Back by popular request! Bill takes us
through the inner-workings of five great symphonies by Haydn,
Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, thus allowing us to understand some of the deeper meanings hidden in these works.
Under the Hood, Part II
Playlist
Episode 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, I (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Gergiev
Phil 411302
:36
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1,Winter Dreams, I (excerpt)
LPO/Rostropovich
EMI 19493
1:05
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2,Little Russian, I (excerpt)
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov
Moscow Studio Archives 20007
:47
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian, I (excerpt)
LPO/Rostropovich
EMI 19493
:50
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3,Polish, I (excerpt)
LPO/Rostropovich
EMI 19493
:30
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, I (excerpts + complete)
Vienna Phil/Gergiev
Phil 411302
:33, :43, :11, 18:50
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, II (excerpt)
LPO/Rostropovich
EMI 19493
:25
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, II (excerpt)
LPO/Rostropovich
EMI 19493
:24
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, II
Vienna Phil/Gergiev
Phil 411302
9:35
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, III (excerpt)
LPO/ Rostropovich
:56
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, III (excerpt)
LPO/ Rostropovich
:30
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, IV (excerpt)
LPO/ Rostropovich
:31
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, III (excerpts + complete) & IV
Vienna Phil/Gergiev
Phil 411302
:40, :45, :42, 13:52
Episode 5
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, I (excerpt)
Hallé Orch/Barbirolli
EMI 67299
:43, 1:05
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, I (excerpt) + IV (excerpt)
Oslo Phil/Jansons
EMI 54804
:29
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 (excerpts)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orch/Rattle
EMI 64118
1:18, :32, :47
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 (excerpts)
Berlin Phil/Karajan
DG 457748
1:18, :59
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, I (excerpts + complete) & II
Berlin Phil/Levine
DG 445865
1:28, :45, 1:26, 1:07, 12:29
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, III (excerpts + complete)
BSO/Davis
Phil 446157
:40, :22, :53, 1:07, 9:03
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, IV (excerpts + complete)
Berlin Phil/Levine
DG 445865
:16, :30, 1:30, 8:38
Episode 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, I (excerpt)
Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Zinman
Arte Nova 636450
1:14
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, I (excerpt)
Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Zinman
Arte Nova 636450
2:23, :18, :17
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, I (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
Lon 430400
:20
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, I (excerpt)
Minnesota Orch/Vänskä
BIS 1416
2:04
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, I
Vienna Phil/Kleiber
DG 447400
:37, :32, :08, 13:29
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, II
Vienna Phil/Rattle
EMI 57570
8:20, :16
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, II (excerpt)
CSO/Solti
Lon 430400
:21
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, II (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Kleiber
DG 447400
:16
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, III & IV (+ excerpts)
Vienna Phil/Kleiber
DG 447400
14:01, :24, 1:00
Episode 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, I (excerpts)
Cleveland Orch/Szell
Sony 46534
:37, :43
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, I (excerpt)
London Classical Players/Norrington
EMI 54286
:28
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, I
Columbia Symphony/Walter
Sony 64470
14:05, :19, :14, 1:08
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, I (excerpt)
Vienna Phil/Bernstein
DG 218702
:16
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, II
Columbia Symphony/Walter
Sony 64470
8:27
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, III
Vienna Phil/Bernstein
DG 218702
5:36
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, IV
Columbia Symphony/Walter
Sony 64470
16:47
Episode 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 100,Military, (excerpts)
Orchestra of St. Luke’s/Mackerras
Telarc 80282
1:53, 4:55
Haydn: Symphony No. 101,Clock, (excerpts)
Orchestra of the 18th Century/Brüggen
Phil 468927
2:01
Haydn: Symphony No. 103,Drumroll, I (excerpt)
Orchestra of St. Luke’s/Mackerras
Telarc 80282
2:31, :10
Haydn: Symphony No. 104,London
New York Phil/Bernstein
Sony 508109
14:09, 9:45
Haydn: Symphony No. 103,Drumroll, II (excerpt)
Berlin Phil/Karajan
DG 429658
:06, :21
Haydn: Symphony No. 101,Clock, II (excerpt)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner
Phil 454335
1:50
Haydn: Symphony No. 96,Miracle, IV
La Petite Bande/Kuijken
DHM 77294
6:17, :34