Posts Tagged ‘classical music’
A Liszt Poem
Elevated
Alone in space
Read MoreMy Life with Wagner
An excerpt from Christian Thielemann’s book about a lifetime of conducting
Read MoreThe Sound of Silence
Jean Sibelius and the symphony that never was
Read MoreWhen the Angry Lion Roared
Pierre Boulez and the piece that marked his breakthrough as a composer
Read MoreGreat Escape
On Normandy’s coast a century ago, Claude Debussy fled the war and composed his final piano masterpiece
Read MoreSound and Fury
The flawed, tragic hero whose music defined an age
Read MoreBoy Wonder
Remembering Lorin Maazel
Read MoreBeethoven Visits Cleveland
In 1958, the Colossus speaks to an 11-year-old boy
Read MoreIn Praise of Flubs
The pursuit of perfection has taken all the personality out of recorded classical music
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