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# **Shostakovich – The Symphonies, Orchestral, Chamber & Film Music on Capriccio** **CD 1** **Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10** Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dmitri Kitayenko **Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 in E flat…

𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐌 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐖Ä𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐑 — 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄 Wilhelm Furtwängler did not believe that a musical masterpiece could be reproduced like a finished object. For him, a score was not a set…

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 Carlos Kleiber occupies an almost unique position in the history of conducting. He never directed a major orchestra for decades in the manner…

𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗧𝗢𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 Few conductors have divided the musical world as violently as 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻. To his admirers, he was a visionary who…

𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 - 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 - 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 - 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 - 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 - 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/roger-norrington-165906856?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

# **MENDELSSOHN’S MUSICAL INFLUENCE ON OTHER COMPOSERS** The influence of **Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)** was far deeper than is sometimes acknowledged. He did not create a clearly defined “school” in the manner of Wagner or…

Richard Wagner with his daughter Eva, 1867.

𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍 Throughout much of his early and middle life, Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was constantly fleeing creditors, political persecution, and financial disaster. Long before becoming one of…

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟒 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 In the summer of 𝟏𝟕𝟒𝟏, George Frideric Handel began composing the work that would become his most famous masterpiece. Working with extraordinary concentration, he completed 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞…

𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐋 In 1705, the twenty-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach made one of the most remarkable journeys in music history. He walked nearly 400 kilometers (about 250 miles)…

𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 Franz Schubert (1797–1828) lived a life unlike that of most great composers of his time. While Haydn served the Esterházy family, Mozart worked for the…

𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 Johann Sebastian Bach's music was largely forgotten after his death in 1750. Although respected by musicians, most of his major vocal works had disappeared from public concert…

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐅 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) began losing his hearing in his late twenties, and by the final decade of his life he was almost completely deaf.…

𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) spent each concert season conducting some of Europe's greatest opera houses, leaving very little time to compose. His solution was remarkable: every…

𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐒𝐊𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky suffered from 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 and a vivid imagination that sometimes developed into irrational fears. Among the strangest was his conviction…

𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart possessed 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. From early childhood, his astonishing ability to 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜…

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…

𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗞𝗔 — 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧, 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜, 𝗗𝗜𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗦 — 𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟Ò 𝗦𝗢𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗜 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/zelenka-missa-165855317?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗞𝗔 — 𝗜 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜 𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘 (𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟲) — 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗠 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰 — 𝗩𝗔́𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗩 𝗟𝗨𝗞𝗦 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/zelenka-i-al-del-165854723?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

# **Beethoven - Missa Solemnis - Jordi Savall ** **Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123** Lina Johnson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano), Martin Platz (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass) La Capella Nacional de Catalunya,…

# **Handel — Alcina — Ferdinand Leitner** **Norma Procter **(contralto), **Jeannette van Dijck** (soprano), **Thomas Hemsley **(bass), **Bernhard Zimmermann**, **Dame Joan Sutherland **(soprano), **Fritz Wunderlich **(tenor), **Nicola Monti** (tenor) **Cappella Coloniensis, Kölner Rundfunkchor**, **Ferdinand…

# **Symphonies Collection — Box Set 100 CDs** **CD 1–11** **Mozart** – Symphonies 1, 4–10, 12–36, 38–41, KV 19a, 111a, 196; first and second versions of No. 40, with and without clarinets **Jaap ter…