23 December 2009

I've received complaints that I play too much B minor. This week we spend time in A, venturing as far as F. F n' A. That about sums it up.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Franz Schubert: String Quartet No.13 in A minor "Rosamunde" (1824)
Amadeus Quartet: Norbert Brainin - violin, Siegmund Nissel - violin, Peter Schidlof - viola, Martin Lovett - cello
The Legendary Amadeus Quartet: Recordings 1951-1957
Brilliant Classics, 93807
30:51

2. Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor (1908-09)
Emerson String Quartet: Eugene Drucker - violin, Philip Setzer - violin, Lawrence Dutton - viola, David Finckel - cello
Deutsche Grammophon, 423 657-2
29:03

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.59 in A major "Fire" (1767?)
Trevor Pinnock - conductor, The English Concert
Archiv Produktion, 427 661-2
17:05

4. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.40 in F major (1763)
Adam Fischer - conductor, Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Haydn: The Symphonies Vol.3
Nimbus Records, NI 5530/34
17:17

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in A minor (1910-11; rec. 10 Dec. 1937)
Thomas Beecham - conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos, 8.110867
32:37

6. J. S. Bach: Partita No.1 in B minor BWV 1002 (1720)
James Ehnes - violin
Analekta, AN 2 2018-9
30:43

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