Since the first performance of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, there has been a steady stream of arrangements of the piece. By the end of the 19th century, there were already more than 600 published arrangements. Some were note very good, but others, such as the music featured in this podcast, were excellent. On this CD, Quatour Franz Joseph performs an arrangement of Don Giovanni for string quartet, made sometime around 1800.
Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, was one of the more colorful characters among Italian Renaissance composers. He wrote unusual and highly emotional music, and he was a murderer. This podcast looks at both his personal life (sometimes gruesome) as well as his music. Music by Gesualdo’s fellow composers Pomponio Nenna and Luzzasco Luzzaschi is also included. The featured artists in this podcast, and on the CD are Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini.
In 2008 the Phoenix Chorale won a Grammy Award for the newest recording.
This podcast looks at their brand new recording of Hymns to the Virgin Mary.
The interesting thing about this CD is that all of the music was written in the 20th century, including music by four composers who are still very much alive and composing.
Naxos Classical Music Spotlight Podcast… bring great music with explanations on the side which touch upon music and the biographies of the musicians and composers. As a consequence, this can turn into a veritable history podcast…
… the marvels of her life are narrated and must stand on their own…
Bach is everywhere – appearing in movies from Spider-Man 2 and 3 to one of the more grisly scenes in Silence of the Lambs. He made a recent TV appearance on the deeply superficial Nip and Tuck….
… Bach recordings spent multiple weeks at No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s classical charts…
There are ample reasons for Bach’s ubiquitous presence. We can connect with its craftsmanship that is so immediately identifiable and appealing. There’s the harmony and joy that’s spoken in a universal language…
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Since the first performance of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, there has been a steady stream of arrangements of the piece. By the end of the 19th century, there were already more than 600 published arrangements. Some were note very good, but others, such as the music featured in this podcast, were excellent. On this CD, Quatour Franz Joseph performs an arrangement of Don Giovanni for string quartet, made sometime around 1800.
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