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    Originally posted by Quijote View Post
    Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel.
    A very pleasant way of playing around with an F major scale.
    What do you think? Melancholic, certainly. Great music?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS7qmtQLSyY
    Melancholic? Yes, I can see that. It is certainly very peaceful, and a great way to get the morning started. It gave me more a feeling of nostalgia, a yearning for a time distant and innocent.

    Thank you!

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      Beethoven Complete Symphonies, Gunter Wand, NDR Sinfonieorchester
      Fidelio

      Must it be.....it must be

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        Haydn Symphony no.82 'The Bear' - Here's the exuberant finale

        [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpDxyoT5UcM[/YOUTUBE]
        'Man know thyself'

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          Originally posted by Peter View Post
          Haydn Symphony no.82 'The Bear' - Here's the exuberant finale
          Wonderful! It's been too long since I've gone back to some of the Haydn symphonies.

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            Originally posted by Peter View Post
            Haydn Symphony no.82 'The Bear' - Here's the exuberant finale
            [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpDxyoT5UcM[/YOUTUBE]
            Good old Haydn! Couldn't find the bear anywhere! He wasn't referring to a badly-shaved and unkempt student of his, was he?

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              Originally posted by Quijote View Post
              Good old Haydn! Couldn't find the bear anywhere! He wasn't referring to a badly-shaved and unkempt student of his, was he?
              Too early for him!
              'Man know thyself'

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                Glenn Gould - Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor.
                Great playing - and the vocals aren't bad either.
                Oh - and there's a lovely ad break in the middle!

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVrU...&feature=share

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                  [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-hCC3DdRaQ&feature=share[/YOUTUBE]
                  ‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’

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                    I caught the end of the Haydn's Symphony No. 94, "Surprise" on the radio on the way to work this morning. A very lively recording by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band. But of course I can't listen to just the end of the piece and leave it at that, so now I'm listening to the entire thing, and maybe a couple more Haydn symphonies afterward!

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                      Originally posted by Chris View Post
                      I caught the end of the Haydn's Symphony No. 94, "Surprise" on the radio on the way to work this morning. A very lively recording by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band. But of course I can't listen to just the end of the piece and leave it at that, so now I'm listening to the entire thing, and maybe a couple more Haydn symphonies afterward!
                      That finale of no.94 was the first symphony I heard and I used to play it incessantly as a child, it's so full of life and joy!
                      'Man know thyself'

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                        Originally posted by Peter View Post
                        That finale of no.94 was the first symphony I heard and I used to play it incessantly as a child, it's so full of life and joy!
                        Indeed! It got me on quite a Haydn trip yesterday.

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                          Daniil Trifonov - Stravinsky's Danse Infernale from the 'Firebird' - some breathtaking piano
                          acrobatics here! Especially remarkable as it was an encore after having played the Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto.

                          [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvbGfeUpnQ[/YOUTUBE]
                          'Man know thyself'

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                            Originally posted by Chris View Post
                            Indeed! It got me on quite a Haydn trip yesterday.
                            I've said this before but, when it comes to symphonies, I think Haydn is as good as Mozart, if not better.
                            As somebody once said: "Haydn had the misfortune not to die young or to go deaf."
                            For consistent quality of composition he rivals most other composers - even, (dare I say it) our "onlie begetter".

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                              Originally posted by Michael View Post
                              I've said this before but, when it comes to symphonies, I think Haydn is as good as Mozart, if not better.
                              As somebody once said: "Haydn had the misfortune not to die young or to go deaf."
                              For consistent quality of composition he rivals most other composers - even, (dare I say it) our "onlie begetter".
                              His brother's symphonies aren't bad, either.

                              I was listening to the first movement of the Linz Symphony and quite enjoyed it. Generally, I do prefer Haydn's symphonic output.

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                                Originally posted by Michael View Post
                                I've said this before but, when it comes to symphonies, I think Haydn is as good as Mozart, if not better.
                                I agree. I think Haydn is superior in a few other genres, too - piano trios, string quartets, and masses; though Mozart takes it in concertos, solo piano works, and operas (although I think Haydn's operas are excellent and very underrated).

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