I am continuing with conductors this week. This posting is about Debussy's La Mer and a famous recording of it by Roger Désormière and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from 1950....
Read MoreI am still writing about conductors! Fritz Busch was a German conductor celebrated for his interpretations of Mozart, Verdi, Richard Strauss, and the Austro‑German symphonic tradition. As General Music Director...
Read MoreI am going to talk about conductors in the next few posts. This post is about Otto Klemperer. Klemperer was born on May 14,1885 in Breslau. He began music studies...
Read MoreI'm not going to write much. The music speaks for itself. The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888...
Read MoreMy local orchestra is performing Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances this year, and I thought that I would do a posting of it. The performance below is with Kirill Kondrashin, conducting the...
Read MoreThis is a famous piece by the composer Béla Bartók. Bartók provided this summary of the piece: “The general mood of the work represents, apart from the jesting second movement,...
Read MoreI am posting a very famous live recording from 1938 of Bruno Walter conducting Mahler's 9th symphony. If you haven't listened to Mahler before, he may take some getting used...
Read MoreI haven't posted anything about Felix Weingartner for a long time. Some consider him to be the greatest conductor of the twentieth century. His tempi were definitive for many. Here...
Read MoreI am moving away from vocal postings today. Instead, I am going to post some performances by a pianist who I think has been pretty much forgotten. This never should...
Read MoreThe overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger is one of the great pieces of German Romantic Music. It is accessible whether or not you know the opera. This particular performance of...
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