ClassicalCritic
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Roving Classical Critic-at-Large & Translator. Opinions are my own - or stolen.
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Centenarian #Weidringer[TM] at the Müpa Budapest for #Kurtag100!
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Centenarian #Weidringer[TM] at the Müpa Budapest for #Kurtag100!
February 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Latest for @DiePresseCom
Fritz Lang's THE NIBELUNGS with FrankStrobl conducting the @rsowien in Gottfried Huppertz' monumental score.
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Fritz Lang's THE NIBELUNGS with FrankStrobl conducting the @rsowien in Gottfried Huppertz' monumental score.
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Großes Kino im Konzerthaus: Wenn die Nibelungen nicht nach Wagner...
Das RSO nahm sich an zwei Abenden im Konzerthaus Gottfried Huppertz’ Filmmusik zu Fritz Langs epischem „Nibelungen“-Film an.
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February 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Latest for @DiePresseCom
Fritz Lang's THE NIBELUNGS with FrankStrobl conducting the @rsowien in Gottfried Huppertz' monumental score.
www.diepresse.com/20592882/gro...
Fritz Lang's THE NIBELUNGS with FrankStrobl conducting the @rsowien in Gottfried Huppertz' monumental score.
www.diepresse.com/20592882/gro...
Weirdo #Weidringer[TM] for Pogo at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Weirdo #Weidringer[TM] for Pogo at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
This is the heraldic animal of the International Music Critics' Guild:
February 17, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This is the heraldic animal of the International Music Critics' Guild:
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Himmlischer Schumann, teuflisch gute Kreutzer-Sonate
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Himmlischer Schumann, teuflisch gute Kreutzer-Sonate
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Himmlischer Schumann, teuflisch gute Kreutzer-Sonate
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Himmlischer Schumann, teuflisch gute Kreutzer-Sonate
#morninglistening to #Pogorelich (who'll be playing at the wienerkonzerthaus tonight) in Tchaikovsky's PC w/Abbado and the LondonSymphonyOrchestra on DG.
Will it be the good kind of crazy (like here) or an off-batch tonight?
Amzn: amzn.to/40dLQ2H
Will it be the good kind of crazy (like here) or an off-batch tonight?
Amzn: amzn.to/40dLQ2H
February 17, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#morninglistening to #Pogorelich (who'll be playing at the wienerkonzerthaus tonight) in Tchaikovsky's PC w/Abbado and the LondonSymphonyOrchestra on DG.
Will it be the good kind of crazy (like here) or an off-batch tonight?
Amzn: amzn.to/40dLQ2H
Will it be the good kind of crazy (like here) or an off-batch tonight?
Amzn: amzn.to/40dLQ2H
Not-shabby #Weidringer[TM] at the Musikverein Wien for Argerich, Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky and Beethoven!
February 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Not-shabby #Weidringer[TM] at the Musikverein Wien for Argerich, Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky and Beethoven!
Even more Horns & Fire #Weidringer[TM] for the Fritz Lang's Nibelungs w/ soundtrack courtesy ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - RSO Wien at the Wiener Konzerthaus w/ Frank Strobel
February 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Even more Horns & Fire #Weidringer[TM] for the Fritz Lang's Nibelungs w/ soundtrack courtesy ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - RSO Wien at the Wiener Konzerthaus w/ Frank Strobel
Horns & Fire #Weidringer[TM] for the Fritz Lng's Nibelungs w/ soundtrack courtesy ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - RSO Wien
February 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Horns & Fire #Weidringer[TM] for the Fritz Lng's Nibelungs w/ soundtrack courtesy ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - RSO Wien
ZZ-#Weidringer for the new Wozzeck at the Opera Graz.
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
ZZ-#Weidringer for the new Wozzeck at the Opera Graz.
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viennasymphony, AKobekina, Gulda & Haydn: A Feast for the Ears
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viennasymphony, AKobekina, Gulda & Haydn: A Feast for the Ears
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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viennasymphony, AKobekina, Gulda & Haydn: A Feast for the Ears
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viennasymphony, AKobekina, Gulda & Haydn: A Feast for the Ears
#morninglistening to beautiful #Arabella - with Solti and LisaDellaCasa, Gueden, Dermota, London and @viennaphilharmonic, which doesn't hurt. It's among the last Strauss operas to bid me access but not necessarily due to faults of its own.
Amzn: amzn.to/3MnoDrM
#RichardStrauss #Opera
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#RichardStrauss #Opera
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 AM
#morninglistening to beautiful #Arabella - with Solti and LisaDellaCasa, Gueden, Dermota, London and @viennaphilharmonic, which doesn't hurt. It's among the last Strauss operas to bid me access but not necessarily due to faults of its own.
Amzn: amzn.to/3MnoDrM
#RichardStrauss #Opera
Amzn: amzn.to/3MnoDrM
#RichardStrauss #Opera
1984 #Weidringer[TM] for a Wiener Symphoniker concert going back to the future for Vivaldi, Haydn, and Van Halen.
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
1984 #Weidringer[TM] for a Wiener Symphoniker concert going back to the future for Vivaldi, Haydn, and Van Halen.
#morninglistening to #NikolaiLugansky's new Schumann album on harmoniamundi which includes a mightily driven Faschingsschwank from Vienna, befitting how much R.S. disliked this town. :-)
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
#morninglistening to #NikolaiLugansky's new Schumann album on harmoniamundi which includes a mightily driven Faschingsschwank from Vienna, befitting how much R.S. disliked this town. :-)
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
#morninglistening to #NikolaiLugansky's new Schumann album on @harmoniamundi_inter which includes a mightily driven Faschingsschwank from Vienna, befitting how much R.S. disliked this town. :-)
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
#morninglistening to #NikolaiLugansky's new Schumann album on @harmoniamundi_inter which includes a mightily driven Faschingsschwank from Vienna, befitting how much R.S. disliked this town. :-)
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
Amzn: amzn.to/3ObHbvK
One of the more consistently interesting pianists of our time.
Ladies' #Weidringer[TM] for the Kammerorchester Basel, Dorian, Lazarova, C.Schumann, E.Mayer - and Bobby Sch.
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Ladies' #Weidringer[TM] for the Kammerorchester Basel, Dorian, Lazarova, C.Schumann, E.Mayer - and Bobby Sch.
#morninglistening to more Russian Bach on the piano, but I have to admit that #SviatoslavRichter in this repertoire does NOTHING for me. The concertos are passable @ best, the Suite lacks pulse & grace. I much prefer the aforementioned plus Sokolov, Batagov, Gavrilov, Nikolayeva, Lifschitz, Ashk.
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
#morninglistening to more Russian Bach on the piano, but I have to admit that #SviatoslavRichter in this repertoire does NOTHING for me. The concertos are passable @ best, the Suite lacks pulse & grace. I much prefer the aforementioned plus Sokolov, Batagov, Gavrilov, Nikolayeva, Lifschitz, Ashk.
Has anyone ever heard Glenn Gould's radio documentary "The Search for Petula Clark"
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
The Search for Petula Clark (Glenn Gould Radio Documentary, 1967)
YouTube video by micheldvorsky
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February 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Has anyone ever heard Glenn Gould's radio documentary "The Search for Petula Clark"
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
Has anyone ever heard Glenn Gould's radio documentary "The Search for Petula Clark"
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
The Search for Petula Clark (Glenn Gould Radio Documentary, 1967)
YouTube video by micheldvorsky
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Has anyone ever heard Glenn Gould's radio documentary "The Search for Petula Clark"
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
I wonder if there are any Gould apologists who can talk themselves into that string of pretensions and garbage casual asides on music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=apZL...
&
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4pc...
#morninglistening to #JohannSebastianBach's TheArtOfTheFugue w/#VladimirFeltsman on Nimbus. Feltsman is always a very good, safe choice in Bach, even as I might prefer Koroliev over all. TAotF is perhaps not his most inspired Bach album but he certainly never missteps. Favorite versions, anyone?
February 9, 2026 at 6:28 AM
#morninglistening to #JohannSebastianBach's TheArtOfTheFugue w/#VladimirFeltsman on Nimbus. Feltsman is always a very good, safe choice in Bach, even as I might prefer Koroliev over all. TAotF is perhaps not his most inspired Bach album but he certainly never missteps. Favorite versions, anyone?
Cabal & Opera #Weidringer[TM] at the Wiener Staatsoper for Oper Magazin
February 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Cabal & Opera #Weidringer[TM] at the Wiener Staatsoper for Oper Magazin
#morninglistening to one of several very cool "Discoveries" albums of @RiccardoChailly, all on @deccaclassics, here w/Verdi and @jeanyvesthibaudet. Unheard-of and unsuspected pieces by familiar greats. Like the Verdi PianoConcerto (essentially). Love it.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:44 AM
#morninglistening to one of several very cool "Discoveries" albums of @RiccardoChailly, all on @deccaclassics, here w/Verdi and @jeanyvesthibaudet. Unheard-of and unsuspected pieces by familiar greats. Like the Verdi PianoConcerto (essentially). Love it.
(Link to follow)
(Link to follow)
Rescued from the Æther: How To Build A Top Quality Classical Music Library For $100 (Part 1)
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How To Build A Top Quality Classical Music Library For $100 (Part 1)
Introduction The Why, How, and What This is a reposting (edited and expanded) of an article that George A. Pieler and I wrote fo...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Rescued from the Æther: How To Build A Top Quality Classical Music Library For $100 (Part 1)
ionarts.blogspot.com/2026/02/how-...
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#morninglistening to what should, in theory, be SUCH an interesting disc: Granados' piano-transcriptions of Scarlatti-Sonatas. Maybe they're not that great. But w/ DouglasRiva's pedestrian, plodding delivery, you'd never know they are at fault. Just imagine someone like, say, TzimonBarto do those!?!
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
#morninglistening to what should, in theory, be SUCH an interesting disc: Granados' piano-transcriptions of Scarlatti-Sonatas. Maybe they're not that great. But w/ DouglasRiva's pedestrian, plodding delivery, you'd never know they are at fault. Just imagine someone like, say, TzimonBarto do those!?!