Classical music [Youtube Clips]

[cnot]

O FORTUNA!!!

Nice take

 

[BigBenni]

Guys, I want to share another beautiful song of Gustav Mahler today.

Well the topic is a very sad one because this song is from Mahler's cycle
"Songs on the Death of Children" and it goes really so deep in the soul.

The title is "I often think they've only gone out"

The texts of the whole cycle (5 songs) are from Friedrich Ruckert again
and non less deep than the one I shared yesterday.

Here is an English translation again as a little oriantation.

And now comes the artist as I have chosen the great Kathleen Ferrier who recorded the cycle short before her own death. She only reached her early 50ies before she died on cancer.

Maybe this gives the recording an extra touch.
I just could cry every time I listen to the whole cycle :heart:




I often think they've only gone out.
Soon they will get back home.
The day is fine. Oh, don't be afraid.
They're only taking a long walk.

Indeed, they've only gone out
And will soon come back home.
Oh, don't be afraid; the day is fine.
They're only walking up to those heights.

They've only gone on before us
And will soon come back home.
We'll catch up with them on those heights
In the sunshine.
The day is fine upon those heights.

 

[ihno]

 

[kicker1121]

That's lovely. Never heard that before!

 

[HettoreConti]

The astonishingly virtuous rose that is Anna Netrebko, la Diva assoluta del mondo, performing Elettra's aria from Mozart's opera "Idomeneo":

D'Orestes, d'ajace

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[slimjim]

sorry about the clip being out of synch X_X

 

[ihno]

@loretta: Didn't know that this was another transcription. Thanks.

 

[ardan]

 

[BigBenni]

Here is the wonderful "Pavane" of Maurice Ravel.

This piece is so calm and beautiful.
It even has kinda melancholic mood but in the best sense!

All the beautiful woodwind solos of the flute & horn and in combination with these
gentle harp passages. This is so lovely

Seiji Ozawa, one of my favourite LIVING conductors
is performing here and he really has a wonderful slow pulse for this music.

And the orchestra - HIS - Saito Kinen plays just marvellous :heart:

 

[ardan]

 

[BigBenni]

Here is a wonderful waltz of Johann Strauss with the title "Carnival's Messenger"
to dance in the night - at least in Berlin time

This is just so beautiful played by the marvellous Vienna Philharmonic
under the direction of Seiji Ozawa who conducted the famous New Years Concert for the first time in 2002.

And damn, he did a wonderful job :heart:

Seiji transports such a good mood and energy - this is always a pleasure to watch

 

[loretta]

Le carnaval des animaux

Camille Saint-Saens

 

[ihno]

The software seems to have eaten your post, loretta.

I like Camille Sait-Sa too, especially his third symphony. I posted a nice recording on page one or two... or so...

 

[ardan]

 

[bigsal]

Fur Elise, by Ludwig van Beethoven, played by Stephen Malinowski, with bar-graph and conventional scores.

 

[ihno]

@slimjim: I know it's in your sig and my not belong here, but the talking cats are sooo cute.

 

[creslinwest]

Thanks BigBenni

I just wanted to say I heard the Sibelius Symphony no. 5 on the radio on my mobile while on the train about 6 months ago. I received a phone call about six minutes into the finale, so I never heard the name of piece or the composer announced. I have been hoping to find it. Now my little mystery is solved. A toast to you sir. :cheers:

Now for my own little contribution, I have fallen in love with a setting of the Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, there are about 400 versions of it on youtube. I am slowly working my way through them. So far this is my favourite.



I have traveled with a few choirs and I know that you sometimes come across a fantastic acoustic (somehow usually in a church) and want to try it out. But to pull this amazing performance of a fairly difficult piece out of your collective hat on the fly. I am truly impressed.

 

[BigBenni]

@ creslinwest

You are very welcome Glad I could help you out there.

Looking forward to see you more posting.

If I remember correctly then you were the one with Mahler 3 weren't you?

It's always a pleasure to have Mahler fans around :big hug:

 

[loretta]

Kindertotenlieder

sometimes i have to listen to this

 

[XMan101]

Can't remember if this has already been posted, but well worth posting again anyway. One of my favourite pieces of music!