by Barry Lenson | Oct 13, 2017 | Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigals, Renaissance Music, Vocal Music
Lots of famous musicians have not had “warm and fuzzy” personalities. Brahms was reportedly a grump who insulted people at parties. Toscanini, adored for his politics and humanism, screamed at orchestral musicians. And Wagner . . . well, let’s not talk about Wagner....
by Barry Lenson | Oct 13, 2017 | Opera, Zinka Milanov
Long before the Russian diva Anna Netrebko became one of the most admired leading sopranos at the Metropolitan Opera, another Slavic soprano, Zinka Milanov, occupied a similar role there. Milanov (1906-1989) was Croatian, not Russian. She was not as drop-dead...
by Barry Lenson | Oct 13, 2017 | Dinu Lipatti, Piano Music
For years, lovers of great pianism have been listening to recordings by Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950), the poetic Romanian pianist who succumbed to Hodgkin’s Disease at the age of only 33. If you have already fallen in love with his recordings and have been wanting more,...
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