(Curated classical music news and views from around the internet.) Classical musicians the world over know IMSLP (the free International Music Score Library); now the founder speaks…. The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition is well underway; performances are about
Video: Toscanini conducts ‘Pines”
An oldie but a goodie, Toscanini conducting the end of Respighi’s “The Pines of Rome,” orchestra and maestro about to jump out of their collective skin. How could you not play for this guy?
Miscellany
(Curated news and views from around the web. Click on the highlighted links to read the full articles.) In The New Yorker, David Denby writes a fine summing up of the career of conductor Arturo Toscanini, on the occasion of
Sunday book review: ‘Toscanini: Musician of Conscience’
Review: A Life of Toscanini, Maestro with Passion and Principles. The New York Times Book Review, June 27, 2017.