"Herbert von Karajan: A Life in Music
by Richard Osborne
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In just a few weeks, the music world will be marking the 10th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's death. Along with Lenny, an entire era of the conductor-genius (sardonically termed "the maestro myth" by muckraking music journalist Norman LeBrecht) seemed to have breathed its last. Another of its most formidable representatives was the Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, who had died just one year earlier. Though tainted by obfuscations over the extent of his youthful involvement in the Nazi Party, Karajan exercised a profound influence in the opera house and concert hall, presiding over the prestigious Salzburg Festival. This ardent technophile created a gargantuan catalog of recordings that did much to shape the popular conception of the conductor. British journalist Richard Osborne, a regular contributor to "Gramophone," here attempts the epic task of assessing Karajan's legacy in its totality.
"A Brahms Reader"
by Michael Musgrave
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The profundities and paradoxes of Brahms's legacy have taken center stage in lieu of the pseudopolitics that used to divide music lovers into "camps." In his astute "Brahms Reader," Michael Musgrave traces the many images and personas surrounding the composer. Musgrave draws on the composer's own words (and on contemporary writings) to attempt a more integrated portrait, examining the network of traits uniting Brahms as personal friend, as scholar, and as creator.
"The Literary Lorgnette: Attending Opera in Imperial Russia" by Julie A. Buckler
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The passion of Russia's audiences has been a long-standing feature in the history of artistic performance. An especially intriguing aspect of this passion occurs in the field of opera, and this is the topic of Julie Buckler's "The Literary Lorgnette." In her account, we gain a fascinating picture of opera's complex status (vis-a-vis the genre's appreciation in the West), the cult of diva worship, and the connections between opera and another quintessentially Russian passion: literature.
"Goethe and Schubert: The Unseen Bond"
by Kenneth S. Whitton
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Goethe and Schubert never, in fact, met (though one can easily imagine someone like Milan Kundera conjuring a literary tete-a-tete between the two). Yet the composer's affinity for Goethe was both elective and powerful. German Lied expert Kenneth Whitton brings an encyclopedic understanding of European literature and politics to the service of this illuminating study, which sheds light not only on Schubert's creative process, but on Goethe as well and his attitudes toward music.
"Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life: Selected Letters" edited and translated by Robert Spaethling
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The hit play and film "Amadeus" brought the spunkier nature of Mozart to the forefront. Though admittedly a free fantasia inspired by the composer, Peter Shaffer's portrayal of the Wolfman had a certain justification given the spontaneous self-expression and sheer fun Mozart allowed himself in his correspondence. Robert Spaethling's new translations are intent on conveying something of the original tone of the letters (to the point of even preserving their bizarre orthography). Selecting examples that span two decades of Mozart's correspondence, Spaethling frames them with contextual introductions. The result is a richly intimate portrait.
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For all his versatility as a composer, what Mozart loved most passionately was to write operas. His uncanny genius for suggesting a character in music, for exploring the many-leveled, contradictory dimensions of our humanity, makes Mozart the Shakespeare of the lyric theater, and his best operas possess a time-cheating endurance that few artists ever achieve. Follow our Get Started in Classical feature--which includes an audio tour--to explore the opera music of Mozart.
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"Music for Flute/Orchestra"
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"Alexander Kipnis Sings Lieder - Brahms, Wolf, Schubert, etc"
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"Charles Wuorinen - Music of Two Decades Vol 1"
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"Trio America Vol 3 - Cowell, Luening, et al / Mirecourt Trio"
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"New Band - Dance of the Seven Veils"
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"Charles Wuorinen - Music of Two Decades Vol 2"
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"Krumpholtz: Classical Harp Music / Jan Walters"
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz(Composer), Jan Walters (Performer)
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"Music at All Souls Oxford / The Cardinall's Musick"
Anonymous(Composer), et al
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"Cage: Atlas Elipticales, Winter Music, 103 / Kotik, et al"
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