Quiz: Mystery scores

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

It's a pity there are relatively few guessers (mainly Guido, Sforzando, Mark, Maciek, myself and you, Luke), as we all have our foci and blind spots...

[Guido]

The only pieces I know for solo cello, solo violin and orchestra are Brahms' concerto and Rozsa's Sinfonia Concertante and I don't recognise it in either, though I haven't listened through thus far.

[(poco) Sforzando]

The only pieces I know for solo cello, solo violin and orchestra are Brahms' concerto and Rozsa's Sinfonia Concertante and I don't recognise it in either, though I haven't listened through thus far.

Definitely not either of those. There's a Vieuxtemps Duo Brillant for vn and vc, but I'd be happier if it were in D, 'cause in fact it's in A.

[Maciek]

It has got to be the Sinfonia Concertante in D major for violin, cello and orchestra by Carl Stamitz then!

[Guido]

It's a pity there are relatively few guessers (mainly Guido, Sforzando, Simon, Maciek, myself and you, Luke), as we all have our foci and blind spots...

Luke has blind spots?

[Maciek]

But he has very strong foci...

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Luke has blind spots?

Erm... let's say his knowledge could be limited by the scores he is able to get hold of and the recordings he is able to hear. In an ideal world, of course, Luke would be all-knowing and all-hearing, given his musical voracity!

[(poco) Sforzando]

It has got to be the Sinfonia Concertante in D major for violin, cello and orchestra by Carl Stamitz then!

Looks too Romantic for that, and I doubt CS would have used clarinets in his orchestra.

[Maciek]

No, no, no. It has got to be Stamitz!

[(poco) Sforzando]

No, no, no. It has got to be Stamitz!

Well, maybe so. I did a bit more sleuthing and found Stamitz did have clarinets in Mannheim. It's the only other work that fits.

[Maciek]

Well, I was trying to employ my super-focused manly tunnel vision over there, but who knows... Maybe it actually works, maybe it is Stamitz...

Anyway, I wasn't able to find anything more plausible. But would Luke really be so mean as to call this "a well-known piece round these parts"??

[(poco) Sforzando]

Well, I was trying to employ my super-focused manly tunnel vision over there, but who knows... Maybe it actually works, maybe it is Stamitz...

Anyway, I wasn't able to find anything more plausible. But would Luke really be so mean as to call this "a well-known piece round these parts"??

Uh . . . .

[lukeottevanger]

No, but I would be so mean as to do something else a bit crafty here. Oh, this is making me laugh, as you'll understand when you know the answer, I hope.

It's not Stamitz, of course not. It's not from a work in D either. It's from a work that I know for sure Sforzando has heard.

[lukeottevanger]

(I'm beginning to feel a bit guilty, now! But it isn't my fault if you're not thinking laterally)

[(poco) Sforzando]

(I'm beginning to feel a bit guilty, now! But it isn't my fault if you're not thinking laterally)

And something tells me I've read through that piano piece. Can't place it though. As for the "Stamitz," well let me sleep on it. It's midnight here in NY, six am in the UK, and I'm going to sleep. Don't be perturbed if I'm not active much of tomorrow; I'm taking a day off to visit the city and will be computerless until evening.

[Mark G. Simon]

Thanks, Mark. Who is it spells it Chaikovsky, do you know?  I plum forget.

I don't know. LC uses Chaikovski˘i, Boris Aleksandrovich though.

There seems to be a trend among some German writers to using the spelling Čajkovskij. Schott publishes a series of books called "Čajkovskij Studien".

[Greta]

Luke, Luke....LOL I honestly don't know most all of these pieces for simple lack of hearing - reminding me how much great stuff there is out there to discover! Those scores are fascinating. The only one that kept niggling me I might know was 283...I should have went ahead and taken a guess at the composer. 

Okay, so here is my own set, child's play compared to the usual fare! 

Mystery 1



Mystery 2

[Greta]

Sorry, I had to use Photobucket as I had no luck with attachments, it always refused to take them!

Mystery 3 (link to bigger version)



Mystery 4

[Greta]

Mystery 5 (link to bigger version)



Mystery 6 (link to bigger version)



Mystery 7 (link to bigger version)



*end of this set*

(And BTW I see Johan is perusing what I have just posted and I wonder how quickly he will pick them off  )

[lukeottevanger]

Brilliant!

The ones I know straightaway -

No 3 is Petrouchka
No 4 is Brahms op 119/3
No 5 is Harmonielehre  (Adams - a different page was one of my earlier samples on this thread)