For Your Listening Pleasure

[Quarterly Tuesday Podcast] Thee short ballets by Igor Stravinsky which were done in collaboration with the great Russian choreographer George Balanchine are on the program this week. Read our commentary on April 30 @ https://www.talkclassical.com/blogs/itywltmt/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast310-Playlist

Our ongoing survey of piano sonatas continues in April with Scarlatti and Mozart played by Hungarian pianist András Schiff. Read our commentary on April 19 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast309-Playlist

This montage is part of our Lenten Organ series for 2019 and features Dutch organist Ben van Oosten in three Symphonies for Solo Organ by French masters. Read our commentary on April 5th @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast308-Playlist

This montage for the fifth Friday of April is a short sampling of works for piano and orchestra in one movement. Read our commentary on March 29 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast307-Playlist

We continue our survey of piano sonatas with three Beethoven sonatas performed by the late great Russian pianist, Sviatoslav Richter. Read our commentary on March 22 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast306-Playlist

Herbert von Karajan can be trusted with more than just the great German composers. Here he is with some great works by Tchaikovsky. Read our commentary on March 8 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast305-Playlist

Today’s installment of our year-long look at piano sonatas considers two piano sonatas by Tchaikovsky, from Viktoria Postnikova’s seminal on Erat oof the Complete Tchaikovsky Solo Piano works. Read our commentary on February 8 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast304-Playlist

In anticipation of Valentine’s day nest week, here are a number of love songs from the classical and popular repertoire. Read our commentary on February 8 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast303-Playlist

[Quarterly Tuesday Podcast] Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau is our featured artist this week; works by Debussy, Liszt, Chopin and others. Read our commentary on January 22nd @ https://www.talkclassical.com/blogs/itywltmt/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast302-Playlist

Dubbed "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", Alicia de Larrocha performs here four piano sonatas by Mozart. Read our commentary on January 18 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast301-Playlist

Our first podcast for 2019 is our 300th montage – an extended podcast featuring five concert ante works for piano and orchestra by Mozart featuring Vladimir Ashkenazy as soloist and conductor. Read our commentary on January 4 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast300-Playlist

Our final podcast for 2018 considers music from German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach. Read our commentary on December 21 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast299-Playlist

Our penultimate podcast for 2018 considers music from three generations of Mozarts: Leopold, Wolfgang and Franz Xaver. Read our commentary on December 7 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast298-Playlist

Our In Memoriam podcast for 2018 pays tribute to Claude Debussy, who left us 100 years ago this year. Read our commentary on November 30 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast297-Playlist

This week, in honour of US Thanksgiving, a montage of music inspired by the holiday, the harvest and family gatherings. Read our commentary on November 23 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.ca/, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast296-Playlist