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Performance Guide

  ARGENTO
Reverie (Reflections on a Hymn Tune)
Read: Mark Sheldon's Introduction
Listen: Recorded live at Orchestra Hall, Eiji Oue conducting the Minneapolis Orchestra.

BARBER
Symphony No. 1
Read
Listen: Samuel Barber, Symphony No.1 in One Movement, Essays for Orchestra Nos. 1 and 2, Night Flight; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Measham, Track 1, UKCD2046 copyright 1976

BARTOK
Concerto for Orchestra
Read
Listen: Bartok: Works for Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Disk 1, Track 1, CD3X3015 copyright 1992

BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 3
Read
Listen: Beethoven: Overtures & Incidental Music; Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Disk 1, Track 3, CDX5099 copyright 1993

MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
Read
Listen: Mozart Violin Concertos; Henryk Szeryng, Iona Brown, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Disk 4, Track 1, Philips 422 508-2 copyright 1991

RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 3
Read
Listen: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3; Yefim Bronfman, The Philharmonia, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Tracks 4-6, SK 47183 copyright 1992

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5
Read
Listen: Khachaturian, Gayne, Shostavokich, 5th, Dorati/Skrowaczewski; Minneapolis Symphony conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski; Tracks 9-12, Mercury 434 323-2 copyright 1992

SIBELIUS
Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 47
Read
Listen: Sibelius/Dvorak: Violinkonzerte; Mintz/Berliner Philharmoniker/Levine; Tracks 1-3, Deutsche Grammophon copyright 1987

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird Suite
Read
Listen: Stravinsky: Firebird/Nightingale/Right of Spring; Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue; Track 1, RR-70CD copyright 1996

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5
Read
Listen: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; March Slav/Dorati; Tracks 1-4, Mercury 434 305-2 copyright 1992

 
 


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