From the Notes of The Grand Canyon Suite:
"In 1962 the orchestra relocated to its present home at Lincoln Center. The acoustics of Philharmonic Hall were tested during a "tuning week" in May, and the first public concert, on September 23, elicited enthusiasm from some and concern from others. By the time this recording of ’The Grand Canyon Suite’ was made the following spring, the consensus was that Philharmonic Hall was not an acoustic success. Between 1963 and 1969 three separate remodeling attempts proved ineffective and in 1976 the hall was gutted, reconfigured, and reopened as Avery Fisher Hall, thereby saluting the philanthropist who financed the overhaul. Although recording technology could obviate the hall’s original shortcomings, this reading of the Grand Canyon Suites documents a bittersweet time when the orchestra struggled to make beautiful music despite the shortcomings of its hall."
James M. Keller
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Franz Joseph Haydn - Antonio Vivaldi
CELLO CONCERTOS
Lynn Harrell (cello)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner
English Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman
EMI Records 1980-1983 / 1992-2001
Notes: "The Artists: Lynn Harrell studied at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute, making his debut with the New York PO at Carnegie Hall in 1961. At the age of 18 he became a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, and from 1964 to 1971 was principal cellist there."
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D, Op. 101
I. Allegro moderato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_kqB_6Vis
II. Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlEZmKb8fQE
III. Rondo (Allegro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vk3eOd3skkCheers |
Franz Joseph Haydn - Antonio Vivaldi CELLO CONCERTOS Lynn Harrell (cello) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner English Chamber Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman EMI Records 1980-1983 / 1992-2001
Notes: "The Artists: Sir Neville Marriner was music director and conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra (1978-86) and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra(1986-89). He was made a CBE in 1979 and knighted in 1985." "Pinchas Zukerman was music director of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota (1980-87) and has also conducted or played violin in the premieres of works by Boulez, Lutoslawski and Takemitsu."
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Major, RV 413
I. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRc4JN-cRII
II. Largo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXkfSecSKtw
III. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYShpgKZKKoCheers |
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) THE LONDON SYMPHONIES VOL. 1 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Philips 1977,1978,1980,1981,1982 / 1994 Notes: "Symphony No. 95 in C minor is scored for strings and pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets and timpani and was probably performed for the first time on 29 April 1791. It is the only one of the London symphonies not to begin with a slow introduction, and the only one in a minor key (although this only applies to the first movement, which ends in C major, and to the minuet)." Symphony in C minor, No. 95 1. Allegro moderato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWGAsqXgDao
2. Andante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDw5FPJAY0
3. Menuetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2tyw3gryfs
4. Finale (Vivace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX0MAzFBtmMCheers |
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) THE LONDON SYMPHONIES VOL. 1 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Sir Colin Davis Philips 1977,1978,1980,1981,1982 / 1994
Notes: "Symphony No.96 in D, scored like No. 95, was for years known, incorrectly, as "The Miracle" (see No. 102) and was possibly performed at Salomon's first concert in 1791, on 11 March." Symphony in D, No. 96 "Miracle"
1. Adagio - Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8MLzBBBL7U
2. Andante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR4iWiwx8ro
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq22Z1z0XAk
4. Finale (Vivace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbdsuZv4kCA
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Franz Liszt 6 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Kurt Masur Philips Classics 1984 Notes: "Simply, he overestimated the role of the gipsies at the expense of older native Hungarian folk-musics, this later being corrected by
Kodály and Bartók
. Liszt naturally admired the romantic aspects of gipsy style, but failed to realize that a typical Hungarian melody is a distillation of a historical succession of several melodic veins in which the 'fioriture' of the gipsies, who came from Asia, is only one element."
Rhapsody No.1 in F minor, S.359 No.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDnGPgU2BD8Rhapsody No.2 in D minor, S.359 No.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_X227FKs4
Rhapsody No.3 in D, S.359 No.3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdsILRJhk8A
Rhapsody No.4 in D minor, S.359 No.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3HdDu8Jug
Rhapsody No.5 in E minor, S.359 No.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yThGKC_jCgg
Rhapsody No.6 in D, S.359 No.6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYYcPCtxWsCheers |
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Lilian Watson (soprano) Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn EMI Classics 1977 /1985 / 2002 Notes: "It is not surprising that Mendelssohn grew up with an interest in, and a love for the works of William Shakespeare, since it was his father's brother-in-law, August Schlegel, who had translated them into German. In 1826, when he was seventeen years old, Mendelssohn composed "in a state of delirium", so he said, an Overture inspired by Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Seventeen years later he added to this some incidental music for use at performances of Shakespeare's play in Berlin." A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, Op.61 Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXF5CY4pKs
Scherzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jX55L1aXMQ
Song with Chorus, "You spotted snakes"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr-ry0iIMI4Wedding March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_waxRSDlC0Finale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOBXy65D28Cheers |
My favorite Liszt Sonata/Six Paganini Etudes compendium is still Andre Watts'
I wanted to post the Liszt sonata by
Claudio Arrau
, but the complete performance of the CD I have was not on you-tube. Cheers |
Also another one to look out for is Krystian Zimmerman
I will look for it. Thanks Cheers |
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Felix Mendelssohn PIANO CONCERTOS 1&2 Murray Perahia (piano) St. Martin-in-the-Fields Neville Marriner CBS Masterworks 1975 / 1984 Notes: "The Concerto No.1 in G minor for piano and Orchestra, Op.25, was sketched in Rome, in November 1830, and finished in Munich during a visit by the composer in 1831, when he was twenty-two years old. Describing it as "a thing rapidly thrown off," Mendelssohn played the premiere himself in Munich in October 1831." Concerto No.1 for Piano & Orchestra, in G minor, Op.25
I. Molto allegro con fuoco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlvy6KoXSmk
II. Andante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrUOkyk_yg
III. Presto - Molto allegro vivace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui9e9Rfpi3sCheers |
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker Hebert von Karajan DG 1981 Notes: "Any discussion of the outstanding violin concertos of the 19th-century German repertoire inevitably centres upon four works: the concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven(1806), Felix Mendelssohn(1844), Max Bruch(1866) and Johannes Brahms(1878). In many respects these works fall into two pairs: while the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms are considered particularly "demanding", those of Mendelssohn and Bruch enjoy enormous popularity both with audiences and among violinists." A very young Anne-Sophie Mutter. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l0paKLI41gCheers |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COMPLETE STRING TRIOS & DUOS Arthur Gumiaux (violin) Arrigo Pelliccia (viola) Philips 1996 Notes:"Mozart's chamber music for strings exhibits a command of the medium unmatched by any other composer -- Mozart's favorite instrument was the viola and he never missed an opportunity to perform with friends, perhaps most notably in the case of the famous "composers" quartet in which he was memorably joined by Vanhal(cello), Dittersdorf(second violin), and Joseph Haydn, no less, playing first violin."
Duo for Violin and Viola in G, K.423
1. Allegro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoThwvlWWBw
2. Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXRsO0J3M5U3. Rondeau (Allegro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8EnFzsFBKsCheers
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