It’s in Why Beethoven, of course, but this performance is new. The title is taken from a Viennese alley. The post A Beethoven you might not know appeared first on Slippedisc.
Richard Wagner’s only comic opera had a long gestation. Summer 1845: drawing on the History of German Literature as well as the biography of poet and shoemaker Hans Sachs, the composer sketches out ideas for a satirical […]
It’s Karajan vs Lenny in the final of the medley. Want more? Solti gives a masterclass to Dudley Moore: The post Non-Olympic sports(1): 12 conductors singing appeared first on Slippedisc.