What classical music did you listen to today?

[White Knight]

Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.4 in F Minor and Symphony No.6 in E Minor, both featuring the New Philharmonia Orchestra led by Sir Adrian Boult.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op.82, Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104 and Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105, all performed by the Utah Symphony led by Maurice Abravanel.

 

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Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 and Symphony No.4 in B-Flat Major, Op.60, both featuring the Berlin Philharmonic and Herbert von Karajan.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Franck's Sonata for Violin and Piano in A-major played by Richter and Oistrakh - To hear those gents playing that piece is like experiencing an early June dawn as the Sun gets brighter and brighter, to finally emerge above the horizon in all its glory. Thank you Cesar Franck for starting my day so gloriously wonderful. I cannot even imagine the beauty of the Creator who inspired you to create such beauty.

 

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Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.5 in D and Symphony No.9 in E Minor, both featuring Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No. in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36, both performed by the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique under the baton of John Eliot Gardiner.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Its a Camil van Hulse day here........

 

[White Knight]

Its a Camil van Hulse day here........

Who dat, anyway?

 

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Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.7 {"Sinfonia Antartica"} and Symphony No.8 in D Minor, both featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by Sir Adrian Boult. The Seventh also features soprano Norma Burrowes and the London Philharmonic Choir.

 

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Felix Mendelssohn--Symphony No.3 in A Minor, Op.50 {"Scottish"} and Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 {"Italian"}, both performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55, again featuring the Berlin Philharmonic and Maestro Karajan.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Who dat, anyway?

Camil van Hulse was a fabulous organist and skilled composer.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Today started with Masaaki Suzuki conducting JSBach's Passion according to St. John - I have always sworn by Ton Koopman's interpretations of JSBach - Now I am more inclined to Suzuki's "readings"........Suzuki lets the words of the text to set the "tempi" - He is "relaxed" yet fully in control. I am smitten........

 

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Johannes Brahms--Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68 and Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90, both featuring Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.
Pyotr Chaikovskii--Symphony No.3 in D Major, Op.29 {"Polish"}, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Igor Markevitch.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Chaikovskii 2nd Piano Cto. w/ piano solo by Denis Matsuyev.

 

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Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.2 {"A London Symphony"}, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
and Symphony No.3 {"A Pastoral Symphony''}, featuring the New Philharmonia Orchestra. Both are under the guiding hand of Sir Adrian Boult.
Johannes Brahms--Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.73 and Symphony No.4 in E Minor, Op.98, both featuring the Berlin Philharmonic led by Herbert von Karajan.

 

[Corno Dolce]

"Missa Salisburgensis" by Biber.

 

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Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.5 in D and Symphony No.9 in E Minor, both featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by Sir Adrian Boult.
Pyotr Chaikovskii--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.13 {"Winter Reveries"} and Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17 {"Little Russian"}, both performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the wand of Igor Markevitch.

 

[Corno Dolce]

"Mazeppa" by Chaikovskii.

 

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Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.7 in D Minor, Op.70, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony No.8 in G, Op.88, featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra. Both are led by Carlo Giulini.
Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.4 in F Minor and Symphony No.6 in E Minor, both featuring the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult.

 

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On Spotify:

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.5 in D Minor, Op.47 and Symphony No.9 in E-Flat Major, Op.70, both perfoemed by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Stichera on Tone 5 for Good Friday sung by Sretenskii Choir in Moscow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyREJRz8wNI

 

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Aaron Copland--Symphony No.3 and Symphony No.1 for Organ and Orchestra {First Symphony}. Both works are performed by the New York Philharmonic under the wand of Leonard Bernstein. The First's featured soloist is organist E. Power Biggs.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 and Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92. Both works again feature the New York Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein.