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Weekly SpinOn: Strong Women

Track 1: Carmen, Act I: “Quand je vous aimerai?” – Habanera: “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” – Georges Bizet What better way to begin a playlist about strong women than with a woman who refuses to belong to anyone? When Carmen first appears in Bizet’s opera, she makes this clear…

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Spotlight Ravel: Five orchestral works, Boléro and more

Karajan performed and recorded more pieces by Ravel than by Debussy, but it both cases he had his favourites while...

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Spotlight Mahler: The Sixth Symphony

Karajan’s commitment to Mahler’s symphonies concentrated on the numbers 4,5,6 and 9 and on the years 1973 – 1982...

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Spotlight Schmidt: the “Notre Dame” intermezzo

Karajan never had the slightest intention to be a composer and none of the composers he knew personally...

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