The Great "D Minor"

[TheGSMoeller]

Just saw Sarge and Karl admiring "D Minor", thought I would start a thread to explore this popular key.

I'll begin with possibly my favorite Haydn symphony, #80.

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The four movements alternate minor(D)-major(Bflat)-minor(back to D) and concludes in D major. The shifting between minor/major delivers a range of emotions and a great example of Haydn's compositional genius.

[madaboutmahler]

Mahler 3!!!!

[TheGSMoeller]

Mahler 3!!!!

Hey, Daniel. 
What's your favorite recording?

[Karl Henning]

K.466

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[Sergeant Rock]

Bruckner 0, 3, 9, the Requiem, and the D minor Mass. Anton loved that key 

Havergal Brian's "Gothic" is in D minor.

Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

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Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63, "La Folia"

I'm guessing there are over a hundred variations on "La Folia", Vivaldi's is one of the better known, this is a great piece of music, difficult to deny a toe-tap or a smile while listening to this gem.
And the Il Giardino Armonico delivers a dynamite performance.

[madaboutmahler]

Hey, Daniel. 
What's your favorite recording?

Hi Greg.

hmmm... overall, it would have to be

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[Karl Henning]

Sibelius Op.104

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[TheGSMoeller]

Hi Greg.

hmmm... overall, it would have to be

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One of the first classical discs I owned. Good choice. 

[Opus106]

Everything. (Even atonal works! ) Quite possibly my favourite key.

[Karl Henning]

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Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D Minor, RV 63, "La Folia"

I'm guessing there are over a hundred variations on "La Folia", Vivaldi's is one of the better known, this is a great piece of music, difficult to deny a toe-tap or a smile while listening to this gem.
And the Il Giardino Armonico delivers a dynamite performance.

And no fewer than three of the viola d'amore concerti are in d minor:

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[mc ukrneal]

I don't really think of pieces in terms of the key, but the one that comes to mind is Bruckner's Mass in D minor.

EDIT: Which I see others have mentioned already. Good ole Bruckner and d minor!

[Karl Henning]

Rakhmaninov Op.30

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[TheGSMoeller]

Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D Minor

[madaboutmahler]

Rakhmaninov Op.30

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One of the first classical discs I owned. Good choice. 

No wonder you got into classical then!

Another great D Minor:
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[DavidW]

I thought this was a thread devoted to the former gmg poster D minor.

I love Brahms Piano Concerto #1 in that key.

My imprinting came from the Pollini recording:
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Also the Gilels recording is awesome.
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[Karl Henning]

ДШ, соч. 47

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[Wanderer]

Medtner's wistful Sonata-Elegia, the second of the op.11 Sonaten-Triade, is in D minor.


http://www.youtube.com/v/f6dWFolxOQM

[Sergeant Rock]

I thought this was a thread devoted to the former gmg poster D minor.

May he rest in Meltdown peace.

Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

Bach: Concerto for harpsichord in D minor BWV 1052.