Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Jean Martinon, with Isaac Stern, 4 March 1962, Handel Opus 6/6, Mozart K207, Mendelssohn’s Dream.
Jean Martinon (1910-76) https://cso.org/csotv/great-music/jean-martinon-isaac-stern/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20201107_CSOtvGuideRoundup1&utm_content=version_A&uid=2330520&promo=39625
Sad news: cellist Alexander Bouzlov (Buslov) has died at the age of 37.
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Schubert’s Symphonies – Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ICA Classics]
The time: Saturday evening/Sunday morning. The place: my bedroom/office. The music: Schubert’s Eight Symphonies (those composed by his own hand: numbers 1-6; the Unfinished; and the Great C-major). The intention: to listen to the whole cycle uninterrupted (save for...
Many Happy Returns to Tadaaki Otaka, 73 today.
Pet Sounds on Classic FM.
7 o’clock on a Saturday evening is normally Cowan’s Classics on Classic FM in which Rob Cowan (pictured) extends artists and repertoire beyond that habitually associated with this station, gratifyingly. Under the cover of appeasing animals frightened by the noise of...
As Joe Biden wins the White House as President-elect here is Leonard Slatkin’s Election Day Special.
https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2020-recovery-edition-election-day-special/ Linked to with the author's permission.
A bag of bagatelles … Nicolas Hodges records Beethoven & Birtwistle for Wergo.
With a dramatic flourish, Nicolas Hodges introduces Beethoven’s Fantasy (Opus 77) and goes on to parade the work’s multifaceted nature with relish as well as superb playing, recorded, as throughout this notable release, with exemplary presence and clarity in November...
Many Happy Returns to soprano Dame Gwyneth Jones, 84 today.
La Scala opening night cancelled.
"The Dec. 7 season premiere at Milan’s La Scala opera house has been cancelled following a rash of coronavirus infections among musicians and chorus members—nine of the former, to be precise, and 18 of the latter." [Musical America Worldwide, 6 November 2020].