A rare video of Kondrashin conducting Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony!
Conductor, composer & researcher
In search of musical meaning...
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Nikita Sorokin
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Conductor, composer & researcher
In search of musical meaning...
Conductor, composer & researcher
In search of musical meaning...
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At one point during the rehearsals for [his] Eighth Symphony [Mahler] turn in the auditorium and said, ‘If, after my death, something doesn't sound right, then change it. You have not only the right but the duty to do so’. Those are good words for people who believe a conductor should never touch the notes. All this talk that one shouldn't change a single note in a score is nonsense. Werktreue, that is, faithfulness to the work, is a very different matter from merely using the pure text…
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Today, 14 October, marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of Emil Gilels in 1985. Here is his appearance in Strasbourg in 1959:
Emil Gilels (1959.06.16 Strasbourg) Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev
On New Year’s Day 1823, Beethoven was enjoying a lively lunch with friends when he received a congratulatory card from his brother, signed with a pompous flourish: “Johann van Beethoven, Landowner.” With a sly grin, the composer grabbed a quill and fired back, “Ludwig van Beethoven, Brain Owner.”
All Chopin program by Salomon, a rare broadcast...
Chopin, Ballades (Solomon, 1954)
Worth hearing...
The photo shows Alexander Goldenweiser's class in the early 1900s, with Feinberg standing on the far right beside his teacher.
Samuil Feinberg plays Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 30, op. 109
Beethoven, the Seventh…
Incredible performance by Carlos Kleiber & historic document of the highest caliber (long time unpublished):
https://video.sorokin.music/w/niNZCZdnjZ8v38Uph5kZdd