Posted by sigismund on November 17, 2013, at 15:28:32
In reply to Re: classical music » alexandra_k, posted by johnLA on November 16, 2013, at 23:46:32
> i recommend his symphonies #2,5 and of course 9.
Yes, his second is underestimated, though the phrasing (?) in the last movement needs to be done carefully.
I was reading about Stalingrad (or the advance thereon) while listening to it obsessively (sp?). It is the feel of the French Revolution but I felt it might be transposed to (at that point, in some people's minds) an optimistic phase of history.
The Brandenburg Concertos. Good place to start.
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