Recorded June 11-26 1959 – 162 Days With Beethoven And Me

Day 157: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Konwitschny)

December 24, 2018 by Bill Leave a Comment

My listening post today – which is Christmas Eve – is my office. Playing through my Altec Lansing speakers, which is connected to my iPod Classic – is The James Gang. Straight ahead of me (obviously) is my Lost in Space robot and an editorial comment regarding today’s listening project: German conductor Franz Konwitschny (1901-1962), … [Read more…]

Day 13: Symphony No. 1 in C Major (Konwitschny)

August 2, 2018 by Bill Leave a Comment

As with Otto Klemperer, I first encountered German conductor Franz Konwitschny when I explored the symphonic works of Anton Bruckner a year or two ago (see My Year-Long Project for details about my musical explorations, including Anton Bruckner). The orchestra for today’s recording is the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Wikipedia entry for which tells us … [Read more…]