Wranitzky Symphonies Real Crowd-Pleasers

It's not great art, but it is great fun. And a little better than it needed to be to satisfy his audience.

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America’s Great Radio Orchestras

When radio was king, the great national networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) all hand their own ensembles led by the most outstanding conductors of the era.

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Silvestrov: Choral/Vocal Music

Part 2 of “Valentin Silvestrov: A Composer’s Journey” airs Monday, January 12 on CharlottesvilleClassical.org.

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#ClassicsaDay #Classical1925 Week 2

The challenge is to post classical works that were created, premiered, or recorded for the first time in 1925.

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Palestrina Revealed Through World Premiere Recordings

These perfectly blended yet perfectly balanced performances reveal the artistry of Palestrina's polyphony.

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Happy Birthday to Me!

This episode of Analog Masters features recordings released in 1955.

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Silvestrov: Introduction

Monday, January 6 a new series begins on CharlottesvilleClassical.org. “Valentin Silvestrov” is a five-part profile of Ukraine’s most prominent and beloved classical composer.

Ralph Graves 1/3/25 Ralph Graves 1/3/25

#ClassicsaDay #Classical1925 Week 1

For January 2025 the Classics a Day team challenges you to look back a century. The "modern" era of music was well underway in 1925. Some of the works composed still shock audiences today.

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Age of Extremes Sympathetic to Empfindsamer Stil

If you still believe that the music in the 1760s was transitional, give this a listen. Corti shows that Empfindsamer Stil had a distinctive sound and a valid aesthetic all its own.

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