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𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 There are conductors whose fame rests on vast symphonic monuments, and there are others whose greatness is forged in…

𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦 (1879–1961) was a British conductor and impresario, and one of the most charismatic and influential musical figures of the 20th century. Born in 𝐒𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬, Lancashire, into a wealthy family, he…

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒 – 𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝟒𝟏 𝐂𝐃𝐬 𝐂𝐃 𝟏–𝟐 Handel: 𝐋𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐇𝐖𝐕 𝟒𝟕 Emma Kirkby (soprano), Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Ian Partridge (tenor), David Thomas (bass) The Academy…

𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐖𝐀̈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐑 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟓 – 𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝟐𝟐 𝐂𝐃𝐬 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/furtwangler-1939-166410809?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 [𝟔𝟒.𝟓𝟑] Concert No. 1 𝟏𝟗 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗 — Alte Philharmonie, Berlin 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐖𝐀̈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐑 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟔–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒) Symphonic Concerto 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 (𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨) 𝐂𝐃…

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act I: "Ombra mai fù" - Franco Fagioli · Il Pomo d'Oro · Maxim Emelyanychev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvBmZNzVenY&list=PLfibsLLQzU02S64sXzFwZ8MiBJRM6XhTb&index=4 Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act III: "Crude furie degl'orridi abissi" Franco Fagioli…

𝗭𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮: 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗛ä𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹: 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 (𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲) – 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/zelenka-missa-165941924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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…

# **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…

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 When 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 (𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟓–𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟗) left his native 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, few could have imagined that he would become 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. After working in…

𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Hermann Scherchen was one of the most radical, intellectually adventurous and unpredictable conductors of the twentieth century. He cannot be classified simply as a specialist in modern…

𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗗𝗔 — 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-telemann-163510678?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The recording entitled 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 & 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗮 does not present an opera jointly composed in the conventional sense. It reconstructs a fascinating historical…

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗟𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲 - 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-la-163223722?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 (𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮, 𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟲𝟴 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-theodora-163222129?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝟯 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 First performed at the 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲, London March 16, 1750 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿, soprano — Theodora 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮, mezzo-soprano — Irene…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 (𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) 𝗦𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲, 𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟯𝟬 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-sosarme-163220256?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟯 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 Created in London, February 15, 1732 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗹é𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶 𝗥é𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗿è𝘀-𝗙𝗲𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹ò 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘇 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘇…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 (𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗼, 𝗥𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹’𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟮𝟴 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-poro-hwv-163219889?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟯 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 London, 1731 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘇𝗰𝘇𝗲𝗽𝗮ń𝘀𝗸𝗮, soprano — Cleofide 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗮, mezzo-soprano — Erissena 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗶ć, alto…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 (𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟱–𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵) 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗼, 𝗛𝗪𝗩 𝟵 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/handel-teseo-hwv-163219389?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 London, 1713 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗺 after 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁, 𝗧𝗵é𝘀é𝗲 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼, soprano — Medea 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗼𝗲𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, soprano — Clizia…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗫𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗠 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟵, 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀̌𝗼𝘃, 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟵, 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 was one of…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟴 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 After the astonishing success of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, it was almost inevitable…

Handel - Organo Concerto Op.4 No.4 - Karl Richter

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗞𝗜 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗔 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗨𝗠: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘, 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥, 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗞𝗜 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 — 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗘 The best documentary basis for this kind of reading is 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel, revised and enlarged by…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗧. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 — 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 — 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 is not a conventional biography of Johann…