Spotlight Mascagni: “Cavalleria rusticana”
“Cavalleria Rusticana” is an Italian classic and by far the most popular work by Pietro Mascagni...
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Karajan artists: Dinu Lipatti – the musical saint
Dinu Lipatti is one of the few musicians of the 20th century not only admired for his music-making but also worshipped almost like a saint till today...
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Spotlight Rachmaninoff: The second piano concerto
Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the last pure late-romantic composers, a stunning virtuoso and altogether one of the great musicians of his time...
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Spotlight Verdi: The Requiem
Verdi’s „Messa da Requiem“ is the greatest work of 19th-century sacred Italian music and his most important work apart from the operas...
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Karajan artists: Clara Haskil – mostly Mozart
Clara Haskil was one of the 20th century’s great Mozart pianists but she was also remarkable for her interpretations of Beethoven and Ravel. Like Dinu Lipatti and Radu Lupu...
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Spotlight Webern: four orchestral works
Anton von Webern is one the most important composers of the 20th century and perhaps the most enigmatic...
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Spotlight Reger: “The Mozart Variations”
Max Reger's contemporary Schoenberg thought him to be a genius no less and studied his works, Prokofiev and Hindemith admired him - Reger is the typical case...
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Karajan artists: Walter Berry – from Bach to Pizzetti
Walter Berry was one of the best bass-baritones of his time. He was a highly acclaimed Mozart singer in lighter roles such as Papageno, Figaro and Leporello but he also performed...
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Spotlight Beethoven: “Missa Solemnis”
A major work in the oeuvre of its composer, hence a major work in musical history – Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”. The majestic composition that Beethoven himself thought of...
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Karajan artists: Birgit Nilsson – the “great shining Wagner voice”
Karajan and Birgit Nilsson were a difficult combination. The resolute Swedish diva never hesitated to give Karajan a piece of her mind. But when they cooperated the opera audience was enthusiastic...
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