Musicon / Beethoven / Liszt / Musical education / M. Stegemann on Liszt as an arranger
One hundred years after his death, Liszt’s important place in musical history has still not been fully recognised. The three major periods of his life — the brilliance of the virtuoso (1820-1847), the decade as Kapellmeister to the Weimar court (1848-58) and the years in Rome, Weimer and ::More
Musicon / Strauss R / Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra – A. Previn, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, the famous symphonic poem based on Nietzsche’s text, has found in the co-operation of A. Previn with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded by Telarc, not only superb sound quality, but also an interpretation that seems unsurpassable, ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Sonata – Concerto – Symphony
Symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos for solo instruments and orchestra, as well as the various forms of chamber music, such as trios, quartets, and quintets for strings, or pianoforte and strings, are but different expressions of the idea which is best summed up in the word sonata. What ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Nature and limits of the Programme music
Properly speaking, the term Programme music ought to be applied only to instrumental compositions which make a frank effort to depict scenes, incidents, or emotional processes to which the composer himself gives the clew either by means of a descriptive title or a verbal motto. It is unfortunate ::More
Musicon / Smetana / The Fatherland of Smetana as viewed by Kubelik, Dorati and Harnoncourt
These are three interpretations of one of Smetana’s most known works, the cycle of symphonic poems “My Fatherland” (Ma Vlast). Kubelik is with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (DG), Harnoncourt with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA), Dorati with the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam ::More
