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Mozart – Haffner Symphony No. 35 in D Major – 1st Movement
Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major, also known as the “Haffner” Symphony, was composed in 1782 for the Haffner family in Salzburg. Initially intended as a serenade for Sigmund…
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Mendelssohn – Reformation Symphony, 1st Movement, 1 of 4
In 2009, Ira Levin conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro in Brasilia, performing Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony. The symphony’s first movement includes the Dresden amen, a sequence of…
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Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D Major, 4th Movement – Adagio
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 is his final completed symphony, written between 1908 and 1909. It consists of four movements, with the first and last being slow instead of fast….
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Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 – 1st and 2nd Movements
Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 43 (1902) is his most popular and frequently recorded symphony. It is more skillfully orchestrated and mature in form compared to…
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Vaughan Williams “Pastoral” Symphony No. 3
Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.3 – ‘A Pastoral Symphony’, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and performed by The New Philharmonia Orchestra. The remastered version includes four movements: Molto moderato, Lento moderato…
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Bruckner Symphony No. 3
Bruckner’s 3rd Symphony (1889 version) performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester with conductor Paavo Järvi. The symphony is divided into four movements….
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Glazunov Symphony No. 1 in E Major “Slavonic”, Op. 5
Glazunov’s Symphony No. 1, also known as “Slavonic” was composed by Alexander Glazunov when he was just 16 years old. It premiered in St. Petersburg in 1882 and was conducted…
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Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 1 in E Flat Major
Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No.1 was composed by the 17-year-old in 1853 and premiered anonymously. It was later performed again after the committee discovered Saint-Saëns as the true composer. The symphony shows…
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Mendelssohn “Scottish” Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56
Mendelssohn’s 3rd Symphony (“Scottish”) performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester under the conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada. The symphony consists of four movements: Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato, Vivace non troppo, adagio,…
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Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1, performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester under conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, is now available for streaming. The symphony consists of four movements: I. Allegro di molto, II. andante, III. menuetto….
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Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
Schostakowitsch’s 5th Symphony performed by the hr-Sinfonieorchester with David Afkham conducting at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on February 3, 2017. The symphony consists of four movements: Moderato, Allegretto, Largo, and…
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement
P. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 performed by the Moscow City Symphony “Russian Philharmonic” under conductor Dmitri Jurowski at Moscow International House of Music, Svetlanov Hall on March 10,…