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Weeee! "The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts." ~ Richard Wagner "Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music." ~ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become freshe...

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Graupner - Overture for Chalumeau and Orchestra (Maillet/Pierre Verany) J. S. Bach - Preludes & Fugues in D & d from "WTC, Book 1" (Cooper/ASV) Vivaldi - Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra, RV. 548 (Turovsky/Chandos) D. Scarlatti - Two Sonatas in A, K. 322 & 323 (Kipnis/EMI) Manfredini - Concer...

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I have that Rosner disc Mark posted as a YouTube clip. It's OK music but nothing to get excited about. And it's OK for anyone to not love Mozart; BUT way...way too many of the world's greatest musicians over the past several hundred years know the true genius of Mozart. They've studied him in minute...

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Khachaturian - Overture to "Pepo" (Tjeknavorian/ASV)
Shostakovich - String Quartet #4 (Eder/Naxos)
Prokofiev - Suite from "Chout" (Jarvi/Chandos)

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Francaix - Ouverture anacreontique (Fischer/Hyperion)
Ohana - Syllabaire pour Phedre (Constant/Erato)
Hovhaness - Elibris (Amos/Crystal)

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Part, Penderecki, MacMillan and I think Ruders too are leading living composers of religious music

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Bliss - Fanfare Overture from "Adam Zero" (Handley/EMI)
Delius - Legende for Violin & Orchestra (Holmes/Unicorn-Kanchana)
Alwyn - Elizabethan Dances (Hickox/Chandos)
Howells - Three Dances for Violin & Orchestra (Stewart/Hyperion)
Britten - Four Sea Interludes (Fredman/Naxos)

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LPs

Adam - Overture to "Giralda" (Bonynge/London)
Dvorak - String Quartet #10 (Prague SQ/DGG)
Bizet - Carmen Suite #2 (Bernstein/Columbia)

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LPs

Arne - Overture #5 from "Eight Overtures in Eight Parts" (Hogwood/L'Oiseau-Lyre)
C. P. E. Bach - Magnificat (Thomas/RCA Victrola)
F. J. Haydn - Symphony #19 (Jones/Nonesuch)

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Boulez Sacre recording with Cleveland from 1969 is ....beautifully executed by the end-of-the-Szell-era Clevelanders... I followed this recording just last week with score in hand. Boulez's final "Danse sacrale" was far easier to follow than the composer's own recording that I have had my entire li...

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Kusser - Ouverture de theatre #1 (Zajiek/K617)
Wagenseil - Symphony in B-flat (Gaigg/cpo)
F. J. Haydn - String Quartet #26 (Kodaly/Naxos)
W. A. Mozart - Symphony #4 (Mackerras/Telarc)

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Alyabiev - Overture to "The Young Mother and the 48 Year Old Fiance" (Rudin/Fuga Libera)
Borodin - Symphony #3 (Gunzenhauser/Naxos)
Rachmaninov - Russian Rhapsody (Ogden & Lucas/ASV)
Shostakovich - Theme & Variations, Op. 3 (Botstein/Telarc)

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Ries - Overture to Schiller's tragedy Don Carlos (Griffiths/cpo)
Liszt - Book I [Suisse] from "Annees de pelerinage" (Berman/DG)
Meyerbeer - Festmarsch for centenary of Schiller's birth (Jurowski/cpo)

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Not a major figure, but some pieces are quite original and striking. Two things to consider: Stravinsky complained, “Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like it’s always by Villa-Lobos?” French composer Olivier Messiaen stated that Villa-Lobos was definitely one of twentieth cent...

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LPs

Ward - Prairie Overture (Wodiczko/MHS)
V. Fine - Sinfonia and Fugato (Helps/CRI)
Schuman - Concerto on Old English Rounds (Bernstein/Columbia)

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Rubinstein - Overture to "Dmitry Donskoy" (Andreescu/Marco Polo)
Ciurlionis - Theme & Variations for String Quartet (Vilnius/MCA)
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring (Boulez/Universal)

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arthound wrote:

This is one of the best CDs Naxos ever released IMO. A Haydn sleeper...

Hey, I got that one too!!

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F. J. Haydn - Overture to "Acide e Galatea" (Huss/Koch)
Beethoven - String Quartet #11 (Talich/Calliope)
R. Schumann - Five Lieder, Op. 40 (Bluth/Naxos)
Bruckner - Psalm 150 (Jochum/DG)

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For the 4th of July Harris - When Johnny Comes Marching Home, An American Overture (Mester/Louisville LP ) Schuman - George Washington Bridge (Fennell/Mercury LP ) Sowerby - Prairie (Freeman/Cedille CD ) Mason - String Quartet (Based on Negro Themes) (Kohon/Vox CD ) Joplin - Easy Winners (Schuller/...

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Verdi - Overture to "Oberto" (Muti/Sony)
Brahms - Piano Quartet #1, Op. 25 (Les Musiciens/Harmonia Mundi)
Wagenaar - Wiener Dreivierteltakt (Chailly/London)

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Caldara - Overture to "Sant' Elena al Calvario" (Mallon/Naxos)
Vivaldi - Flute Concerto, Op. 10, No. 3 (Rampal/CBS)
J.S. Bach - French Suite #3 (Suzuki/BIS)
Fasch - Concerto in minor for 2 Oboes, Bassoons, Strings & basso continuo (Westermann/MDG)
Telemann - Grillen-Symphonie (Standage/Chandos)

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Gershwin - Overture to "Oh, Kay" (McGlinn/EMI)
Torke - Purple (Zinman/Argo)
Moravec - B.A.S.S. Variations (Trio Solisti/Arabesque)
Tower - Sequoia (Slatkin/Nonesuch)
L. Kirchner - Music for Cello & Orchestra (Ma/Sony)

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I too wish him well. He and I go way back to the mid-1990's. I can't recall the name of 1st website we were on (maybe it was Classical Insights but maybe that was a later one). I've missed his posts as much as he currently misses teaching law.

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2. Beethoven's compositions "rarely penetrate the surface of emotions". How do we ascertain the degree to which a composer "penetrates the surface of emotions"? In short, how is this proven? By comparison. You could prove this with the class by playing what jbuck called a "routine" Bonn piece with ...

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LPs

Hoddinott - Jack Straw Overture (Groves/Unicorn-Digital)
Nelhybel - Trio for Brass (Members of Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma/Serenus)
Bernstein - Symphony #3 (composer/Columbia)

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Dvorak - Overture to "Armida" (Syankovsky/Marco Polo)
Smetana - Richard III (Kuchar/Brilliant)
Suk - Piano Trio (Joachim Trio/Naxos)
Janacek - Sinfonietta (Mackerras/Supraphon)

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Lance wrote: perhaps some enterprising composer (Garrett or Karl???) could write the "Golden Corral Overture."

Sung by the Golden Chorale?

And Shoofly Pie is never over-rated.

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Carroll - Festive Overture (Sutherland/ASV)
Hauer - Romantic Phantasie (Rabl/cpo)
Hindemith - Clarinet Sonata (Oudenweijer/Naxos)
Goldschmidt - Rondeau (Juillet/London)

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LPs

W. A. Mozart - Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" (Walter/Columbia)
Mahler - Symphony #3 (Mehta/London)

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Chadwick - Thalia Overture (Schermerhorn/Naxos)
Harris - Symphony #7 (Keelan/Koch)
Schoenfield - Klezmer Rondos (Wincenc/Argo)
Adams - Chairman Dances (de Waart/Nonesuch)

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Mine

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Dyson - Overture: At the Tabard Inn (Hickox/Chandos)
Boeck - Fantasy on 2 Flemish Folksongs (Rahbari/Marco Polo)
Jolivet - Flute Concerto (Milan/Chandos)
Baird - Epiphany Music (Rowicki/Olympia)
Gorecki - Harpsichord Concerto (Chojnacka/Nonesuch)

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Berlioz - Overture to "Les franc-juges" (Davis/RCA)
Medtner - Piano Concerto #2 (Tozer/Chandos)
Respighi - Burlesca (Adriano/Marco Polo)

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Taneyev - Overture on a Russian Theme (Sanderling/Naxos)
Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches-Suite #1 (Fagan/Naxos)
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata #1 (Raekallio/Ondine)
Khachaturian - Selections from "Gayaneh" (Jarvi/Chandos)

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LPs

Arne - Overture #5 from "Eight Overtures in 8 parts" (Hogwood/ L'Oiseau-Lyre)
F. J. Haydn - Cello Concerto in D (Gendron/Philips)
Brahms - Hungarian Dances #5-7 (Dorati/Mercury)
Hindemith - Kammermusik #4 (Concerto Amsterdam/Telefunken)

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Erskine - Periodical Overture #17 (Lea-Cox/ASV)
F. J. Haydn - String Quartet #33 (Kodaly/Naxos)
W. A. Mozart - Piano Concerto #24 (Brendel/Philips)

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Huber - Eine Lustspiel Ouverture (Weigle/Sterling)
Martin - Concerto for 7 Winds, Timpani, Percussion & Strings (Kapp/Essay)
Moret - En reve (Mutter/DG)

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W. Bennett - The Wood Nymphs Overture (Braithwaite/Lyrita)
Elgar - Imperial March (Menuhin/Virgin)
Bridge - String Quintet (Raphael Ens/Hyperion)
Carwithen - Suffolk Suite (Hickox/Chandos)

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F. Mendelssohn - Fair Melusina Overture (D'Avalos/IMP)
Bruckner - 2 Motets [Locus iste & Virga Jesse)] (Jochum/DG)
R. Strauss - Festmarsch, Op. 1 (Rickenbacher/Koch)
Schoenberg - Transfigured Night (Chailly/London)

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Villa-Lobos - Dawn in a Tropical Forest Overture (Duarte/Marco Polo)
Perle - Fantasy-Variations (Boriskin/New World)
Higdon - Piano Trio (Lincoln Trio/Cedille)
Monsalvatge - Laberinto (Leaper/ASV)

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Nielsen - Love and the Poet Overture (Boeykens/Harmonia Mundi)
Bartok - String Quartet #6 (Takacs/London)
Stravinsky - Danses concertantes (Dutoit/London)

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There's a wealth of fascinating material in all those quartets. I once read that Mozart's quartets are technically easier to perform than Haydn's, but that most ensembles prefer playing Haydn's because the material is more imaginative; that there are pleasant surprises all along the way. I love the ...

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LPs

Boiko - Festive Overture (Svetlanov/Melodiya)
Bachorek - Klasy (Matl/Panton)
Szabelski - Toccata from "Suite, Op. 10" (Krenz/Muza)
Korn - Concertino for Horn & Strings (Eger/ABC Records)
Adler - A Kiss & Strings in the Earth from "5 Choral Poems" (King/Orion)
Amram - Elegy (Weiss/Flying Fish)

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I always like Mya, but rarely go ga-ga over him; but Mel's singling out Symphony #21 is a thumbs up for me too. Thanks Morton Gould, for making a terrific recording of it with the CSO.

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Dunhill - Tantivy Towers Overture (Sutherland/ASV)
Knussen - Whitman Settings (shelton/DG)
Boulez - Piano Sonata #2 (Helffer/Naive)
Constant - Concerto for Barrel Organ & Orchestra (Charial/Erato)

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I have a trumpet & piano version of the David. It's a bit of a challenge endurance-wise; but then again I rarely practice enough to have great endurance. LOL!

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I think the Ferd. David is originally Concertino for Bassoon, tho it might have been for viola. i know I have the bassoon/piano version, and it makes a rousing solo piece... LOL! I was just looking at German Romantics in the New Grove Online and David specifically. This Concertino (Op. 4) is for tr...

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