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#ClassicsaDay #Classical1924 Week 5
It's become an annual tradition. For the first month of the new year, the Classics a Day team looks back a century. So the challenge for January 2024 is to post performances of classical works that were either composed, premiered, or first recorded in 1924.
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#ClassicsaDay #Classical1923 Week 4
1923 was a pivotal year in classical music. As I soon discovered when I began my research.
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#ClassicsaDay #SymYesNo Week 4
What does the title "symphony" mean? Can a composition be a symphony in everything but name? Or could a work titled "symphony" be a different type of composition in disguise?
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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalTimeMachine Early LPs Week 1
In the early LP era (as with other eras of recording) composers conducted their own works, legendary performances were preserved, and occasionally history was made. Here are the ones I chose from that time.
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Martin Perry plays Carter, Bartók, Rózsa
Martin Perry presents works by three composers that aren't often grouped together: Bela Bartok, Mikos Rózsa, and Elliot Carter. And yet the three works on this disc form a cohesive and intriguing program.
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