“Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should...
Born on this day in 1863 theatre and opera producer Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=eheDFPvUhjs On this day in 1875 the Palais Garnier was inagurated in Paris....
View ArticleJan.25: Chamber music with Adrian Brendel
Adrian Brendel, Henning Kraggerud and Imogen Cooper perform Beethoven Trios and Variations at Kings Place, London. Date: 25 January 2017 Venue: King’s Place Address: 90 York Way King’s Cross London N1...
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01/18/17 Musique Française #2 +1DDL Respighi's Fountains & Pines of Rome, The Birds by Louis Lane in Atlanta (1985) 01/11/17 Debussy #3 +1DDL Jeux & Images pour Orchestre by Tilson Thomas in...
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Schubert: Winterreise D911 Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), and Alfred Brendel (piano) Franz Schubert’s song cycle ‘Winterreise’ was written late in his life. It is regarded both as a...
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01/21/17 Summer Nights #3 +1CD Mendelssohn's 3rd & 4th Sym. by Heras-Casado in Freiburg (2015) (a rip by Enrico B.) 01/21/17 Summer Nights #3 +1LP Mendelssohn's 1st & 2nd Sym. by Sawallisch in...
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02/1/17 Musique Française #3 +1CD Rameau & Royer's Pièces de clavecin by Jean Rondeau ('Vertigo') (2015) 01/28/17 Rare Grooves #2 +1LP Schubert's Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 by Böhm in Vienna (1982)...
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02/11/17 Prokofiev #1 +1CD 2nd Piano Concerto + Tchakovsky's 1st by Beatrice Rana & Antonio Pappano in Rome 02/1/17 Musique Française #3 +1CD Rameau & Royer's Pièces de clavecin by Jean Rondeau...
View ArticleDavid Garrett gets over the heartbreak
Shutting the file on his recent erotic turbulence, the German violinist has been awarded the Frankfurter Musikpreis for 2017, a gift worth 15,000 Euros. The prize is cross-generic, as you can see from...
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02/18/17 Schoenberg Piano Music +1DDL Complete set by Pina Napolitano (2012) 02/16/17 Debussy #4 +2CDs Etudes by Garrick Ohlsson, both the 1988 and the 2013 recordings 02/11/17 Prokofiev #1 +1CD 2nd...
View ArticleBrendel And Wickes To Present Faculty Recital At Lee
Lee University faculty Chery Brendel, soprano, and Mary Beth Wickes, piano, will present a recital on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Squires Recital Hall, in Lee's Humanities Center. via Topix - Opera All...
View ArticleMasterful Singing!
Those of you, my friends, who follow my posts already know that I love the music of Franz Schubert. The composer died at age 31, and he left us more than 600 songs. In addition he also composed amazing...
View ArticleNash Ensemble/Brabbins review – Davies, Matthews and Holt take the modern...
Wigmore Hall, London Two new works and a London premiere, alongside revisits to three other pieces, rode the spectrum from elegant and concise to dark and ruminativeThere were three premieres – two...
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03/23/17 Brahms +1CD set Ein deutsches Requiem by Ferencsik in Bratislava (1983) 03/22/17 Spanish School #1 +1CD Granados, Goyescas by Cristina Ortiz (1989) 03/17/17 Spanish School #1 +1DDL Granados,...
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03/29/17 Debussy #4 +1CD Etudes by Gordon Fergus-Thompson (1990) 03/28/17 Summer Nights #5 +1CD Melodies Françaises (Berlioz, Ibert, Poulenc, Ropartz) by José van Dam (1988) 03/23/17 Brahms +1CD set...
View ArticleAlfred Brendel plays Liszt
Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 17 Csárdás Obstiné Alfred Brendel LP...
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04/10/17 Debussy #5 +1CD Préludes by Ivan Ilic (2006) 04/10/17 Spanish School #2 +1CD Lecuona's Piano Works by Clara Rodriguez (2003) 04/05/17 Bruckner +1CD Symphony No. 7 by Hans Vonk in Saint Louis...
View ArticleFacing the music: Sunwook Kim
The South Korean pianist - youngest ever winner of the Leeds – on his inspirations, from Abbado to Unsuk Chin, and Bach to BurgundyWhat’s been your most memorable live music experience as an audience...
View ArticleMay 7: Cellist Adrian Brendel Performs in Berlin
Adrian Brendel and Kit Armstrong: Konzerthaus Berlin Date: SUNDAY, MAY 07 2017, 11:00 AM Venue: Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin – Kleiner Saal Address: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin, Germany Program: Byrd,...
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05/17/17 Wintery Romantics: Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano C.to by L. Berman & Temirkanov (1986) (a transfer by Enrico B.) 05/17/17 Summer Nights #11: Rossini Overtures by Chailly, Mehta, Maazel &...
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05/24/17 Rachmaninov #2 +1CD Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 by Lugansky & Shpiller in Moscow (1995) 05/21/17 Musique Française #3 +1CD Ravel's Miroirs etc. by André Laplante (1995) 05/17/17 Wintery...
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