What classical music did you listen to today?

White Knight

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Felix Mendelssohn--Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.11 and Symphony No.5 in D Major, Op.107 {"Reformation"}, ​both featuring Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
 

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Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.93 in D major; Symphony No.94 in G Major {"Surprise"} and Symphony No.95 in C Minor. ​All three works feature Maestro Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
 

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Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.4 in F Minor and Symphony No.6 in E Minor,
both featuring Sir Adrian Boult and the New Philharmonia Orchestra.
Piotr Chaikovskii--Symphony No.1 G Minor, Op.13 {"Winter Daydreams"} and Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17 {"Little Russia"}, ​both performed by the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein.
 

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Felix Mendelssohn--Symphony No.3 in A Minor, Op.56 {"Scottish"} and Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 {"Italian"}.
Both works are performed by the Herbert von Karajan led Berliner Philharmoniker.
Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.1 in C Minor {1865/1866 Version, "Linz"} and Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Major. ​Once again, both symphonies feature Maestro Karajan and the Berliner PHilharmoniker.
 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.35 in D Major, K.385 {"Haffner"}; Symphony No.36 in C Major, K.425 {"Linz"} and Symphony No.38 in D Major, K.504 {"Prague"}.All three works are performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the stick of Herbert von Karajan.
Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.6 in A Minor {Tragic"} and Symphony No.9 in D Major, ​both featuring Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
 

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Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op.39 and Symphony No.4 in A Minor, Op.63,
both featuring the Utah Symphony led by Maurice Abravanel.
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.7 and Symphony No.2, Op.16 {"The Four Temperaments"}, ​both perforemrd by the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Theodore Kuchar.
 

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Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major; Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104 and Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105.
All three works feature the Lorin Maazel led Vienna Philharmonic.
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.5, Op.50 and Symphony No.6 {Sinfonia semplice"}, ​both performed by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Herbert Blomstedt.
 

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Franz Schubert--Symphony No.3 in D Major, D 200; Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Major, D 485 and Symphony No.8 in B Minor, D 759 {"Unfinished"}.
All three works feature the Nikolaus Harnoncourt led Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 and Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93, both performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan's baton.
 

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Douglas Lilburn--Symphonies 1-3,
featuring the John Hopkins led New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Charles Ives--Symphony No.4, performed by the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein.
 

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G. F. Haendel - Suites for Keyboard. As played by Keith Jarrett.
 

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Remind you of any one ??? musically that is.

Hi, Colin; Sorry I took so long to respond, as I have been busy with my wife and father. Lilburn does remind me--at times--melodically of Sibelius. How about you?

On Spotify:

Gyorgy Ligeti--Lontano and Atmospheres,
both featuring Claudio Abbado and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Gyorgy Ligeti--Volumina and Organ Study # 1: "Harmonies",
both performed by Gerd Zacher.
Gyorgy Ligeti--Ruminations for String Orchestra 0r 12 Solo Strings,as featuring the Pierre Boulez led Ensemble Contemporian.
Gyorgy Ligeti--Melodien for Orchestra,
performed by the London Sinfonietta under David Atherton.
Charles Ives--Symphony No.2 {"Central Park In The Dark"},
featuring Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.6 in D {"Le Matin"}; Symphony No.7 in C {"Le Midi"}; Symphony No.8 in G {"Le Soir"}. ​All three works feature Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert.
 
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Hi, Colin; Sorry I took so long to respond, as I have been busy with my wife and father. Lilburn does remind me--at times--melodically of Sibelius. How about you?

Douglas Lilburn studied at the RCM London and was tutored by R Vaughan Williams they were the best of mates and kept in touch when Lilburn returned to NZ and you can hear RVW in most of Lilburn's music.
 

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Douglas Lilburn studied at the RCM London and was tutored by R Vaughan Williams they were the best of mates and kept in touch when Lilburn returned to NZ and you can hear RVW in most of Lilburn's music.
That's very interesting Colin; I'll give him another listen or two with that in mind. Thanks.
 

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On Spotify:

Johannes Brahms--Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90 and Symphony No.4 in E Minor, Op.98,
both featuring Roger Norrington and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Bohuslav Martinu--Symphony No.1, H.289 and Symphony No.2, H.295,
both performed by the Vaclav Neumann led Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Edward Elgar--Symphony No.1 in A-Flat Major, Op.55,
traversed by the Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.
Hector Berlioz--Symphonie Fantastique, ​featuring Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker.
 

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Bohuslav Martinu--Symphony No.3, H.299 and Symphony No.4, H.305,
both featuring Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.1 in E-Flat Major, K.16 and Symphony No.2 in B-Flat Major, K.17, ​both performed by the Nicholas Ward led Northern Chamber Orchestra.
 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, K.18; Symphony No.4 in D Major, K.19 and Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Major, K.22.
All three works feature the Nicholas Ward led Northern Chamber Orchestra.
Christopher Rouse--Symphony No.1,
performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under David Zinman.
Bohuslav Martinu--Symphony No.5, H.310 and Symphony No.6, H.343 {"Fantaisies Symphonique"}, both featuring Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
 

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Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor {"Farewell"} and Symphony No.94 in G Major {"Surprise"}.
Both works feature the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Fritz Lehmann.
Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.7 in E Major, ​once again performed by the BPO, this time led by Wilhelm Furtwangler.
 
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