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German composer, conductor, double-bassist (1832-1915)
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2016-11-06 08:55:10
Soloists, MusicAeterna/Currentzis (Sony Classical)On the evidence of this disorientating and sometimes shocking Don Giovanni, Teodor Currentzis is to Mozart what Emma Rice is to Shakespeare: sceptical, questioning, reinventing with bright lights and vividly colourful insights. Currentzis’s Russian orchestra steals the show with its incisive approach (but sack the clever-clever fortepianist). The ensemble is superbly tight, though some of the little-known cast work better than others, with Vito Priante’s Leporello far more grabbing than Dimitris Tiliakos as Giovanni. Là ci darem la mano is reimagined as a pastoral musette, while the Serenade sounds like a ukulele ensemble; the finale is brutal, and achieves the “cold, pitiless majesty” that Hermann Abert heard in this tremendous score. Continue reading...
2016-09-20 14:00:55
Oh, mia vergogna estrema!
Happy 82nd birthday actress Sophia Loren. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fKJ86GiGg Born on this day in 1807 librettist Giovanni Ruffini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD60zlp-qnE Born on this day in 1832 composer Johann Joseph Abert. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQWYuETWfY Born on this day in 1866 composer Gustave Doret. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeXK7jg15Cc Born on this day in 1880 composer Ildebrando Pizzetti. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe1IfTOCpM Born on this day in 1924 singer Gogi Grant. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHMWkFuIB-k
2015-09-20 17:18:11
On the origin of speechless
On this day in 1833 Charles Darwin rode a horse to Buenos Aires. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGchv7kHzw Born on this day in 1807 librettist Giovanni Ruffini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD60zlp-qnE Born on this day in 1832 composer Johann Joseph Abert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQWYuETWfY Born on this day in 1866 composer Gustave Doret http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeXK7jg15Cc Born on this day in 1880 composer Ildebrando Pizzetti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe1IfTOCpM Happy 91st birthday singer Gogi Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHMWkFuIB-k Happy 81st birthday actress Sophia Loren http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9mMqxrL69Q
2015-09-19 14:00:03
The right to life is the source of all rights—and the right to property is their only implementation
On this day in 1928 Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in Steamboat Willie, a film that will enter the public domain on January 1, 2024. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkZY9v9tZ6Y Born on this day in 1807 librettist Giovanni Ruffini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD60zlp-qnE Born on this day in 1832 composer Johann Joseph Abert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQWYuETWfY Born on this day in 1866 composer Gustave Doret http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeXK7jg15Cc Born on this day in 1880 composer Ildebrando Pizzetti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDe1IfTOCpM Happy 91st birthday singer Gogi Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHMWkFuIB-k Happy 81st birthday actress Sophia Loren http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fKJ86GiGg
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