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AfterHours

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Revisiting Shostakovich's 15th Symphony -- truly one of the most profound symphonies ever composed...

Ive been revisiting Jarvi/Gotenburg and Sanderling's renditions to determine if theyre infact superior to the Haitink one I list. Those two have been neck and neck with it for some time...

Here is some brief but intriguing insight (particularly to those uninitiated) into this supreme masterpiece:

Tom Wilson - The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomse...om-service
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AfterHours

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FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.8/10 to 9.9/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.3/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.3/10 to 9.2/10
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
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pmachale23

Hi Afterhours,
I really like this list! I have a recommendation: Nikolai Medtner's Piano Sonata #7 in E minor 'Night Wind' (1911). It's a dazzling, staggering beast of a piece (definitely my favourite piano sonata) and it would be interesting to see how you would rank it in comparison to the achievements of Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt in the same genre.

Tecommended performance: Andrey Ponochevny. It's on YouTube under the following title:
Nikolai Medtner: Sonata in E minor "Night Wind". Andrey Ponochevny (piano) Minsk 2011

AfterHours

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pmachale23 wrote:

Hi Afterhours,
I really like this list! I have a recommendation: Nikolai Medtner's Piano Sonata #7 in E minor 'Night Wind' (1911). It's a dazzling, staggering beast of a piece (definitely my favourite piano sonata) and it would be interesting to see how you would rank it in comparison to the achievements of Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt in the same genre.

Tecommended performance: Andrey Ponochevny. It's on YouTube under the following title:
Nikolai Medtner: Sonata in E minor "Night Wind". Andrey Ponochevny (piano) Minsk 2011

Thank you, I have listened to it before but I don't have a rating for it, and probably not until I revisit it once or twice! Thank you for the recommendation and the reminder. Staggering beast of a piece for sure Smile

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AfterHours

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raadfactoryxny wrote:

I agree

And this is more or less scratching the surface with the most immediate/obvious inclusions! So much more to add!

Note that I forgot to mention Dvorak's 9th which probably should probably be included at/near the very top of a selection of (meaningful/emotional) highly melodic masterpieces. Beethoven's 9th is another one. Etc.

(in Rock, obviously NMH's Aeroplane could be included too among others -- though I didn't mention it because its not as melodically or harmonically creative as Mozart, etc)
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DommeDamian
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AfterHours wrote:

I agree

And this is more or less scratching the surface with the most immediate/obvious inclusions! So much more to add!

Note that I forgot to mention Dvorak's 9th which probably should probably be included at/near the very top of a selection of (meaningful/emotional) highly melodic masterpieces. Beethoven's 9th is another one. Etc.

(in Rock, obviously NMH's Aeroplane could be included too among others -- though I didn't mention it because its not as melodically or harmonically creative as Mozart, etc)

Classical music is awesome. Here, I got goodies for days.

AfterHours

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Been polishing up some ratings/rankings for Classical. More to come. Recent updates can be seen in bold + italics on the main list (1st post, 1st page).

Most recent ratings changes as follows...

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.3/10 to 8.7/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10; 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1909) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
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AfterHours wrote:

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10

If you're using a spreadsheet to calculate these scores, you might want to check a formula or something, because this number is wrong.
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