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About LinkBacksTosca, she's as stupid as her sister Butterfly, why the pair of them just didn't deal with the men in their lives by murdering them is beyond me?
Tosca, she's as stupid as her sister Butterfly, why the pair of them just didn't deal with the men in their lives by murdering them is beyond me?
Jesu Joy of Man's desire. The church choir will be singing it next
sunday.
judy tooley
Bizet's Carmen; the Toreador theme - Giuseppe de Luca singing in a 1935 black and white version on the arts channel. Excellent. Looks like it's from a film...
''Music, I feel, should be emotional first and intellectual second.'' - Maurice Ravel
''The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.'' - Michael Jackson
Today i am listening the classical play list is "The Moldau" by Smetana
How can I just pick one favorite? Not possible... But here's a list of my top loves.
"Pastoral Symphony" by Beethoven
"Shepherd on the Rock" by Schubert
"Appalachian Spring" by Copland
"Rite of Spring" by Stravinski
and many more.... Hindi Song Lyrics
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A. Guilmant - Sonata in D minor, op.42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeUVdr_epy4
I find this piece quite moving, and, having sung counter tenor myself for many years in my younger days, I very much appreciate David Daniels voice.
Beethoven Sonatas No.11,12,21 by Pollini, my favorite pianist.
Following counter tenors through Youtube I found Phillipe Jaroussky, now added to my last.fm library. More of a soprano range than alto.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxOft65o3Qs
L. van Beethoven - Symphony no.2 in D major
Witold Lutosławski - Concerto for Orchestra
Mat - I do adore the Lutoslawski
Well, I can't say that I do as I'm not really familiar with his music. But it's not the first Polish composer you adore, is it? Chopin springs to my mind as the other one.
I was listening to this Concerto because I'd been trying to find and portray Polish folklore influence in this particular piece. And I do have to say I was very positively surprised. Let's just say it doesn't sound as "contemporarily" as I thought it would.
I have a fondness for several Polish compoers, one in particular was a lady by the name of Grazina Bacewicz (my spelling is errant). She wrote a very beautiful viola concerto which I studied MANY years ago. She also wrote some beautiful music for string orchestra and quartet.
You were pretty close - the correct spelling is Grażyna Bacewicz.
One piece by a contemporary Polish composer that has caught my ear is the Lacrimosa from Priesner's "Requiem for my Friend", particularly when sung by Elzbieta Towarnicka, I did hear a version sung by a "big name" soprano, (I think of oriental origin) which I thought dreadful, mainly poor diction and the quality of her high notes.
Cheers MIKE.
How many roads must a man walk down ... ... before he admits he's lost?
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