Gurn Blanston
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Gurn Blanston
@gurnb.bsky.social
Classical music lover, writer, braider of leather, old guy sitting on his porch and yelling at the kids to get off my lawn. I resist and always will! Learn about composer Joseph Haydn on my blog at fjhaydn.com. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN CRYPTO. DON'T BOTHER.
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'Symphonies' from the days when they were just a very nice piece of chamber music, and there were still some unusual instruments that hadn't been 'modernized' yet, like the Terzetto Flute (a third higher than the 'normal' flute). Very satisfactory.🤠
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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New to me yesterday; a really rocking disc, Ghielmi is new to me, Dorothea Oberlinger is not, she's one of the finest recorder players around. Definitely hit the random choice jackpot here! As well, some virtuoso solos on cembalom! 🤠
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Vivaldi not only wrote concertos for export, he wrote sonatas too, and really nice ones. He must have held Pisendel in very high esteem, there is no shortage of technical prestidigitation. No problem for Fabio though. 🤠
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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What could be more appropriate, FBO playing music composed for the court just down the road? By an Italian doing an amazing job of writing for that far off orchestra. Well, if the Dresden Orchestra played Vivaldi this well, it must've been a treat!🤠
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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The deceptively low Wq numbers on these works (Wq 43) disguise the fact they were written in 1772, 4 years after Emanuel left Berlin for Hamburg. These are among the most entertaining of his works since his early Berlin days, IMO!🤠
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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If you are a musical theorist, the name of Daniel Gottlob Türk is famous today as a theorist who left us a great chunk of information about music in the late 18th. But his music is not nearly as well known. Perhaps rightly. Nicely structured though.🤠
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Another North German exponent of the clavichord in particular, as well as a style more nearly similar to CPE Bach's Early (Berlin) works. The Ariosos in here are some excellent pieces!🤠
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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A North German who was contemporary with the later (Hamburg) part of CPE Bach's career, he was influenced by Bach, but was his own person when it came to making music, more form-oriented and much more lyrical than his role model. Very nice album!🤠
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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The music these guys (Benda, Graun, Janitsch &c) wrote for the King was good in many ways, although imbued with a formality which must have gotten old for them. The music they wrote for their own enjoyment, however, like these trio sonatas, is loose. 🤠
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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An oldie but a goodie: Richter, Stamitz, Filtz & Cannabich, as it turns out I was introduced to all of them right here. Nice playing by Camerata Bern. 🤠
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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When Haydn was in London, he was joined by a large number of top-rank musicians attracted by the large honeypot London was in the late 18th. Haydn mentions 'Jarnevik' in his notebook, when he played at one of the concerts. This is what he played... 🤠
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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There is controversy about who "invented" the modern symphony. It wasn't only Haydn, or the Mannheimers. One can say fairly the Italians started the ball rolling, and the closest thing to a beginning comes from Sammartini. Whatever, this is nice!🤠
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Not entirely sure of this, but believe the only non-admirers of Tartini's music are those unfortunates who haven't heard any yet. The consensus 'Greatest Violinist in Italy' also wrote interesting music, not based on virtuosity as much as musicality. 🤠
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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In 1710, the year before the release of Vivaldi's Op 3, Valentini, Corelli's successor in Rome, included in his Op 7 concertos, which nearly all followed the many movement concept, included a work with 4 violins in the concertino, anticipating Vivaldi🤠
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Leaving Venice our next stop is Rome, where we find this excellent group of violin sonatas waiting. Along with Corelli's Op 6 of ca 1708, this was among the most-played music of the entire century to come. Its excellence speaks for itself. 🤠
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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1700, first year of the Long 18th Century. There were 2 main instrumental works released that year; the 12 Violin Sonatas of Op 5 by Corelli, & these by Albinoni. Between them, they were the state-of-the-art in music styles & forms. Much enjoyment..🤠
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Reposted by Gurn Blanston
Celebrating the Music of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf!
(November 2, 1739 – October 24, 1799)
Austrian composer. Here is a fantastic performance of his fine work: Concerto for Double Bass No. 2 (for Ken Harper):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpk...
DITTERSDORF | bass concerto urtext (1 mov) | Božo Paradžik LIVE 2007
YouTube video by Božo Paradžik musician
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November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Since Quantz apparently had pathological character defects limiting his likeability, thus he must be mundane because Charles Burney, who heard a few concertos thought so. The 5 of his 300+ concertos here are anything but mundane!🤠
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Eberlin was one in a long line of Salzburg musicians, Biber & Muffat among them, who excelled in their niche, running all aspects of the Court Music & providing what was needed. His Toccatas & Fugues are every bit as earcatching as you would hope. 🤠
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Some of Mozart's finest work in any genre, and probably the best string quintets ever composed. The Kuijken's and Terakado give an excellent rendition, this is the great start sure to make my week worth savoring! 🤠
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Listening to one of my favorite acquisitions of 2025. IMHO, the way albums should be! A symphony, fortepiano concerto, solo fortepiano variations, arias, a scena: in short, a cross section of the genres Mozart was working in early in 1783. Very nice!🤠
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Novice musicians such as Beethoven traveled from Bonn to visit him in Mainz. One of the masters of the fortepiano, his style was influential at a time when the articulated playing of Mozart was giving way to the legato of the 19th century.🤠
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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The English Lady. Maria Hester Park. The answer to 'who is Hob 51 dedicated to?'. Turns out she was a fine pianist, but also an acceptable composer. This is exactly the sort of side road Haydn left us to explore during his English journeys! 🤠
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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From earliest times on his own, Haydn had 2 jobs which are rarely mentioned. Playing organ in church, and as early as 1754, he was also a teacher, including Mariana Martines whom he met thru his roommate Metastasio. Here's some results!🤠
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Several composers here, like Stamitz, Tuma, Myslivecek and Zach; like most Bohemians, they didn't stay home much, but the music collected there shows what they contributed to their new homes as well as their homeland. 🤠
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM