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2024-04-08 14:26:23
Sol Hurok, 2024
This Week in Classical Music: April 8, 2024. Sol Hurok, Impresario. He was neither a musician nor a composer, but Sol Hurok did for classical music in America more than almost any other person we can think of. Hurok was born Solomon Gurkov on April 9th of 1888 in Zarist Russia and moved to New York in 1906. A natural organizer, he started with left-wing politics in Brooklyn; that didn’t last long as he switched to representing musicians: Efrem Zimbalist and Mischa Elman, the talented violinists who also emigrated from Russia, were among his first clients. He represented the Russian bass Fyodor Chaliapin for several years (he also worked with Nellie Melba and Titta Ruffo). He then turned to dance: Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, and Michel Fokine became his clients, as well as the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. In 1942, he organized one of the first tours of the American […]
2024-03-21 04:00:00
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BrahmsThe Orchestral MusicSalvatore Accardo ViolinHeinrich Schiff celloMisha Dichter pianoGewandhausorchester LeipzigKurt Mazurdigital download with informative web bookletsLisztLes PréludesPrometheus - FestklängeVon der Wiege bis zum GrabeMephisto Waltz No. 1 - Tasso: Lamento e trionfoOrchestre de ParisSir Georg SoltiHungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván FischerJ S BachGoldberg VariationsGeorge Malcolm harpischordBrittenCantata AcademicaHymn to Santa CeciliaChoral DancesMissa BrevisRejoice in the LambGeorge MalcolmBenjamin Britten20th Century PortraitsFallaEl amor brujoEl sombrero de tres picosStravinskyThe Firebird suiteSong of the NightingaleBartokTwo Pictures - Concerto for OrchestraLorin MaazelDorati in HollandWorks by Smetana, Dvorak, Weber,Van Anrooy, Mendelssohn, Schubert,Berlioz & ElgarConcertgebouworkest AmsterdamResidentie Orkest Den HaagAntal DoratiDvorakSlavonic DancesLegendsNocturneMiniaturesPrague WaltzesBudapest Festival OrchestraIvan FischerMahlerSymphony No. 1WagnerTannhauser Overture & Venusberg MusicStraussDer Rosenkavalier Concert SuiteRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraErich LeinsdorfAdamGiselle (complete ballet)Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte-CarloRichard BonyngeBeethovenPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 ‘Pastorale’Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’Piano Sonata No. […]
Serenade (Western Classical Music in India)
2024-01-24 18:31:24
Rated as one of the most accomplished singers of her time, Toti Dal Monte was born in Venice on 27th June 1893. Her ambition was to become a concert pianist and she entered the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice while still a child. A strained tendon in her left hand came as a severe blow to Dal Monte who, having almost finished her studies, saw her aspirations shattered. Her father sought the advice of Italian operatic contralto Barbara Marchisio. The […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2023-11-01 16:32:57
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has removed Ildar Abdrazakov,... The post Monte Carlo dumps a Russian singer first appeared on Slippedisc. The post Monte Carlo dumps a Russian singer appeared first on Slippedisc.
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