Classical Music for Aficionados
Quiz: This, 'The Quarrel' seems to sound a lot like Stravinsky's "A Soldiers Tale." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ezvwLxXXc&list=OLAK5uy_nbUBb_5tVFMfsoMmxEae3BW1TD3ktdigc&i... Will listen to the entire thing later this evening. Cheers |
Sergei Prokofiev VIOLIN CONCERTO Maxim Vengerov (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich Teldec 1994 Notes:"When Stalin launched his second major attack against the composers of the Soviet Union in February 1948, two of the nation's most prominent composers were among the main defendants. One sat in the front row, the other in the last. In the front row was Sergei Prokofiev. Way in the back sat a nervous Dmitri Shostakovich, who left the room every few minutes to smoke a cigarette. No scene could better characterize the two contemporaries. The one self-confident, the other apprehensive..." Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major Op.19 I Andantino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jWNWfMzJQY II Scherzo - Vivacissimo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9uN9IeEifU III Moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDIgXyCcR0 Cheers |
Dmitri Shostakovich VIOLIN CONCERTO Maxim Vengerov (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich Teldec 1994 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op. 77 (op.99) I. Nocturno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmjzdly29lk II. Scherzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_CSz437Yy8 III. Passcaglia IV. Burleske https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHEGl8gYZXw Cheers |
Shostakovich: Stalin's Composer? - WW2 Biography Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827zsCiQ_YY&t=69s From a very good WWll series. Cheers |
