The Classical Music Thread

[bayoubill]

'nother piece to help take on the day...

Dvorak Cello Concerto...

masterfully done here by the taken-too-soon and sadly missed Jacqueline du Pre...

breaks my heart whenever I think of her story...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GODq5AHKf2Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GODq5AHKf2Y[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

here's a piece that can sometimes replace my second cup of morning coffee...

Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C68SkzGb6Ww]Béla Bartók - Concerto For Orchestra (1943) (Full) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

and then of course there's this piece...

that makes me wanna fuck, kill and eat every living thing around me...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWotpIy0uTg]Igor Stravinsky -The Rite of Spring Full Suite (Le Sacre du Printemps) Full Concert - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, 3rd movement -- Apollo's Fire - YouTube

I love the happy harpsichordist...

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

The late John Barry has composed many of the best soundtracks in recent years.

A couple of good compositions of his.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yIrAXZlSx8]Beyondness by John Barry - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkU-DjKI6qc]Lullabying - John Barry - Eternal Echoes Album - YouTube[/ame]

His full albums here:
john barry full albums - YouTube
​

Here is the tribute concert held last year

This is a very moving live concert in honor of the British film composer John Barry (1933-2011), who died early in 2011. This concert was recorded at Royal Albert Hall in June of that year. The guests included Michael Parkinson, Michael Caine (via video feed), Timothy Dalton, Rumer, Sir George Martin, Dame Shirley Bassey, David Arnold, Derek Watkins, Julian Jackson, Nigel Hitchcock and others. Nicholas Dodd conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The musical selections for the concert were as follows:

Goldfinger - Theme (instrumental)
The Knack - Theme
Zulu - Theme
The Ipcress File - Theme
Born Free - Theme
Somewhere in Time - Theme
Midnight Cowboy -Theme (with Julian Jackson, harmonica)
Dances with Wolves - John Dunbar's Theme (with Julian Jackson, harmonica)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - "We Have All the Time in the World" (sung by Rumer)
Mary, Queen of Scots - Theme (with Timothy Dalton narration)
Remembering Chet (with Derek Watkins, trumpet)
Body Heat - Theme (with Nigel Hitchcock, saxophone)
Out of Africa - Theme
"Tick the Days Off One by One" (sung by David Arnold)
James Bond Suite
"Diamonds Are Forever" & "Goldfinger" (sung by Shirley Bassey)
James Bond Theme - reprise
The Black Hole - Theme (from the original soundtrack)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSq7KiT3_c]John Barry Memorial Concert - Live from Royal Albert Hall (with full video illustrations) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Any of you with kids or grandkids will find this may calm them or send them into the land of nod.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TQ-AXJZqtg]Chopin-Berceuse(Lullaby) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKkeDqJBlK8]Maurice Ravel - Pavane for Dead Princess - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNymNaTr-Y]Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Gergiev · Vienna Philharmonic · Salzburg Festival 2005 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Xdlgii-Rc]Concierto de Aranjuez - John Williams, BBC Proms 2005. Full Concert HQ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[eots]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8pCvqILLvM&list=PL79506266938A1422]Variation on Bach's Prelude No 1 for Modular Synthesizer - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_iAwwTDLNw]CYS2010 12 Dance of the Young Maidens Aram Khachaturian - YouTube[/ame]

 

[editec]

Interesting and of course wonderful collection of music.

Here's a thought if we want to play the music game.

What is the SADDEST music or the Happiest music, or the most inspiring or the most belecose?

Here's my idea of possibly the SADDEST music ever written

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHt2XN3JL54]Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Interesting and of course wonderful collection of music.

Here's a thought if we want to play the music game.

What is the SADDEST music or the Happiest music, or the most inspiring or the most belecose?

The happiest (until I think of another).


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7D9lNNcMg]Vaughan Williams : Seventeen Come Sunday - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Inspiring for Spring.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQgd0vx3nYM]Nigel Kennedy Spring - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymuF7uG6wis&list=PL1D5061F263F03E3A&index=1]Henyrk Górecki - Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R05UjtmZyn4]Vanessa Mae - 'The Sabre Dance' by Aram Khachaturian - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BorisTheAnimal]

As a bassist myself, I appreciate the virtuosity of soloists like Maestro Gary Karr.

 

[BorisTheAnimal]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evCoEVaTQE]Victor Borge Clair De Lune - YouTube[/ame]

And who can love Classical music and not be enamored by the comedic genius as well as the virtuosity of the Late Great Dane, Victor Borge. Here he is performing my mother's favorite piece. Debussy's "Clair De Lune"

 

[BorisTheAnimal]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueWVV_GnRIA]John Williams, Itzhak Perlman - Schindler's List - YouTube[/ame]

John Williams is best known for his epic scores for such movies as "Star Wars", "Indiana Jones", and "Superman". But this piece of his always brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear it. Maestro Itzhak Perlman performs the lead solo here. Being a Holocaust survivor himself, he jumped at the chance to perform this piece.

 

[bayoubill]

a sweet and happy piece from Mozart...

Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6-KozGK3c]Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 [complete] - YouTube[/ame]