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conductors

Conducting Master Class

December 12, 2009 by Eric

I know this is classical music nerdy, but here is a master class in the conductors craft. Grainy, dull, black and white, yet riveting. The late, great, Carlos Kleiber conducting at Bayreuth. The soprano is Catarina Ligendza. Thanks for the tip, Alex Ross

Filed Under: HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: classical music, conductors

Haitink comments on Shostakovich 4th Sympnony

May 12, 2009 by Eric

The Shostakovich 4th is one of my most favorite pieces perhaps due to the way I first heard it; performed by the Boston Symphony, me  a naive college student walking in completely unprepared. I walked out a different person. This video is short. Make sure you listen to the end. UPDATE: Oh well, the link […]

Filed Under: HEP Guy, Ramblings, The piano world Tagged With: classical music, conductors, Shostakovich

Conductors I have met.

November 9, 2007 by Eric

No particular order… James Levine Leonard Bernstein Erich Leinsdorf Christoph von Dohnanyi Michael Tilson Thomas Daniel Barenboim Sir Colin Davis Leonard Slatkin Mistislav Rostropovich Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos Neemi Jarvi

Filed Under: HEP Guy, Ramblings Tagged With: classical music, conductors

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