Hard to argue with the Grumiaux, mahgister. Wonderful playing and luminous tone indeed. Raises the question: was it one of his Guarnieris, the Strad, or the Guadagnini? I wonder what his insurance bill was? 😊
Classical Music for Aficionados
I would like to start a thread, similar to Orpheus’ jazz site, for lovers of classical music.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.
I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.
I will list some of my favorite recordings, CDs as well as LP’s. While good sound is not a prime requisite, it will be a consideration.
Classical music lovers please feel free to add to my lists.
Discussion of musical and recording issues will be welcome.
I’ll start with a list of CDs. Records to follow in a later post.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Vanguard Classics — Vienna Festival Orch. Prohaska, conductor.
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite et. al. DG — Chicago Symphony Abbado, conductor.
Brahms: Symphony #1. Chesky — London Symph. Orch. Horenstein, conductor.
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat. HDTT — Ars Nova. Mandell, conductor.
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Analogue Productions. — Dallas Symph Orch. Johanos, cond.
Respighi: Roman Festivals et. al. Chesky — Royal Phil. Orch. Freccia, conductor.
All of the above happen to be great sounding recordings, but, as I said, sonics is not a prerequisite.
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Frederic Chopin AREGRICH PLAYS CHOPIN Martha Aregrich (piano) DG 2010 Not one of my favorite composers. I have just this one by Aregrich, one by Perahia and of course a few by Horowitz. I think Chopin was all he played. Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op. 23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=payc4PKtzQo Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 I. Allegro maestoso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5pdq2Rb_jI II. Scherzo. Molto vivace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsjRye7BvC0 III. Largo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnYcrLH43xE IV. Finale. Presto non tanto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g5KEXYvm0o Cheers |
Chopin loved and played and made his students play the works of JS Bach.This predestined fate of each chord in Chopin comes from rigorous meditation of Bach written script.... Chopin is greater than what the beauty of his melodies speak about : the human heart... He is a mathematical musical brain genius like Bach... We feel Bach all along listening Chopin.... Chopin listened the marvellous nocturnes of the great pianist Field with the Bach tutoring, and the rest is history.... Before Chopin there is Field.... Nobody ever written so heartful melodies balancing heart and breathing in this way , Field did this the first... Chopin listened and with the great tools inherited from Bach transform what the genius playing of Field on the new piano instrument created to more developed strongly written works and not only marvellous inspired almost improvised melodies and chords... But we must listen to Field to know where Chopin begin using Bach track and to understand what was Chopin debt to Bach... Whatever the genius is, the greatest geniuses stand on the shoulders of other geniuses back in time....Field is a genius but Chopin is almost a god standing of the shoulders of these two.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUGj9mPg2w |
"and and of course a few by Horowitz. I think Chopin was all he played." A thousand pardons o' watchful one.. Apparently I typed Horowitz, but was thinking Rubinstein. If you have a problem with Rubinstein, too bad. We can all be thankful that there is always an "Audiophile" ready and willing to correct all 'errors' made on this Forum. To answer your question directly: Earth. You? Cheers |
Does anyone know the work of American / Dutch pianist Andrew von Oeyen. He is quite well represented on Idagio at the moment with his latest recording on their front pages. It is a recording of Bach and Beethoven with the star being the Appassionata sonata. he has a stunning technique which is put to good use here. He takes the tempo at a fair lick and the result is spellbinding. He also has other recordings on Idagio with a favourite for me of Liszt , with the B Minor Sonata being for me the star again with fast tempos favoured but with due care taken to the slow intervals. On said slow sections he has a beautiful tender side and lovely limpid touch. On the same recording he does the Rigoletto Paraphrase with gorgeous octave glissandos and stunning Chordal playing. I just wish he had room for the Three Petrarch Sonnets as his technique is really suited them. |
Frédéric Chopin
CHOPIN Études Murray Perahia (piano) Sony Classical 2001 Notes: "The word "etude" means "study" - and every one of these studies addresses a specific technical concern, the mastery of which can only benefit a pianist in any other works he or she plays. And yet the etudes are much more than mere exercises, for their Herculean physical demands are nothing compared to their musical ones. Even Artur Rubinstein, who played Chopin all over the world for three-quarters of a century, was daunted by the etudes, admitting frankly that he was "scared to death" of them. "To do the justice is a most difficult task, which I haven't yet had the courage to attempt," he wrote to an admirer in 1962." --Tim Page A sampling of Op. 10 & Op. 25. 12 Etudes, opus 10 No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7bY13EcCk No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8Fm-1tvSY 12 Etudes, opus 25 No. 10 in B Minor "Octave" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmihKi-A59s No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doWiXaPfhI No. 12 in C Minor "Ocean" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDc4UpspuKQ Cheers |
John O'Conor recorded Field's Nocturnes many moons ago with Telarc (I can't find an original issue date); I remember getting the CD as soon as it came out. He also did a complete survey of the Beethoven sonatas (also Telarc) which is often overlooked. Contradicting J Gordon Holt's dictum, it's a very good performance of great music in excellent sound. |
Aaron Copland A COPLAND CELEBRATION VOL 1 London Symphony Orchestra Aaron Copland Sony 1968 / 2000 Fanfare for the Common Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHTCtgccIM&list=OLAK5uy_myv21RiHnCm8wx-r3Ay11AeybZ1K4ujWM&i... 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo I. Buckaroo Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j1OMT5CYTY&list=OLAK5uy_myv21RiHnCm8wx-r3Ay11AeybZ1K4ujWM&i... II. Corral Nocturne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMQJ8zwyrck&list=OLAK5uy_myv21RiHnCm8wx-r3Ay11AeybZ1K4ujWM&i... III. Saturday Night Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHgjU5efzg&list=OLAK5uy_myv21RiHnCm8wx-r3Ay11AeybZ1K4ujWM&i... IV. Hoe Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPiMbZuRiO8&list=OLAK5uy_myv21RiHnCm8wx-r3Ay11AeybZ1K4ujWM&i... Cheers |
Aaron Copland COPLAND 100 Minnesota Orchestra Eiji Oue Reference Recordings 2000 HDCD Notes: "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. Copland stated, "....Nobody else seems quite like Martha: she's so proud, so very much herself. And she's unquestionably very American: there's something prim and restrained, simple yet strong, about her which one tends to think of as American." Appalachian Spring Suite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3luGMG3PoY&t=131s Cheers |
Aaron Copland BILLY THE KID: SUITE Morton Gould and his Orchestra RCA SACD 1957-60 / 2006 Introduction: The Open Prairie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRyGaQGif40 Street in a Frontier Town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExY0fbIYdMM Mexican Dance and Finale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfjUKjh4xXk Prairie Night: Card Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im9rNXxZd8w Gun Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13SpKR2wWg Celebration: After Billy's Capture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOnw--0TSg Billy's Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URadQ5QE0qw The Open Prairie (Reprise) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHpMIUM1Q5I Cheers |
Antonín Dvořák & Max Bruch VIOLIN CONCERTOS Julia Fischer (violin) Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich David Zinman Decca 2013 Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 1. Allegro ma non troppo - Quasi moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYmM2trDVro 2. Adagio, ma non troppo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jlFaOXB7Ck 3. Finale (Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUAKS-j-cAk Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYBkAYgh9Y0 2. Adagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwD0QC-xHHs 3. Finale (Allegro energico) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeKELatEDVY Cheers |
Antonín Dvořák
and Max Bruch: Notes: "There is one rather sad difference between these marvellous concertos. Whereas Dvořák was encouraged by his publisher Fritz Simrock to write the A minor concerto and was decently paid for it, also receiving performance royalties, Bruch unwisely sold the G minor concerto outright to a publisher for a fixed fee. A royalty contract would have given him a handsome pension at the end of his long life, when he was living in poverty. As an old man, he was even cheated out of the promised sale of the manuscript score." Tully Potter Some things never change. Cheers |
Antonín Dvořák
SYMPHONY NO. 9 Berlin Philharmoniker Ferenc Fricsay DG 1960 / 2001 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From The New World" 1. Adagio - Allegro... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJL8n6HThnM 2. Largo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrCbRZV252c 3. Scherzo (Molto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkv85G1I8es 4. Allegro con fuoco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIRC_SFSd7k Cheers |
Antonín Dvořák PIANO CONCERTO Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Carlos Kleiber EMI 1977 / 1998 Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 I. Allegro agitato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3x79Ci4qMA II. Andante sostenuto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJKFwM7gGrI III. Allegro con fuoco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpKZINtoBXs Cheers |
Franz Schubert PIANO CONCERTO Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Carlos Kleiber EMI 1963 / 1998 Fantasy, D.760 "Wanderer" in C major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0b7gybf6-Y&t=112s Cheers |
Sir Edward Elgar VIOLIN CONCERTO Nigel Kennedy (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley EMI 1984 / 1991 Notes: "Nigel Kennedy's interests go beyond classical music into Indian music and Jazz; he has given concerts with Stephane Grappelli and played at the Chichester and Cork Festivals with American Jazz musicians. Nigel Kennedy plays a Stradivari violin loaned to him through J&A Beare LTD., at the express wish of its former owner, the late Mrs Dorothy Jeffreys of Trebetherick, Cornwall." Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 I. Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsxnWd8vafc ll. Andante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOZE7IjuLIk III. Allegro molto - Cadenza - Allegro molto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_XreFMt0cY Cheers |
Manuel de Falla THE THREE CORNERED HAT Colette Boky (soprano) Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo soprano) Richard Hoenich (bassoon) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Charles Dutoit Decca 1983 The Three Cornered Hat Part 1 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfG4X2Xru8 Afternoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s9sdGNPd5M Dance of the Miller's Wife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oos034Z7CRU The Grapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Uk570yyIQ Cheers |
Manuel de Falla THE THREE CORNERED HAT Colette Boky (soprano) Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo soprano) Richard Hoenich (bassoon) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Charles Dutoit Decca 1983 The Three Cornered Hat Part 2 The Neighbor's Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ljE_kRdok4 The Miller's Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSmEJxfsV3A The Corregidor's Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHSB7XpQUVc Final dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjkZWYhexk Cheers |
Gabriel Fauré
PIANO QUARTETS Emanuel Ax (piano), Issac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Sony Classics 1992 Notes: "Perhaps no other composer has ever been so generally ignored outside of his own country, while at the same time enjoying an unquestionably eminent reputation at home." -- Aaron Copland "The first piano quartet is a work of almost incredible accomplishment. The writing, especially for the piano, is completely idiomatic, and creates a kind of intensity combined with transparency that is entirely Fauré's own. If one of the indications of great music is that the composer has his own individual sound, certainly Fauré's is a member of that elite ." Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello No.1 in C minor, Op.15 I. Allegro molto moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgG8hJPucc II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2lNyiU5gBg III. Adagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTTCPXIis_k IV. Allegro molto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9w1UkWDBw Cheers |
Cesar Franck SYMPHONY IN D MINOR Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Lorin Maazel DG 1961 / 1996 Symphony in D minor (Franck's only Symphony) 1. Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1YUTRT_TE 2. Allegretto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIPyrga4-To 3. Allegro non troppo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=robM0EchTbg Cheers |
George Gershwin PREVIN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN London Symphony Orchestra André Previn EMI 1981 Another disc from the dawn of CD. From 'World Of Music', Nürnberg, Germany DM32.95 08/85 Cuban Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kieoC3vQMOc Second Rhapsody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sRDl42ReM Porgy and Bess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fSofG_-eW4 Cheers |
George Gershwin RHAPSODY IN BLUE Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler Earl Wild (piano) RCA 1959-1961 / 2005 SACD Rhapsody in Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5muXFPEMow Cheers |
George Gershwin AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Chicago symphony Orchestra James Levine DG 1993 Gershwin: An American In Paris - Revised By F. Campbell-Watson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jmjL1MyLfY Cheers |
Ferde Grofé
GRAND CANYON SUITE New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony 1959 - 1964 / 1997 The Grand Canyon Suite I. Sunrise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-AvDRKRO4 II. The Painted Desert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BriHovmzuBw III. On the Trail (John Corigliano, violin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETqM3G5xvI4 IV. Sunset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOIIlsjfGb8 V. Cloudburst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligECqFWi8 Cheers |
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 Cheers |
Edvard Grieg & Robert Schumann PIANO CONCERTOS Leif ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons EMI Classics 2003 Notes: "There are some legendary recordings of this pair of concertos and it's challenging to put on disc two such popular works that have been recorded so often. But it's music of great richness and there are always new interpretative possibilities." Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 I. Allegro molto moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo9Ke0FP-iw II. Adagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2zhPOJtXk III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xduhQs8Hw Cheers |
Edvard Grieg & Robert Schumann PIANO CONCERTOS Leif ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker Mariss Jansons EMI Classics 2003 Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 I. Allegro affetuoso (Excerpt, Opening) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w1IlVGHrkw II. Intermezzo (Andante grazioso) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQcrglbEcg III. Allegro vivace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeoZvxBNmk Cheers |
George Frideric Handel CONCERTI GROSSI OPUS 6 The Avison Ensemble Pavlo Beznosiuk Linn Records 2010 SACD Opus 6 No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319 I. A tempo giusto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6V47O8mVaU II. Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5pfGID3lBo III. Adagio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2_J-3n-vz8 IV. Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDZxqfACnp8 V. Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=739FWRJQUSQ Cheers Front Cover Painting: The interior of the Rotunda, Ranelagh Gardens, c.1751 (oil on canvas) by Canaletto, (Giovanni Antonio canal) (1697-1768) |
George Frideric Handel CONCERTI GROSSI OPUS 6 The Avison Ensemble Pavlo Beznosiuk Linn Records 2010 SACD Opus 6 No. 2 in F Major, HWV 320 I. Andante larghetto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC-p3blX1v8 III. Largo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJYjmv_EZU II. Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNs263KCZ0 IV. Allegro, ma non troppo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcakWHTcMyU Cheers |
George Frideric Handel Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks DG 1963 / 2003 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTVG0hjYOTE Cheers |
Joseph Haydn 9 PIANO TRIOS Beaux Arts Trio Menahem Pressler(piano) Isidore Cohen(violin) Bernard Greenhouse(cello) Universal / PentaTone 1976 / 2009 SACD Haydn: Piano Trio in F, H.XV No.2 - 1. Allegro moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssxUWqXm0lE Haydn: Piano Trio in F, H.XV No.2 - 2. Menuetto (Allegretto) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldjuLLmbwxg Haydn: Piano Trio in F, H.XV No.2 - 3. Finale (Adagio con variazioni) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAOdbdULZcU Cheers |
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=5vk3eOd3skk Cheers |
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=HYShpgKZKKo Cheers |
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=XX0MAzFBtmM Cheers |
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 Cheers |
Joseph Haydn SYMPHONIES 68 & 93-104 "LONDON" Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec Classics / Warner Classics and Jazz 1987-1993 / 2006 5CD Box Set Notes: "...The last phase of the Turkish wars was two years past, but its horrors must have impressed Haydn deeply, for his choice of "Turkish" instruments was not designed to be exotic and picturesque, but rather to serve as a warning. In this sense it would be permissible to speak of an "anti-military" Symphony." Symphony No. 100 in G major "Military" I. Adagio - Allegro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH06_0w7K1g II. Allegretto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQfT_rOU30 III. Menuet (Moderato) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WewPKUTikGY IV. Finale (Presto) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XfW42rSBok Cheers |