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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-03-05 16:22:03
German conductor dies, aged 100
A family member of Helmut Winschermann has found him dead at his home in Bonn. Winschermann, who made more than 100 recordings, started out as an oboist in the Concertgebouw. He conducted annually in Japan and was the founder of the Deutsche Bachsolisten, making many Bach arrangments of his own.
2016-11-17 04:21:08
[…] Voyager Golden Record , a gramophone record containing a broad sample of the images, common sounds, languages, and music of Earth, sent into outer space with the two Voyager probes.[183] Tributes to Bach in the 20th century include statues erected in his honour, and a variety of things, such as streets and space objects, being named after him.[184] [185] Also a multitude of musical ensembles such as the Bach Aria Group , the Deutsche Bachsolisten , the Bachchor Stuttgart , and the Bach Collegium Japan adopted the composer’s name. Bach festivals were held in several continents, and competitions and prizes such as the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition and the Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize were named after the composer. Where by the end of the 19th century Bach had been inscribed in nationalism and religious revival, the late 20th century saw Bach as the subject of […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-05-19 16:12:31
Few traces left of Huguette’s great recorded legacy
A cri-de-coeur from the French harpsichordist Orhan Memed: I’m one of the many students of Huguette Dreyfus whom Jory Vinikour mentions in his touching tribute and who finds himself utterly at a loss to imagine the musical world without her presence. I feel compelled to write to point out with regret how few of her recordings have been reissued. A quick search on the ‘net brings up very little, with only the Bartok and the Bach Partitas released in the last 10 years. I am probably one of the few who has in his possession the list that Huguette kept of her complete discography and I wanted to share it with you…in the hope that readers would see not only how extensive but also how varied it is… and alas how unlucky we are not to have the opportunity to hear these recordings. The Haydn Trios with Eduard Melkus, […]
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