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Musical Conversations and Speeches
151 tracks
- Composers
31 tracks
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Charles Amirkhanian
16 tracks
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John Cage
1 track
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Paul Hindemith
1 track
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Giaccomo Puccini (and associates)
3 tracks
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Mela Tenenbaum
10 tracks
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Charles Amirkhanian
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Conductors
40 tracks
- Leondard Bernstein
1 track
- Alan Gilbert
1 track
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Karl Böhm
8 tracks
- Karl Böhm: A Life Retold
8 tracks
- Karl Böhm: A Life Retold
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Wilhelm Furtwänlger
8 tracks
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger On the nature of the symphonic, tempo and the General Pause
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about a conductor's problems, concert audiences, Bruckner's music, accompanying, singers
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about acoustics in large and small halls
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about music in opera
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about questions of style, performance markings, alternative versions
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about scoring, instrumental technique, expression, melody and legato
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about Verdi's Otello
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger talks about Weber's Der Freischütz
1 track
- Wilhelm Furtwänlger On the nature of the symphonic, tempo and the General Pause
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Igor Markevitch
7 tracks
- Interview with Igor Markevitch
7 tracks
- Interview with Igor Markevitch
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Lorin Maazel
1 track
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Riccardo Muti
1 track
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Paul Paray
1 track
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Sir Georg Solti
8 tracks
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Frederick Fennell
1 track
- Introduction
1 track
- Introduction
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Roger Norrington
2 tracks
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Georges Prêtre
1 track
- New Year's Address 2010
1 track
- New Year's Address 2010
- Leondard Bernstein
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Other Musicians
63 tracks
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
40 tracks
- Plácido Domingo introducing the encores
1 track
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Maria Callas (Soprano)
1 track
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
8 tracks
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Lotte Lehmann (Soprano) and colleagues
12 tracks
- Alice Marie Nelson, student of Lotte Lehmann, speaks
1 track
- Dalton Baldwin, honorary Lotte Lehmann Foundation board member, speaks
1 track
- Grace Bumbry, student of Lotte Lehmann and Lotte Lehmann Foundation advisor, speaks
1 track
- Lois Alba, student of Lotte Lehmann, speaks
1 track
- Lotfi Mansouri, student of Lotte Lehmann and Lotte Lehmann Foundation advisor, speaks
1 track
- Lotte Lehmann speaks on sentimentality, from a 1952 masterclass
1 track
- Luba Tcheresky, student of Lotte Lehmann, speaks
1 track
- Marni Nixon, Lotte Lehmann Foundation advisor, speaks
1 track
- Mildred Miller, student of Lotte Lehmann, speaks
1 track
- Norman Mittelmann, student of Lotte Lehmann, speaks
1 track
- Paul Sperry, Lotte Lehmann Foundation advisor, speaks
1 track
- Speight Jenkins, Lotte Lehmann Foundation board member, speaks
1 track
- Alice Marie Nelson, student of Lotte Lehmann, speaks
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Contralto)
1 track
- Sapphische Ode
1 track
- Sapphische Ode
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
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Miscellneous and Unattributed Musical Discussions
17 tracks
- Beaumont Glass speaks
1 track
- Ansprache Dr. Clemens Hellsberg, Vorstand der Wiener Philharmoniker (Speech Dr. Clemens Hellsber)
1 track
- New Year's Address
2 tracks
- Musicians Reaction
1 track
- R. Ricci: A glimpse of the man and his art (in his own words)
1 track
- Hans Muller-Kray talks to Wilhelm Furtwangler
1 track
- Beethoven and Mozart: An Obsession? - A talk by Howard Shelly
1 track
- Joan Sutherland discusses her life and career with Jon Tolansky
9 tracks
- Beaumont Glass speaks
- Composers
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Religious Readings and Passages
46 tracks
- Offertorium
1 track
- Tractus
1 track
- Introitus
1 track
- Latin Mass Propers
10 tracks
- Luthern Service
2 tracks
- Reading: The Rosary
1 track
- Scripture Reading, Bible
14 tracks
- The Five Glorious Mysteries
5 tracks
- The Five Joyful Mysteries
5 tracks
- The Five Sorrowful Mysteries
5 tracks
- The Guardian Angel, reading
1 track
- Offertorium
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Presidential Addresses (Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhauer, Kennedy, Reagan
5 tracks
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Miscellaneous
342 tracks
- Announcement
1 track
- Speech by Sir Thomas Beecham
3 tracks
- Messaggio Bocelli (Message Bocelli)
1 track
- Post-Session Thanks To the Performers
1 track
- Leonard Bernstein Discusses Charles Ives
1 track
- A post-recording conversation about My Fair Lady (On March 25, 1956), Discussion
1 track
- Highlights from "Glenn Gould Discusses His Performances of the Goldberg Variations with Tim Page" (Interview)
1 track
- Interview with Sir Charles Mackerras
6 tracks
- Broadcast Commentary
5 tracks
- Introductory speech to Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni (1940)
1 track
- Excerpt from a radio address by Shostakovich
1 track
- Readings from Circles (R.W. Emerson) and Ives on 'Emerson'
1 track
- Classical Music Spotlight: Interview with Joan Tower
1 track
- Classical Music Spotlight: Interview with William Bolcom
1 track
- Classical Music Spotlight: Interview with John Corigliano
1 track
- Classical Music Spotlight: Interview with Charles Wuorinen
1 track
- Classical Music Spotlight: Interview with John Harbison
1 track
- Classical Music Spotlight: Interview with José Serebrier
1 track
- A Conversation with Arnold Schoenberg
1 track
- Opening Announcement
1 track
- Tales of the Arabian Nights (1001 Nights)
5 tracks
- Discussion of the stereophonic recording of the cannon shots in Tchaikovsky's "1812 Festival Overture"
1 track
- Discussion of the stereophonic recording of the cannon and musket shots in Beethoven's "Wellington's Victory"
1 track
- Luciano Pavarotti interviewed by Jon Tolansky
4 tracks
- Zu Weihnachten in Deutschland, Christmas readings
9 tracks
- What the Edinburgh Festival Has Meant to Me, spoken commentary by Kathleen Ferrier
1 track
- Interview with Alfred Reed
1 track
- Spoken concert introduction to Mendelssohn's Symphony No.1 in C-
1 track
- Spoken concert introduction to Mendelssohn's Symphony No.5 in D "Reformation"
1 track
- Introduction to Mendelssohn's Symphony No.3 in A-, Op.56 "Scottish"
1 track
- Introduction to Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 "Italien"
1 track
- Concert introduction by Roger Norrington for Schumann's Symphony No.1 in Bb, Op.38 "Spring"
1 track
- Concert introduction by Roger Norrington for Schumann's Symphony No.3 in Eb, Op.97 "Rhenish"
1 track
- Bernard Neuhoff speaks with Wilfried Hiller and Ulf Schirmer with sound recordings of Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Elisabeth Hartmann
1 track
- Inger Christensen reads Sommerfugledalen
1 track
- Torah Reading: Parashat Emor (spoken word)
3 tracks
- Zwischenreden zur Verbindung für Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Musik zu Athalia
5 tracks
- Fanny Ardant discusses Pauline Viardot
18 tracks
- Interview with Robert Washburn
1 track
- Chronicle of the event
1 track
- Introduction to Bach's Cantata BWV79, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (God the Lord Is Sun and Shield)
1 track
- Introduction to Bach's Cantata BWV110, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (Make our mouth full with laughter)
1 track
- Introduction to Bach's Cantata BWV4, Christ lag in Todes Banden (Christ lay to death in bondage)
1 track
- Introduction to Cantata BWV67, Halt im Gedächnis Jesum Christ (Hold in remembrance Jesus Christ)
1 track
- Introduction to Cantata BWV56, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (I will the cross-staff gladly carry)
1 track
- Introduction to Cantata BWV140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Wake, arise, the voices call us)
1 track
- William Albright introducing world premiere performance of Fantasy Etudes
1 track
- Interview with Norman Dello Joio (spoken word)
1 track
- Interview with H. Owen Reed, October 18, 2003
1 track
- Den letzten Sommer seines Lebens..., poem by Hermann Hesse as read by Martin Hummel
1 track
- Fiebernd schmolz die kurze Sommernacht hinweg..., poem by Hermann Hesse as read by Martin Hummel
1 track
- Hoch saßen sie in schwebender Schaukel überm Abgrund der Welt und Nacht..., poem by Hermann Hesse as read by Martin Hummel
1 track
- Der letzte Tag des Juli war gekommen..., poem by Hermann Hesse as read by Martin Hummel
1 track
- Bruno Weil discusses Haydn's London Symphony No.4
4 tracks
- Bruno Weil discusses Haydn's London Symphony No.5
4 tracks
- Bruno Weil discusses Haydn's London Symphony No.6
4 tracks
- Haydn: Londoner Symphonien, Erlauterungen by Bruno Weil
12 tracks
- Interview with William Schuman
1 track
- Blessing
1 track
- Artists interview: Marieke Spaans, Anton Steck
12 tracks
- Werner Ehrhardt and Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay in interview
1 track
- Work(s)
4 tracks
- Giuseppe Sinopoli's introductory commentary on Gustav Mahler's Fourth Symphony
14 tracks
- Prof. Gerhard Bosse discusses the Gewandhaus-Quartett's 1916 recording of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.131
1 track
- Prof. Gerhard Bosse discusses the Gewandhaus-Quartett's 1968 recorging of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.74
1 track
- Prof. Dietmar Hallmann discusses the Gewandhaus-Quartett's 1968 recording of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.127
1 track
- Prof. Dietmar Hallmann discusses the Gewandhaus-Quartett's 1968 recording of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.74
1 track
- Prof. Karl Suske discusses the Gewandhaus-Quartett's 1985 recording of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.131
1 track
- Die Fahrenden
1 track
- Vagabundenspruch
1 track
- Text aus der Novelle "Carmen"
2 tracks
- Memento
1 track
- Die Violinen
1 track
- Du, weißt du...
1 track
- Ziehende Landschaft
1 track
- Gilu - Freiheit auf allen Gebieten
1 track
- Ansprache Ferenc Fricsays anlässlich des Festkonzerts zum aehnjährigen Jubiläum des Radio-Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin
1 track
- Speaker of the Italian RAI
4 tracks
- The Bidding Prayer
1 track
- First Lesson - Genesis 3:8-15
2 tracks
- Second Lesson - Genesis 22:15-18
2 tracks
- Third Lesson - Isaiah 9:2-7
2 tracks
- Fourth Lesson - Isaiah 11:1-9
2 tracks
- Fifth Lesson - St. Luke 1:26-38
1 track
- Sixth Lesson - St. Luke 2:1-7
1 track
- Seventh Lesson - St. Luke 2:8-16
1 track
- Eighth Lesson - St. Matthew 2:1-11
1 track
- Ninth Lesson - St. John 1:1-14
1 track
- Introductory remarks to Chopin's Sonata No.2
1 track
- Introductory remarks to Chopin's Sonata No.3
1 track
- Introductory remarks to Chopin's Ballade No.1
1 track
- Introductory remarks to Chopin's Ballade No.3
1 track
- Sentence
1 track
- Anglican Creed
1 track
- The Message of Advent
1 track
- The Word of God
1 track
- The Ministry of the Church
1 track
- The Preparation for the Advent of Christ
1 track
- The Christmas Sentence and Collect
1 track
- The College Prayer & Grace
1 track
- Conversation: Hermann Bäumer and Hans Werner Henze
7 tracks
- Spoken Introduction ("We are about to hear a recital by Sviatoslav Richter...")
1 track
- Wie ist doch die Musik, poem (E.T.A. Hoffmann)
1 track
- Nicht sowohl im Traume, poem (E.T.A. Hoffmann)
1 track
- Der Mensch ohne Poesie, poem (Jean Paul)
1 track
- Wenn die Töne sprechen, poem (E.T.A. Hoffmann)
1 track
- Der Schäfer und die Nachtigall, poem (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
1 track
- Interview with Vernon Handley by Andrew McGregor
10 tracks
- Liebesgenuß bei den Juden
1 track
- Liebe, Heirat, Geld und dazu erotische Witze, auch von der gepfefferten Sorte
1 track
- Gaumenfreuden
1 track
- Sabbatspeisen und ein Hauch von Knoblauch
1 track
- Mardrigal a mademoiselle de la Guerre: Ces Luths mystérieux
1 track
- Letter from Monsieur Lully to Mademoiselle de la Guerre: Muse, je vous écris...
1 track
- Stefan Litwin's Lecture on Schumann's Piano Sonata, Op.11 (German)
8 tracks
- Stefan Litwin's Lecture on Schumann's Piano Sonata, Op.11 (English)
8 tracks
- Studio chatter
1 track
- Reflections by Esa-Pekka Salonen on his composition MIMO II for Oboe and Orchestra
1 track
- Reflections by Daniel Börtz on his Oboe Concerto
1 track
- Reflections by Ole Schmidt on his Oboe Concerto
1 track
- Timmy entdeckt die Oper
5 tracks
- Vom Unsichtbaren
1 track
- Erlkonig
1 track
- Was singen Fische zur Nacht?
1 track
- Vernunft oder Liebe?
1 track
- Krieg oder Frieden?
1 track
- Geschichte vom Rattenfanger
1 track
- Ubermut
1 track
- Vorbilder
1 track
- Fisches Nachtgesang
1 track
- New Year's Address 2011
1 track
- Applause
3 tracks
- Applause and announcement by Rubinstein
1 track
- Nathan Milstein in Conversation with John Amis
1 track
- Jascha Horenstein in conversation with Deryck Cooke
1 track
- Rudolf Kempe in conversation with Gillian Widdicombe, interview
1 track
- Carlo Maria Giulini in conversation with Alan Haydock
1 track
- Carlo Maria Giulini in conversation with Michael Oliver
1 track
- Artur Rubinstein in Conversation with Michael Oliver
1 track
- Ernest Ansermet discusses Debussy with Robert Chesterman
1 track
- Dame Janet Baker in Conversation with Marjorie Anderson
1 track
- Elisabeth Söderström introduces the first encore (spoken word)
1 track
- Elisabeth Söderström introduces the second encore (spoken word)
1 track
- A few introductory words by Sir Thomas Beecham
1 track
- A few more introductory words by Sir Thomas Beecham
1 track
- An interview with Daniele Gatti
1 track
- Yip Harburg Talks and Sings
3 tracks
- Kære Fisk (Dear Fish)
1 track
- Das Kölner Shostakovich-Projekt, spoken interviews and commentary
1 track
- Emmerich Kálmán speaking about "Zigeunerprimas"
1 track
- O Himmel-König..., recitation ('Der Kanzler')
1 track
- Das 'Malpopita-Projekt' Radio Feature Interviews
1 track
- Casals, a Portrait for Radio, documentary
15 tracks
- Stokowski, a Portrait for Radio, documentary
14 tracks
- Thränen des Vaterlandes ("Wir sind doch nunmehr gantz"), poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas! ("Die Herrlichkeit der Erden"), poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- In diser Kriges Erndt, poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Du bist denn! Du bist hin!, poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Sagst du der Welt Ade?, poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Auff! Jungfern auff!, poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Reiß Erde! Reiß entzwey!, poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Es ist alles Eitel ("Du sihst, wohin du sihst"), poem by Andreas Gryphius
1 track
- Maria Oehmichen Introduces The College of New Jersey Wind Ensemble
1 track
- An Introduction to Ernst Levy and His Music
1 track
- Commentary by Suzanne Chaisemartin
5 tracks
- "A state of war": Speech by Neville Chamberlain
1 track
- "We shall go on to the end": Speech by Winston Churchill
1 track
- El Alamein address to the troops: Speech by Field Marshal Montgomery
1 track
- D-Day announcement: Speech by General Eisenhower
1 track
- "Their finest hour": Speech by Winston Churchill
1 track
- Announcement
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Orchestral Works
1 track
- Symphonies
1 track
- Symphonies
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Vocal Works
2 tracks
- Choral Works
2 tracks
- Choral Works
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Giorgos Seferis (Greek poet)
1 track
- Nur ein Weniges noch
1 track
- Nur ein Weniges noch
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Wedding Ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton
6 tracks
- The Blessing
1 track
- The Prayers
1 track
- The Welcome And Introduction
1 track
- The Marriage
1 track
- The Vows
1 track
- The Address
1 track
- The Blessing
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Various Works
1 track
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