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#ClassicsaDay #Strings Week 2
The #ClassicsaDay challenge for this month is to post examples of string orchestra works. No brass, winds, or percussion allowed!
Juozas Gruodis Piano Music
Another exceptional release of music worth discovery from Toccata Classics.
Handel’s Jephtha a Modern Triumph
Dame Jane Glover conducts from the harpsichord, as Handel would have. Under her direction, we get a performance that's both authentic and engaging. The choruses are clean and precise, letting us marvel at Handel's counterpoint. The soloists are first-rate.
Koussevitzky@150 - Koussevitzky’s Prokofiev
Conductor Serge Koussevitzky championed the music of Prokofiev in Russia, France, and the United States.
#ClassicsaDay #Strings Week 1
The #ClassicsaDay challenge for this month is to post examples of string orchestra works. No brass, winds, or percussion allowed!
Andre Campra: Messe de Requiem
This release features the music masters of Notre Dame who set those new standards.
Zibuokle Martinaityte Choral Works Uniquely Beautiful
Four perfectly-sung performances. And they create four soundscapes of exceptional beauty.
Koussevitzky@150: Koussevitzky & Bartok’s Concerto
Bela Bartok lay dying in a New York hospital when Serge Koussevitzky paid him a visit and commissioned a new work.
#ClassicsaDay #Divertimento Week 5
The only thing any of these selections have in common is the title: divertimento. Here are my selections for the fifth and final week of the #ClassicsaDay challenge, #Divertimento
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