Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor, in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon & Andrew McGregor
Nicholas Kenyon selects his favourite version of Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550, and Lucy Parham shares her choices of the latest classical releases.
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Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 with Nicholas Kenyon
Mozart's G minor Symphony is one of his most powerful and popular works. He worked on the symphony in 1788 when during a period of just a few weeks he also finished the mighty 39th and 41st symphonies. The work has taken people in very different ways. The composer, Robert Schumann, for instance thought it possessed "Grecian lightness and grace", others have seen it as a work of passion, violence, and grief, and some people are struck by the the witty, conversational style also found in Mozart's great operas.
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Joseph Haydn
Rondo all'Ongarese (Piano Trio in G major H.15.25 'Gypsy Rondo')
Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Albert Br眉ggen. Performer: Tom Foster.- The Frans Br眉ggen Project.
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Maurice Ravel
Frontispiece
Performer: Fran莽ois-Xavier Poizat. Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Performer: Ana茂s Cassiers.- Ravel: The Complete Works with Piano.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for 2 horns and orchestra in E flat major K.3.53 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Bart Aerbeydt. Performer: Gijs Laceulle. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Auf der Jagd nach Romantik.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Piano Concerto in C sharp major Op.17 (ending)
Performer: Mathias Halvorsen. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Tausk.- Backlash Music.
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Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata no.3 in F sharp minor Op.23 (1st mvt)
Performer: Nuno Cernadas.- Etcetera.
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Robert Schumann
Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck (M盲rchenbilder Op.113)
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.- ONYX.
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Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto no.1 in A minor Op.15 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Johann Adolf Hasse
Moesto corde suspirantes (Serpentes Ignei in Deserto)
Singer: Bruno de S谩. Singer: Carlo Vistoli. Ensemble: Les Accents. Director: Thibault Noally.- Erato.
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Mikl贸s R贸zsa
Violin Concerto Op.24 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Roman Simovi膰. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- R贸zsa: Violin Concerto - Bart贸k: Violin Concerto No. 2.
- LSO Live.
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John Novacek
Intoxication (4 Rags)
Performer: Kristin Lee. Performer: Jeremy Ajani Jordan.- First Hand Records.
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John Novacek
4th Street Drag (4 Rags)
Performer: Kristin Lee. Performer: Jeremy Ajani Jordan.- First Hand Records.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano concerto in G major (1st mvt)
Performer: Fran莽ois-Xavier Poizat. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Menezes.- Ravel: The Complete Works with Piano.
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