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Who next for classical music's naughty corner?
Should Furtwängler and Karajan be condemned for perpetuating their careers in a toxic political environment? Should musicians with Russian connections be demonised? Difficult questions which, like Rinzai Zen Buddhist koans, are translogical queries which have no obvious answer. I was reminded of these troubling questions by the difficult position some contemporary musicians are being put in due to their varying connections with Russia. As an example, recently the Estonian conductor Kristan Järvi was put into the classical naughty corner by an industry social media influencer. Jarvi's sin was to publish an ambivalent statement on his relationship with the Baltic Sea Philharmonic orchestra which he is the Music Director and Founding Conductor of. The Baltic Sea Philharmonic brings together musicians from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and, yes, Russia. So Jarvi's ambivalence can probably be explained by an understandable desire not to alienate musicians with unknown political allegiances who play […]
2022-08-04 12:11:40
Teodor Currentzis is a Greek conductor, musician, and actor, who currently serves as chief conductor of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart and artistic director of the MusicAeterna ensemble and chamber choir. "Utopia" is a new international orchestra that aims to bring together soloists and concertmasters from various orchestras into one collective and provide an […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-07-26 18:17:36
Teodor Currentzis and the ensemble MusicAeterna have faced backlash in the West over their partnership with a state-owned bank in Russia.
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2021-08-25 02:40:00
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, & Piano Quintet in E flat major | Johann Sebastian Bach: Five Fugues from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Vol. 2, arrangement for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Isabelle Faust, Anne-Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyra, Alexander Melnikov (HD 1080p)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne-Katharina Schreiber (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyra (cello), and Alexander Melnikov (period piano), play Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47, and Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44, and Johann Sebastian Bach's Five Fugues from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Vol. 2, arrangement for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, KV.405. Recorded at the 17th Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, at Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, on August 18, 2021. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)♪ Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47 (1842) [7:06]* i. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo ii. Scherzo. Molto vivace iii. Andante cantabile iv. Finale. Vivace Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) ♪ Five Fugues from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Vol. 2, arrangement for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), KV.405 (1782) [38:56] i. Fugue in C minor, KV.405 No.1 (after BWV 871) ii. […]