SpotifyClassical

Unofficial blog about classical music on Spotify.

[SpotifyClassical @ulyssestone]

Welcome @hyperionrecords https://t.co/diL6NqpCq0

[SpotifyClassical @ulyssestone]

Recommended recordings from @jeremydenk's wonderful memoir https://t.co/q455CoYXXX including the Sebők recording of Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody that Jeremy couldn't find.

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#OnThisDay in 1896, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games was celebrated in Athens, 1500 years after the original games were banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I. #GenreOfTheDay: Greek Contemporary Classical https://t.co/eWBgGwmU39

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Happy 80th birthday Peter Greenaway. #GenreOfTheDay: English Baroque https://t.co/LYU3HvBng8

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#OnThisDay in 1842, Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, received its première performance in Milan. #GenreOfTheDay: Opera Chorus https://t.co/8tQAuxDdNN

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#OnThisDay in 1875, Georges Bizet's last opera "Carmen" premieres in Paris. #GenreOfTheDay: French Opera https://t.co/uof0KARhB0

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Ulysses by James Joyce is 100 years old today. #GenreOfTheDay: Modern Chamber Music https://t.co/DnVUTvosEJ

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born #OnThisDay in 1710. #GenreOfTheDay: Italian Baroque https://t.co/VKtcOsiu0K

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Gustav Mahler was born #OnThisDay in 1860. #GenreOfTheDay: Ländler https://t.co/PSJh0nJiQd

[@[email protected] @mrchrisaddison]

Spotify now entirely losing their minds.

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Sergei Prokofiev was born #OnThisDay in 1891. #GenreOfTheDay: Neoclassicism https://t.co/2Bo3xGQycJ

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99 years ago #OnThisDay, Ulysses by James Joyce was published. #GenreOfTheDay: Modern Chamber Music https://t.co/OmGPBpboEM

[ANÚNA アヌーナ @Anuna_Choir]

@EveryNoise is just unbelievable. Has to be the most amazing way to explore music that there is!

Incredible achievement - and very surprised to see who appears to be the most streamed Irish Contemporary Composer - familiar name... @michaelmcbot
https://t.co/4xOHX9ri4s

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#OnThisDay in 1806, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, "the Spanish Mozart", was born 50 years to the day after Mozart's birthday. #GenreOfTheDay: Early Romantic Era https://t.co/3Aqo00r3B8

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#OnThisDay in 1808, at the Theater an der Wien, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy (both with Beethoven at the piano). #GenreOfTheDay: Epic Black Metal https://t.co/MozWetxDSg

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Belgian-French musical instrument maker and inventor of the saxophone Adolphe Sax was born #OnThisDay in 1814. #GenreOfTheDay: Classical Saxophone Quartet https://t.co/BJKOn4tWlZ

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Arthur Rimbaud was born #OnThisDay in 1854. #GenreOfTheDay: Impressionism https://t.co/vIDDxbI2CE

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#OnThisDay in 1600, Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premiered in Florence, beginning the Baroque period. #GenreOfTheDay: Madrigal https://t.co/mjBg0LzMcI

[SpotifyClassical @ulyssestone]

The Sound of 21/21st century string quartet, featuring @kronosquartet and 160 more ensembles https://t.co/C2i8lfS1RD

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#OnThisDay in 1483, Italian painter and architect Raphael was born. He died #OnThisDay in 1520. #GenreOfTheDay: Italian Renaissance https://t.co/BUFveubRt9