by Barry Lenson | Apr 14, 2017 | Easter Music, Heinrich Schuetz, Johann Sebastian Bach
How will you spend your Easter? I hope that you will devote some part of it to listening to great religious music composed for the day. I am happy to recommend these recordings of Easter masterpieces, all available for listening here on Classical Archives. Saint...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 16, 2017 | Great Singers, Nicolai Gedda, Russian Music, Uncategorized
Let’s start today’s post by watching Nicolai Gedda in two extraordinary performances. First, as Faust . . . And second, in a concert performance of Lenski’s aria from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin . . . The world of music lost a treasured...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 6, 2017 | Franz Liszt, Lieder
Watch tenor Timothy Fallon sing “Pace non trovo,” the second of the three Petrarch sonnets set to music by Franz Liszt . . . I first heard songs composed by Franz Liszt back in my conservatory days, thanks to a superb recording by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...
by Barry Lenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Classical Archives Listening Apps, Sonos
Two months ago, I knew nothing about the Sonos home music system. Today, I am happily listening to Classical Archives on Sonos. How did I get that to happen? I am going to explain the process in today’s post. First, I bought a Sonos PLAY:1 speaker Its list...
by Barry Lenson | Jan 2, 2017 | Piano Music, Uncategorized, Violin Music
It has been nearly six months since I downloaded and started to investigate DakApp, a new app for serious students of classical music. DakApp is one remarkable resource for students. In today’s post, I would like to explain what it is and why it belongs on the...
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