Conductors Archive

Petrenko Conducts Stravinsky and Rimsky Korsakov.

Artists Composers Conductors December 31, 2018 0

The award – winning team of Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra continue their survey of the Stravinsky ballets with The Firebird. As with the earlier album, the coupling on this recording is …

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Schubert’s Symphonies #3,5, and 8

Artists Composers Conductors December 30, 2018 0

If you have been reading my posted for a while, then you already know that I am crazy about the music of Franz Schubert. On this CD, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with their former …

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Khatia Buniatishvili Performs in Japan

Artists Composers Conductors Events December 29, 2018 0

Artist: Khatia Buniatishvili, piano Venue: NHK HallJinnan, 2−2−1, Tokyo, 150-0041, Japan Dates: 2019 February 15 19:00, and February 16 15:00 Program: Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943) Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18 Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953) …

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Tabea Zimmermann Performs in “Harold in Italy”

Artists Composers Conductors December 27, 2018 0

Composer Hector Berlioz set new goals for his music in the two works presented on this new CD: In Les Nuits d’été, Berlioz pioneered, well before Mahler and Ravel, a song cycle for voice and orchestra. …

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Andreas Ottensammer Performs Weber, Brahms, and Mendelssohn

Artists Composers Conductors December 25, 2018 0

Andreas Ottensammer is the principal clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Here is a new recording by this fine clarinet virtuoso: Composers: Brahms, Johannes (1833-97) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47) Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) Works: Brahms: Intermezzo …

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