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Classical Music Quotes

Classical music’s composers, conductors and opera stars pen their greatest 20th century works

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Classical music’s composers, conductors and opera stars pen their greatest 20th century works

Collection of 80 AMQSs from some of the great singers, conductors, composers, and instrumentalists of the 20th century. Composers are: Paul Creston, George Crumb (”Makrokosmos: The Mystic Chord”), David Diamond (2: openings of “Symphony No. 4” and “Symphony No. 5”), Ross Lee Finney, Carlisle Floyd, Lukas Foss (2), Hans Werner Henze, Lee Hoiby, Otto Luening, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Thea Musgrave, Krzysztof Penderecki, Joseph Schwantner, Robert Stolz (”Zwei Herzenn im 3/4 Takt”); Conductors are: Semyon Bychkov, Richard Bonygne, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Sergiu Commissiona, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Boris Goldovsky, Raymond Harvey, Erich Leinsdorf (Beethoven’s ‘String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 1’), Loren Maazel, Charles Mackerras, Kurt Mazur, Julius Rudel, Gerhard Schwarz, Leonard Slatkin; Instrumentalists are Paul Badura-Skoda, Yo Yo Ma (2), Yehudi Menuhin (Beethoven’s ‘Violin Concerto’), Issac Stern; Singers are: Licia Albanese (2), Francisco Araizo, Rose Bampton, Kathleen Battle, Teresa Berganza, Carlo Bergonzi, Lili Chookasian, Regine Crespin, Jose van Dam, Helga Dernesch, Dietrich Fisher Dieskau (2: including Wagner’s ‘Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg’) Ghena Dimitrova, Mirella Freni, Susan Graham, Haken Hagegard, Marilyn Horne, Hans Hotter, Siegfried Jerusalem, Dorothy Kirsten (Charpentier’s ‘Louise’), Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Johanna Meier, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanova, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris, Birgit Nilsson (Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’), Jarmila Novotna, Magda Olivero, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Beverly Sills, Martial Singher, Frederica Von Stade, Rise Stevens, Joan Sutherland (Donizetti’s ‘Lucia de Lammermoor), Italo Tajo, Gabriella Tucci, Eva Turner (Puccini’s ‘Turandot’), Carol Vaness, Ljuba Welitsch, and Dolora Zajick. In overall fine condition. An impressive and well-represented collection. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #360 - Ended August 11, 2010