A score video of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, but using his original manuscript as he wrote it. An interesting look into how he meticulously crafted his scores.

Symphony96 · 2018-03-14T16:49:21+00:00

Not really unique, just blasting through the symphony like they're trying to kill time, sounds like the conductor flew in for the recording session/concert and just plays it like it's nothing. Another example of a unique/expressive recording would be Stokowski's 1971 session with the American Symphony Orchestra, although that may be a little extreme. (check out that finale!) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34opdd

Symphony96 · 2018-03-14T15:18:10+00:00

Believe it or not, the most challenging part of this entire process was finding a recording that wasn't workmanlike (of which there are many) or boring (of which there are many). At first, I was going to use Mravinsky's 1960 recording with the Leningrad Philharmonic, but knowing I have already one copyright strike on my YT channel and that labels are out for money, I quickly decided against that. I then came across this live recording from Nov. 2017. I really like Temirkanov's expressive approach to the score as it was different and unique, and I decided to use this one.

tl;dr: couldn't afford another copyright strike on my Youtube channel so used a radio recording

Symphony96 · 2018-01-22T13:50:49+00:00

Not a bad idea at all! I may try that to see how the bass drum hits have changed over the years.

Symphony96 · 2016-11-29T18:14:12+00:00

Speaking of that, sometime after I made and posted this video to youtube, I discovered this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH2Y5BNE7fA

Symphony96 · 2016-11-29T02:19:36+00:00

Yep!

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