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B

Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances

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Beethoven – Symphony n.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.2 Mov.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.4 mov.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.7 mov.1

Beethoven – Coriolan Overture

Beethoven – Egmont Overture

Beethoven – Leonore Overture n.3

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Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique: 1st movement

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Brahms – Symphony n.1 Mov.4

Brahms – Symphony n.4 Mov.1

Brahms: a conductor’s approach to Symphony n.1 ~ The introduction

Brahms: a conductor’s approach to Symphony n.1 ~ The first movement

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Bruckner – Symphony n.8, Mov. 4

 

D

Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

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De Falla – La Danza ritual del fuego

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Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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Dvořák – Violin concerto

Dvořák – Serenade for strings – PART 1: movements 1 and 2

Dvořák – Serenade for strings – PART 2: movements 3, 4, and 5

Dvořák – Symphony n.7 Mov.1

Dvořák – Symphony n.9 – 1st movement

E

Elgar Serenade for strings

F

Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande Prelude

G

Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies

Grieg – Holberg Suite

H

Haydn – Symphony n.44

Haydn – Symphony n.88 mov.1

Haydn Symphony n.104 “London”

J

Janáček – Taras Bulba: Death of Andrei

K

Karłowicz – Serenade for strings

L

Liszt – Faust Symphony

Listz – Dante Symphony – Part 1

Liszt: Dante Symphony – Part 2

M

Mahler – Symphony n.2 – Movement 1

Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 1

Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 2

Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 3

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Mendelssohn – The Hebrides

Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 1

Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 2

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Mozart – Symphony n.36 “Linz”

Mozart – Symphony K504 “Prague” – 1st mov.

Mozart – Symphony n.40 K550 – 1st movement

Mozart – Symphony n.40 K550 – Movements 2-3

Mozart – Don Giovanni Ouverture

Mozart – Die Zauberflöte Overture

Mozart – Mass K257 – Credo

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

P

Puccini – Manon Lescaut Intermezzo

R

Rachmaninov – Piano concerto n.2 mov. 1

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Ravel – Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mère l’Oye)

Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte

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Revueltas: Sensemayá

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd movement

S

Schreker – Der Schatzgräber Interlude

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Schubert – Symphony n.5 – Part 1

Schubert – Symphony n.5 – Part 2

Schubert 8 – “Unfinished” Symphony

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Schumann – Symphony n.1 “Spring” – 1st mov.

Schumann – Symphony n.3

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Smetana – The Moldau

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Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel

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Suk – Serenade for strings

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Tchaikovsky – Serenade for strings

Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture

Tchaikovsky: Symphony n.5, 1st movement

V

Verdi – La forza del destino Ouverture

W

Wagner – Parsifal Prelude to Act 1

Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture

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Weber – Euryanthe Overture

Beethoven – Symphony n.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.1

Last updated Jan 7, 2025 | Published on Sep 30, 2021

A dominant seventh chord that made history: this is how Beethoven’s first symphony begins.

Weber – Euryanthe Overture

Weber – Euryanthe Overture

Last updated Jan 8, 2025 | Published on Sep 16, 2021

With the opera Euryanthe, Weber, a contemporary of Beethoven, aimed at the close union of arts already advocated by Hoffmann. A concept largely inherited by Wagner.

Franz Liszt: Dante Symphony – Part 1

Franz Liszt: Dante Symphony – Part 1

Last updated Jan 8, 2025 | Published on Apr 1, 2021

A mesmerizing descend into hell: Dante’s Divine Comedy turned into a symphonic poem by the imagination of Franz Liszt

Beethoven Symphony n.7, Mov. 1 [analysis]
Beethoven Symphony n.7, Mov. 1 [analysis]

Last updated Jan 7, 2025 | Published on Sep 17, 2020 | , | 0 Comments

How does a piece of music without any description manage to raise more descriptive explanations than any other work, ranging from catacombs to political revolution? What’s the glue holding the entire symphony together? And what’s one of the biggest issues that arise when interpreting this piece?

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