You’ll Have Much Merrier Holidays with Jeffrey Biegel’s Steinway Christmas Album
Here is Jeffrey Biegel delivering holiday magic in “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson. Pure happiness . . . what a perfect way to begin today’s post! I recently wrote a post on this blog about pianist Stewart Goodyear’s CD of his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s...
All I Want for the Holidays Again this Year Is . . . Stewart Goodyear Playing His Piano Arrangement of The Nutcracker
It has been a year since I wrote a post about the Steinway & Sons CD of the complete Tchaikovsky Nutcracker ballet masterfully arranged for piano and played by a phenomenal pianist named Stewart Goodyear. At the time, I wrote that this CD was the perfect Christmas...
You Are There! Reliving History through Music
We might not always enjoy participating in history . . . but thanks to music, we can relive important events in the past I invite you to watch Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s “Festival Coronation March,” which was written for...
The Devil Drops In . . . Ghostly Apparitions in Opera
Let's start today's post with this terrific video of an early scene in Verdi's Macbeth in which our title Thane encounters witches in a barren landscape. Riccardo Muti conducts . . . Ghosts, witches and the devil often appear in opera, and you will discover...
Making Music Lovers: A Toolbox for Band, Chorus, and Orchestra Conductors
Greetings! Band, chorus, and orchestra conductors: Welcome to Classical Archives’ newest Blog – it is for you! And welcome to anyone who suspects there is more to conducting than waving one’s arms about - you’re sure to find it interesting. Just as Classical...
Spend a Sweet Hour Relishing Songs from the Yiddish Theater on Classical Archives
With the Jewish High Holidays drawing to a close, we would like to invite our many Jewish members and friends to enjoy a rich sampling of songs from the Yiddish theater. All selections are available for listening here on Classical Archives. You will find two...
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