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
Back of the Violin Section in an orchestra
Playlist
Episode 1
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Symphony No. 4, III (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Symphony No. 4
Lon 414192
1:16
Marini, Biagio: Sinfonias: La Orlandina, La Gardana, & La Ponte
Convivium: Wallfisch, violin; Tunnicliffe, violoncello, Theorbo; Nicholson, organ & harpsichord
Early Italian Violin Sonatas
Hyperion 66985
5:32
Stradella, Alessandro: Sinfonia No. 22
Convivium: Wallfisch, violin; Tunnicliffe, violoncello, Theorbo; Nicholson, organ & harpsichord
Early Italian Violin Sonatas
Hyperion 66985
6:44
Scarlatti, Alessandro: Sinfonia Avanti La Serenata ‘Clori, Dorino E Amore’
Europa Galante/Biondi
Concerts & Symphonies
Virgin 45495
4:10
Bononcini, Giovanni Battista: Sinfonia Decima à 7 for Two Trumpets and Strings, Op. 3
Philharmonia Orchestra/Warren-Green; Wallace, Miller, trumpets
Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque
Nimbus 5017
9:15
Vivaldi, Antonin: Sinfonia in B minor, Al Santo Sepolcro
Leipzig Radio Chamber Orchestra/Kegel
Concerti / Sinfonia „Al Santo Sepolcro”
Ars Vivendi 2100141
8:22
Handel, George Frideric: Sinfonia, Serses “Frondi Tenere,” “Ombra mai fu”
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Scholl, contratenor
Ombra Mai Fù
HM 901685
4:51
Scarlatti, Domenico: Sinfonia in G Major & Sinfonia in A Major
Europa Galante/Biondi
Concerts & Symphonies
Virgin 45495
5:53
Episode 2
Pisendel, Johann Georg: Sinfonia in B-flat Major
Virtuosi Saxoniae/Guttler
Symphony E Concerti
Capriccio 10224
0:36
Pisendel, Johann Georg: Sinfonia in B-flat Major
Virtuosi Saxoniae/Guttler
Symphony E Concerti
Capriccio 10224
10:42
Fasch, Johann Friedrich: Sinfonia in G Major
Paillard Chamber Orchestra/Paillard
The Pachelbel Canon And Two Suites For Strings / Two Sinfonias And Concerto For Trumpet
RCA 5468
9:35
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Symphony in D Major, TV Ahn 50, No. 1
Musica Antiqua Köln/Goebel
Sinfonia Spirituosa (String Concertos)
Archiv 471492
4:50
Sammartini, Giovanni: Symphony in D Major
Ensemble 415/Banchini
Concerts & Symphonies
HM 901245
5:56
Zelenka, Jan Dismas: Sinfonia concertante à 8 in a minor I. II. III.
Freiburger Baroque/Goltz
Zelenka: Hypochondria for 7 concertantes in A major, ZWV187, etc
RCA 77339
14:56
Episode 3
Stolnitz, Anton Wilhelm: Sinfonia in A Major, Op. 3 No. 4, I.
Musica ad Rhenum
Baroque Concerti From The Netherlands
NM Classics 92037
5:49
Boyce, William: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
Boyce: Symphonies Nos. 1-8, Op. 2
Oiseau 436761
7:07
Bach, W. F.: Sinfonia in d minor, F. 65: Adagio & Fugue
Tafelmusik/Lamon
Sinfonias / Suite In G Minor / Concerto For Harpsichord In D Major
Sony 62720
9:34
Frederick II of Prussia: Symphony in G Major
C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra/Haenchen
Frederick the Great: Flute Concertos & Symphonies
Cap 10064
10:57
Mondonville, Jean Joseph Cassanea De: Sonata in b minor, Op. 3 No. 1
The Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski
6 Sonates Op. 3
Archiv 474550
8:28
Mondonville, Jean Joseph Cassanea De: Sonata Op. 3 No.6 Amoroso, Gigue
The Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski
6 Sonates Op. 3
Archiv 474550
5:23
Episode 4
Bach, J.S.: Mass in b minor, BWV 232 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Mass In B Minor
Lon 430353
1:03
Bach, C.P.E.: Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4, I
Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood
6 Symphonies, Wq. 182
Oiseau 417124
4:38
Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in G Major
Ostrava Janácek Chamber Orch/Dejmek
Stamic, Voříšek: Symphonies by Old Czech Masters
Supraphon 81 1201-2
7:09
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Le Soir
English Concert/Pinnock
Symphonies “Le Matin – Le Midi – Le Soir”
Archiv 423 098
0:15
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Le Soir
English Concert/Pinnock
Symphonies “Le Matin – Le Midi – Le Soir”
Archiv 423 098
0:56
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Le Soir
English Concert/Pinnock
Symphonies “Le Matin – Le Midi – Le Soir”
Archiv 423 098
21:35
Bach, J.C.: Symphony in D, II
Hanover Band/Halstead
J C Bach – Opera Overtures Volume 2
CPO 9994882
3:00
Mozart, Wolfgang: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, Jupiter, II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Levine
Pathétique Symphony
RCA 61397
10:20
Episode 5
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, London, I & IV
London Philharmonic/Solti
The London Symphonies Nos. 93–104
Lon 475551
15:21
Beethoven, Ludwig Van: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Symphonies 1 & 2
Lon 430320
8:39
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, London, III
London Philharmonic/Solti
The London Symphonies Nos. 93–104
Lon 475551
3:50
