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Xenakis: Oresteia

The origins of Iannis Xenakis’ Oresteïa are almost more remarkable than the music itself, a truly bizarre “only in the USA” sort of story. Sometime

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Essential Works for Beginners

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Essential Works for Beginners
Scheherazade
Russian Easter Overture
Capriccio Espagnol
A Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky)
The Golden Cockerel (Le coq d’or) Suite
The Legend of Tsar Saltan Suite
The Snow Maiden Suite
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The Five Greatest Janáček Recordings

12 hours ago

The Five Greatest Janáček Recordings
Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba (Kubelik/DG)
String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (Panocha Quartet/Supraphon)
Piano Works (Rudolf Firkušný/DG)
Glagolitic Mass (Ancerl/Supraphon)
The Cunning Little Vixen (Mackerras/Decca)
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If I Could Choose Only One Recording By...E. POWER BIGGS

17 hours ago

It Would Have To Be...The Glory of Gabrieli
E. Power Biggs (organ)
The Gregg Smith Singers
The Texas Boys Choir of Fort Worth
The Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble
The Gabrieli Consort La Fenice
Vittoria Negri (cond.)
Sony Classical (Great Performances)
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Music Chat: The Strangulated British Tenor, or How Peter Pears Turned Up In The Decca Turandot

May 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Here's the inside story of how Peter Pears' anything but Italianate tenor wound up portraying the Emperor in the Sutherland/Pavarotti/Mehta recording of Puccini's Turandot. ...

The Five Greatest Tchaikovsky Recordings

May 9, 2026 10:01 am

The Five Greatest Tchaikovsky Recordings
Violin Concerto (Milstein/Abbado/DG)
Ballet Suites (Rostropovich/Berlin Philharmonic/DG)
1812 Overture (Dorati/Mercury Living Presence [Stereo])
Symphonies 4-6 (Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic/DG)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Argerich/Abbado/DG)
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Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concertos (6): Dohnányi

May 9, 2026 5:01 am

Dohnányi: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Martin Roscoe (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Fedor Gluschenko (cond.) Hyperion ...

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