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Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the most difficult in this genres, premieres at the New Theatre in New York City in 1909 (28th November), with the composer as soloist, and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch. Let’s look at some of the features of melodic and thematic lines of…
Born in Naples, Riccardo Muti studied piano under Vincenzo Vitale at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella, graduating with distinction. He subsequently received a diploma in composition and conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he studied under the guidance of Bruno Bettinelli and Antonino Votto.
Transmission by Edgar Moreau, recorded with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Michael Sanderling, unites music by Bloch, Korngold, Bruch, and Ravel. All five works on the album have a connection with Jewish culture and factored into the musical development of the young cellist. He first encountered Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo around the age of 12 and describes it as “a majestic meeting of concerto and symphony, rich and colorful in its orchestration and full of contrasts.”