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, Bill decided to take time in that glorious place. Starting with a sinfonia by Biaggio Marini from 1618, we slowly make our way through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 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. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato — Allegro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
London 414192
1:16 (excerpt)
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, RV 169 “Al Santo Sepolcro”
Leipzig Radio Chamber Orchestra/Kegel
Ars Vivendi 2100141
8:22
Handel: Serses
Sinfonia, “Frondi Tenere,” “Ombra mai fu”
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Scholl, countertenor
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. Satz II. Andante III. Capriccio: Tempo di Gavotta
Freiburger Baroque/Goltz
RCA 77339
14:56
Episode 3
Solnitz: Sinfonia No. 4 in A Major, Op. 3 , I. Allegro Spirituoso
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
WF 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 No. 1 in B minor, Op. 3
The Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski
Archiv 474550
8:28
Mondonville: Sonata No.6, Op. 3
Amoroso, Gigue
The Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski
Archiv 474550
5:23
Episode 4
JS Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
London 430353
1:03 (excerpt)
CPE Bach: Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
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
JC Bach: Symphony in D
II. Andante. Un peu lent
Hanover Band/Halstead
CPO 9994882
3:00
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
II. Andante Cantabile
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Levine
RCA 61397
10:20
Episode 5
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, “London”
I. Adagio, IV. Finale: Spiritoso, III. Menuetto and Trio (excerpt)
London Philharmonic/Solti
London 475551
15:21, 3:50
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
London 430320
31:58