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pim_derks
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« Reply #15 on: 08:38:57, 11-05-2007 »
I have been listening to Tchaikovksy's Fifth Symphony recently and I've noticed for the first time how much the second movement is in a way similar to certain parts of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Extraordinary.
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« Reply #16 on: 12:42:59, 11-05-2007 »
The Nutcracker, which I recently heard at the Gateshead Sage.

The celebrated Litolff scherzo.

Borodin's Polovtsian (spelling?) Dances from Prince Igor.
 
Berceuse from Faure's Dolly Suite (think Listen with Mother).  The whole suite is a jewel.

Eric Coates' London Suite.

There must be many more.  I'll keep musing.

Ian.
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« Reply #17 on: 12:49:46, 18-05-2007 »
Just thought of another--Warsaw Concerto.

Ian.
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Morticia
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« Reply #18 on: 14:22:00, 18-05-2007 »
Damn! You beat me to it, Ian. Ah, I can still see the label on the my dad`s 78.
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« Reply #19 on: 09:27:54, 20-05-2007 »
Thank you for raising this interesting thread,Jan.

I tend to come across 'popular favourites' as fill-ups in  'collection' CDs,e.g.Furtwangler ,of all people ,conducting the 'Pizzicato Polka' and the overture to the 'Merry Wives of Windsor'.

My Dad was a great Gilbert and Sullivan fan and after his deatn I listened again to the more popular of the operas and found them delightful,especially the Gondoliers and the Mikado whuch I think have Sullivan's finest music.
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« Reply #20 on: 12:43:59, 23-05-2007 »
Apparently Otto Klemperer composed a Merry Waltz (an oxymoron?) which was a filler on one of his recordings.  I've never heard it--has anyone else?

Ian.
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