The submerged part of classical music

[W.A. Mozart]

You might think that this picture shows an iceberg.




You are wrong! This is a representation of classical music.

The submerged part of classical music is much biggier than the visible part and it contains some of my favourite pieces.

This video library might allow you to discover nice pieces which you have never heard before.

[W.A. Mozart]

We will start immediately with the first piece of the collection.

Do you know Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński?




Do you know his Op. 2?

I wouldn't say that this piece is excellent (there are pieces that I value much more in this collection), but it's quite good in my opinion, especially the second movement.


Dobrzyński composed this piece in 1824, when he was 17 years old.

Performers:
- Piano: Emilian Madey
- Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
- Orchestra - Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński - Op. 2 - Piano Concerto in A-Flat Major (1824):
I. Allegro moderato (00:00)
II. Andante espressivo (17:47)
III. Vivace ma non troppo (27:47)

Dobrzyński was born on former Polish territory in Romanów, in Volhynia, Russian Empire, now Romaniv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine (Ukr. Романів), known from 1933 to 2003 as Dzerzhynsk (Rus. Дзержинськ, Pol. Dzierżyńsk).

He attended a Jesuit school in Romanów, then continued his education at Vinnitsa, where he graduated from the Gimnazjum Podolskie (Podole Gymnasium).

He first studied music with his father Ignacy, a violinist, composer and music director. Beginning in 1825 he studied in Warsaw with Józef Elsner, at first privately, then in 1826–28 at the Warsaw Conservatory, where he was a classmate of Frédéric Chopin.

In 1835, he won second prize in a composition competition for his Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 15. This symphony was later called "Symphony in the Characteristic Spirit of Polish Music" and movements were conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. In 1845 Dobrzyński toured Germany as a soloist and also conducted operas and concerts.

In 1857 he founded "Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński's Polish Orchestra" (Orkiestra Polska Ignacego Feliksa Dobrzyńskiego), which comprised leading members of the orchestra of Warsaw's Grand Theatre. In 1858–60 he participated in a committee established to found a Music Institute. He also became a member of the Lwów Music Society.

He died in Warsaw on 9 October 1867, at the age of 60.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Feliks_Dobrzy%C5%84ski

[W.A. Mozart]

Jānis Ivanovs composed this symphony in 1937, when he was 30 years old.

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vassily Sinaisky

Jānis Ivanovs - Symphony No. 2 in D minor (1937):
I. Adagio. Allegro molto [00:00]
II. Andante [09:34]
III. Andante (Maestoso). Allegro moderato [22:40]