Month: July 2018

Zander’s Revelatory Beethoven Ninth

A VALIANT EFFORT TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LISTEN TO BEETHOVEN’S NINTH:CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON A NEW RECORDING WITH THEPHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, CHORUS AND SOLOISTS (REBECCA EVANS,PATRICIA BARDON, ROBERT MURRAY AND DEREK WELTON]CONDUCTED BY BENJAMIN ZANDER (3-Brattle Media cds) By Lewis M. Smoley For time in memoriam, musicians, musicologists and music critics have fought over the wisdom… Continue reading Zander’s Revelatory Beethoven Ninth

Buried Treasure: Strauss Family and Friends pt. 2

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley   Josef Strauss Fantasiebilder Walzer Kakadu Quadrille Moulinet Eislauf Avantgarde Marsch Sport Polka Geheime Anziehungskräfte Walzer Les Georgiennes Hochzeit Klänge Schutzen Marsch Schabernack Polka Fashion Lancier Quadrille Frauenwürde Spharenklange Walzer Verliebte Augen Polka Francaise Jocus Polka Perlen Der Liebe, Concert Walzer Dorfschwalben Aus Osterreich Walzer Aquarellen Walzer Die Windsbraut Soll… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Strauss Family and Friends pt. 2

Buried Treasure: Strauss Family and Friends pt. 1

Listening Guide With Lew Smoley   Johann Strauss I Kettenbrucke Walzer Stelldichein Galopp Hietzinger Reunion Walzer Wilhelm Tell Galopp Das Leben Ein Tanz Oder Der Tanz Ein Leben! Fra Diavolo Cotillons Die Vier Temperamente Walzer Elisabethen Waltz Kunstler Ball Tanze Walzer Mode Quadielle Die Fantasten Walzer Loreley Thein Klange Walzer Johann Strauss IIIm Krapfenwaldl Polka… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Strauss Family and Friends pt. 1