Tennstedt’s Beethoven.
Conductor Klaus Tennstedt had a distinguished career and he specialized in the music of Wagner, Bruckner, as well as the classical composers. He died at age 71 in 1998. In his early years, he …
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Prokofiev’s Third.
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3. I am a big fan of Prokofiev’s two violin concertos. And I must admit that I do not know this symphony, so I got interested in this performance. This …
Fischer’s Mahler.
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer conducting. This is a stunning new recording by one of the undisputed contemporary Mahler interpreters, Ivan Fischer. The Ninth Symphony was …
Performing Schubert.
Schubert’s Fifth. The music of Schubert is all about feeling, expression, and often melancholy. Keep in mind that here was a man who died at age 31. He was alone, ill, and sad. As …
Solti as Teacher.
Georg Solti: In rehearsals and performance As a young conductor, Hungarian-born Georg Solti was an assistant to Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival during the early 1930’s. His role was to prepare the singers, …