Beethoven 8 Further Exploration

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony

Herbert Von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the first movement of the Classical Symphony (on YouTube).

Further Listening:

Sample some of Prokofiev's other crowd-pleasing works and then try some of Stravinsky's Neoclassical pieces for another look at the 18th Century.

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet ballet, Symphony No.5, Peter and the Wolf, Third Piano Concerto
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella, Symphony in C, Dumbarton Oaks, Violin Concerto

Further Reading:
Sergei Prokofiev, Diaries 1915-1923: Behind the Mask
Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Harlow Robinson, Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography

BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor

The great Oistrakh and Rostropovich play the Double Concerto (on YouTube).

Further Listening:
The BRAHMS Double Concerto performed by cellist Pablo Casals and violinist Jacques Thibaud (on Naxos) is perhaps the finest recording of the work, worth hearing even with the less-than-ideal sound quality.
BRAHMS Piano Concertos 1 and 2, Violin Concerto, Symphonies, Cello Sonata
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano

Further Reading:
ed. Styra Avins, Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters
Jan Swafford, Brahms: A Biography

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8

Further Listening:
BEETHOVEN: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Deutsche Grammophon
HAYDN: Symphony No.94 'Surprise'
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Major, Op.135

Further Reading:
Lewis Lockwood, Beethoven: The Music and The Life, WW Norton & Co.

Tafelmusik performs the finale of Symphony No.8 (on period instruments).