Advantages: Great fun to drive, nippy and reliable Disadvantages: Strange pedals!
The Polo 1.4 was the first car that I ever bought myself so will always be quite special in a weird kind of way!
I traded in my old battered Fiesta that my mum and dad had bought me and purchased a VW 1.4 Polo Match special edition for around £10000.
The car came with quite a few extras for the money including manual air conditioning and an electric sunroof (very nifty gadget on such a small car!) I am not too sure why the car had both a sunroof and air conditioning though as you only really needed one or the other! It also came with metallic paint and I chose the Silver colour which was great as it hardly shows up any dirt at all and comes up very nicely when it's polished.
I owned the 3 door version and you did have to be careful with the front doors as they are very big and heavy and can sometimes blow away in heavy wind ...
Advantages: Varied movements, esp. 1st and 4th. One of Mahler's most popular works. Disadvantages: 2nd movement a little weak.
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Mahler himself thought of this work as transparent, relatively brief, and non-aggressive. Comprising of 4 movements, it is fairly short compared to his other symphony's and certainly more upbeat, using only a small section of the orchestra compared to his other works. The first movement would almost look like a pyramid if drawn. The start and end are very gradually built up/down (the same melody used at the start and finish) with the climax of the piece about 10mins in with bells and horns making an appearance.
The second movement relies far too much on strings for my liking and lacks the distinctiveness of the 1st movement. The 3rd draws a more subtle manner which makes you believe it is the same as the 2nd at first, but then provides differences to illustrate its superiority; it also leads ...
Advantages: Very comfortable & v.good drive Disadvantages: Reliability
My first car was, or more specifically, is an L-Reg Clio 1.4 RT, second hand, and although it does have it's ups and downs, like any hatchback does, it is predominantly a good drive.
Comfort - this is one of the first things you can analyse from a car, and the Clio comes out well. It's seat patterning appears to be from the Picasso sketchbook (not that that hinders the comfort mind!), but the seats are shaped perfectly and produce optimum comfort for the driver and passengers
Space - this is always a touchy subject with hatchbacks, due to the simple reason being the lack of it! Although the front seats are adjustable, and therefore the space for those two in the car is fine, if people are in any of the rear three seats, particular grown-ups, they mind find it uncomfortable, and be mighty relieved when the journey is over! Although ...
New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir
Date of Release
17/04/2006
Label / Distributor
Warner Classics / TEN
Pieces in Set
5
Running Time
4 hours 41 minutes
Genre(s)
Orchestral, Vocal and choral
Stereo
Stereo
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
825646276820
Catalogue Number
2564
Work 1
Work Title
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Excerpt(s)
1. Un poco sostenuto_Allegro 2. Andante sostenuto 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso 4. Adagio_Allegro non troppo ma con brio 5. Alternate movt 2 (initial performing version of movt 2)
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1855-76
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro non troppo 2. Adagio non troppo 3. Allegretto grazioso 4. Allegro con spirito
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1877
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 3
Work Title
Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro con brio 2. Andante 3. Poco allegretto 4. Allegro
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1883
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro non troppo 2. Andante moderato 3. Allegro giocoso 4. Allegro energico e passionato
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1884-5
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Excerpt(s)
1. Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1880 Revised 1881
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 6
Work Title
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Excerpt(s)
1. Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1880
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 7
Work Title
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, 'St Antoni Chorale', Op. 56a
Excerpt(s)
1. Chorale theme
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1873
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 8
Work Title
Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Excerpt(s)
1. Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1868-71
Conductor
Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Work 9
Work Title
(Ein) Deutsches Requiem, 'German Requiem', Op. 45
Excerpt(s)
1. Selig sind die da Leid tragen 2. Denn alles Fleisch 3. Herr, lehre doch mich 4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwelli 5. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit 6. Denn wir haben hie 7. Selig sind die Toten
