Great Ukrainian Musicians: Vladimir Horowitz

by Barry Lenson | Mar 3, 2022 | Uncategorized

Many people think of Vladimir Horowitz as a Russian-American pianist. But that is not the case. Horowitz was born on October 1, 1904 in Kyiv.  He studied at the Conservatory there before starting a career that took him across the world. Listen to Horowitz Play Robert...

Classical Music You Should Know: The Christmas Story (Christmas Oratorio) by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

by Barry Lenson | Dec 8, 2021 | Uncategorized

  What is your favorite piece of Christmas choral music? You might answer Handel’s Messiah or Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Those are masterpieces. But have you heard the beautiful oratorio for Christmas that was written about a century earlier by the German...

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...

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: Harpist Antonella Ciccozzi Plays the Enchanting Works of Carlos Salzedo on Her New Release, “Iridescence”

by Barry Lenson | Jun 16, 2021 | Uncategorized

The compositions of the great harpist and harp pedagogue Carlos Salzedo are beloved by harpists and lovers of music for the harp. And now on Iridescence, her new CD on the Stradivarius label, the magnetic Italian harpist Antonella Ciccozzi shows us with no doubt...

Classical Archives Exclusive: Our own Opera Joe McKesson interviews Pepe Romero on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of The Romeros, The Royal Family of the Guitar

by Barry Lenson | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Romeros, known without dispute everywhere as The Royal Family of the Guitar, will perform a 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert on Sunday, May 23rd at 5:00 EDT, streaming. CLICK HERE for information and tickets. Exclusive Interview with Pepe Romero for Members of...