Richard Strauss im Museum - Mensch und Musik ...

Nach ihrem frühen Tod geriet Dora Pejacevics Schaffen in Vergessenheit, wird jedoch seit einigen Jahren vom Plattenmarkt neu entdeckt. Nun hat der kroatische Dirigent Ivan Repušic mit der Staatskapelle Weimar sämtliche symphonischen Werke eingespielt und sich als leidenschaftlich ...  Show more

Er ist Schwarz und Dirigent: Brandon Keith Brown weiß, was es heißt, eine Ausnahme zu sein. Die Klassikszene ist ziemlich weiß. Unterschwelliger Rassismus sei weit verbreitet, so Brown. Er kämpft für Veränderung. 

In this special in-depth exploration of the music of Handel, Richard Wigmore, Gramophone writer and Handel expert, talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the composer, one of the most dominant cultural figures of 18th-century London life. From his early years in Germany and Ita ...  Show more

The soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen has just released an album of Richard Strauss, two late works – the Four Last Songs and the Closing scene from the opera Capriccio. On this new Sony Classical release she's joined by the Gewandhausorchester ...

An exploration of the impact of Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, which deal with the themes of love and death. Richard Strauss was 84 when he completed his last work. It was the Four Last Songs, which, although about death, convey a sense of calm acceptance. It was written of ...  Show more

Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No I in G major is one of the most frequently performed and recognisable solo compositions ever written for cello. Yet it was virtually unknown for almost 200 years until the Catalan cellist, Pablo Casals discovered an edition in a thrift shop ...  Show more