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c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1874: Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 in F major (Hans von Bülow), age 33

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Heiko Mathias Förster 0:29 – Allegro ma non troppo, F major 13:55 – Andante con moto, A minor 21:50 – Scherzo. Allegro scherzando, Bb Major 30:11 – Finale. Allegro molto, F major Instruments: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones timpani, triangle strings The symphony is dedicated to Hans von…
d. Impressionistic (Debussy, Ravel and so on)

1943: Bartok Concerto for Orchestra in F minor, age 62

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Date 2 days ago
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Munich Philharmonic – Estrada / Frankfurt Radio Symphony I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo – Allegro vivace https://youtu.be/pG26BMDVR9E?t=6 II. Presentando le coppie. Allegro scherzando https://youtu.be/pG26BMDVR9E?t=636 III. Elegia. Andante non troppo https://youtu.be/pG26BMDVR9E?t=1035 IV. Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto https://youtu.be/pG26BMDVR9E?t=1492 V. Finale. Presto https://youtu.be/pG26BMDVR9E?t=1763 Total time: 39:18 Instruments: 3 flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon 4 horns, 3…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1876: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, age 43

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Date 6 days ago
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Otto Klemperer I. Un poco sostenuto — Allegro: C MinorII. Andante sostenuto: E majorIII. Un poco allegretto e grazioso: Ab MajorIV. Adagio — Più andante — Allegro non troppo, ma con brio: C Major Instrumentation… It is interesting to note how conservative Brahms was. He wrote this many decades after the death of Mozart, but his instrumentation is really not…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1936: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, age 63

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Andris Poga I. Lento – Allegro moderato – Allegro (A minor) II. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro vivace (C-sharp minor) III. Allegro – Allegro vivace – Allegro (Tempo primo) – Allegretto – Allegro vivace (A major) Stokowski I. Lento – Allegro moderato – Allegro (A minor) II. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro vivace (C-sharp minor) III. Allegro –…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1888: Franck: Symphony in D minor, age 65 (1961)

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Date 2 weeks ago
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Monteux/Chicago Monteux was born in 1875, so he was 86 when he conducted this landmark recording. And yet he was right at the peak of his game. I. Lento; Allegro ma non tropo, D minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7obO7XyyQc&t=1s II. Allegretto, Bb minor https://youtu.be/G7obO7XyyQc?t=1078 III. Finale: Allegro non troppo https://youtu.be/G7obO7XyyQc?t=1718 The story: The Symphony in D Minor is the most famous orchestral work…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1877: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, age 44

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Date 4 weeks ago
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I. Allegro non troppo, D major II. Adagio non troppo in B major III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) – Presto ma non assai – Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino), G major IV. Allegro Con Spirito in D major It was was composed in the summer of 1877, during a visit to Austria. His 2nd symphony was his personal favorite, which makes…
f. Information (instructions and explanations

1878 and 1886: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, age 37 and 45

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There are two sets with eight in each, and they were composed eight years apart. They are numbered from 1-8, twice, but also 1-16. They would better be called “Bohemian Dances”, since Bohemia was Dvorak’s country and his inspiration. His dances are based on Bohemian dances, but the idea was based on Brahms’s Hungarian Dances. 1778: Opus 46 No. 1…
b. Classical (Haydn, Mozart and early Beethoven)

1806: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, age 35

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Ivan Moravec/Turnovský/Vienna Musikverein Orchestra Allegro moderato Andante con moto E minor Rondo (Vivace) Beethoven could not find someone to play his new concerto. The eventual first performance, with Beethoven performing, was a disaster. By this time his hearing was just about gone. The concert was a huge mess, and it bombed. And then it did not get played again for…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1884: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, age 51

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Date 2 months ago
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If you do not know this symphony, and you are not sure you are interested in it, start with the 3rd movement: Allegro giocoso (C major) 7:02. It’s one of those amazing movements that works in its own, and only the snobbery of “serious music lovers” keeps it from being a stand alone piece used for an encore: Sergiu Celibidache/Munich…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1888: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, age 48

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Date 2 months ago
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Leopold Stokowski/New Philharmonia Orchestra (studio recording, 1967, age 85) I, Andante – Allegro con anima (E minor) – Molto più tranquillo (D major – E major) https://youtu.be/FuaN4mAKco0 II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (B minor – D major) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IOSRKRWGJM III. Valse. Allegro moderato (A major) (Trio in F♯ minor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdtPs0wxF1I IV. Finale: Andante maestoso (E major) – Allegro vivace (E…
c. Romantic (late Beethoven right through to today)

1887: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (APOCALYPTIC) in C minor, age 63

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Date 2 months ago
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Listen to this movement first. Scherzo. Allegro moderato – Trio, langsam (21:24): This grabbed me so much I downloaded the score and studied it, including the modulations. It really is a scherzo in the sense that it is A B A, where the first long section repeats exactly after the middle section, called the trio. Celibidache/Münchner Philharmoniker (Live Tokyo, 1990)…
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