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Child Prodigies – Exploring the Music of Great Young Classical Composers
…performance at the Paris Conservatory. His formal composition lessons began under Fromental Halévy, who also taught Bizet and Gounod. His First Symphony was written at the age of 16, and…
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Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major, 1st Movement – Played by Pierre Fournier
Pierre Fournier (1906-1986) was a renowned cellist known for his lyrical playing and artistic sensitivity. Born in Paris, he began learning piano from his mother but switched to the cello…
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Largo from Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E Minor, Played by Pierre Fournier
Pierre Fournier, known as “the aristocrat of cellists,” was born in Paris in 1906. He turned to the cello after suffering a mild case of polio at nine years old,…
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Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E Minor, 2nd Movement – Allegro – Played by Pierre Fournier
Pierre Fournier, born in Paris on June 24, 1906, was known as “the aristocrat of cellists” for his lyrical playing and artistic sensitivity. Despite facing challenges due to polio as…
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Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E Minor, 3rd Movement – Largo
Pierre Fournier, known as “the aristocrat of cellists,” was a renowned French musician. Born in Paris in 1906, Fournier overcame polio as a child and turned to the cello after…
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Boris Godunov – Full Opera by Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov, an epic opera based on Pushkin’s play, is notoriously difficult to stage in the West. This version from Bolshoi, featuring Nesterenko as Godunov, is considered one of the…
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Götterdämmerung from Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Presented by Vienna State Opera
Wagner Götterdämmerung – Richard Wagner. Adam Fischer/Vienna State Opera, 2016….
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Die Walküre from Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Presented by Vienna State Opera
Wagner Die Walküre – Richard Wagner. The Valkyrie. Adam Fischer, Vienna State Opera, 2016….
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Opera North Presents Das Rheingold from Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Opera North’s acclaimed concert staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, in June 2016. The Ring begins with music evoking the dawn of time and takes us through…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
…His works span a wide range of genres, including symphonies, operas, choral music, chamber music, and film scores. Vaughan Williams was deeply influenced by English folk music and the English…
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Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 – Mariinsky Orchestra
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 conducted by Valery Gergiev at Teatro Salle Pleyel in Paris on January 7th, 2013….
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Muzio Clementi
…repertoire. In 1770, Clementi embarked on a European tour, showcasing his exceptional talents as a pianist. His travels took him to prominent musical centers such as Paris and Vienna, where…
