Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, and Dmitri Shostakovich are titans of music, but, as Bill considers their first symphonic efforts, he reveals the adversities and ordeals of each composer attempting to develop their individual musical voices. Maiden voyages into the deep of music, including Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, and Symphony No. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev and more first efforts.
Maiden Voyages
Playlist
Episode 1
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 1
Austro-Hunagrian Haydn Orchestra/ Adam Fischer
Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 & 10
Nimbus NI-5265
13:14
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (excerpt)
London Philharmonic / Sir George Solti
Symphony No.104 ‘London’ / Symphony No.95
Decca 417 330
1:33
Ludwig Beethoven: Symphony No 1 – I & II
Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Harnoncourt
9 Symphonies
Teldec 46452-2 (5)
9:30
Ludwig Beethoven: Symphony No 1 – III & IV
Concertgebouw / Bernard Haitink
The Symphonies
Phil 442073 – 2 (5)
4:03, 5:27
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony 1 – I (excerpt)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
Complete String Symphonies Volume 1
Nimbus NI – 5141
2:33
Episode 2
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1, I & II
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell
Symphonies Nos. 1 “Spring” & 4
CBS-MYK 38468
15:46
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner
Concerto No. 1 In D Minor
RCA 5668 2 RC
0:47
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1, I & IV
Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert Von Karajan
Orchesterwerke
DG – 421161 – 2 60678
31:39
Episode 3
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C, I & II
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra / Hugh Wolf
Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No.2 – Intermezzo
Teldec 77309 – 2
16:45
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique I, II, IV & V
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch
Symphonie Fantastique
RCA LSC-2608
27:30
Episode 4
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams” / The Nutcracker (Suite)
Sony SK-48056
11:49
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / James Levine
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Classical ; Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, Op. 100
DG 439912 – 2
13:47
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 (excerpts from)
National Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich
Complete Symphonies
Teldec 17046 – 2
22:27
Episode 5
Gustav Mahler: Ging heut morgenuber’s Feld, (excerpt)
Gustav Mahler rendered by the Kaplan Foundation
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Teldec 95354 – 2
1:23
Gustav Mahler: Ging heut morgenuber’s Feld,
Columbia Symphony / Walter, Mildred, Miller, mz
Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler Symphonies 1 & 2 – 1942 Live Performances
Sony SM2K 64447
3:43
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 – I, II, IV
Columbia Symphony / Bruno Walter
Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler Symphonies 1 & 2 – 1942 Live Performances
SMK2 64447
40:30