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    Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. I really need to listen to his other symphonies.

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      Originally posted by Sorrano View Post
      Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. I really need to listen to his other symphonies.
      If you don't know them: don't start with the second (save that one to the last) but continue with either 5 or 7, and then work your way back.
      Symphonies 2 and (to a lesser extent) 6 are hard nuts to knack.

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        Today:

        Liszt (Hyperion/Howard series vol.39):
        Année de Pèlerinage I: Suisse S.160
        3 Morceaux suisses S.156a

        Saeverud:
        Symphony no.8 “Minnesota”op.40 (1958)

        Thomas Adès:
        Powder Her Face: Overture, Waltz and Finale (R3: Po3)

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          Arne
          The Morning
          Emma Kirkby (soprano)
          Parley of Instruments
          Roy Goodman (conductor)



          Mozart
          Piano Concerto 23 in A major, K.488
          Maurizio Pollini (piano)
          Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
          Karl Bohm



          Ravel
          Bolero
          Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
          Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
          ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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            Today:

            Lukas:
            Symphony no.4 (1965)

            Lutoslawski:
            Symphony no.1 (1947)

            Vaughan Williams:
            Symphony no.8 (1955)

            Liszt (Hyperion/Howard series vol. 43 ):
            Année de Pèlerinage II: Italie S.161
            Venezia e Napoli S.162(here a link with Beethoven, who arranged the melody of mvt 1 “Gondoliera” in WoO157/12)


            Saeverud:
            Symphony no.5 “Quasi una Fantasia” op.16 (1941)
            Rondo amoroso op.14a/7 (1939 orch. 1941)

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