In the beginning, there were Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, or so we thought. That is, until we uncovered a whole world of instrumental music so varied, so wonderful and so woefully unknown, we decided to take our time in that glorious realm of the symphony. Starting with a Sinfonia by Biaggio Marini from 1618, we slowly make out way through the seventeenth century, the eighteenth century and finish at the brink of the Romantic era with the Second Symphony by Beethoven.
Symphony, Part 01
Playlist
Episode 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, III (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Lon 414192
1:16
Marini: Sinfonias: La Orlandina, La Gardana, & La Ponte
Convivium: Wallfisch, violin; Tunnicliffe, violoncello, Theorbo ; Nicholson, organ & harpsichord
Hyperion 66985
5:32
Stradella: Sinfonia No. 22
Convivium
Hyperion 66985
6:44
A. Scarlatti: Sinfonia Avanti La Serenata ‘Clori, Dorino E Amore’
Europa Galante/Biondi
Virgin 45495
4:10
Bononcini: Sinfonia Decima à 7 for Two Trumpets and Strings, Op. 3
Philharmonia Orchestra/Warren-Green; Wallace, Miller, trumpets
Nimbus 5017
9:15
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in b minor, Al Santo Sepolcro
Leipzig Radio Chamber Orchestra/Kegel
Ars Vivendi 2100141
8:22
Handel: Sinfonia, Serses
“Frondi Tenere,” “Ombra mai fu”
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Scholl, cten.
HM 901685
4:51
D. Scarlatti: Sinfonia in G Major & Sinfonia in A Major
Europa Galante/Biondi
Virgin 45495
5:53
Episode 2
Pisendel: Sinfonia in B-flat Major
Virtuosi Saxoniae/Guttler
Capriccio 10224
:36, 10:42
Fasch: Sinfonia in G Major
Paillard Chamber Orchestra/Paillard
RCA 5468
9:35
Telemann: Symphony in D Major, TV Ahn 50, No. 1
Musica Antiqua Köln/Goebel
Archiv 471492
4:50
Sammartini: Symphony in D Major
Ensemble 415/Banchini
HM 901245
5:56
Zelenka: Sinfonia concertante à 8 in a minor
I. II. III.
Freiburger Baroque/Goltz
RCA 77339
14:56
Episode 3
Solnitz: Sinfonia in A Major, Op. 3 No. 4, I.
Musica ad Rhenum
NM Classics 92037
5:49
Boyce: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Oiseau 436761
7:07
W. F. Bach: Sinfonia in d minor, F. 65: Adagio & Fugue
Tafelmusik/Lamon
Sony 62720
9:34
Fredrick the Great: Symphony in G Major
C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra/Haenchen
Cap 10064
10:57
Mondonville: Sonata in b minor, Op. 3 No. 1
The Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski
Archiv 474550
8:28
Mondonville: Sonata Op. 3 No.6
Amoroso, Gigue
The Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski
Archiv 474550
5:23
Episode 4
J.S. Bach: Mass in b minor, BWV 232 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Lon 430353
1:03
C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4, I
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Oiseau 417124
4:38
Stamitz: Symphony in G Major
Ostrava Janácek Chamber Orch/Dejmek
Panton 811201-2
7:09
Haydn: Symphony No. 8 in G Major,Le Soir
English Concert/Pinnock
Archiv 423098
:15, :56, 21:35
J.C. Bach: Symphony in D, II
Hanover Band/Halstead
cpo 9994882
3:00
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551,Jupiter, II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Levine
RCA 61397
10:20
Episode 5
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, London, I & IV + III
London Philharmonic/Solti
Lon 475551
15:21, 3:50
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Lon 430320
31:58