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Mahler’s Ninth, Chamber Style

Scaling the Mahler Ninth Symphony’s immense instrumental forces and harrowing emotional extremes down to chamber-sized dimensions may sound downright crazy. Thanks to David Bernard and

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Ask Dave: How Do You Do It?

June 25, 2025 12:00 pm

A viewer asks: "Have you made a video about your process? What goes into making one of your videos? " Well, I haven't made a video about that, so here it is, and thanks for asking. ...

Review: Gardner's Rachmaninoff "Bells" and "Symphonic Dances"--The Vicissitudes of "Live" Recordings

June 25, 2025 9:00 am

Rachmaninoff: The Bells; Symphonic Dances. Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Edward Gardner (cond.) LPO ...

Meij, Mehul, Medtner (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)

June 25, 2025 5:01 am

Contemporary band music based on Tolkien, a couple of charming French symphonies, and the "Rachmaninoff without the tunes guy" all featured in this video from the Overflow Room. ...

Conductors, Pianists, Violinists, Orchestras, Ensembles and Singers I Couldn't Live Without

June 24, 2025 12:00 pm

It took a lot of work and a lot of thought, but I've come up with the ultimate list of performers I couldn't live without. Feel free to contribute your own list too! ...

16 Symphonies I Couldn’t Live Without

June 24, 2025 10:00 am

16 Symphonies I Couldn’t Live Without

Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Roussel: Symphony No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar”
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
Magnard: Symphony No. 4
Martinu: Symphony No. 6 “Fantaisies symphoniques”
Ives: Symphony No. 2
Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat
Lloyd: Symphony No. 5
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Mendelssohn! (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room 13)

June 24, 2025 5:01 am

This really is the last of the Mendelssohn videos, and it includes some lovely performances of iconic works--a fitting farewell to a popular but still widely misunderstood composer. ...

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