Happy Birthday Arthur Schoonderwoerd!

Today is the birthday of Dutch musicologist and fortepiano player Arthur Schoonderwoerd.
For many years he made thought provoking records of 18th century keyboard music.
I haven’t heard anyone else ever say anything but „I really love” or „I really hate” his rendering of Beethoven 4th pianoconcerto (included in the playlist), always a good sign ;-)

He is also an ambassador of lesser known Dutch composers from the early 19th century. Always spirited, Schoonderwoerd always *dives into the music* from his keyboard without any fear, thoroughly informed in the 18th century music practice….
So… Let’s give him a Birthday present and listen to:

and give him about $0.005 of every track play :-)
Happy birthday, Arthur!

Carolus Antonius Fodor (1768-1846)

Sonata In F Sharp Opus 2 Nr. 2 (1793)

Carolus Emanuel Fodor (1759-c.1799)

From: Petits Airs Connus Variés Pour Le Clavecin Ou Le Pianoforte, Opus 3

Air Du Tonnelier, Tempo di Menuetto (1782-c.1784)

Carolus Antonius Fodor (1768-1846)

Sonata In F Major Opus 2 Nr. 1 (1793)

Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847)

Rondo-Polonaise Pour Le Pianoforte In D Major (1809)

Henri Messemaeckers Jr. (1824-?)

Grande Marche Funèbre Pour Le Piano Composée à la Mémoire de S.A.R. Monseigneur Le Prince Alexandre Des Pays-Bas (1848)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1828)

Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58

Piano Concerto No.5 in Eb major Op.73

Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37

Piano Concerto No.6 in D major Op.61a (reworking by Beethoven!)

Piano Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15

Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb major Op.19

Arthur Schoonderwoerd, Fortepiano

Ensemble Christofori

https://open.spotify.com/user/otterhouse/playlist/4gtW5afWoj73m9XbhhrLWS (Webplayer link)

Early morning classical music program Spotify

Early morning classical music program’s… Is it worldwide, or just a local Dutch phenomenon that these programs are filled with short fragments of larger classical music pieces? Some of the programs are quite nice, such as “voor de dag” (before the day) on the Dutch national radio. No nonsense classical music with the only drawback that… it are all fragments they play. So what would happen if you took the playlist and filled the blanks in? So, here is a very nice playlist of a morning program, where fragments have been replaced by the complete works. Hope you will enjoy this playlist! 

Schenck, Johannes

Track 01 Sonata Sexta in E Major: Vivace-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro

La suave melodia

Chopin, Frédéric

Track 02 Waltz for piano nr.1, op.18 in Eb major, "Grande valse brillante”

Perahia, Murray, piano

Wassenaar (graaf), Unico van (form attrib to Pergolesi)

Tracks 03-06 Concert for orchestra nr.1 in G Major,  "Concerto armonico”

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Koopman, Ton

Danzi, Franz

Tracks 07-10 windquintet, op.56 nr.1 in Bb Major,  

Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Tracks 11-13 Sonata for piano nr.6, KV.284 (205b) in D Major, "Durnitz" 

Uchida, Mitsuko, piano

Falconiero, Andrea

Track 14 Folias

Pluhar, Christina

L'Arpeggiata

Gade, Niels

Tracks 15-18 Symphony nr.1, op.5 in c minor  “Paa Sjølunds fagre Sletter”

Stockholm Sinfonietta

Järvi, Neeme

Handel, Georg Friedrich

Tracks 19-21 Concerto for organ (harp) en orchestra nr.6, HWV.294, op.4 nr.6 in Bes 

Tafelmusik

Lamon, Jeanne

Eilander, Maxine, harp 

Martin, Frank

Tracks 22-23 Ouverture et foxtrot for 2 piano’s

Duo Beer-Shiva

Dvorak, Antonin

Tracks 24-28 Serenade for woodwind, 3 horns, cello & double bass, op.44 in d minor

Oslo Wind Philharmonic Soloists

Albinoni, Tomaso

Tracks 28-30 Concert for hobo and string orchestra, op.9 nr.2 in d minor

English Concert

Pinnock, Trevor

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Tracks 31-33 Sonate for piano nr.8, KV.310 (300d) in a minor

Lipatti, Dinu

Anderson, Leroy

Track 34 Jazz Pizzicato (1938)

BBC Concert Orchestra

Slatkin, Leonard

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk

Tracks 35-37 Pianotrio nr.6, op.93 in Es Major,  

Trio Parnassus

Rossini, Gioachino

Tracks 38-49 Mis, 1869, "Petite messe solennelle" 

Choir & Orchestra of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Marriner, Neville

Purcell, Henry

Track 50 Come, ye sons of art, away, sound the trumpet. 

Accademia Bizantina

Montanari, Stefano

Scholl, Andreas, countertenor 

Dumaux, Christophe, countertenor

Majo, Giuseppe de

Track 51 Lo finto laccheo ; Lo villano che 'na chianca

Track 52 Lo finto laccheo ; Gia' che 'sto bello sole

Pino de Vittorio, Tenor

Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini

Antonio Florio, conductor

Bach, Johann Christian

Tracks 53-54 Sonate, op.17 nr.5 in A Major, 

Wong, See Siang, piano

Tárrega, Francisco

Track 55 Mazurka for guitar, “Marieta"

Yepes, Narciso, guitar 

https://open.spotify.com/user/otterhouse/playlist/5ePRDWBUv6E1gCkUU4z0I7

(Spotify web player link)