Classical Essentials

BACH: The Art of Life

Bist du bei mir (Formerly Attrib. J.S. Bach as BWV 508, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, 1725)

Morning Piano - Mozart: Fantasia K.397

Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Violin Concertos RV 199 "Il sospetto", RV 356 & RV 347

L'estro armonico, Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 6, RV 356: I. Allegro



Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote.

The work is in four movements, in the usual arrangement for a classical-style symphony (fast movement, slow movement, minuet, fast movement):

Molto allegro, 2/2
Andante in E-flat major, 6/8
Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio, 3/4
Finale. Allegro assai, 2/2

Every movement but the third is in sonata form; the minuet and trio are in the usual ternary form.

The first movement begins darkly, not with its first theme but with accompaniment, played by the lower strings with divided violas. The technique of beginning a work with an accompaniment figure was later used by Mozart in his last piano concerto (KV. 595) and later became a favourite of the Romantics.

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Orchestral samples included in this recording from the Vienna Symphonic Library.

Napster

Symphony No.40 in G-Minor, K. 550: ‘Great’ I. Molto Allegro

Chopin: 10 Mazurkas; Prélude Op.45; Ballade Op.23; Scherzo Op.31

Chopin: Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4: Mesto (II)

Liszt: 7 Hungarian Rhapsodies

Liszt: 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 6 in D-Flat Major

Motherland

Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Menuet

Essential Bach

J.S. Bach: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, Cantata BWV 22: 5. Sanctify Us (Arr. Cohen)

Big Mozart Piano Sonatas Box

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283: II. Andante

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283: III. Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283: I. Allegro

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata No. 7 in C Major, K. 309: III. Rondo - Allegretto grazioso

M027-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 I. Allegro con brio

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75, 3. Clair de lune

III. Clair de lune

Piano Magic

Grande Valse Brillante, Op. 18, No. 1 in E-Flat Major

Big Baroque Box, Vol II

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: i. Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: iii. Allegro

Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052 - 1058 & French Suite No. 5, BWV 816

Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 8, "Pathétique", 9 & 10

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

Vivaldi: Cello Concertos, RV 400, 401, 413, 420 & 424

Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in C Minor, RV 401: III. Allegro ma non molto (feat. Frédéric Lodéon)

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