Score analysis
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Beethoven - Symphony n.2 Mov.1
Beethoven - Symphony n.4 mov.1
Beethoven - Symphony n.7 mov.1
Beethoven - Leonore Overture n.3
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Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: 1st movement
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Brahms: a conductor’s approach to Symphony n.1 ~ The introduction
Brahms: a conductor’s approach to Symphony n.1 ~ The first movement
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Mahler - Symphony n.2 – Movement 1
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 1
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 2
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 3
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Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 1
Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 2
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Mozart - Symphony K504 “Prague” – 1st mov.
Mozart - Symphony n.40 K550 – 1st movement
Mozart - Symphony n.40 K550 – Movements 2-3
Mozart – Don Giovanni Ouverture
Mozart – Die Zauberflöte Overture
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Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
During the course of his life, Grieg had several unproductive periods due to a chronic illness.
The year 1880 marked the end of one of such periods, and the inspiration came from poet Aasmund Olafsson Vinje, a proud romantic Norwegian nationalist.
Grieg, whose sentiments perfectly aligned with Vinje’s, chose 12 poems to set to music as a song cycle. From those 12, Grieg transcribed two of them for string orchestra: Hjertesår (The Wounded Heart), and Våren (The Last Spring).
Dvořák – Violin concerto
The only violin concerto by the great bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák was written in 1879 and cut its place out in the repertoire, especially because of its melodic lines, its folk references, and its sparkly finale
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Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 2 [ANALYSIS]
The elegant 3rd movement and the energic and whirly 4th movement conclude this journey through Italy as seen through Mendelssohn’s eyes.
Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 1 [ANALYSIS]
The vitality of an Italian piazza and a religious procession: an analysis of the first 2 movements of Mendelssohn’s Symphony n.4
Mozart – Don Giovanni Ouverture [ANALYSIS]
Ominous, sparkling, surprising, and most of all ahead of its own time. Find all of this out through this analysis of this Mozart’s masterpiece
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Schubert Symphony n.5 – Part 2 [ANALYSIS]
The analysis of the 3rd and 4th movements of Schubert’s charming symphony n.5
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Schubert Symphony n.5 – Part 1 [ANALYSIS]
The lighthearted and harmonically subtle 5th symphony of Franz Schubert: its first and second movements are the subject of this post.
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 3
The last article on Das Lied von der Erde, covering the final two movements of this magnificent Mahler’s Symphony
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