#ClassicsaDay #Divertimento Week 2

Ralph Graves 10/10/24 Ralph Graves 10/10/24

Albert Dietrich - For Brahms Fans

The Solistes Europeens Luxembourg deliver some fine performances. Conductor Christoph Konig's interpretations are spot on.

Ralph Graves 10/9/24 Ralph Graves 10/9/24

Balkan PIano Music United in Quality

This is a series worth exploring.

WTJU Radio 10/8/24 WTJU Radio 10/8/24

Koussevitzky@150; The 3 Bs and the Central Line

Conductor Serge Koussevitzky traced a 'central line' in the music of the great composers: .Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.

Ralph Graves 10/4/24 Ralph Graves 10/4/24

#ClassicsaDay #Divertimento Week 1

For October, the challenge is to post videos of divertimentos written by classical composers.

Seems straightforward enough. However I quickly discovered that every composer had a different idea of what "light in character" meant.

Ralph Graves 9/27/24 Ralph Graves 9/27/24

#ClassicsaDay #AltBaroque Week 4

Many composers contributed to that development -- many more than the Big Three. Here are my posts for this #AltClassical challenge. For the fourth and final week, I picked some unusual composers.

Ralph Graves 9/26/24 Ralph Graves 9/26/24

Bruckner From the Archives, Vol. 4 Offers Stylistic Contrasts

Lani Spahr's superb restorations do much service to the music. He brings out the inherent qualities of these recordings. And he does so without unnaturally "enhancing the sound."

WTJU Radio 9/24/24 WTJU Radio 9/24/24

Koussevitzky@150: The Koussevitzkys at Home

Episode four focuses on the home life of the Koussevitzys, as told by Charles O'Connell.

Ralph Graves 9/20/24 Ralph Graves 9/20/24

#ClassicsaDay #AltBaroque Week 3

Here are my posts for this #AltClassical challenge. For the third week, I focused on composers of the Middle Baroque, running from about 1680 to 1705.

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