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GALLAGHER Berceuse; Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra of Krakow; Szymon Kawalla, cond. ALBUM NOTES | Gallager on CDs | College of Wooster Bio

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 1; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; Bernard Haitink, cond. ALBUM NOTES | Read more about Rachmaninov (RACHMANINOFF)

GRANADOS Intermezzo from Goyescas London Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, cond. ALTERNATE ALBUM NOTES | Read more about Granados

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 1 Op 25 Classical; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, cond. ALBUM NOTES | Read more about Prokofiev

Classic Quotes by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

I am an inventor of music.

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

Topic: MILESTONESJan-May07

LINK to our MUSICIANmilestones obits for first half of 2007

Oskar Morawetz dies
Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Oskar Morawetz, a Czech-born Jew who narrowly escaped Nazi tyranny during World War II to become one of Canada's most successful contemporary/classical composers, died Wednesday June 13, 2007 at his Toronto retirement home. He was 90. Czech-born composer one of Canada's most successful Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada Oskar Morawetz, a Czech-born Jew who narrowly escaped Nazi tyranny during World War II to become one of Canada's most successful contemporary/classical ...

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Fascinating FRENCH site devoted to the counter-tenor
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Fascinating site devoted to the counter-tenor, and why he's not the same as a contralto. In French, so even more arsey than you might expect.
www.contre-tenor.net

After its #111m refurbishment, London’s Royal Festival Hall finally opened its doors to the public – and its stage to its musicians – this weekend. “Giving the hall back to the people and artists” was very much the theme of the addresses given by both Lord Hollick, South Bank chairman, and Jude Kelly, artistic director.GRAMOPHONE

Guarneri Quartet to Retire in 2009
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The Guarneri String Quartet announces its plans to retire in 2009. After 45 years of performing, the group's members — Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley (violins), Michael Tree (viola) and Peter Wiley (cello) — feel that it's time to leave the stage.

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BRITTEN On Dowland Songs; Moscow Soloists; Yuri Bashmet, cond.
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DVORAK Serenade in E Op 22; Southwest German Radio Orchestra.
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GUILIANI Grand Overture Op 61; David Starobin, guitar
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PLANET EARTH

... now available in various DVD formats.

Soundtrack available on CD

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Cleveland Orchestra fills trombone post
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The Cleveland Orchestra has hired Massimo La Rosa for the position of principal trombone, ending a two-year search that began when Doug Wright left. Massimo La Rosa, of La Fenice opera house in Venice, played principal trombone with the Cleveland Orchestra as it performed the Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms and Alban Berg's Chamber Concerto in May. La Rosa's participation was the final stage of his audition. He was among 27 musicians who tried out for the post in the last two years. After La Rosa's week in Cleveland, music director Franz Welser-MOst decided to extend the job offer.

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