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𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 – 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗼 – 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵 https://www.patreon.com/posts/richard-strauss-147365951?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗼, the last opera of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀, is one of the most refined…

𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 - 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 https://www.patreon.com/posts/kirill-of-legend-155883891?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor Op. 43 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: Piano Concerto No. 1 in…

𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟴) was 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 and 𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹, or 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲. Trained initially as 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿, he was 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 as…

**Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov** (1844–1908) was one of the leading figures of Russian music and a key member of *The Mighty Handful* (*The Five*). Trained initially as a naval officer, he was largely self-taught as a…

# **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…

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗮’𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 Cimarosa composed more than sixty securely documented operas, although older catalogues sometimes claim over eighty by counting revisions, alternative titles, doubtful attributions and works written partly by…

𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃 — 𝗔 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃 was born on 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟰, in Tikhvin, Russia, and died on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟴, near Saint Petersburg. He was one of the central figures…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟰 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟰𝟰𝟭 — Britten - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Simple Symphony - Britten Quartet 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟰𝟰𝟮 — Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 3, Romeo and Juliet, Capriccio Italien - Vladimir Jurowski,…

𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 Ever since Richard Strauss and Clemens Krauss first met at the Vienna Opera in the 1920s, Krauss increasingly became an esteemed Strauss interpreter. The intensity of their…

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 — 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟮 Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello in C minor, Op. 1 (Berlin). 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟯 Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello in F minor,…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 - 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭 — Scherzo à la russe (1867) and Impromptu (1863/64) 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮 — Souvenir de Hapsal (1867) 𝗢𝗽. 𝟯 — The Voyevoda — opera (1867–68)…

# **Felix Mendelssohn — Published Works in Complete Chronological Order** **1822** Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello in C minor, Op. 1 (Berlin). **1823** Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello in F…

𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐍 – 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 – 𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍-𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌 𝐁𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐙𝐄𝐓 – 𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐃𝐬 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 Piano Sonata No. 39 in D major, **𝐇𝐨𝐛.𝐗𝐕𝐈:𝟐𝟒** Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor, **𝐇𝐨𝐛.𝐗𝐕𝐈:𝟑𝟐** Piano Sonata No.…

𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗦𝗞𝗬-𝗞𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is frequently described as a supreme orchestrator, as though colour were the principal—or even the only—reason for his enduring importance. The description is accurate but incomplete. His…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 — 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 The chronology below includes Clara Schumann’s published works, surviving unpublished compositions, cadenzas, unfinished works, and documented lost works. Dates sometimes differ among catalogues; uncertain dates…

𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Wolfgang Sawallisch represented one of the last great manifestations of the traditional German Kapellmeister: a conductor whose authority was founded not upon personal exhibitionism, but upon complete…

# 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 The influence of **𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻** on **𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀** was profound, but it cannot be reduced to direct imitation.…

𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Erich Kleiber was one of the great representatives of the Central European conducting tradition, yet he never belonged comfortably to any single school. His performances combined rhythmic…

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡’𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧, 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Felix Mendelssohn has often been admired for his elegance and simultaneously underestimated because of it. His music appears so lucid, balanced…

𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻 — 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟭𝟳 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧Ó𝗞 Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky piano Christoph Caskel & Heinz Koenig percussion…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂̈𝗵𝗹𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 Between 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯 and 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴, Johann Sebastian Bach passed…

𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗦𝗭𝗘𝗟𝗟 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗔 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝟭𝟬𝟲 𝗖𝗗𝗦 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/george-szell-106-161493272?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭: 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸-𝗦𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗹 - Slavonic Dance no.1 in C major, op.46 no.1 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸-𝗦𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗹 - Slavonic Dance no.3 in A flat major, op.46…

𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘇 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟰𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Chicago Symphony…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗝𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟲, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘂…