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𝟭𝟬 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝟭. 𝗛𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗧𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 Unlike many great composers, Elgar never attended a conservatory. He educated himself by studying scores in his father's music shop,…

One of Britain's greatest composers believed he still had 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧. When 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡 𝐕𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟐–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟖) reached the age of 𝟒𝟑, he was already a respected composer. Works such as A Sea…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜 — 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟵 — 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶, 𝗦𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 The afterlife of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 did not begin after his death in 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲.…

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩 — 𝗔𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟱 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 The question of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 cannot be answered only from the piano. The piano…

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…

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 - 𝗟'𝗢𝗲𝘂𝘃𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 - 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟭𝟯𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1 Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2 Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 8 Schumann: Intermezzi, Op. 6 "Pièces phantastiques" 𝗖𝗗…

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,…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗕𝗬 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 Schumann : Abegg Variations, Op.1 - 1829-30 - Evgeny Kissin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dEmNbF8ec The first important piano work that 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 considered worthy of publication was the 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗴…

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…

# **Vox Digital Remastered 10 ** VOXNX2635 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 - String Quartets Nos. 12 & 14 - 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝘆𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 VOXNX2636 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 30 & 32 - 𝗠𝗶𝗲𝗰𝘇𝘆𝘀ł𝗮𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘇𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 VOXNX2637 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 -…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴 Chapter 2 follows Johannes Brahms from the protected promise of…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝘄, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The section 𝗚𝗢𝗗 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words brings us to…

# **Wilhelm Furtwangler - Legendary Concerts 1947-53 ** **CD 1** **Beethoven**: "Leonore" Overture No. 3 **Brahms**: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 Lucerne Festival Orchestra Recording: August 27, 1947 Kunsthaus, Lucerne **Beethoven**:…

𝗚𝗔𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗨𝗥É - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 - 𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢 Audio Recordings in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gabriel-faure-147902542?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝟭-𝟱: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 Ballade · Barcarolles · Impromptus · Mazurka · Nocturnes · Piano Sonata · Pièce en forme de…

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟲𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭: 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗜𝗻 𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟲𝟴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗜𝗻 𝗙 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟵𝟬 Berliner Philharmoniker,…

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟭 (1824)- 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 (conductor) Recorded: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IaWQ3qv8s&t=743s 𝗜. 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗼 (𝗖 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿) The symphony opens with a bold, vigorous gesture — a…

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (1888), Solo piano. Student exercise for Charles-René’s course, lost. 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗴 (1888), Solo piano. Based on 'Åse's Death' from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, student work…

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)…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟭–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲) was 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, and 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 who occupied an important place between 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and the younger generation of Russian musicians. Trained at the 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 under 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃, he…

𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4WYhJOFNE 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀’ 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗯𝗼𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗙 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗽𝘀 –…

# **Beulah Collection 2** 1. Adrian Boult at The BBC - **Humperdinck**, **Tchaikovsky** & **Holst** (1932-1945) 2. Adrian Boult conducts **Elgar** The Dream Of Gerontius Prelude, Symphony No. 2, Sospiri 3. Adrian Boult conducts…

# **MOZART AND “THE ETERNAL-FEMININE”** **(Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) There is **no biography of Mozart** that does not contain a chapter devoted to the theme of **“Mozart and women,”**…