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Czech music educator, pianist and university educator (1925-1998)
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2023-11-15 05:00:00
Stepan: Music for Fortepiano (Robert Hill)
Antonin Stepan/Joseph Anton Steffan (1726-1797) Sonata No. 2 in G majorSonata No. 5 in A major Five CapricciosRobert Hill, FortepianoMusikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 620 0870-2 (1999)[Flac & Scans]
2021-05-24 07:03:53
The chance to hear instruments from Chopin's time alongside modern pianos at Third Chopin Festival Hamburg
Hubert Rutkowski, artistic director of the Chopin Festival Hamburg, with the 1847 Pleyel piano being used at the festival The Third Chopin Festival Hamburg is taking place from 11 to 13 June 2021, and for the first time the festival will be live-streamed which means that all five concerts can be seen anywhere in the world, free of charge. The festival places its artistic focus not just on Chopin but on on the comparison of the sound worlds of modern and historical keyboard instruments. This year's festival comes from the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg and the museum has provided the historic instruments used in the festival. This means that alongside modern pianos we get to hear two pianos from Chopin's time, an 1880 Érard, and an 1847 Pleyel plus a 1728 Zell harpsichord. The second concert will offer a direct comparison of the sound worlds of a historic and […]
2020-12-19 10:12:04
A thirty-year gap and clarinettist Ernst Ottensamer's last concerto recording: conductor Richard Stamp talks about the challenge and rewards of bringing his latest disc to fruition
The Academy of London In 1991, conductor Richard Stamp and the Academy of London, the ensemble that he founded, recorded Richard Strauss' prelude to his opera Capriccio and the Duet Concertino for clarinet and bassoon with two principals from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), and Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon). The recording was for a planned Richard Strauss disc as part of an ongoing series of discs of the composer's work on Virgin Classics which included orchestral songs with Gundula Janowitz and an award-winning recording of Metamorphosen. Finally, in 2014, Richard Stamp was able to complete recording the disc with two works by Aaron Copland including the Clarinet Concerto with Ernst Ottensamer; this would be Ottensamer's final concerto recording. The resulting disc of music by Richard Strauss and Aaron Copland came out on Signum Classics earlier this month. So why the nearly 30 year wait between recording and […]
2019-12-24 00:00:00
Complete Shostakovich Symphonies - Sladkovsky - Hi-Rez
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)  Symphonies 1-15Pyotr Migunov (bass), Natalia Muradymova (soprano)Masters of Choral SingingTatarstan National Symphony Orchestradir : Alexander SladkovskyMelodiya MEL CD1002470 - 13 CDs Recorded August 2016 at the Saydeshev State Concert Hall Kazan, Tatarstan Direct digital download FLAC files: 96 kHz, 24 bitNo booklet This brand-new cycle of all Shostakovich’s symphonies is a must buy because of its outstanding performance, great interpretation, and magnificent recording. The Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and their music director Alexander Sladkovsky are largely unfamiliar on the international musical circuit; however, they have been touring to Western Europe making well reviewed visits to Germany and the Musikverein in Vienna in recent years. Melodiya have issued a box set of Mahler symphonies 1, 5 and 9 coupled with the vintage recordings by Kondrashin and the Moscow Philharmonic, and, a well-received set of all […]
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