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𝐖𝐎𝐉𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐆𝐑𝐙𝐘𝐌𝐀Ł𝐀 — 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃, 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 The figure of 𝐖𝐨𝐣𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐳𝐲𝐦𝐚ł𝐚 occupies a far more important place in the life of Fryderyk Chopin than his relative absence from popular biographies…

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…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 “𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄” 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐉𝐀 𝐆Ł𝐀𝐃𝐊𝐎𝐖𝐒𝐊𝐀 In 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟗, when 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 was…

𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 (1812–1827) was a younger sister of the Polish composer 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧. As a child, she showed literary and artistic talent, but she died on 10 April 1827, aged just 15. The cause…

𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐳𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐳 (Warsaw, April 6, 1807 – October 29, 1855), born 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧, was a Polish performer, composer, and writer. She was the elder sister of 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 and of his two younger…

Mahler "Symphony No 10 (Cooke version)" Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Simon Rattle (Revised performing version of Mahler's draft prepared 166-74 by Deryck Cooke in colaboration with Berthold Goldschmidt, Colin Matthews and David Matthews) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fu3dqBKDxU…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗙𝗙 The possibility that 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆 and 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗳𝗳, two of the most powerful and apparently contrasting musical personalities of their age,…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟲, 𝗦. 𝟮𝟰𝟰 [𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇] 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟴, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳: 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnW3Y70dl0

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲’𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 This celebrated portrait was painted in Vienna by 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, an actor and amateur painter who was also Mozart’s brother-in-law through his marriage to 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮…

𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 — 𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘-𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2uTW0mdSs (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3uSGMBLwU (Part 2-3) 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶, conductor 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, soprano — Tove 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻, mezzo-soprano — Waldtaube 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, tenor — Waldemar 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲, tenor —…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟯, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲, 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗵𝗲, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 was one of the…

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFihwDIaKug&t=354s 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 “𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹” 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 conducting the 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Recorded in 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗭𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗘̌𝗞 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝘁 𝗭𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲̌𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮 was one of the essential Czech conductors of the twentieth century, especially…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻, born George Gordon Byron in London on 22 January 1788 and dead at Missolonghi, Greece, on 19 April 1824, was one of the most…

Demos la bienvenida a los nuevos miembros: Simon Tavener, Anne-Mette Wrangel, April Curtis Haines, Raimond Haak, Tore-Morten Andreassen Figenschow, Glenn Boreham, Michel Mollard, Giorgio Ramini, George Cody, Lucile Deslignères, Laurence Branigan, Maria Gabriella Cianci,…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗔 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 was one of the most spectacular Italian tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose name still…

𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗘 — 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁: 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭–𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲 was born in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 on 𝟲 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭. He belongs to the distinguished French pianistic tradition, but his…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝘂 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 was one of the most important Italian tenors of the late nineteenth century, remembered above all as…

On April 5 and 6, 1907, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 programmed a concert of “compositions by living writers,” including music from five countries. The first half opened with 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱’𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘆’s Wallenstein’s Camp (France), 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗼𝘃’s Spring…

Two years after winning the prestigious 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 made his first appearances with the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 on April 7 and 8, 1960, performing Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto with…

𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘇𝘆, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼́𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿. 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟯.

𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗕-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟮𝟯 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘇𝘆, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 - 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗹 — 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗖𝗔 — 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWsh_qEh7nQ 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟯 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻…

𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶'𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰) 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 “𝗟𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗻” 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝟭 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nKDbPfbQI Arturo Toscanini, conductor The NBC Symphony Orchestra Recorded Live on April 4, 1954 at Carnegie Hall, New York

𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘́ 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗭 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲́ was born in 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲 and died in 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇-𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝟰 𝗼𝗿 𝟱 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹…