Attention to Detail: The Classical Music Listening Guide

Today we review the final act of Die Walküre, which opens with the famous "Ride of the Valkyries," and concludes with "Wotan's Farewell," one of the most passionate and heart-wrenching moments in all ...

13 Aug 202054min

Today we continue our review of the second opera of Wagner's Ring Cycle, looking at Act 2 of Die Walküre! All recordings are from the Vienna Philharmonic and Georg Solti, found here. www.attentiontode...

9 Aug 202048min

On this episode, we start our review of the first major opera of the Ring Cycle, Die Walküre! We look at the first act which features the heroic characters Siegmund and Sieglinde, siblings reunited af...

5 Aug 202044min

Today we start our review of Wagner's Ring Cycle with a look at the first opera, Das Rheingold! We explore the important leitmotifs that will come back in the later operas, and listen to important mus...

1 Aug 20201h 16min

Over the month of August, we'll be boiling down the massively influential (and long) operas of Wagner's Ring Cycle to their most important moments. In preparation for these ten upcoming episodes, we d...

29 Jul 202038min

The classical music community lost a great friend this past week in violinist and conductor Greg Cardi. In the wake of his passing, we decided to record a special episode exploring the relationship be...

18 Jul 20201h 5min

We're back with another fantasy sports-style draft, this time picking our most underrated composers! We averaged several Top 100 Composers lists to approximate the general consensus on who the greates...

7 Jul 20201h 3min

Hannah is back, and today we're tackling the tricky world of modern/contemporary music! We discuss some techniques for new listeners to approach this often challenging and intimidating sub-genre of cl...

4 Jul 202048min