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Wagner´s Jews

German composer Richard Wagner was notoriously anti-Semitic, and his writings on Jews were later embraced by Hitler and the Nazis. But there is another, lesser-known side to this story. For years, many of Wagner‘s closest associates were Jews - young…
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
6478

Bennewitz Quartet: Janacek String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"

This recording of Janacek’s String Quartet No. 1 is set in the intimate atmosphere of Villa Tugendhat, one of the prototypes of modern architecture in Europe. The work, inspired by Leo Tolstoy‘s novella The Kreutzer Sonata, uses a principle of…
Length
46 mins
Prog. No.
6516

LIVE CONCERTS at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Brahms

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
5764

LIVE CONCERTS at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Schumann

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…
Length
60 mins
Prog. No.
5766

Friar Alessandro - The Voice from Assisi

Friar Alessandro is a modest monk living in the hilltop monastery of Assisi and an award winning recording artist. He is a charming and spiritual young man with a gentle tenor voice whose musical message of hope, peace and brotherly love is…
Length
56 mins
Prog. No.
5690

The BORIS GILTBURG five minutes music library at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…
Length
50 mins
Prog. No.
5769

Tchaikovsky: Trio in A Minor Op.50, "In memory of a great artist"

In 1989, Yehudi Menuhin was joined by pianist Viktoria Postnikova and cellist Marc Coppey in this stunning rendition of Tchaikovsky's beloved Trio in A Minor.
Length
51 mins
Prog. No.
6046

Angels Sing: Libera in America

This program features a concert by Libera, a 32-member boy choir from South London. An 18-piece orchestra accompanies the performance that includes both sacred and popular music, from Be Still My Soul and Amazing Grace, to Morning Has Broken and…
Length
56 mins
Prog. No.
6158

Gianni Schicchi

On 12 September, Gianni Schicchi opened the LA Opera’s 2015/2016 season, which marks its 30th anniversary. The production by director Woody Allen first saw the light of day in LA in 2008, travelled to Teatro Real in Madrid and now returns home…
Length
60 mins
Prog. No.
6094

Yehudi Menuhin & Viktoria Postnikova in Moscow

In this 1989 recording from Moscow, Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova perform a stunning rendition of sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart and Brahms. Recorded just before the fall of the Iron Curtain, this programme is an invaluable…
Length
48 mins
Prog. No.
6045