To mark the Tuesday Blog’s Tenth Anniversary year, I intend to bring back throughout the year an old post format – which I have dubbed PTB Classic – that threads together works off a YouTube playlist to mark a theme (today, a pair of works from one composer) that may not fit any of our recurring series. The main work today is Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, the last of the so-called Wunderhorm symphonies as it is inspired from that very collection of poems, and repurposes one of the texts 0 Likes ...
Jan 18 Orchestral Suite No. 1 J.S. Bach The English Concert Trevor Pinnock, conductor 1979 It's unclear to me whether there's supposed to be some unifying theme in this 7-movement piece, but something did seem common to be about the different movements. I should read more about these pieces. French Suite No. 2 J.S. Bach Maria João Pires, piano It's nice. I think not my favorite from this particular 0 Likes ...
Violin Concerto Samuel Barber Joshua Bell, violin Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman, conductor I like this, it's more obviously tuneful than the Walton that I listened to earlier in the month, yet I somehow have a feeling that it is nevertheless a lesser composition than the Walton. Final movement too short, not really going anywhere. Cockaigne Suite Edward Elgar Philharmonica Orchestra John Barbirolli, conductor 0 Likes ...
Contatas 81 & 199 J.S.Bach Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music Craig Smith, director I like both, perhaps 199 better because the dramatic arc seems more clear to me. I find myself surprised that this is Bach, because its much simpler, more spare music than I am used to with him. The tempo seems very slow, deliberate ... is that always the case for cantatas? I've Listened to these before, 0 Likes ...
Dmitri ShostakovichViolin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99 Viktoria Mullova, violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra André Previn, conductor This is really a phenomenal piece of music. I particularly like the passacaglia & finale. I've had this CD for years (same CD as the Prokofiev), and probably listened to this more than the Prokofiev. I think I always liked this piece, but watching a recording of an Oistrakh performance on youtube a few years ago helped open it up 0 Likes ...
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