Beethoven PIANO CONCERTO No. 5 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Andsnes Sony 2014 Notes: Talk about the events happening during the time this music was written. Esp Napoleon's rampage across Europe. Tells the story of Beethoven seeking shelter in his brother's basement when Vienna came under fire from Napoleon's cannon. Beethoven pressing pillows to his head in an effort to protect his sensitive ears. "If I understood as much about the art of war as I do about the art of music," he is reported to have exclaimed,"I would have defeated him!" Of that, there is no doubt.
piano concerto no. 5 in e-flat major, op. 73 "emperor": I. allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7RSyCfMyUCheers |
Beethoven PIANO TRIOS VOL. 1 Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell EMI 1979-1984 2CD set. Notes: Standard fare. No good gossip. Synopsis of each Trio. Does point out that Haydn thought this trio, in C minor, was too 'advanced' for a Viennese public; most musicians would now consider it the finest of the set. -- Andrew Huth Well, it's not too advanced for us Aficionados!! :)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvBJKlA_94Cheers |
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Aaron Copland COPLAND 100 Minnesota Orchestra -- Eiji Oue Reference Recordings HDCD Recorded 2000 The Notes: "In 1942 Eugene Goossens and the Cincinnati Symphony commissioned and premiered eighteen new fanfares over the course of the symphony's 1942-43 season. "It is my idea," explained Goossens, "to make these fanfares stirring and significant contributions to the war effort." Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' premiered on 12 March, 1943." "The special qualities of Copland's 'Appalachian Spring(1944), one of the composer's most popular works, owed much to choreographer Martha Graham, for whom it was written." ... "there's something prim and restrained, simple yet strong, about her which ones tends to think of as American." Fanfare for the Common Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3kH7-sUTs
Appalachian Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3luGMG3PoYThe music definitely has that 'American' sound to it. Optimistic, like, everything will be alright. We can do it. Cheers |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D, OP. 35 Julia Fischer -- violin Russian National Orchestra -- Yakov Kreizberg Pentatone Classics SACD 2006 Excellent Booklet. Lots of info on Tchaikovsky, Fischer and Kreizberg. Notes: Talks about the most profound crisis in Tchaikovsky’s personal life, i.e. his marriage to Antonia Milyukova in 1877: "The marriage had only just taken place, and I had been left alone with my wife, realizing that fate had linked us inseparably, when it suddenly came upon me that I did not feel even simple friendship for her- rather, an aversion in the truest sense of the word." Maybe it’s possible to know too much about these guys. Allegro moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI6MnhNJedU
Finale: Allegro vivacissimo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1NyEV-7ZgAJulia Fischer, born in Munich in1983. has worked with almost every top tier conductor in the world, except Karajan. She was only 6 when he died. Started playing before age 4. Her instrument is of Italian origin made by Jean Baptiste in 1750. Cheers |
Johann Sebastian Bach
PARTITA NO.1 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, BWV 825
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony Classical 2008-2009
Tidbits from the notes: In Bach's day music was treated as a consumable commodity, here one day, gone the next, so new pieces were required on an almost daily basis. -- Bach's music was rarely performed, but widely studied by academics and composers-including Mozart. -- There is scant evidence that Bach played any of his music in public. -- The set of six Partitas were the first works Bach published with the designation "Opus 1."
Praeludium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml4mw0L-0EgMenuet I & II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMEKW3zF3QGigue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vle0Jc7of-ECheers |
BOLERO - ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS Minnesota Orchestra -- Eiji Oue Reference Recordings HDCD Recorded 2000 From The Notes: Extremely interesting snippets on the origin of each piece on this disc. "I have written only one masterpiece," Ravel said, toward the end of his life; "that is the bolero. Unfortunately, it contains no music." Eiji Oue became the ninth music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in 1995. A native of Hiroshima, Japan. The Orchestra was founded in 1903. Has had some big time music directors over the years. Including Marriner, Dorati and Ormandy. Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YJDbVJoRJk Klemperer: Lustiger Walzer (Merry Waltz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWK-MVlNshgBrahms: Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kETy5k6ipiQRavel: Bolero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO_AFmqLbZUNot my idea of ’Orchestral Fireworks’, but a nice collection. Cheers |
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HI-FI FIEDLER Boston Pops Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler RCA Living Stereo SACD Recorded in 1956, 1958 and 1960 This man did as much as anyone to popularize Classical Music. Always came across as, ’this should be fun’. It was for everyone to enjoy, not just the self-appointed ’elites’. Worked in my case. His cover art and musical selections said it all. Some say, ’light’ Classics, I say, ’the good stuff’. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Franz Liszt) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaVL6uhZ7xA William Tell - Overture (Gioachino Rossini) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ3xTFmYOwA Marche slave (Piotr Tchaikovsky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl9VzrciZUkCheers |
Johann Sebastian Bach
ENGLISH SUITES 1, 3 & 5
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Warner Classics 2014
Seems like a lot but they are all very short pieces.
The notes give an account of the history of these works. They also talk about 'repeats', for example -- "when all the repeats of the pieces are observed, the revised version can make for a rather awkward structure, skewing the formal balance of the suite away from the other movements"...Anderszewski
I have read other accounts of composers being criticized for using repeats. I guess Bach, Beethoven etc... would say, "do you know who I am?"
Suite No. 3 in G Minor, Prélude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8cP6tzKIY
Suite No. 3 in G Minor, Gigue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-td1Cw3OBgSuite No. 1 in A Major, Prélude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSSdoR03KmsSuite No. 1 in A Major, Gigue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPiknYhggs
Suite No. 5 in E Minor, Prélude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUej83R4sng
Suite No. 5 in E Minor, Gigue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH2gCpa9hI0Cheers |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SINFONIA CONCERTANTE IN E-FLAT K364 Vilde Frang (violin) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Arcangelo -- Jonathan Cohen Warner Classics 2015 allegro maestoso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdYvB3rACsandante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zfSICtEEIMpresto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0A896-KCG4From the Notes: "If Mozart was a good but unwilling violinist, he was more comfortable with the viola. It was on this lower-timbred, usually supporting instrument that he played in string quartets with Haydn, and for which he composed some of his most personal works, including the 'Kegelstatt' Trio K498 and the Sinfonia concertante K364...is a milestone of compositional maturity." Cheers |
Beethoven THE LATE STRING QUARTETS Takacs Quartet Decca 2003 - 2004 3CD set with booklet From the notes: The quartet was formed in 1975 in Budapest and since 1983 has been in residence at the University of Colorado, Boulder. "Beethoven's series of late string quartets formed his main creative preoccupation during the final years of his life. To many listeners these five works contain the most profoundly personal and spiritual music he ever wrote." -- Misha Donat Just a Sample: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127 - Scherzo: vivace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxiKYEhEEs
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 - 5. Presto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA5_j2QCVIACheers |
Mozart
CONCERTOS FOR 2 & 3 PIANOS
Katia & Marielle Labeque (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker -- Semyon Bychkov
Philips Classics 1989
Notes: Excellent booklet with a nice picture of the sisters. "The concerto in F for three pianos was written for Countess Antonia Lodron, the sister of Mozart's unloved employer..."
Piano Concerto No.7 In F Major, K. 242 - "Lodron" - Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INiwh_bfI8c
Piano Concerto No.7 In F Major, K. 242 - "Lodron" - Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeBVtHMEweM
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.7 In F Major, K. 242 - "Lodron" - Rondeau (Tempo di menuetto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ebTPwYVdYPray, they will avoid the wrath of The Frogman this time around. Cheers |
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN B-FLAT MINOR, OP.23 Lang Lang (piano) Chicago Symphony -- Daniel Barenboim DG 2003 Great Booklet with lots of information. From The Notes: The Chicago Symphony played Tchaikovsky's B flat minor Concerto at its very first concert in 1891, two years before the composers death. Nikolia Rubenstein's claim that Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto was unplayable is one of music history's most famously mistaken first impression. After hearing the entire work, Rubenstein did not mince words, declaring the solo part was impossible to play and that the music itself was vulgar. When he suggested it needed to be completely recomposed, Tchaikovsky insisted he would not change a note. Eventually it was played by Hans von Bulow in Boston in 1875, where it was a big hit. The rest is history. Allegro non troppo e molto maestose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h_0cr7CiCU
Andantino semplice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8pi8IvYhfUAllegro con fuoco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV2KRF1zbiUCheers |
George Gershwin RHAPSODY IN BLUE / AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Earl Wild (piano) Boston Pops -- Arthur Fiedler RCA Living Stereo SACD 1959 / 2005 Excellent booklet with tons of info on Gershwin and the music. " He is a link between the Jazz camp and the intellectuals..." A Critic I always thought the Jazz Camp were the intellectuals. Silly me.
An American in Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQGaAbKshvs
Rhapsody in Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfdFiFWsTa0Cheers |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter THE BERLIN RECITAL Anne Sophie Mutter(violin), Lambert Orkis(piano) DG 1995 Not only a great violinist, but also, a Stone Fox. Notes: "That indefatigable conversationalist, Johann Peter Eckermann, once asked Goethe, more or less in passing, why the phenomenon of precociousness was so widespread among musicians. The great man answered without hesitation: music, he said, was something entirely innate, something inborn, a gift that needed no outward stimulus to sustain it and was not based on real-life experience."
Mozart: Sonata For Piano And Violin In E Minor, K.304 - 1. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WwCXYG2W0c
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 In G Minor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTuFLIUNH4
Brahms: Scherzo In C Minor For Violin & Piano (From The FAE-Sonata)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJnYL0twLEA"Anne-Sophie Mutter's highly developed musicianship is "something entirely innate, something inborn" to quote Goethe. Such gifts can never be coerced. -- Peter Fuhrmann Cheers |
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Johann Strauss JOHANN STRAUSS WALTZES Wiener Symphoniker -- Yakov Kreizberg Pentatone Classics 2004 SACD The Notes: "In those days this intimate dance for two caused a scandal: bodily contact, public displays of sensuality, lasciviousness and eroticism were frowned upon. The waltz, due to these attributes and its suburban origins earned a dubious name; particularly it’s intoxicating effect would, evidently, lead to a loosening of good morals: "The waltz is an invention of the devil," wrote a Viennese newspaper in 1869. Ballrooms will pave the way for the conception of illegitimate children, or so feared guardians of Christian morality." "Surprisingly Johann Strauss, as he explained to this third wife Adele, was no dancer." Sound familiar? The more things change, the more they stay the same. Of course, the Guardians could have been right. :) Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 "Emperor Waltz" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4f-EWGp2iw Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 "Tales from the Vienna Woods" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP22qGAZQ4I An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 "The Beautiful Blue Danube" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfDiR2Ie7k Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 "Roses from the South" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6DlsG4cLWcCheers |
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Ludwig von Beethoven PIANO CONCERTO NO.5 IN E FLAT, OP.73 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Kurt Sanderling Philips 1998 The notes point out that this was written during the time of war between Napoleon and Austria, causing the imperial family to withdraw from Vienna. The slow movement reflects the political events of the time. They also mention that by the time of his late concertos, Beethoven was too deaf to be able to play the work in public. Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor" - Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHfjfc2qgfo&t=14sPiano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor" - Adagio un poco mossohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5EJwIOe7wI
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor" - Rondo (Allegro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk2-0cWDsLUBayern Rundfunk was the station to which I always listened. Technically outstanding. Cheers |
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Ludwig van Beethoven PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 IN C MAJOR OP.15 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Leif Andsnes Sony Classical 2012 Recorded at Dvorak Hall in Prague's Rudolfinum Notes: Mostly a very interesting interview of the artist by Alan Rusbridger. Andsnes says that the idea for his playing the five concertos came from spending a week in a hotel in Brazil, that had Beethoven's 1st & 2nd piano concertos playing on a loop in the elevator. "at first I thought I would go mad hearing these works over and over again, but the more I listened, the more I loved the experience." Just goes to show, it don't take much in the way of gear, to get what music has to offer.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro con brio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO4_kvRjeZs
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqYrDZUMcuA
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzandohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOmWIaO5mFwCheers |
Ludwig van Beethoven PIANO CONCERTO NO.4 IN G MAJOR, OP.58 Murray Perahia (piano) Concertgebouw Orchestra -- Bernard Haitink CBS Masterworks 1986 (also available on LP and Cassette) Notes: "The concerto is unorthodox for the time in several ways: in the very opening bars, which are played not by the orchestra, as was traditional up to that time, but by the solo pianist: in the cathedral-like grandeur of the development section of the first movement: and in the poetic expressiveness of the second movement, which achieves Olympian heights of eloquence completely unknown in the concerto literature of the period." My thoughts exactly. :) Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9fxH2o0a84Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwiUfkKhpdYConcerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkQmwaPosT0Cheers |
Ludwig van Beethoven PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 19 Leon Fleisher (piano) The Cleveland Orchestra -- George Szell CBS Masterworks 1961 Notes: "The Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major was composed in 1794-1795. Beethoven expressed some dissatisfaction with it, as he had with the C-major Concerto, and substantially revised it in 1798. Even though the work is thoroughly charming and gracious in the manner of Mozart, there is a strength which is incontestably Beethoven." Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro con brio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz9Ggd7j5BEConcerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: II. Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwaiCSVWycConcerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: III. Rondo. Molto allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toVOEMUXSXgCheers |
edcyn, Could this be it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abMfrAOdZOQI started my musical journey with 78's, but I don't have anything by Kappel. Didn't really get into classical until the early 60's. I do remember the NBC Symphony. That's Toscanini's old outfit. Everything seemed to sound 'better' back in the day. Cheers |
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The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Till Bronner(flugelhorn & trumpet), Simon Rattle(speaker), Janne Saksala(bass) EMI Classics 2002 ’ROUND MIDNIGHT Notes: "For their second EMI Classics release, The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic explore the worlds of Jazz, big band, spirituals, film music, and even rap. "It’s a musical celebration of the essential American character", explains principal cellist Georg Faust. "Its sentimental and pragmatic qualities are reflected in the amazing vitality of these pieces, and from many little stones, you make a mosaic!" Caravan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNUfGtDBNC4Spain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFE0aCxGrFgAmerica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsbAYLJVr0Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDK0fTH8gtU’Round Midnight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBVl8MazlUMThe flower is a key(a rap for Mozart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGVnI-VGe5QCheers |
Manuel de Falla NIGHTS IN THE GARDENS OF SPAIN Alicia de Larrocha (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Decca 1984 Another one from the dawn of CD. Hanover, West Germany DM37
Notes: "After Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Turina had their celebrated encounter with Albeniz at a concert in October 1907, Turina wrote that "Music should be an art and not a diversion for the frivolity of women and the dissipation of men. We were three Spaniards gathered together in that corner of Paris, and it was our duty to fight bravely for the national music of our country."
Nights in the Gardens of Spain - 1. En el generalife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMvfpNTfHwQ
Nights in the Gardens of Spain - 2. Danza lejana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5WlOfnkOIU
Nights in the Gardens of Spain - 3. En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hwflllzQUCheers |
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Antonin Dvorak "NEW WORLD": SYMPHONY NO.9 IN E MINOR The Cleveland Orchestra George Szell CBS Records 1960 Surrounded by 'controversy'. Always the case whenever Black folks are mentioned. The Notes: "I am satisfied that the music of this country must be founded upon what are called the Negro melodies. These can be the foundation of a serious and original school of composition, to be developed in the United States. When first I came here, I was impressed with this idea, and it has developed into a settled conviction. These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. The are American. They are the folksongs of America, and your composers must turn to them. All the great musicians have borrowed from the songs of the common people." -- Antonin Dvorak And, 'turn to them' they did. In Blues, Rock & Roll, Jazz, Gospel, Spirituals and all other genres.
Symphony No. 9 "New World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHCFKu__zl4Cheers |
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Johann S. Bach WORKS FOR TRUMPET Alison Balsom (trumpet) Colm Carey(organ) EMI Classics 2005 Notes: "Bach composed no dedicated chamber piece for the trumpet (if we discount Brandenburg Concerto No.2), yet his great choral works contain the most varied and demanding repertoire for the instrument before the 19th century. ...That none of the pieces here was originally conceived for the trumpet would not have bothered Bach unduly; he was the master adaptor who always promoted musical imagination and flair above debilitating dogma and restrictive thinking." Always great to see the brass get a little love.
Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230) : I. Allegro...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA4raC4S2Mc
Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230) : II. Adagio...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVgPVjD8BQ
Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230) : III. Allegro assai...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOyIqIC29PkCheers |
Johann S. Bach BACH CONCERTOS Julia Fischer (violin) Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Harvey de Souza -- Concertmaster Decca 2009 in London. Notes: Tell of her love for Bach and the influences on her development, mainly, Yehudi Menuhin and her teacher in Munich. She looks very young on the cover photo. Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 1. Vivace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qy1UWNX6xcStrings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 2. Largo ma non... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eZqyQYd73o Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 3. Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ILv2nqULhoCheers |
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J. S. Bach SIX CONCERTOS FOR THE MARGRAVE OF BRANDENBURG European Brandenburg Ensemble Trevor Pinnock Avie 2CD set 2007 Notes: "Our initial preparation took place at the University of Sheffield in the summer of 2006....A thrilling first day of rehearsal was followed by tragedy: the death in the night of Katherine McGillivray, our principal viola player, from an unsuspected brain tumour. The strengthening power of Bach's music and the knowledge that he himself lost many of his children enabled us to complete our week in tribute to Katherine. She remains central to our performances today." Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047
[Allegro]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHrvGOd6G20andante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wTHHpWOW7g
Allegro assai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yug8znwe8y4Cheers |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) BRANDENBURGISCHE KONZERTE Nr. 1-6 Gustav Leonhardt - Harpsichord and Conductor Period Instruments Sony 1977 Notes: Cheap packaging. Includes a folded sheet of paper with cover photo and another sheet folded inside written in Japanese. Interestingly, they do contain a list of the instruments played by the players and the date of their manufacture. No stradivarius. Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9zL0ml6OR0Cheers |
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Vienna, 5 December 1808
I was invited to another most agreeable dinner by means of a very friendly note from Beethoven, who had not been able to reach me in person. It was given by his hostess, Countess Erdody. I was so deeply touched there, that my pleasure was nearly ruined. Imagine a very pretty, small, delicate woman of twenty five who had been married at the age of fifteen, had contracted an incurable illness at the time of her first confinement, and in the ten years since then, has not been able to remain out of bed for more than two or three months...The only pleasure for her is music, and she plays even Beethoven's music quite well, hobbling from one fortepiano to the other, on her very swollen feet...and then we got the very temperamental Beethoven to the fortepiano as well. He improvised for a good hour from the depth of his artistic feelings, ranging from the highest heights to the deepest depths of the celestial art, with mastery and versatility, so that ten times at least tears came to my eyes." -- Johann Friedrich Reichardt (German critic and composer)
From the notes of the Archduke and Ghost Trios CD.
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Ludwig van Beethoven THE SYMPHONIES / 5 OVERTURES Wiener Philharmoniker Karl Böhm
DG 1971 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op.68, "Pastoral" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-wiRQ7pHc&t=941sMy first exposure to Beethoven's symphonies was thru the Sixth. Played it so much I got burnt out on it. Have not played it in years. Still wonderful. Cheers |
