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𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐈 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟕–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) was one of the most admired and feared conductors in modern history. He was born on 25 March 1867…

𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓-𝐒𝐀𝐄̈𝐍𝐒 (𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) is often remembered as the supreme French classicist of the later nineteenth century: elegant, lucid, disciplined, cultivated, brilliant, and…

𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐈 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐇: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Dmitri Shostakovich is one of the most contradictory figures in all music history. He was at once a state-honored Soviet composer and 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…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐉𝐚𝐚𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-hogwood-138363908?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐉𝐚𝐚𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐫ö𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - Chapter 6 — Tralaliera** **1) Italy as Campaign: Leopold’s Grand Strategy** Leopold approached the **Italian tour of 1769–1771** like a **military campaign**. Every practical detail had to serve a…

𝑍𝑂𝐿𝑇𝐴𝑁 𝐾𝑂𝐷𝐴𝐿𝑌 — 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝑂𝑈𝐿 𝑂𝐹 𝐻𝑈𝑁𝐺𝐴𝑅𝑌: 𝐹𝑂𝐿𝐾, 𝐹𝐼𝑅𝐸 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝐷𝑈𝐶𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑅𝐸𝑉𝑂𝐿𝑈𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝐈. 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 (1882–1900) 𝐙𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐲 (1882–1967) was born on 16 December 1882 in Kecskemét, Hungary, into…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐁-𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐊𝐕 𝟑𝟔𝟏 (“𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚”) — 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐦 (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogEYg0hkEMI&t=240s 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭’𝐬 “𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚”: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠…

# **Herbert von Karajan - Live in Berlin 1970-1979 - Box Set 20 SACDs ** **CD 1** **Vivaldi**: Sinfonia for Strings in B minor, RV 169 “Al Santo Sepolcro” **Sibelius**: Violin Concerto in D…

# **Karl Richter Edition - Box Set 31 CDs ** **CD 1** **Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major BWV 1046** **Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major BWV 1047**…

## 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 — CHAPTER 2 - 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗔: 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗗, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗬 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 In Swafford’s portrait, **the “miracle” in…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗞𝗬-𝗞𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩 — 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 (1844–1865) 𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗜𝗞𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗡 (1844–1856) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born on March 18 (March 6 O.S.), 1844, in the provincial Russian town of Tikhvin, into…

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…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 The relationship between Beethoven and the Baroque tradition is one of the most fascinating continuities in the history of music.…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 The history of Western music is not a sequence of ruptures but a chain of transformations. Few composers embody…

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# **Gustav Mahler by Bruno Walter (Spanish Edition)** [https://classicalarchive.org/gustav-mahler-by-bruno-walter-spanish-edition/](https://classicalarchive.org/gustav-mahler-by-bruno-walter-spanish-edition/) ## 1. **The Book as a Historical Document** ***Gustav Mahler*** by **Bruno Walter** is not a biography in the modern scholarly sense, but a **primary…

# **CHURCH MUSIC (IV)** **(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## A Necessary “Revolution” in Mozart’s Inner and Professional Life So what, then, actually happened? A revolution had to occur simultaneously…

# **The Orchestral Concert as Tournament: From Concerto Grosso to Sinfonia Concertante (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) We are now entirely in the realm of concert music when to the…

# **Concert and Mechanical Principles (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) Let us begin with a simple, almost trivial observation: **for a pianist, broken chords and arpeggios are the most natural…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 4 ** **ARPCD0476** David Oistrakh plays **Brahms, Bach & Chausson** **ARPCD0477** **Chopin** – 24 Preludes & Piano Sonata No. 2 – Alfred Cortot **ARPCD0479** **Bruckner** – Symphony No. 7 –…

# **DIVERTIMENTO, CASSATION, SERENADE - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** Mozart was born into an age when **the sharp boundaries** that later (by around **1800**) separated **chamber from symphonic**, **theatrical…

# **CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS (1) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **When Mozart Wrote His First String Quartet** When Mozart composed his first string “quartet” (K. 80)—during his…

# **Mozart and Counterpoint (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) What time and environment could offer him was **no longer genuinely living polyphony**, but rather **a survival—something rigid, petrified, a textbook…