Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection" | BYU Philharmonic - Kory Katseanes

One of my favorite Mahler symphonies, played by the Brigham Young University Philharmonic. Perhaps a very personal choice of interpretation, given that BYU was the school where I studied (and taught)...

 

Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 - 27 | Lili Kraus

Piano: Lili Kraus

Vienna Festival Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Simon

Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 Ⅰ. Allegro (00:00)

Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 II. Romance (13:34)

Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 III. Rondo: Allegro assai (22:31)

Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467 Ⅰ. Allegro maestoso (30:28)

Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467 II. Andante (44:27)

Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467 III. Allegro vivace assai (50:39)

Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat Major, K. 482 - 1. Allegro (57:47)

Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat Major, K. 482 - 2. Andante (1:10:53)

Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat Major, K. 482 - 3. Allegro (1:19:30)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488 - 1. Allegro (1:31:20)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488 - 2. Adagio (1:41:57)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488 - 3. Allegro Assai (1:47:30)

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor K. 491 - 1. Allegro (1:55:27)

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor K. 491 - 2. Larghetto (2:08:24)

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor K. 491 - 3. Allegretto (2:15:23)

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major K. 503 - 1. Allegro (2:24:47)

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major K. 503 - 2. Andante (2:39:38)

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major K. 503 - 3. Allegretto (2:45:48)

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major K. 537 - 1. Allegro (2:55:10)

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major K. 537 - 2. Larghetto (3:09:18)

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major K. 537 - 3. Allegretto (3:15:06)

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major K. 595 - 1. Allegro (3:27:00)

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major K. 595 - 2. Larghetto (3:40:29)

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major K. 595 - 3. Allegro (3:48:17)

 

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ("Scottish") | R. Gamba

Across The Bridge (1957)

Tchaikovsky: Grand Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 37 | Tyler Hay

Mikis Theodorakis: CARNAVAL (Ballet Suite)

Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 ("Mysterious Mountain")

Alan Hovhaness: Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 267 | Yolanda Kondonassis

Mieczysław Weinberg: Symphony No.2 for Strings

Kremerata Baltica conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla 

 I - Allegro moderato 

II - Adagio 

III - Allegretto

 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 ("Pathetique")

The Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique") was Tchaikovsky's "swan song" in which the composer possibly foretelled his alleged suicide.

The sonata form in the first movement is of some interest. After the exposition of the two themes (the first sombre while the second nostalgically lyrical) follows the development section with an exhaustive elaboration of the first theme but a total absence of the second. The second theme is heard again at the end of the first movement, though not as a standard recapitulation but as a coda.

In the second movement it is worth noticing an intermediate episode whose mood foreshadows the dark atmosphere of the finale of the symphony and gives a sense of cyclic form to the overall work.

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Tugan Sokhiev, conductor