The Classical Music Thread

[ScabHunter]

Welcome to the Classical Music Thread, which was started on the 257th Anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

This thread is a free-for-all on which anything related to music can be posted. If you want to tell us your favourite pieces, or performances, please go ahead. Do you know of any important upcoming events? Let us know. Have you found a YouTube video which you want to share? Post it up here so we can see it. Anything goes, as long as it is music related and on topic.


SH

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I will try to find a 'worthy' You Tube classical clip for this man, but I'll kick off by sticking my neck out. In my opinion, the two mediums of music which require the most talent are jazz and classical. This man, a trumpeter, was born in New Orleans in 1951, so perhaps unsurprisingly is excellent in the field of jazz. Slightly less known is his amazing talent for classical pieces as well.

He has made what is arguably one of the most famous trumpet concertos ever written his own, and his ability is phenomenal and has to be admired.

His name? Wynton Marsalis.

The sheer technical mastery of this man is awe inspiring, demonstrated superbly by the cadenza at the end of Movement 1. Sadly, the orchestra clearly didn't want to take the final movement at the tempo Wynton did, so this recording is at the more normal 'Allegro' as opposed to the 'Molto Allegro' I have a private recording of. He does try to speed things up to start with in the final movement, but the conductor is not up for it.

Can you hear the one mistake?

[ScabHunter]

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These are the pieces I've listened to today, on the 257th Anniversary of Mozart's birth, from 6am to midnight (the last one is still playing) in a non-stop 18 hour session. All come from CDs bought after much research, and highly recommended -

Das Alban Berg Quartett

String Quartet No. 14 G Major K387
String Quartet No. 15 D Minor K421
String Quartet No. 16 Eb Major K428
String Quartet No. 17 Bb Major K458
String Quartet No. 18 A Major K464
String Quartet No. 19 C Major K465
String Quartet No. 20 D Major K499
String Quartet No. 21 D Major K575
String Quartet No. 22 Bb Major K589
String Quartet No. 23 F Major K590

Trio Parnassus

Piano Trio Bb Major K502 (my favourite piece of them all)
Piano Trio E Major K542

Alfred Brendel (piano) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

Piano Concerto No. 20 D Minor K466
Piano Concerto No. 21 C Major K467
Piano Concerto No. 22 Eb Major K482
Piano Concerto No. 23 A Major K488
Piano Concerto No. 24 C Minor K491

Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra [soloist conducting]

Violin Concerto No. 1 Bb Major K207
Violin Concerto No. 2 D Major K211
Violin Concerto No. 3 G Major K216
Violin Concerto No. 4 D Major K218
Violin Concerto No. 5 A Major K219

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Pinchas Zukerman (viola) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta

Sinfonia Concertante For Violin, Viola And Orchestra Eb Major K364

as above except Zukerman on second violin

Concertone For Two Violins And Orchestra C Major K190

Thea King (clarinet) English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate

Clarinet Concerto A Major K622

Thea King (clarinet) Gabrieli String Quartet

Clarinet Quintet A Major K581

Philippa Davies (flute) Rachel Masters (harp ) City Of London Sinfonia /Richard Hickox

Concerto For Flute & Harp C Major K299

David Pyatt (horn) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

Horn Concerto No. 1 D Major K412
Horn Concerto No. 2 Eb Major K417
Horn Concerto No. 3 Eb Major K447
Horn Concerto No. 4 Eb Major K495
Horn Quintet Eb Major K407

Amadeus String Quartet Cecil Aronowitz (viola)

String Quintet No. 1 Bb Major K174
String Quintet No. 2 C Minor K406
String Quintet No. 3 C Major K515
String Quintet No. 4 G Minor K516
String Quintet No. 5 D Major K593
String Quintet No. 6 Eb Major K614

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Josef Krips

Symphony No. 38 D Major K504
Symphony No. 39 Eb Major K543
Symphony No. 40 G Minor K550
Symphony No. 41 C Major K551

As ever with the Mozart birthday, it is always a case of what you leave out rather than what you put in. No room for the String Trio K563, the Gran Partita K361, the Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano K452, any of the mass settings, the solo piano works, or anything operatic?

No, but there's always tomorrow.

SH

[BBoo]

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I've performed the ones below from your list. The ones in blue I was the soloist - Sinfonia Concertante I've done playing both parts. I thoroughly admire your choice of recordings - a man after my own heart!

These are the pieces I've listened to today, on the 257th Anniversary of Mozart's birth, from 6am to midnight (the last one is still playing) in a non-stop 18 hour session. All come from CDs bought after much research, and highly recommended -

Das Alban Berg Quartett

String Quartet No. 14 G Major K387
String Quartet No. 17 Bb Major K458
String Quartet No. 18 A Major K464
String Quartet No. 19 C Major K465
String Quartet No. 21 D Major K575


Alfred Brendel (piano) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

Piano Concerto No. 23 A Major K488


Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra [soloist conducting]

Violin Concerto No. 1 Bb Major K207
Violin Concerto No. 2 D Major K211
Violin Concerto No. 3 G Major K216
Violin Concerto No. 4 D Major K218
Violin Concerto No. 5 A Major K219

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Pinchas Zukerman (viola) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta

Sinfonia Concertante For Violin, Viola And Orchestra Eb Major K364


Thea King (clarinet) English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate

Clarinet Concerto A Major K622

David Pyatt (horn) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

Horn Concerto No. 1 D Major K412
Horn Concerto No. 2 Eb Major K417
Horn Concerto No. 3 Eb Major K447
Horn Concerto No. 4 Eb Major K495


Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Josef Krips

Symphony No. 40 G Minor K550
Symphony No. 41 C Major K551

As ever with the Mozart birthday, it is always a case of what you leave out rather than what you put in. No room for the String Trio K563, the Gran Partita K361, the Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano K452, any of the mass settings, the solo piano works, or anything operatic?

No, but there's always tomorrow.

SH

[BBoo]

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Another beautiful piece by a superb cellist. Hope you enjoy enough to listen to the remainder which is lovely.

[ScabHunter]

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Happy Birthday Franz Schubert



born 31st January 1797, Alsergrund, Österreich


Composer of nearly 1,000 musical works, despite living only to the age of 31

More to come

[ScabHunter]

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It is time I posted a video to this thread. Where better to start than with the work which I would place not only as Schubert's finest, but as the best and most important vocal work ever written - Die Winterreise. If there is one piece of music in history which I wish I had written, it is this one. It is the most played piece of my life, my constant theme song.

The words are provided by the poet Wilhelm Müller.

Here is a complete recording of the 24-song cycle, found on YouTube-



Here are the words -

http://www.classiccat.net/schubert_f/911.text.php

and here is an English translation -

http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/assem...&ContribId=211

SH

[ScabHunter]

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Happy 204th Birthday Felix Mendelssohn.

Here is a relatively recent upload of one of Mendelssohn's string quartets, the Op 80 in F Minor. The Mendelssohn quartets are played far too infrequently, and this is probably the finest of the set.

SH