Classical Music You Should Know . . . Amahl and the Night Visitors (opera) with libretto and music by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

by Barry Lenson | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

LISTEN NOW if you are a member of Classical Archives Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera that the American composer Gian Carlo Menotti created for the NBC Opera Theatre. Thought to be the first opera created for television, Amahl  was first performed and telecast...

Classical Music You Should Know . . .. Symphony No. 5 in C-, Op.67 by Ludwig van Beethoven

by Barry Lenson | Nov 22, 2021 | Ludwig van Beethoven

Classical Music You Must Know . . .. Symphony No. 5 in C-, Op.67 by Ludwig van Beethoven LISTEN NOW if you are a member of Classical Archives What can we say about Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 that has not been said before?  It is probably the most beloved and renowned...

Classical Music You Should Know . . . Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra in D-, Op.21, by Édouard Lalo

by Barry Lenson | Nov 16, 2021 | Edouard Lalo, Pablo de Sarasate

Classical Music You Must Know . . . Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra in D-, Op.21, by Édouard Lalo With this post, Classical Archives is starting a series of posts about great classical works that every music-lover should know. Why are we starting this...

Let’s all Root for Michael Tilson Thomas . . . by Listening Along with Him

by Barry Lenson | Aug 12, 2021 | Uncategorized

We learned this week that Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas recently had surgery for a brain tumor. What unsetting news! Yet we have also learned that MTT (as his legions of fans like to call him) is mending up just fine and is planning to return to the podium to conduct...

Featured New Release: Kurt Mazur Conducts Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with the London Philharmonic

by Barry Lenson | Aug 4, 2021 | Choral Music, Film Music, Sergei Prokofiev

New Release for Our Members’ Listening Pleasure: Sergei Prokofiev’s cantata Alexander Nevsky.  I have had a deep affection for Sergei Prokofiev’s cantata Alexander Nevsky ever since I stepped in as an extra chorister for a performance in New York about 30 years...