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Opera recordings have been with us since the creation of the first wax cylinders. Now at a time when the 25-year reign of the compact disc appears to be coming to an end is the moment to take stock of the history of recordings of arguably the most popular composer of operas, Giacomo Puccini. In Giacomo Puccini: A Discography, librarian and music historian Roger Flury looks at each opera chronologically from Le Villi to Turandot, followed by sections on Puccini's instrumental, chamber, orchestral, and solo vocal works. Details of each complete opera are listed by recording date, followed by excerpts in the order in which they occur in the opera. Recordings of each aria are listed alphabetical...
L’orchestra è un organismo complesso. Dai piccoli gruppi strumentali del Cinquecento alle molteplici ibridazioni che le vedono protagoniste nel nostro tempo, le orchestre si sono sviluppate, mutando, adattandosi ai corsi e ai ricorsi di un fluire storico, politico e spettacolare, tracciando una traiettoria artistica che ha più di un punto in comune con l’evoluzionismo darwiniano.Enzo Beacco ricostruisce, in queste pagine che coniugano felicità di sintesi e profonditàanalitica, le tappe essenziali di questo percorso. Così, accanto alle star di oggi – i Berliner e i WienerPhilarmoniker, il Concertgebouw e la Chicago Symphony Orchestra, la Cleveland Orchestra e la London Symphony –...
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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, as well as the first major Soviet composer. In the fourth edition of Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue: The First Hundred Years and Beyond, Derek C. Hulme names and describes all known musical compositions of the Russian composer. More than 175 major works are annotated and discussed, including such comprehensive details as titles and subtitles, dates of composition, instrumentation, and duration; information on dedications and premieres; arrangements by the composer and others; publication details; notes on bibliographical references and the location of the autograph score; and comprehensive chronological lists...
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Includes "Directory: Foreign."
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