One-time-only Countermelodies: Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven

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Richard Atkinson discusses five brilliant examples of one-time-only countermelodies in the music of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven.  This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances:

Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Isidore Cohen, violin; Bernard Greenhouse, cello) and Bruno Giuranna, viola

Haydn: Symphony No. 91 in E-flat
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
Mikhail Pletnev, Piano

Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat, K. 428
Quatuor Mosaïques

Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 64 No. 6
Quatuor Mosaïques

00:00 - Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
03:00 - Haydn: Symphony No. 91 in E-flat
05:13 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
07:14 - Mozart: String Quartet in E-flat, K. 428
08:13 - Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 64 No. 6

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