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- Elisabeth Söderström - b. 7th May 1927, d. 20th November 2009 7:52pm Nov 23
- Passionato - New Site Opening Information 9:50am Nov 16|2 Comments
- Gramophone Awards 2009 5:56pm Oct 4
Elisabeth Söderström, who passed away on the 20th of November, was a much loved Swedish soprano. Born in Stockholm she made her first public appearance in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in 1947. Bo...
Hello to everyone visiting our site from the United States, and particularly the readers of Listen Magazine. To paraphrase Robert Frost, the best laid plans of mice and men often meet technological issues they can’t overcome. ...
Juan It's an a cultural emergency that Passionato could allow downloads from abroad. Why DG web does, indeed, permit it freely? Decca and Philips arn't also Universal? And there are many stores that also allow that: Eclassical, Classiconline, Zig Zag Territoire, Presto classical and many other, included label pages. People ...from abroad ask British people wholove classical music to encourage this generous request of permission for allow download from foreign countries. A friendly regard for every body.
Gramophone Recording of the Year and Best of Category - Chamber Ravel, Debussy, Fauré - String Quartets Quatuor Ebène The winner of the much sought after prize of Gramophone Recording of the Year goes to an album that features the traditional pairing of the Debussy and Ravel String Quartets, r...
The great Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha died on the 25th of September at the age of 86. She could play the piano from an early age although the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 prevented her from pursuing her chosen career as a concert pianist...
Ligeti: Atmosphères - Prom 65, 4th September Film composer Alex North was commissoned to write the score for Stanley Kubrick’s space epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unfortunately for North, Kubrick ditched it in favour of selections from the classical repertoire. T...
Andriessen: De Staat - Prom 58, 28th August The Americans do not have a monopoly of minamalism although the genre itself was developed primarily in the United States...
Szymanowski: Stabat mater - Prom 51, 23rd August In the last twenty years the music of Karl Szymanowski has enjoyed a resurgence in interest, and he is now rightfully regarded as one of the finest composers of the early twentieth century...
This is in regards to David Baxter’s enquiry on Facebook. Hi David, the Beethoven recordings conducted by Schmidt-Isserstedt that you refer to are available all complete for 63.99. The Symphonies 6 & 9 that are mentionend in the title is a metadata error which we are currently working to improve. ...
David Baxter I have been trying to trace a set of CDs on Decca label for Beethoven symphonies played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - now deleted in the UK but available in USA. I note on your site that you have a download, which mentions symphonies 9 and 6 cost £63.99 but underneath there... are a whole lot of individual tracks at smaller prices. Can you please advise what is included for £63.99? Iwish to download to i-tunes; do I need another MP3 or will my exisiting MP3 downloader suffice? Thanks in anticipation.
Stravinsky: Apollo - Prom 39, 14th August Stravinsky wrote for the stage throughout this career, his later ballets written under the shadow of neoclassicism have proved to be less popular as earlier scores like Petrushka and the Rite of Spring (Pulcinella notwithstanding)...
BBC Proms 2009 - Week 4, 7th - 13th August Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra - Prom 31, 8th August Prom 31 featured three glittering orchestral showpieces, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, Respighi’s Roman Festivals and Lutoslawski`s Concerto for Orchestra. Th...
The fourth and final Buyer’s Guide to Haydn focuses on the vocal works, the sacred works and oratorios in particular. Haydn left this type of composition predominantly towards the latter half of his career and it resulted in many of his greatest masterpieces. ...
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’ - Prom 20, Friday 24th July Anniversary years in music are a time to take stock off a composer or an artist’s achievement; what they contributed to the music of their own times and what they mean to us today. Some...
