What Are You Listening To (Classical Version)?

[Richard Cribb]

As announced, I am going to present music from the German Democratic Republic.
Paul Dessau is together with Hanns Eisler regarded as the most prominent composer of the GDR. The piece below is written in commemoration of one of the greatest poets (and no mean playwright either) in our time; Bertolt Brecht.

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[Richard Cribb]

Three small, but not insignificant pieces by illustrious GDR composers.
Siegfried Kurz - Sinfonia piccola

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Kurt Schwaen - Suite for Orchestra

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Wolfgang Hohensee - concertante Overture

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[Richard Cribb]

Jumping back to the Baroque era to another composer who deserves to be better known - Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter. Here are two serenades from Concors discordia. Excellent works.

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[Richard Cribb]

Seems like I am last man standing. Never mind that; I have plenty to post.
Back to Bruckner, symphony No.6 this time.
This version is with Günther Wand conducting Cologne Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra.

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[Richard Cribb]

Boccherini in the devil's house:

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Somebody commented that it was a pity that Boccherini didn't write more symphonies in minor keys. I support that statement.

 

[Richard Cribb]

One of the many fine discs made by Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall; orchestral suites by Jean-Baptiste Lully, for many years the principal composer of the Sun King.

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[Richard Cribb]

An excellent disc with the fine German lutenist Lutz Kirchhof, playing works by Holborne, Hagen, de Narvaez, Reusner, Weiss and any others. More information about it can be found here:http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=7410

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[Richard Cribb]

Dining with Telemann, part I:

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[Cheezy the Wiz]

Before my power goes out, I just want to post this weather-relevant music. Not at all out of place in Sandy:


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[Richard Cribb]

First of all, good to know that you are OK . All my best wishes for you and your very charming girlfriend.
Secondly, thanks for a fantastic piece of music; one of my favourite symphonies by one of my favorite composers whom I actually introduced on this forum some years ago in one of my history quizzes. Kraus was one of the foremost musical exponents for the Sturm und Drang movement and it is a pity that he, just like Mozart, died so early.
The weather is fortunately much calmer here, so I continue my dinner with Telemann:

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[Richard Cribb]

And finally, part 3.

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[Richard Cribb]

Here is an unsung composer I fortunately discovered a couple of years ago, and since that I have tried to get my hands on as much of his music as I could. That composer is Julius Röntgen.
Here is his 8th symphony, with piano, human voice and Norwegian folk music. You need talent to make all that work together. Röntgen does it famously.

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[Richard Cribb]

Different works by Georg Matthias Monn. More about him here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Matthias_Monn
Unfortunately the only worthwhile youtube clips I could find are those below, and I am too lazy to do any uploading myself, at least for the moment.


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[Richard Cribb]

One of Haydn's funniest symphonies - Il distratto.
I couldn't find any of those versions I own myself, but Norrington usually delivers.

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[Richard Cribb]

Another of Boccherini's little symphonic gems. Quite an interesting interpretation by Mangiocavallo & co, even if I must admit I prefer the one by Savall.

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[Richard Cribb]

Johann Hermann Schein: Suites from Banchetto Musicale
Schein was one of the most important composers of the fascinating era that was the Early Baroque, and this is an important contribution towards the development of the fully fledged instumental suites as written by JS. Bach, Graupner, Handel, Telemann and many other. And besides, it is just very nice to listen to...
I leave to you to decide if this music is better with or without brass.

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[Richard Cribb]

Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire
I realize this is not everybody's cup of tea, but i find this haunting piece immensively fascinating.

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[Richard Cribb]

A bit of whimsy by Richard Strauss; the D minor Burleske for piano and orchestra, here in a version with Denis Matsuyev as soloist and the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia conducted by Mark Gorenstein.

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[Richard Cribb]

Two works by Joseph Martin Kraus, will probably post more of this truly great composer later.

Symphony in F major

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Ouverture to Olympie

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[Cheezy the Wiz]

First of all, good to know that you are OK . All my best wishes for you and your very charming girlfriend.
Secondly, thanks for a fantastic piece of music; one of my favourite symphonies by one of my favorite composers whom I actually introduced on this forum some years ago in one of my history quizzes. Kraus was one of the foremost musical exponents for the Sturm und Drang movement and it is a pity that he, just like Mozart, died so early.
The weather is fortunately much calmer here, so I continue my dinner with Telemann:

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Sturm und Drang is definitely a movement I enjoy. I don't always think art movements translate across media so well (like cubism, for example, which belongs nowhere in architecture), but those Romantics did a fantastic job of it. Also, thank you for posting some more Kraus!

I apologize for my absence from this thread. I shall attempt to make up for it with this wonderful piece by a composer I only discovered in the last year or so.


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EDIT: I saw this year's first snow flakes last night, so now this song is on my mind.


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