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Articles
Wagnerian musical drama in the orchestra, the virtues of lightness
It is true, Wagner past his conductor life a to make the adversary of Mendelssohn,…
Two theoretical approaches (and a number of problems)
Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Les Attributs de la musique (1765), Paris, Musée du Louvre Table…
50 versions of Schumann’s Fantasy
Schumann’s Fantasy is a work truly apart in the composer’s oeuvre. It is perhaps the…
Reviews
Kristiina Poska continues her reference recording of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Kristiina Poska, conducting the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, seems to have…
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A refined Berlioz under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä, albeit still a little forced
It’s no secret that if there’s one name that’s been…
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Masaaki Suzuki conducts the greatest German Requiem since the Golden Age
Masaaki Suzuki conducting the German Requiem. Miku Yasukawa, Jochen Kupfer,…
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Invitations to other media
Legendary recordings
Chopin by Guiomar Novaes
Guiomar Novaes (1895-1972) was an incarnation of the most absolute…
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A legendary recording: Mitropoulos conducts Mahler’s Tragic Symphony
The career of Mitropoulos, the great conductor of the prestigious…
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A legendary recording: Bruggen conducts Mozart
Frans Bruggen is one of the most singular exponents of…
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