LeungKen Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 This is Jiri Kylian's interpretation of Mozart's 2nd movement of the Piano Concerto No. 23, and having seen and worked with some great dance companies this is one of the best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Only when played by David Oistrakh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41632584 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 58 minutes ago, Stupooey said: She (Katherine Jenkins) performed at the Bangkok International Festival of Dance & Music last Thursday; regrettably I missed it. Funny, I just wanted to mention that. I did attend. Have to say I was more impressed by Joseph Calleja and Celine Byrne, but that could also have to with the repertoire and the fact Katherine Jenkins used a microphone, which caused slight imbalance of sound between orchestra and her. It also changed the natural sound to something digitally amplified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 38 minutes ago, LeungKen said: This is Jiri Kylian's interpretation of Mozart's 2nd movement of the Piano Concerto No. 23, and having seen and worked with some great dance companies this is one of the best. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Derek Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) I've heard it all but my tastes have changed over the years. The problem with most classical music is that the composers feel the need to lurch from loud to soft repeatedly. Take Bruckner - you're enjoying a beautiful serene passage then up comes another stupid crescendo. Have to turning the sound up and down repeatedly. Seems like they just can't help it. Nowadays I mainly listen to choral music and singing - Tallis, Dowland and the like - because it stays serene. This is pure sophistication ???? In my earlier days though I could stand some turmoil. My candidates for the most stonking pieces of music of all time are Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe (check out the incredible orgasmic climax), and Prokofiev's Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution - the climax to this is the most astonishing thing I've ever heard. Edited January 31, 2022 by Mr Derek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siftasam Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Thankfully I missed it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangkinok Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, LeungKen said: If you think classical music can't be fun, try this. I like this one better ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siftasam Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Victornoir: we're straying off the classical subject, but, yes, wonderful Miles - before all the 'fusion junk'. (His Carnegie Hall performance 1961 I treasure. You know the great Miles discs of that period) Of course, he didn't want to play the same music and in the same way that he'd played for so long before, but it's still junk.) Had Clifford Brown not been killed in a car accident in 1956, he would have been a greater trumpeter and composer than Miles. Perhaps Fats Navarro and Lee Morgan too, both dying very young. Talking of that, have you heard Roy Hargrove (dead at age 49) playing live on YouTube "I Remember Clifford'? Blissful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federico Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Rachmaninov concerto numéro 2 ut minor and lots of Bach and Mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxx Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 hours ago, federico said: Rachmaninov concerto numéro 2 ut minor I'm guessing that's his piano concerto no. 2 in C minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41632584 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, Mr Derek said: I've heard it all but my tastes have changed over the years. The problem with most classical music is that the composers feel the need to lurch from loud to soft repeatedly. Take Bruckner - you're enjoying a beautiful serene passage then up comes another stupid crescendo. Have to turning the sound up and down repeatedly. Seems like they just can't help it. Nowadays I mainly listen to choral music and singing - Tallis, Dowland and the like - because it stays serene. This is pure sophistication ???? In my earlier days though I could stand some turmoil. My candidates for the most stonking pieces of music of all time are Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe (check out the incredible orgasmic climax), and Prokofiev's Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution - the climax to this is the most astonishing thing I've ever heard. Love Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé! Like one enters a magical forest or world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Warsaw Concerto / Richard Addinsell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 The World At War theme. I couldn't find on YouTube the same version that is on my pickup's thumb drive, so I uploaded it: 1005 World at War.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP24 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 On topic, this musician's ethnicity and attractiveness completely aside, this is one of the most beautiful displays of pure individual talent that I've run across within my (very, very limited) experience in the realm of classical music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Nino Rota - The Glass Mountain That's about as "Classical" as I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 What do you mean with "Classical Music"? Medieval (c. 1150 - c. 1400)? Renaissance (c. 1400 - c. 1600)? Baroque (c. 1600 - c. 1750)? Classical (c. 1750 - c. 1830)? Early Romantic (c. 1830 - c. 1860)? Late Romantic (c. 1860 - c. 1920)? Post 'Great War' Years (c. 1920 - Present)? Most of the "Classic Music" were "Ballroom Music" at their times. A Valse; A Bourree; etc. were dance music and used at party's. The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; Carlos Santana; etc are Classics of the "Great War years" and could fit it this thread as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Somewhere In Time (Main Theme) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41632584 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 33 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said: The World At War theme. I couldn't find on YouTube the same version that is on my pickup's thumb drive, so I uploaded it: 1005 World at War.mp3 1.83 MB · 257 downloads I wasn't aware one could upload sound files. Learned something new! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 11 minutes ago, Confuscious said: The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; Carlos Santana; etc are Classics of the "Great War years" and could fit it this thread as well Nah, we've got: "https://aseannow.com/topic/1245109-blast-from-the-past-60s-70s-80s-music-2022/" - for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, 41632584 said: I wasn't aware one could upload sound files. Learned something new! Yes! Standby for a load of my non-YouTube mp3's! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41632584 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Shostakovich No. 5 - 4th movement conducted by Leonard Bernstein Probably the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. But I guess some forum members would be able to tell. Bernstein's famous interpretation of this music leading to a ridiculously fast execution by the orchestra. Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Bernstein.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habuspasha Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 35 minutes ago, 41632584 said: Shostakovich No. 5 - 4th movement conducted by Leonard Bernstein Probably the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. But I guess some forum members would be able to tell. Bernstein's famous interpretation of this music leading to a ridiculously fast execution by the orchestra. Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Bernstein.mp4 Thank you. See what you mean. It does seem close to going off the rails in the beginning, but the rest is more traditional and still beautifully done. Don't know the orchestra. You Tube offers the sound of a Bernstein and New York Phil performance from 1959 but it is not this one: In 1959 Bernstein did not have gray hair and it is not quite as fast in 1959. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Good mentions. Holst's Planets and anything by Elgar and Britten. Few noteworthies: Rachmaninov — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini John Barry — Somewhere in Time theme (one of the most beautiful pieces penned) Yann Tiersen — Comptine d'un autre ete l'apres midi (cracking piano) Borodin — Prince Igor Bach — Toccata in F More progressive, but Rick Wakeman's Judas Iscariot on cathedral organ is sublime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 23 hours ago, thaibook said: Sondheim must be quite a chap if he gives interviews after dying. More to the point, I like Church music, especially requiems - Mozart of course, Bach but I find the Renaissance requiems - Morales, Victoria, etc with singing in cappella very uplifting. Would like the Morales sung at my funeral. My favourite Church music was Jerusalem. Wonderful on an organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 For modern "classical" music watch the Ghibli 25 years concert. Massive orchestra, huge choir, thousands in the audience- absolutely fantastic. It's on U Tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisKC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I am enclosing links from YouTube just a few classical pieces for your delectation. Hope you like them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fZoKSIHbOA Lola Astenova piano (video) She is special - go to her channel for more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kqu2mk-Kw Smetana "The Moldau" Simply super orchestral video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEnW5_GTooI "Orpheus in the Underworld" overture Offenbach orchestral video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyd0HfL5leY The Tudors TV series theme music Trevor Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQqbJPoSbw Lucia Popp aria from Zaide opera Mozart (I love this aria by this singer from a few years back) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roPSH0-_EZg "Mariettes song" from Die tote Stadt opera Korngold very moving video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Derek Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 15 hours ago, 41632584 said: Love Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé! Like one enters a magical forest or world. Unfortunately that version doesn't include a choir. The choral version, with the crescendo of oohs and aahs at the end is really something and is the closest thing to porn in classical music. I've no doubt that was Ravel's intention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federico Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 23 hours ago, Oxx said: I'm guessing that's his piano concerto no. 2 in C minor. You’re right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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