What classical music did you listen to today?

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.28, K.200: Symphony No.31, K.297 {"Paris"}; Symphony No.32, K.318 and Symphony No.33, K.319. All four symphonies are magnificently performed by the Chamber Prague under the lively baton of Sir Charles Mackerras.

 

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.34, K.338; Symphony No.35, K.385 {"Haffner"}; and Symphony No.36, K.425 {"Linz"}.
All three works feature Sir Charles Mackerras and the Prague Chamber Orchestra.
Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.1 in C Minor and Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Major, ​both performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan.

 

[White Knight]

On Spotify:

Arnold Bax--Symphony No.2 in E Minor and C Major, and Symphony No.3,
both featuring Davis Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Arnold Bax--Tintagel,
performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Osmo Vanska.
Serge Rachmaninov--Symphony No.3 in A Minor, ​once again featuring Maestro Vanska leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

[JHC]

How long have you been into Bax? For some unknown reason I always considered him much too modern for my tastes but purely on an impulse I acquired the Handley set with the BBC Philharmonic (his second set) and am amazed by them I have just finished having a first listen to the set, what have I been missing all these years, I did not think much of Tinker bell sorry Tintagel. but I now have a new search and listen project. Did you pick up on his reference to a Shostakovich sym in his 5th (Bax's) Sym?

 

[White Knight]

Colin, I have just started listening to Bax so I don't really have any kind of solid fix--so to speak--on him yet. I will definitely listen to his 5th Symphony and see--or rather hear--if I can pick up on any type of Shostakovichean {?} influence. Thanks for the heads up. I'll try and figure out which symphony it is, then.

 

[White Knight]

Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.1 in C Minor and Symphony No.5 in B-Flat Major,
both featuring the Herbert von Karajan led Berliner Philharmoniker.
Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.6 in D Major, Op.60; Symphony No.2 in B-Flat Major, Op.4 and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.13. All three works feature Witold Rowicki and the London Symphony Orchestra.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.16 in C Major, K.128; Symphony No.17 in G Major, K.129; Symphony No.18 in F Major, K.130: Symphony No.19 in E-Flat Major, K.132 and Symphony No.20 in D Major, K.133. The five symphonies are traversed by the Prague Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Sir Charles Mackerras.

 

[White Knight]

On WQXR, while driving, I heard Symphony No.94 in G {"Surprise"}, by Joseph Haydn, featuring the William Steinberg led Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

 

[JHC]

Steve, have a quick listen to Shostakovich's 7th "Leningrad" just 3-4min of the 1st mov and you will pick out the 5 note motif you will recognise it as soon as it comes up, it is repeated throughout the movement with slight variations. Then give Bax's 5th a spin, again the 1st mov and you will hear this motif come up but only a few times it also is very similar to Sibelius's Symphony No. 4. These guys borrow from each other all the time. if a pop song writer did it they would be sued.

 

[White Knight]

On Spotify:

Egon Wellesz--Symphony No.3, Op.68,
featuring Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra.
Arnold Bax--Symphony No.5, performed by the David Lloyd-Jones led Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

 

[White Knight]

Colin, You are absolutely right about the Bax 5 echoing some of the Shostakovich "Leningrad" Symphony. Both have the same military type march theme in their first movements, with the Bax occurring right at its beginning, while the Shosty one happens at about 7-8 minutes in. Good pick-up on your part; well done! :alc:

 

[JHC]

It is amazing what you can detect if you listen instead of hearing. :cheers:

 

[JHC]

Steve, have a quick listen to Shostakovich's 7th "Leningrad" just 3-4min of the 1st mov and you will pick out the 5 note motif you will recognise it as soon as it comes up, it is repeated throughout the movement with slight variations. Then give Bax's 5th a spin, again the 1st mov and you will hear this motif come up but only a few times it also is very similar to Sibelius's Symphony No. 4. These guys borrow from each other all the time. if a pop song writer did it they would be sued.

Sibelius ??????? where did that come from ?? am I going nuts ? nothing like Sibelius what a load of old rubbish mate

 

[White Knight]

Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.1 in D Major; Symphony No.37 in C Major; Symphony No.18 in G Major and Symphony No.2 in C Major. ​All four works feature Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

 

[White Knight]

Sibelius ??????? where did that come from ?? am I going nuts ? nothing like Sibelius what a load of old rubbish mate

I'll have to re-listen to the Sibelius 4 before commenting on this. I definitely hear the Shostakovich 7th influence in the opening of the Bax 5th.

 

[JHC]

I just rechecked the Sibelius, BPO Karajan, nothing even close to Bax :crazy: I just don't know what part of my brain that came from? I am getting worried.

 

[White Knight]

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.5 in D Minor, Op.47,
performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink.
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.9 in E-Flat Major, Op.70,
once again featuring Maestro Haitnik, this time leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.4 in D Major; Symphony No.27 in G Major; Symphony No.10 in D Major and Symphony No.20 in C Major. All four works feature the Dennis Russell Davies led Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

 

[White Knight]

Bohuslav Martinu--Symphonies Nos.3 and 4,
both performed by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi.
Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.94 in G Major {"Surprise"}; Symphony No.98 in B-Flat Major; Symphony No.101 in D Major {"The Clock"} and Symphony No.105 in B-Flat Major. ​All four works feature the Dennis Russell Davies led Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

 

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550 and Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 {"Jupiter"}.
Both works are performed by the Prague Chamber Orchestra under Charles Mackerras.
Bohuslav Martinu--Symphony No.5 and Symphony No.6 {"Fantaisies symphoniques"},
both featuring the Neeme Jarvi led Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.80 in D Minor; Symphony No.81 in G Major; Symphony No.79 in F Major; Symphony No.91 in E-Flat Major and Symphony No.92 in G Major {"Oxford"}. ​All five symphonies feature Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

 

[JHC]

In respect to the late John Tavener whoes music I adore a short clip from "Celtic Requiem"

 

[White Knight]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No.28 in C Major, K.200; Symphony No.31 in D Major, K.297 {"Paris"}; Symphony No.32 in G Major, K.318 and Symphony No.33 in B-Flat Major, K.319.
All four works are performed by the Prague Chamber Orchestra under Sir Charles Mackerras.
Joseph Haydn--
Symphony No.96 in D Major {"The Miracle"}; Symphony No.95 in C Minor and Symphony No.93 in D Major.
All three symphonies feature Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber orchestra.