Haydn’s Humor.
Joseph Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 92, 93, 97, 98 and 99. In my view, what made Haydn’s music unique was his ability to express a variety of honest emotions in his music. We can hear …
Conductors Archive
Bernstein’s Debut.
Bernstein’s Magic. I remember the year 1951 for many reasons: My family emigrated to New York from Vienna; I started to learn English; and Leonard Bernstein was becoming more well-known and later conducting the …
Gustavo Dudamel.
Mahler’s 7th Symphony. I learned at least one fact from this recording, and I am hoping to learn more: The fact I learned is that Gustavo Dudamel won the Gustav Mahler conducting competition in …
Russian Music.
Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 6 and 14. Growing up in Moscow, conductor Vladimir Jurowski has a personal connection with the music in these recordings. We get to hear the following works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. …
Kleiber’s Mahler.
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. I have always been nuts about the amazing capabilities of the late conductor, Carlos Kleiber. As the son of the famous Austrian conductor Erich Kleiber, the father …