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I grew up with Placido Domingo's version of this.
Always was a fan of Jose Carreras, though - voice more old-school. Bit more subtle. But I prefer Rolando Villazon's voice. E Lucevan le stelle, esp this voice. (Can't find it with pretty moving pictures) O Suave Fanciulla with my favourite tenor and soprano. Don't get much better than this (ropey on YouTube but amazing on TV). My dad was a classical musician so it was never a case of 'falling in love' with music - grew up with Rachmaninov and Chopin being played 'live' all the time in our front room! (At one point he had the piano in the kitchen, which was even better). Opera was my thing though from when I was 9 and my mum took me to see a production of 'Tales of Hoffman'. |
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In questa reggia from Turandot. It's wonderful but from 03.26 onwards is spine-tingling stuff. |
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Pictures at an exhibition by Mussorgsky - I once heard it described as haunting and that to me is exactly the right word. I love it.
Bolero by Ravel is another fav too. |
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Pictures at an exhibition by Mussorgsky - I once heard it described as haunting and that to me is exactly the right word. I love it.
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Mendelssohn's Hebrides overture.
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For me it is two pieces:
The Swan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moh9K...eature=related 1812 Overture (The bit with the cannons )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW4C2h3lPac I have to admit to knowing very little about classical music. To me that does not matter as it is all about getting pleasure from listening to it. So, would this be considered classical music? It is an except from The Making of Westside Story. Well worth getting the DVD I hasten to add: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWnsm...eature=related |
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My fave is Ravel's Bolero
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Gustav Holst - Venus, the Bringer of Peace.
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I have to admit to knowing very little about classical music. To me that does not matter as it is all about getting pleasure from listening to it. So, would this be considered classical music? It is an except from The Making of Westside Story. Well worth getting the DVD I hasten to add:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWnsm...eature=related
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I can no more pick one favourite piece than I can pick one favourite pop song. But today I will say Allegri's Miserere. It is so beautiful that it's almost painful in places, and the highest notes really do sound like angels in some kind of ecstatic raptures.
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I can no more pick one favourite piece than I can pick one favourite pop song. But today I will say Allegri's Miserere. It is so beautiful that it's almost painful in places, and the highest notes really do sound like angels in some kind of ecstatic raptures.
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Beethoven's 7th - 2nd mvt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tacmg0wX13s 'Jupiter', from Holst's 'Planet Suite' Which contains the original melody for 'I vow to thee my country', from about 3mins onwards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B49N46I39Y Also love most of the Mozart I've heard As a kid, we were always played into assembly by the headmaster's Mozart collection - 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' and the 40th symphony were always my fave at the time. I never went much on opera, but an uncle got me into Rossini, mainly for the overtures. 'William Tell' is just brilliant. |
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I'm no connoisseur but I do like Barber's 'Adagio For Strings' and Satie's 'Gymnopedie No 1'.
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I can't believe no one else has mentioned Moonlight Sonata-apart from my mention of it above. It is such an atmospheric, emotional piece.
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I can't believe no one else has mentioned Moonlight Sonata-apart from my mention of it above. It is such an atmospheric, emotional piece.
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My choice for today:
Bellini - “Norma” – “Casta Diva” (magnificent Maria Callas) Puccini - “Gianni Schicchi” – “O mio babbino caro” (divine Montserrat Caballé) |
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Pachelbel's Canon
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Not exactly 'classical' per se, but Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is quite moving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM |
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Not exactly 'classical' per se, but Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is quite moving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM It was composed in the 1950s by Remo Giazotto who alleged to have found some fragments of the adagio in Albinoni's hand in the displaced archives of the Saxon State Library in Dresden after WW2. No-one believed him though and most people think he composed it from scratch, which must make it one of the most widely-known pieces of 20th century music in existence. Either way, there's no denying it's mournful, tragic beauty ![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuh3W...eature=related The sudden mood changes from grief to consolation are exquisite. |
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I like listening
Schubert 'Serenade', Beethoven 7th Symphony. |
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This thread has been quiet for a while so here's something I recently re-discovered - over 40 years after last hearing it on the old Clarke & Smith loudspeakers at school....
Litolff: - "Scherzo from Concerto Symphonique" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4i9Eqe_gs Henry Charles Litolff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litolff |
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