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门德尔松《第4交响曲“意大利”》 《c小调为管弦乐队而作的第1交响曲 (长笛2,双簧管2,单簧管2,大管2,圆号2,小号2,定音鼓,小提琴2,中提琴,大提琴和低音提琴)》 /巴比罗利爵士指挥 ,约瑟夫维兹指挥 ,巴黎国家管弦乐团,哈雷管弦乐团

Introduction

Symphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn)
TheSymphony No. 4in A major,Op.90, commonly known as theItalian,[1]is an orchestral symphony written by German composerFelix Mendelssohn.
History
The work has its origins (as had the composer'sScottish3rd SymphonyandThe Hebridesoverture) in the tour of Europe which occupied Mendelssohn from 1829 to 1831. Its inspiration is the colour and atmosphere of Italy, where Mendelssohn made sketches but left the work incomplete. Below is a snippet of a letter he wrote to his father:
This is Italy! And now has begun what I have always thought... to be the supreme joy in life. And I am loving it. Today was so rich that now, in the evening, I must collect myself a little, and so I am writing to you to thank you, dear parents, for having given me all this happiness.[2]
In February he wrote from Rome to his sisterFanny,
TheItaliansymphony is making great progress. It will be the jolliest piece I have ever done, especially the last movement. I have not found anything for the slow movement yet, and I think that I will save that for Naples.
TheItalian Symphonywas finished in Berlin on 13 March 1833, in response to an invitation for a symphony from theLondon (now Royal) Philharmonic Society; he conducted the first performance himself in London on 13 May 1833 at a London Philharmonic Society concert. The symphony's success, and Mendelssohn's popularity, influenced the course of British music for the rest of the century.[3]TheGermania Musical Societyof Boston gave the first performance in the United States, on 1 November 1851, withCarl Bergmannconducting.[4]
Mendelssohn himself, however, remained dissatisfied with the composition, which cost him, he said, some of the bitterest moments of his career; he revised it in 1834[5]and even planned to write alternative versions of the second, third, and fourth movements. He never published the symphony, and it appeared in print only in 1851;[6]thus it is numbered as his "Symphony No. 4", even though it was in fact the third he composed.

摘自:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4(Mendelssohn)

Symphony No. 1 (Mendelssohn)
Symphony No. 1in C minor,Op.11, is a work byFelix Mendelssohn, completed on 31 March 1824, when the composer was only 15 years old. The autographed score was published in 1831.
History
The work was premièred at a private gathering on 14 November 1824 to honor his sisterFanny Mendelssohn's 19th birthday. Its public première occurred on 1 February 1827, with theLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestraperforming under the leadership of its then-KapellmeisterJohann Philipp Christian Schulz.
Movements
The symphony is in four movements:
1.Allegrodi molto (C minor,4/4,sonata form. )
2.Andante(E♭major,3/4, sonata form.)
3.Menuetto: Allegro molto (C minor,6/4, compoundternary form, with a trio firstly inA♭majorand later in C minor. Compared to the standard minuet & trio form, it is slightly different as there is an extra link to the main minuet after thebinary formtrio section.)
4.Allegro con fuoco (C minor,4/4, sonata form, ending inC major. The primary theme of which bears a striking resemblance to the final movement ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart'sSymphony No. 40.)
A typical performance lasts half an hour.

摘自:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1(Mendelssohn)