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𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 — 𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼’𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 — 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 / 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 — 25 February 1985

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 - 𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰𝟬 - 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀, conductor - 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCFGvmmb4k&t=162s

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀: 𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗻 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰) – 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCFGvmmb4k 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰

𝐄𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐍 (𝐀 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎’𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄) - 1928 recording – Good sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j8W3eFkFW0 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫: 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐄𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐧 (𝐀 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨’𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞), 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦, 𝐎𝐩. 𝟒𝟎 Der Held (The Hero) Des Helden Widersacher (The Hero’s…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (1864–1949) was a German composer and conductor, and one of the most important musical figures of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Born in 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡, he was the son of the…

# 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗚 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟴𝟮𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 — 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀, 𝗥.: Ein Heldenleben Op. 40 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 — 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: Hungarian Dances / 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿̌𝗮́𝗸: Slavonic Dances 𝗖𝗗 𝟯 —…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗟𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 — 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 What follows is a selective, chronological guide to the most important and most admired surviving Mengelberg recordings, not a complete discography. I have favored performances that…

𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 - 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 - 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2039837 R. Strauss – Symphonic Works Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 12 Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 12 Burleske…

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐙𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑’𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐔𝐌 Nathalie Stutzmann is one of the most unusual figures in contemporary classical music. Long before becoming an internationally celebrated conductor, she was already…

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗭𝗜𝗡́𝗦𝗞𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝟭. 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟳𝟭 — 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, September 1956 Westminster This should unquestionably occupy one…

𝗘𝗨𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Eugene Ormandy remains inseparable from the Philadelphia Orchestra and the famously sumptuous sonority that became known throughout the world as the “Philadelphia Sound.” During his extraordinary tenure—first…

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗭 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Fritz Reiner was one of the supreme orchestral disciplinarians of the twentieth century. His conducting combined extraordinary precision, rhythmic tension, transparent textures and an almost unequalled ability…

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Bernard Haitink’s greatness was rarely proclaimed through theatrical gestures, violent tempo manipulation or the deliberate imposition of a conductor’s personality upon the score. His authority emerged gradually,…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗔𝗭𝗘𝗟 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Lorin Maazel was one of the most technically formidable conductors of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He possessed an exceptional ear, an almost photographic memory, absolute…

𝗦𝗜𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Sir Thomas Beecham was one of the most charismatic, cultivated and immediately recognisable conductors of the twentieth century. His interpretations rarely depended upon severity, intellectual demonstration…

𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗕𝗢̈𝗛𝗠 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Karl Böhm’s reputation rests above all upon Mozart, Richard Strauss, Wagner, Schubert and Bruckner. He was neither a cultivator of orchestral glamour in the Karajan manner nor…

𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 — 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟱𝗖𝗗𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/simon-rattle-45-161001895?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: A Faust Symphony, S108 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major 𝗖𝗗 𝟯–𝟰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴: Gurrelieder 𝗖𝗗 𝟱…

# **Karajan 1980s - The Complete DG Recordings - Box Set 78 CDs ** 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 / 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀: Eine Alpensinfonie Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 / 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿: Symphonie Nr.2…

𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺 - 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝟮𝟯 𝗖𝗗𝘀, 𝗗𝗚, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱 https://www.patreon.com/posts/karl-bohm-late-157856078?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — Symphony No. 9 “Choral” Norman · Fassbaender · Domingo · Berry Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — Overtures…

𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗙𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹 was one of the most refined literary minds of fin-de-siècle Vienna and one of the greatest librettists in the…

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are conductors whose greatness lies in warmth, others in charisma, and a very rare few whose authority seems almost terrifying because it is…

# **Lorin Maazel - RCA & Sony Recordings ** **Beethoven – Complete Symphonies** — Lorin Maazel **Berg – Lulu** — Lorin Maazel **Bizet – Carmen** — Lorin Maazel **Bruckner – Symphony No. 3** —…

# **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…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗨𝗥𝗔 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 — 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗠𝗔 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 Few conductors in the history of classical music generated such fascination, admiration, controversy, and myth as Herbert von Karajan.…