest composers became world-famous for a work he never wanted to define his career.…

𝟭𝟬 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝘅 𝟭. 𝗛𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 A visit to Ireland as a young man transformed Bax's life. He became deeply fascinated by Irish mythology,…

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 — 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝘆𝗹𝗹 — 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗮̈𝗿𝘃𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/wagner-ring-164330624?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗕𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗙𝗙’𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 The music of 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗳𝗳 is instantly recognizable: long-breathed melodies, darkly glowing harmonies, immense climaxes, tolling bells, dense piano textures and an almost…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴) — 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗠, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟱 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bfhynrdajY 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗘́𝗔̂𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘 𝗟’𝗢𝗣𝗘́𝗥𝗔, 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗛Œ𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗔 𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡-𝗧𝗘́𝗟𝗘́𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖̧𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗥 — 𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗨

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗥. - 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹.𝟮 - (𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁 & 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘀) https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/strauss-r-songs-163222673?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗥. - 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹.𝟭 - (𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁 & 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘀) https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/strauss-r-songs-163222452?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 (𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) 𝗦𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲, 𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟯𝟬 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-sosarme-163220256?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟯 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 Created in London, February 15, 1732 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗹é𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶 𝗥é𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗿è𝘀-𝗙𝗲𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹ò 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘇 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘇…

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 - 𝗟'𝗢𝗲𝘂𝘃𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 - 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟭𝟯𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1 Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 8 Schumann: Intermezzi, Op. 6 "Pièces phantastiques" 𝗖𝗗…

𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 : 𝗟𝘂𝗹𝘂 (𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 - 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗮 - 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 - 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗹) 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW_uzBYQCbE&list=OLAK5uy_mPn7YGoyRl-IpSSsFWBi_bjq9dAOEATi8&index=1 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 (Lulu) 𝗬𝘃𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 (Gräfin Geschwitz) 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗮 (Dr. Schön / Jack) 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗹 (Alwa) 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇 (Eine Theater-Garderobiere…

𝗥. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 - 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 · 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 · 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 · 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵 · 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 - 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 - Absolute Reference Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fs3L8Caek&list=PLalhy4gc-IILLpxIQldtNVvN8O570nLVF&index=1 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 — Feldmarschallin 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿…

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻? Two great Romantic symphonic cycles, born from the same German tradition, yet strikingly different in spirit. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 offers clarity, elegance, classical balance and luminous orchestral writing. His symphonies often look…

Historical photograph in Berlin, around 1929/1930, showing 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, and 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿. This is probably one of the most impressive images in the entire history of orchestral conducting:…

Beethoven - fidelio - Karl Böhm The orchestral passage that introduces this chorus seems sublime to me.

𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟴𝟮–𝟴𝟳 - 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲-𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟭 A Fabulous Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jplhJGuu8Dw

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. I wish you all a beautiful day filled with 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆. Classical music is not only a treasure from the past; it is a living…

Beethoven - Violin Concerto - Sergey Khachatryan / Andris Nelsons / Orchestre de Paris

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗵 - 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗼𝘃 - 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 - 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀𝗮𝘆 - 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/bruch-glazunov-160920809?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 was one of the most celebrated Italian tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose long career joined the late Verdian…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶, 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻 — 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 - 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 - 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 - 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-great-159406109?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 : Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Donna Brown (soprano) Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling 𝗖𝗗…

𝗠𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁. 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Entering the church was not simply like visiting a historical monument. It felt like crossing a threshold into 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹. The vastness of…