Classical Music Anthologies (a draft game)

duncanness · Nov 6, 2022

Amy Cheney Beach, “Pierrot & Pierrette” from Childrens Carnival (Op. 25, No. 4)

She was a representative of the 2nd New England School. Originally she hoped for a career as a pianist but, when her husband objected to her performing in public, she turned to composing. After his death she returned to her original career, traveling to Europe--AFAIK for the first time. Continuing to compose, she wrote piano pieces, opera, sacred and chamber music.

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avon · Nov 6, 2022

Somewhat contrasting with the above, I have to take Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps.

This ballet is famous for having caused a riot at its premiere at the Théâtre des Champs-Éllysées in May 1913. Not quite true: there was but an argument between critics and admirers near the opening, but then things settled down. The music was very new and is often cited as having changed music. Much like Berio’s Sinfonia, it opened doors to new ideas and techniques. Whilst most of us are programmed to imagine dinosaurs roaming just prior to catastrophe (for the dinos, at least, not so much for us!), it is rather about birth, regeneration and growth. Oh, and sacrifice too; mustn’t forget that! The music is deeply Russian.

[Interesting tidbit: about a year prior to the (non-riotous) premiere, a version for piano (4 hands) was played by the composer and none other than Claude Debussy.]

YouTube lacks choices, but I think this is a brilliant performance. Dudamel is clearly in a comfort zone. It’s well-paced and articulate.

avon · Nov 6, 2022

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Solidaire · Nov 6, 2022

I have so many pieces left to choose from, but I absolutely have to give precedence to a very favourite one. I could fill all my picks with Bach (and Chopin) and I would choose all of his violin concertos, but to focus on just one I will go with the first. And to narrow it down even further and pick just one part of it (who made such a rule anyway?

), it will be the 3rd part.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor, 3rd mvt.

(here's the full concerto, the first part is also exquisite)

Solidaire · Nov 6, 2022

And for my next pick, a Dvorak piece for me too:

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance No. 7

Solidaire · Nov 6, 2022

Let's hear you @avon!

avon · Nov 6, 2022

Back to a state of nature with Debussy. Stravinsky gave us a pagan spring, now Debussy gives us a hot summer afternoon. Prelude á l’aprés midi d’un faune, composed in 1894 (same year as the Amy Beach piece posted by @duncanness ), initially shocked audiences for being composed without any apparent form. It was uncompromisingly modern then and is often cited as being the first piece of the twentieth-century. Today, it is simply gloriously lush and gorgeous.

Presented here by the brilliant Andrés Orozco-Estrada with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony. I only came across them on YouTube a few months back, but they post a fair amount of really high quality performances.

[Note at 4:11 the slumbersome violinist who wakes just enough to pick at her g-string.]

duncanness · Nov 6, 2022

Another American composer--this one better known than the others--from Brooklyn, NY. Aaron Copland: Appalachan Spring. This piece, "Simple Gifts" is based on an old Shaker song attributed to Elder Joseph Brackett of Alfred, Maine:

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be

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sparky · Nov 6, 2022

This piece mightily remind me of an old Huguenot battle-song " may God only Show himself "

FLK · Nov 6, 2022

sparky said:
This piece mightily remind me of an old Huguenot battle-song " may God only Show himself "

The melody must have been used for a lot of different folk songs. The first I knew it was from a song sung in church camps…

FLK · Nov 7, 2022

I think it’s been over twelve hours since @HFlashmanVC was called for his turn, so I guess I’ll go ahead and post my next pick.

I’ve been fond of this piece since learning a solo from it during my own bassoon playing days: Movement 2 from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 4.

FLK · Nov 7, 2022

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avon · Nov 7, 2022

FLK said:
I think it’s been over twelve hours since @HFlashmanVC was called for his turn, so I guess I’ll go ahead and post my next pick.

I’ve been fond of this piece since learning a solo from it during my own bassoon playing days: Movement 2 from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 4.

The first movement is phenomenal with that ‘sword of Damocles’ affect (Tchaikovsky’s words, not mine).

Surprisingly, that’s the first Tchaikovsky pick. Nice choice.

Eye of Woland · Nov 7, 2022

Player/Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Eye of Woland	Maurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe: Suite no. 2	Mily Balakirev - Tamara	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Invisible City of Kitezh, Bridal Procession	Hildegard von Bingen - O Vis Aeternatis	Guiraut Riquier - Pus astres no m'es donatz	Enrique Granados - Spanish Dance no. 10	Kaija Saariaho - Orion: Memento Mori	Carlo Gesualdo - Doro, lasso, al mio duolo	Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 4, Op. 6 in D Major	Hugo Alfven - Swedish Rhapsody	Edward Elgar - Chanson de Nuit	Gilbert & Sullivan - Pirates of Penzance: Major General's Song	Michel Legrand - Umbrellas of Cherbourg: Devant le Garage
CommonSwindler	Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Vorspiel	Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no.7 "Leningrad" 4th mvt.	Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st mov.	Béla Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, 4th mvt.	Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5, mvt, 4, Adagietto	Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 BWV 1050.2, mvt. 1, Allegro	Ralph Vaughan Williams - Piano Concerto in C, mvt. 2, Romanza: Lento	Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 8 op. 63, mvt. III, Allegro non troppo	Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor, BWV 232, Dona Nobis Pacem	Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude	Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto no. 3 op. 26, III. Allegro, ma non troppo	Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 29, Hammerklavier, mvt. IV
sparky	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Der Hölle Rache)	Richard Wagner - Gotterdammerung, Siegfried's Death & Funeral March	Gustav Holst - Mars	Jean Sibelius - Finlandia	Frederick Septimus Kelly - German Symphony: I. Allegro con brio	Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, 4th Movement	Erik Satie - Gymnopedies no. 1	Henry Purcell - Golden Sonata	Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade: Waltz	Camille St. Saëns - Danse macabre	Franz Schubert - Ständchen (Serenade)	Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu	Franz Liszt - Liebesträume (Dreams of Love) No. 3
Tiberius Caesar	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa, perdono)	Gioachino Rossini - Otello (Assisa a' piè d'un salice)	Gaetano Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore (Una furtiva lagrima)	Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata (Di provenza il mar, il suol)	George Bizet - Carmen (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre... Toreador, en garde)	Giacomo Puccini - Tosca (E lucevan le stelle)	George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare: Va tacito e nascosto	Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Casta Diva	Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo	Ruggero Leoncavallo - Vesti la Giubba	Gioachino Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al Factotum	Ponchielli - La Gioconda, Dance of the Hours	Gilbert & Sullivan - Mikado: The List
@Mangekyou	Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries	Anton Bruckner - Symphony No 7 in E Major, 4th Movement	Johannes Brahms - Symphony No 3, 3rd Movement	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40, 1st Movement	Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, 2nd Movement	Antonin Dvorak - New World Symphony, 4th Movement	Anton Bruckner - Symphony No 8, 4th Movement	Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 24: 4th, Allegro	Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 24: 1st Movement, Allegro	Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, 3rd Movement	Ralph Vaughan Williams - Sea Symphony: 1st Movement	Richard Strauss - Horn Concerto no 2, 1st Allegro	Béla Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 1st mvt.
@Kotromanic	Beethoven - Symphony No 3 ("Eroica"), 4th mov.	Franz Schubert - Trout Quintet, 1st mov.	Hector Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture	Richard Strauss - Don Juan Op. 20	Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme, Act 1: "Si. Mi chiamano Mimi"	Aaron Copland - Morning on the Ranch: The Red Pony Suite	Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances, Gliding Dance of the Maidens, Reprise	Frederic Chopin - Polonaise in A Flat Major, Op. 53	Richard Wagner - Tannhauser: Grand March	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in F Major, K138	Ralph Vaughan Williams - Sea Symphony: 4th Movement	Mahler, Symphony 6, 3rd Mov.
FLK	Antonin Dvorak - New World Symphony, 2nd movement	Maurice Ravel - Bolero	Gustav Holst - Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity	Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances: Dance no. 2	Gyorgy Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, allegro grazioso	Bedrich Smetana - Moldau	Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia	Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings	Ottorino Respighi - Pines of the Appian Way	Aram Khachaturian - Gayane: Lezginka	Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 2: 2nd Movement	Boccherini - Night Music from the Streets of Madrid, “Passa Calle.”	Carl Weber - Bassoon Concerto: Pt. 3 Rondo	Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4: 2nd Movement
@HFlashmanVC	Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus	Johann Sebastian Bach - Matheus Passion: Sind Blitzer, sind Donner	Franz Schubert - Piano trio in E flat	Henry Purcell - Dido & Aeneas: Dido's Lament	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni: Madamina, il catalogo e questo	Giovanni battista Pergolesi - Stabat Mater	Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato	Arvo Part - Da Pacem Domine	Henri Purcell - King Arthur: Cold Genius	Monsieur de Sainte Colombe - Les Pleurs	Jean-Baptiste Lully - Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs	Schubert - Death and the Maiden, 1st mvt.	Jacques Brel - Marieke
duncanness	Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King	Halfdan Kjerulf - Idyll Op. 4	Catharinus Elling - Piano Quartet in G Minor, Allegro	Johan Halvorsen - Entry of the Boyars	Johan Svendsen - Festival Polonaise	Christian Sinding - Rustle of Spring	Ole Bull - Sæterjentens Søndag	Agathe Backer Grøndahl - Idylles Op. 24, No. 5	Ole Olsen - Valse Caprice	Sverre Jordan - Sonatina for Flute & Piano	Geirr Tveit - Piano Sonata 29 "Etere": Tempo di Pulsazione	William Billings - Hymn for Easter	Amy Cheney Beach - Pierrot & Pierrette: Childrens Carnival (Op. 25, No. 4)	Aaron Copland - Appalachan Spring: Simple Gifts
avon	Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988 aria	John Adams - A Short Ride in a Fast Machine	Ralph Vaughan Williams - Tallis Fantasia	Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 5	Luciano Berio - Sinfonia, 3rd movement	Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in f minor, K.466	Beethoven - 7th Symphony in A	Maurice Ravel - La Valse	James MacMillan - The Confession of Isobel Gowdie	Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem: Libera me	Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15	Jean Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47	Igor Stravinsky - Rite of Spring	Claude Debussy - Prelude á l’aprés midi d’un faune
Solidaire	Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565	Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, 1st mov.	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem, Rex Tremendae	Beethoven - Symphony No 5: Allegro con brio	Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, 3rd mvt. (Tempest)	Frederic Chopin - Nocturne No. 20 in C♯ minor, Op. posth.	Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2, "L'estate" (Summer) III. Presto.	Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14, 1st movt. ("Moonlight")	Dmitri Shostakovich - Suite for Variety Orchestra, waltz no. 2	George Frideric Handel - Keyboard suite in D minor (Sarabande)	Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5	Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2	Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor, 3rd mvt.	Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance No. 7

Kotromanic · Nov 7, 2022

Hector Berlioz, "Le Corsaire" Overture

Kotromanic · Nov 7, 2022

L.V. Beethoven, "Wellington's Victory"

(from all the military history draft games I have a anti-Imperial French reputation to uphold and can not avoid this selection)

Solidaire · Nov 7, 2022

avon said:
Surprisingly, that’s the first Tchaikovsky pick.

Indeed, that was a big surprise considering that Tchaikovsky is considered one of the greatest.

Incidentally, i have Mangekyou's next pick:

Sergei Rachimaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, 1st movement

Solidaire · Nov 7, 2022

@Tiberius Caesar, avanti!

avon · Nov 7, 2022

Solidaire said:
Incidentally, i have Mangekyou's next pick:

Sergei Rachimaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, 1st movement

A favourite.

Also the first Rachmaninov.

Solidaire · Nov 8, 2022

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