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Ballet Music from Schubert’s Rosamunde
Oscar Shumsky plays Kreisler’s arrangement of Schubert’s ballet music from Rosamunde. Piano accompaniment by William Wolfgram. Sheet music available upon request….
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London Symphony Orchestra Performs Romance from Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
…4:10 4. Mozart’s Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – 6:40 5. Bizet’s Song from Carmen Habnera and Toreador Suite No.2 – 4:08 6. Kreisler’s Liebesfreud – 3:47 7. Beethoven’s Romance…
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Robert Schumann
…produce a significant body of work, including Carnaval, Symphonic Etudes, Scenes from Childhood, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in C. The year 1840 was a significant one for Schumann. Known as…
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18, 1st Movement – Moderato
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fritz Reiner, features pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Composed between 1900 and 1901, the concerto…
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Ombra Mai Fu from Handel’s Xerxes
Listen to Fritz Wunderlich’s rendition of Handel’s “Ombra mai fu” from Xerxes on vinyl. Wunderlich was a German lyric tenor with a musical family background. Despite his father’s suicide when…
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Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
Check out Fritz Lehmann’s strong and brilliantly played Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn. Despite dying just before the stereo age, Lehmann deserves more recognition. I personally de-clicked and eq-ed the…
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Antonín Dvořák
…him to Fritz Simrock, an influential publisher. This was a turning point for Dvořák. His Moravian Duets and Slavonic Dances, published by Simrock, attracted worldwide attention, marking the beginning of…
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Leonard Bernstein
…1939, Bernstein continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Here, he honed his skills under the guidance of accomplished musicians like Isabella Vengerova, Fritz Reiner, and…
