A podcast where two girls talk about the women they admire and the issues that affect them.
…
continue reading
Find us on YouTube at: Classical Music Discoveries - YouTube
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 86: 18186 Ready or Not
55:16
55:16
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
55:16
Musician-led ensemble Palaver Strings releases its new album of music by diverse female composers, Ready or Not. Works on the album include Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra; Non può il mio cuore by Venetian singer, lutenist, and composer Maddalena Casulana; composer Barbara Strozzi’s madrigal Lagrime mie featuring a performance by m…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 231: 18231 Gems from Armenia
1:20:40
1:20:40
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:20:40
Cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian, each a renowned soloist and chamber musician in her own right, together celebrate the sounds of their ancestral homeland on Gems from Armenia. The album marks the Chicago-raised sisters’ recording debut as the Aznavoorian Duo. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Gems from Armenia (classicalsav…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 222: 18222 Rossini: William Tell
4:08:14
4:08:14
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
4:08:14
William Tell is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend. The opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly 40 more years. Fabio Luisi said that Ros…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 95: 18195 Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
4:45:19
4:45:19
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
4:45:19
The project began as a nine-month exploration of the Sibelius symphonies to mark Mäkelä’s inaugural season with the Oslo Philharmonic as Chief Conductor but, with Covid cancellations, turned into a completely immersive recording project. With the orchestral season disrupted, Mäkelä and the orchestra devoted much of the Spring of 2021 to playing not…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 229: 18229 Voyager
2:44:54
2:44:54
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:44:54
Deutsche Grammophon released VOYAGER: ESSENTIAL MAX RICHTER, the first-ever collection of the acclaimed British composer’s work. The 33-track collection will be available as a double CD and e-album and contains work from across his vast catalog, including studio albums such as 2004’s acclaimed The Blue Notebooks, Richter; reviewed by Pitchfork as o…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 230: 18230 Rossini - Aureliano in Palmira
2:40:33
2:40:33
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:40:33
Aureliano in Palmira is an operatic dramma serio in two acts written by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto in which the librettist was credited only by the initials "G. F. R." The libretto has generally been attributed to Felice Romani, but sometimes to the otherwise unknown Gian Francesco Romanelli. It has been suggested that the latter name…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 97: 18197 Orion Weiss - Arc 1
1:20:37
1:20:37
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:20:37
. Arc I is the inaugural album of an ambitious three-part series and features important works for solo piano from the frantic years of 1911-1913 – the precipice before World War I. The three musical stories on Arc I – Granados’ Goyescas, Janáček’s In the Mists, and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 9 ”Black Mass” – each struggle with the same impossible …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 85: 18185 Ruth Slenczynska
1:06:43
1:06:43
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:06:43
Born in 1925 in Sacramento, California, to Polish immigrants, Slenczynska gave her concert debut at the age of four (just as the world entered the Great Depression), performed on television aged five, and at six made her European concert debut in Berlin. 92 years later, the extraordinary pianist still performs to audiences around the world. ‘MY LIF…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 228: 18228 Pop Channel
57:13
57:13
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
57:13
Ziporyn who released his landmark Cantaloupe Music recording; ‘This Is Not a Clarinet’ in 2001, does the impossible on Pop Channel, taking us through some of the best iconic pop songs during the last 5 decades, imagined through a compendium of clarinets and all arranged, layered, and performed by Ziporyn. Every sound on this album – the lead vocals…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 226: 18226 Rossini - The Italian Girl in Algiers
2:35:57
2:35:57
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:35:57
Rossini wrote L'italiana in Algeri when he was 21. Rossini stated that he composed the opera in 18 days, though other sources claim that it took him 27 days. Rossini entrusted the composition of the recitatives as well as the aria "Le femmine d'Italia" to an unknown collaborator. The opera is notable for Rossini's mixing of opera seria style with o…
…
continue reading
Violinist Angèle Dubeau's newest release ELLE, is an album that magnificently marks the 25 years of existence of her orchestra La Pietà. This 46th album resonates with the feminine sensitivity and virtuosity specific to Angèle Dubeau and the ensemble she founded in 1997, which has ever since demonstrated its artistic excellence and audacity. ELLE t…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 224: 18224 Night Music
1:05:45
1:05:45
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:05:45
Night: it can be dreamy or comforting, but sometimes it’s frightening, full of dark secrets. So it’s no great surprise that the long hours of darkness, often spent awake, have inspired so many composers to write some of their most touching works: Chopin’s dreamy Nocturnes, for example, Schumann’s dainty “Nachtstücke” or Ravel’s spinechilling cycle…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 221: 18221 Bruckner: Symphonies 2 and 8
2:39:36
2:39:36
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:39:36
Wagner: Meistersinger PreludeBruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, WAB 102 (1877 version)Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108 (1890 version) Andris Nelsons, conductorGewandhausorchester Purchase the music (without talk) at:Bruckner: Symphonies 2 and 8 (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 225: 18225 Rossini - The Curious Misunderstanding
2:11:23
2:11:23
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:11:23
L'equivoco stravagante (The Curious Misunderstanding) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri. It was Rossini's first attempt at writing a full two-act opera.L'equivoco stravagante was first performed at the Teatro del Corso, Bologna, on 26 October 1811. It was only performed three t…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 223: 18223 Rossini - featured opera composer for March 2022
44:18
44:18
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
44:18
This broadcast introduces our international audience to Rossini, our featured opera composer for March 2022. You will hear overtures from the 4 operas we feature this month: L'equivoco stravagante (The Curious Misunderstanding) L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) Aureliano in Palmira William Tell…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 84: 18184 Kate Soper - The Understanding of All Things
58:18
58:18
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:18
Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper releases The Understanding of All Things, a portrait album featuring frequent Wet Ink Ensemble collaborator Sam Pluta, on New Focus Recordings. The Understanding of All Things features Soper performing as vocalist, pianist, and electronics composer in three of her works: the title …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 220: 18220 Nightscapes
1:21:45
1:21:45
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:21:45
Night falls in diverse ways in Magdalena Hoffmann's debut album. Nightscapes sees the German harpist dive deep into the intimate, mysterious, magical world of night music, as well as exploring the theme of dance. Its tracklist spans everything from the austere beauty of Britten's Suite for Harp Op. 83 to the folk-like colors of Tournier's La danse …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 213: 18213 24 Preludes for Solo Banjo
32:43
32:43
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
32:43
Hailed as “one of a kind, a banjoist who specializes in classical music and regularly knocks socks off left and right doing so,” John Bullard has released a new recording, 24 Preludes for Solo Banjo, Volume One, Books 1 & 2 Nos. I-XII was produced by multiple Juno Award and Grammy-winning David Travers-Smith. Bullard commissioned composer Adam Larr…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 96: 18196 Meyerbeer - The African Woman or Vasco de Gama
4:27:00
4:27:00
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
4:27:00
L'Africaine (The African Woman) is an 1865 French grand opéra in five acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Eugène Scribe. Meyerbeer and Scribe began working on the opera in 1837, using the title L'Africaine, but around 1852 changed the plot to portray fictitious events in the life of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and intro…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 218: 18219 City Lights
1:11:02
1:11:02
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:11:02
Lisa Batiashvili’s new album, released on May 29, 2020, takes the listener across the world with eleven carefully chosen pieces that represent the most important cities in her life, as well as a suite based on Charlie Chaplin’s own music for City Lights and other films of his, extending last year’s celebration of the 130th anniversary of the iconic…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 202: 18202 Eden
1:15:18
1:15:18
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:15:18
From prison reform, the plight of refugees, the need for music education for all, to the industry-defining In War and Peace, opera superstar Joyce DiDonato has long been an artist who has dedicated herself to creating and initiating projects that challenge and galvanize the public, transcending the physical confines of the concert hall. Player.FM P…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 218: 18218 Bach - The Art of Life
2:24:27
2:24:27
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:24:27
Pianist Daniil Trifonov is known for performances of 19th and 20th-century virtuoso repertory and hardly at all for Bach. Thus one might expect from his album Bach: The Art of Life a certain old-school Romantic quality and even music that is a bit over the top. The album is all that and more. The title is a bit unclear; the interview-format notes q…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 214: 18214 Vestige
1:10:19
1:10:19
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:10:19
Vestige, an album featuring premiere recordings of new pieces by five composers, performed by the contemporary chamber ensemble Wild Rumpus (now Ninth Planet). Five years in the making, Vestige is an ambitious melding of contemporary chamber music and Avant-rock. It features five compositions commissioned by Wild Rumpus, plus an arrangement of a Ra…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 205: 18205 Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still
51:32
51:32
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
51:32
The Day the Earth Stood Still stands as one of the earliest and greatest examples of film exploring the mystery and fear of alien contact, using it as an allegory for our mistrust of one another. With its flying saucer, all-powerful robot, and unnervingly calm humanoid alien, much of this movie feels surreal, and that unsettled feeling is encourage…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 212: 18212 Before and After
49:52
49:52
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
49:52
Before and After, the much-anticipated new album from NOW Ensemble, a group of composers and performers creating "effervescent, genre-busting" chamber music for the 21st century. Before and After-NOW's seventh album with New Amsterdam is devoted to the "refreshingly new and solidly mature" work of Rome Prize-winning composer Sean Friar. Featuring f…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 93: 18193 Meyerbeer - Le Prophete
3:38:42
3:38:42
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
3:38:42
After the brilliant success of their grand opera Les Huguenots (1836), Meyerbeer and his librettist Scribe decided to collaborate again on a piece based on a historical religious conflict. Meyerbeer's great personal wealth and his duties as official court composer to King Frederick William IV of Prussia meant that there was no hurry to complete the…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 217: 18217 Bruckner: Symphonies 1 and 5 plus Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod to Tristan und Isolde
2:34:38
2:34:38
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:34:38
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod to "Tristan und Isolde"Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, WAB 101Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, WAB 105 Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Purchase the music (without talk) at:Bruckner: Symphonies 1 and 5 plus Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod to Tristan und Isolde (classicalsavings.com)Your purch…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 216: 18216 Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103
1:22:07
1:22:07
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:22:07
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103, was dedicated to Richard Wagner and is sometimes known as his "Wagner Symphony". It was written in 1873, revised in 1877, and again in 1889. This is the 1889 version.The work has been characterized as "difficult", and is regarded by some as Bruckner's artistic breakthrough. According to Rudolf Kl…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 215: 18215 Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
1:25:38
1:25:38
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:25:38
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104, is one of the composer's most popular works. It was written in 1874 and revised several times through 1888. It was dedicated to Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. It was premiered in 1881 by Hans Richter in Vienna to great acclaim.The symphony's nickname of Romantic was used by …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 210: 18210 Claude Debussy
1:19:33
1:19:33
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:19:33
In 1949, two young Argentinian child prodigies met and made music together for the first time, the rest, as they say, is history. In continuation of Martha Argerich’s birthday celebrations, we announce a new album from Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich, performing selected works by Claude Debussy. Fantasia for Piano and OrchestraSonata for Violi…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 208: 18209 Beethoven: The Conquering Hero - Complete Works for Cello & Piano
3:06:11
3:06:11
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
3:06:11
Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 99: 18199 Herrmann - Citizen Kane
1:01:21
1:01:21
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:01:21
The film's music was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Herrmann had composed for Welles for his Mercury Theatre radio broadcasts. Because it was Herrmann's first motion picture score, RKO wanted to pay him only a small fee, but Welles insisted he is paid at the same rate as Max Steiner. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Herrmann: Citizen Kane (class…
…
continue reading
REDEEMING LOVE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by composers BRIAN TYLER and BRETON VIVIAN. The album features music written by the composing duo for the Western romance based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers. The project is the latest collaboration between Redeeming Love director DJ Caruso and Brian Tyler, who have worked…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 92: 18192 Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
3:34:25
3:34:25
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
3:34:25
Les Huguenots was some five years in creation. Meyerbeer prepared carefully for this opera after the sensational success of Robert le diable, recognizing the need to continue to present lavish staging, a highly dramatic storyline, impressive orchestration, and virtuoso parts for the soloists – the essential elements of the new genre of Grand Opera.…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 208: 18208 On DSCH
3:55:59
3:55:59
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
3:55:59
The new album “On DSCH” by Igor Levit is a 3CD discographic tour de force by “one of the essential artists of our time” (The New York Times). That the self-styled “maximalist” enjoys pushing himself to his limits – intellectually and physically – is well known, but the present project – two key cycles of musical modernism - puts all others in the s…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 207: 18207 Primavera II - the rabbit
1:11:00
1:11:00
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:11:00
Multi-Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz’s latest recording, PRIMAVERA II the rabbits, features the next 13 of 81 new pieces written for Haimovitz. Commissioned by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT, also featuring Haimovitz’s new arrangement of Josquin de Prez’s Kyrie (from Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae). The project asks composers to respond to Sandro Bot…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 206: 18206 aubades
47:36
47:36
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
47:36
aubades, the new album from Jean-Michel Blais, marks the Montreal-born artist's transition from pianist to composer as he writes for an ensemble for the first time in his career. Written during the pandemic and following a breakup, Blais has used his distinctive musical voice to create a defiantly uplifting record with glistening instrumental textu…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 201: 18201 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert 2022
1:52:40
1:52:40
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:52:40
This year's concert was broadcast to over 90 countries all over the world and watched by more than 50 million viewers on TV. The TV broadcast gained a market share of 60% in its home country Austria – the highest share since 2014 - with 1,16 million viewers The program included works by members of the Strauß dynasty (Johann Strauß I and II as well …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 90: 18190 Chaplin - Modern Times
1:32:44
1:32:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:32:44
Modern Times is a 1936 American silent comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression — conditions created, in Chaplin's vi…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 204: 18204 America
1:31:14
1:31:14
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:31:14
Daniel Hope takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire of American music, exploring its roots and distinctive qualities. "We know a piece is from America the moment we hear it", says Hope. "But what makes music sound American?". Hope’s new album provides some answers, presenting works by composers as diverse as Leonard Bernstein, Sam Cooke, Aaron C…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 91: 18191 Meyerbeer: Robert le diable (Robert the Devil)
3:19:19
3:19:19
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
3:19:19
Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) was immediately successful from its first night on 21 November 1831 at the Opéra; the dramatic music, harmony and orchestration, its melodramatic plot, its star singers, and its sensational stage effects compelled Frédéric Chopin, who was in the audience, to say, "If ever magnificence was seen in the theatre, I d…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 203: 18203 John Williams The Berlin Concert
1:52:54
1:52:54
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:52:54
The album includes some works known to millions worldwide, and others, such as the Suite from Far and Away and the moving Elegy for cello and orchestra, that may be less familiar but are no less brilliant. Maestro Williams briefly introduced many of the pieces, adding to the sense of occasion and expressing his joy at working with the mighty Berlin…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 77: 18077 Uncovered Vol. 2: Florence B. Price
2:05:51
2:05:51
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
2:05:51
GRAMMY Award-winning Catalyst Quartet releases UNCOVERED Volume 2: Florence B. Price on Azica Records. The album is the second issue of a multi-volume anthology highlighting string quartet works by historically important Black composers which aims to bring greater awareness and programming of their music. Volume 2 is entirely devoted to the six kno…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 200: 18200 Météores
36:40
36:40
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
36:40
Jasmin Lacasse Roy is an accomplished musician who draws his inspiration from a wide range of sources: from Hendrix to Debussy. In addition to several other awards, he won first prizes at the International Fringe Music Competition of Hong Kong, the Montreal Guitar Grand Prix, and the Canadian Music Competition. His style plays with the limits of ex…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 94: 18194 Meyerbeer - The Skaters
29:59
29:59
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
29:59
This episode introduces Giacomo Meyerbeer, our featured opera composer for the month of February 2022. Meyerbeer is almost a completely unknown opera composer in today's world, although he was the most internationally famous opera composer of his day. However, thanks to the politically driven "cancel culture" of his day - Wagner and the Nazi regime…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 89: 18189 Chaplin - City Lights
1:00:46
1:00:46
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:00:46
Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights (1931) City Lights proved to be the hardest and longest undertaking of Chaplin’s career. By the time it was completed he had spent two years and eight months on the work, with almost 190 days of actual shooting. The marvel is that the finished film betrays nothing of this effort and anxiety. Purc…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 98: 18198 Ludovico Einaudi: Underwater
58:03
58:03
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
58:03
Fresh from this year’s triumph of the Nomadland and The Father soundtracks, illustrious composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi announces Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years. 1. Luminous2. Rolling Like A Ball3. Indian Yellow4. Flora5. Natural Light6. Almost June7. Swordfish8. Wind Song9. Atoms10. Temple White11. Nobody Knows12. Und…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 72: 18072 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
4:02:30
4:02:30
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
4:02:30
Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater in Munich on 10 June 1865 w…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 75: 18075 Paganini: 9 Caprices
22:42
22:42
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
22:42
In January 2022, violinist Sean Lee and pianist Peter Dugan celebrate Paganini in the first-ever performance of all 24 Caprices in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s 52-year history as well as the release of a new EP of nine Caprices with accompanying music videos. A top prizewinner at the “Premio Paganini” International Violin Competiti…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 47: 18047 From Rags to Riches
1:07:50
1:07:50
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:07:50
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) releases From Rags to Riches: 100 Years of American Song on its new in-house label, NYFOS Records. The label’s debut album features the acclaimed voices of mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and tenor William Burden, together with Steven Blier, Artistic Director of the NYFOS who accompanies Blythe and Burden, on the pi…
…
continue reading