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,...
by Barry Lenson | Aug 3, 2017 | Piano Music, Robert Schumann, Uncategorized
Let’s start by watching Sviatoslav Richter play the living daylights of this piece. Many works of classical music have easy-to-pronounce names. There are Papillons (Schumann), Aida (Verdi) and other pieces that have mellifluous names that roll right off the...
by Barry Lenson | Jun 9, 2017 | Classical Accordion, Ksenija Sidorova
Let’s start today’s post by watching Ksenija Sidorova play. Wouldn’t you stop to listen? Accordion lovers have been waiting a long time for a bona fide classical accordionist to come along. And now, it seems we have one. She is Ksenija Sidorova, a...
by Barry Lenson | May 16, 2017 | Classical Archives Radio, Streaming Classical Music Online, Streaming Online Music Services
We are pleased to announce that Classical Archives is now offering an expanded and improved version of Classical Archives Radio. It offers a convenient way to listen to a continuously streamed selection of tracks from the immense Classical Archives library. We cannot...
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