Classical anyone?

I have a particularly lovely version on Bradford Marsalis' album.
http://www.amazon.com/Creation-Erik-Satie/dp/B00005A8I4

That video isn't exactly the version on the album but its still very beautiful.

perfect for me and stinky to Zzzzzz to...

Just heard this again last night--one of my favorite concertos by Vivaldi--for two cellos . . . but here, we get Bobby McFerrin and a cellist, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (it takes three shots to do all three movements):

This ends at four minutes--i don't know why they made it almost eight minutes long . . .



This one ends at 3:16 . . .



And the final and in my never humble opinion the best movement . . . this one ends at about 3:10 . . .

Very cinematic and lovely spin on the original!

An inspirational Mahler 2nd, conducted by the equally inspiring Claudio Abaddo: http://www.openclassical.com/composer/Gustav_Mahler/work/Symphony_2?play_movie=HkoeH5BtLyQ. R.I.P. Maestro.

Here's some Wagner, if anyone's interested. Click image.

Oh what the heck -






Another dose of Wagner to brighten our day.

Here's the legend of the good ship Flying Dutchman..

Tchaikovski's Capriccio Ittalien:


Which I believe translates as Italian Kid...

A completer item.


Damnation Of Faust: Rakoczi March



H.Berlioz

Dvorak's Humoresque - Kreisler

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" from the Met performance. Eight wonderful screaming sisters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRwBiu4wfQ

8 more plus Brunhilde in concert. A most unlikely bunch of sisters, but can they sing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMHBPed9Bs

Here are some arrangements, by Berlioz, of La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, a wonderful piece of music in its own right. The first is performed by tenor Roberto Alagna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZ4GQ5ZPME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHOkECIg1AA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXvVWQ8ySzQ

Here is the ballet "Cinderella" by the Paris National Opera Ballet Company choreographed by the late dancer Rudolph Nureyev. It has a modern setting taking place around the 1920s with the theme of a film studio, King Kong et al. It's a refreshing departure from the old, stodgy Ashton production. It's 2 hours long, and you'll enjoy it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6G0WG6YwBo

Another "Cinderella" I've just finished watching, this time by the Russian Mariinsky Theatre that also has a modern setting. This may be my favorite, especially with the conductor's wonderful interpretation of the Prokofiev score. The music was written in the 1940s during the war after Prokofiev had returned to Russia. The video is in two parts and the first automatically goes onto the second part, each about an hour long. It's a comedic version, and the horny, self-serving step-mother will kill you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXlxsfE7hxM

This is the Mahler 8th symphony conducted by Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic in 1975. This is one of the two best performances of this work I've seen. Give it a chance; you'll be rewarded. It should be in your repertoire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSYEOLwVfU8

RIP Sir Neville

you and your mighty influence will be missed

I had the opportunity to go to a concert at the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg, but that was many decades ago.

Whoa, I just read this. I have a lot of recordings of him and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

May he rest in peace.

Some modern classical, The Wires.