For me, the most exciting of those Concerto Koln discs is the one of Vanhal's symphonies - fantastic playing of Sturm und Drang symphonies which has me on the edge of my seat!
For me, the most exciting of those Concerto Koln discs is the one of Vanhal's symphonies - fantastic playing of Sturm und Drang symphonies which has me on the edge of my seat!
The Afternoon on 3 yesterday contained some good performances of early symphonies - especially the symphonies of W F and J C Bach.
Or try listening with an open mind?![]()
This is now the longest running thread on the EMS board (with more than TWENTY posts). Let’s not turn it into another Katie Derham thread. Personal likes and dislikes are what they are. We just have to accept it (them?).
A rather unusual combination. Ao3 today.
C P E Bach: Symphony in D major, Wq. 183 no. 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016vn6c
Revisiting the thread reminds me of a concert in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester in the 1960s. I think it was a "special" concert rather than a run-of-the-mill Halle series concert. Furthermore, I think it was the LSO with a young Lorin Maazel. The concert ended with Sibelius 1, but there were two pieces in the first half, one of which was labelled "Surprise Item" and was introduced by a "celebrity". The work turned out to be a Stamitz symphony and was much appreciated by the audience.