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2020-01-27 03:09:15
Leo Blech – Waldwanderung, Op. 8 [1902]
2019-08-19 20:06:11
Never-before-uploaded 1927 archival audio recording of legendary Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major – with conductor Leo Blech and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra. Recorded live at the Singakademie – in Berlin. FRITZ KREISLER | BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 1ST MVT | LEO Blech & BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA | 1927 […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-08-19 20:06:11
Never-before-uploaded 1927 archival audio recording of legendary Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major – with conductor Leo Blech and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra. Recorded live at the Singakademie – in Berlin. FRITZ KREISLER | BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 1ST MVT | LEO Blech & BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA | 1927 […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2017-03-30 12:47:00
Welcome premiere recordings of William Alwyn’s early quartets Nos 10 to 13 from the acclaimed Tippett Quartet on Somm
[…] 12), in one movement marked Allegro con alcuna licenza, was completed in London in July 1935. It is dedicated to Alan Bush and was given its premiere by the Stratton Quartet at a concert in the Mercury Theatre, London in January 1937. The Times critic was less than enthusiastic writing that it had ‘… attempted somewhat half-heartedly to break new ground but left an uncertain impression behind.’ Happily at a later London performance by the Blech Quartet, Musical Opinion found that it was ‘… the only work that aroused any desire to hear it again…it contained a number of ingenious and novel effects.’ This work is a definite step forward from the preceding quartets, opening with more advanced, often dissonant harmonies, full of brilliance and breadth. The music falls through some fine passages where the cello brings deeper tones over the rest of the quartet. Once again there […]
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