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Beethoven - Symphony No.2 - Rafael Kubelik

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟰 — 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶́𝗸

𝗕𝗲𝗱ř𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮: 𝗠á 𝘃𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 – 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸 – 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-jmudlvnc&list=PL8Hi9pw3gEfTCFl6Ab3WPJ-E1KGdUxZxp&index=1

𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜́𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Rafael Kubelík was one of the twentieth century’s most humane, spontaneous and musically generous conductors. His interpretations rarely sought the immaculate finish of Karajan, the iron discipline…

On October 23 and 24, 1952, fifth music director 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶́𝗸 led the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 in the music most closely associated with his native Czechoslovakia, 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮’s Má vlast. “𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮’s My Country is regarded…

𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, “𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻,” 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶́𝗸, 𝗕𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟵. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV5pi64lxsk&t=156s

𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸, 𝗕𝗣 https://www.patreon.com/posts/dvorak-9-kubelik-137361602?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮 - 𝗠𝗮 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 - 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 - 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗗𝗚 https://www.patreon.com/posts/smetana-ma-vlast-139012627?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝘀á𝗸𝘆-𝗦𝘇é𝗹𝗹, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸, 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗮 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟬. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

𝗜𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 1990

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀𝗻𝘆́ (1912–1994) 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 1991

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 (b. 1942)

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 (1928–2020)

𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟵) Rafael Kubelík was born on June 29, 1914, in Býchory near Prague, into one of the most…

𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗞 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗔𝗡

# **Rafael Kubelík at the age of 12**

BRUNO WALTER AND RAFAEL KUBELIK

𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 – “𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗻𝘀” – 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯 – 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁, 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼, 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗻 – 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 – 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyTJWfxMuM The…

# **Chicago Symphony Orchestra — From the Archives** 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭 — The Reiner Era 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟮 — Soloists of the Orchestra 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟯 — To…

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…

On October 18, 1991, new music director 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 shared the podium with two of his predecessors, 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶́𝗸 and 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶, to bring the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮’s centennial celebration to a grand…

𝐕𝐚́𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐳𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 There are conductors who become famous through power, glamour, or controversy, and there are others whose authority grows from something deeper: style,…

𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐙: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑-𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓, 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 Gundula Janowitz belongs to that very rare group of sopranos whose voices seem to exist almost beyond ordinary…