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American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
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Recent Releases No. 72 (CD Reviews)
[…] will pass, but what they write will stand.’ Soon, Bruckner was called to Vianna as court organist and also began to teach at the conservatory. (Of note, amongst his most famous pupils was none other than Gustav Mahler.) It is from this point forward that Bruckner turned almost exclusively to the symphonic form.” Austrian-born Manfred Honeck (b. 1958) opens his extensive booklet essay with an excerpt from a speech delivered by the late American Maestro Leonard Bernstein: “Perhaps, after all, it is only the artist who can reconcile the mystic with the rational, and who can continue to reveal the presence of God in the minds of men.” He then goes on to reflect: “Long after I was fortunate enough to play Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony under the baton of Leonard Bernstein, this quote by Bernstein himself fell into my hands. I immediately and instinctively connected it with the music as Bernstein’s […]
2024-02-27 15:07:22
Getting to the bottom of Bernstein’s rap drinks analysis
2024-02-26 04:30:00
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa (Book Review)
[…] about it. Murakami was an interested layman. His principal musical passion is jazz, but as he writes, “I have also been listening to classical music with no less enjoyment, collecting classical records since I was in high school, and going to concerts as often as time would permit.” During one of Ozawa’s visits to Murakami’s home, the conductor began telling an interesting story about the famous concert in New York where Glenn Gould and Leonard Bernstein had a severe disagreement over tempi for the Brahms Piano Concerto No.1. Murakami thought it would be a good idea to get this story recorded. Ozawa agreed, and thus began the series of conversations that eventually led to the book.The book’s contents include: Introduction: “My Afternoon with Seiji Ozawa” First Conversation: “Mostly on the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto” Interlude 1: “On Manic Record Collectors” Second Conversation: “Brahms at Carnegie Hall” Interlude 2: “The Relationship of Writing to Music” Third Conversation: “What Happened […]
2024-02-26 00:00:00
...Così sperso tra i vimini e le stuoiegrondanti, giunco tu che le radicicon sé trascina, viscide, non maisvelte, tremi di vita e ti protendia un vuoto risonante di lamentisoffocati, la tesa ti ringhiottedell’onda antica che ti volge; e ancoratutto che ti riprende, strada porticomura specchi ti figge in una solaghiacciata moltitudine di morti,e se un gesto ti sfiora, una parolati cade accanto, quello è forse, Arsenio,nell’ora che si scioglie, il cenno d’unavita strozzata per te sorta, e il ventola porta con la cenere degli astri. Eugenio Montaleflac, cue, logs and scansCD 1 Symphony no. 1Concertgebouworkest AmsterdamRecorded in 1987CD 2 & 3 Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"Barbara Hendricks sopranoChrista Ludwig contraltoThe Westminster ChoirNew York PhilharmonicRecorded in 1987CD 4 & 5 Symphony No. 3Christa Ludwig contraltoNew York Choral ArtistsBrooklyn Boys ChorusNew York PhilharmonicRecorded […]
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