by Kenneth Woods | Jan 4, 2020 | ESO LvB 250, Lists
The 10 Best Beethoven Symphony Finales Yes, I know, he only wrote 9 symphonies, but nobody does ‘top 9’ lists. So: best Beethovenian finale in a non-Beethoven symphony? It could be Brahms 1, in which Brahms masterfully integrates some of the formal complexities...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 7, 2019 | A view from the podium
150 years after his death, Hector Berlioz remains one of music’s most fascinating and contradictory figures. He wrote some of the most exciting music ever to be heard in the concert hall, and yet even in a work as popular and electrifying as Symphonie...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 26, 2011 | A view from the podium, Lists
Part three of our survey of the real 20 greatest conductors of all time is now ready. Part one is here, part two is here. We hope that you will appreciate the many careful minutes of preparation and consideration that went into this list, and the dozens of...
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