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10 hours ago · So, sure, capitalism disciplines music because, as a hegemonic social form, it disciplines all forms of the production of value. So, one of the things I’m interested in in that chapter is why people like Franz Liszt and Niccolò Paganini herald a new kind of performer. The scaling up and commodification of concerts is key to this.
10 hours ago · High culture like Franz Liszt’s Faust Symphony and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8; pop culture from the comic book Ghost Rider to the Jack Black flick Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.
10 hours ago · The first essential recording of this evergreen concerto is from the late Czech pianist Ivan Moravec, specifically the recording he made in 1977 with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra led by the great Czech conductor Vaclav Neumann made for the Supraphon label (the Idagio streaming service seems to not carry many Supraphon recordings anymore, but it can be found on Spotify).
10 hours ago · From Australia’s Jewish Past. Robert Pikler – violinist, violist and conductor. Robert was born on 24 January 1909 in Fureszfalu, Hungary. He was one of six children of Emil Pikler, Social Democrat member of the Hungarian parliament, and his wife Roza. He studied with Eugene Ormany and then entered Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy of Music ...
10 hours ago · Bearing a dedication to Franz Liszt, it is one of Schumann's greatest works for solo piano, and a central work of the early Romantic period. Written in a loose sonata form, the first movement is rhapsodic and passionate, the middle movement is a grandiose rondo, and the finale is slow and meditative.
10 hours ago · Mit seiner Oper „Samson“ hatte Joachim Raff Richard Wagner überbieten wollen. Franz Liszt wollte die Oper 1857 uraufführen. Dazu kam es erst 2022. Jetzt liegt das Prachtstück erstmals auf CD vor. FrankfurterAllgemeine.net. Musik für zwei Cembali mit William Christie und Justin Taylor (Podcast) swr.de.kultur. Links zu englischsprachigen ...
10 hours ago · Home to both Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn, and a regular host to Gustav Mahler, Franz Liszt and many others, Leipzig is not just the music capital of Germany, but also a key city in the history of Western Classical Music. And at the root of it all is the St. Thomas Church.
