I'm listening to a professional development webinar where the presenter says he is a classically trained musician, and in the next breath mentions that Frédéric Chopin was a famous French composer.
Credibility plummeting. Good thing this webinar has nothing to do with music.
This performance just beats the others into submission.
Franz Liszt - Sonata In B Minor
Vladimir Horowitz (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL_efKcbR2A&feature=youtu.be
You NEED to hear this. Members of the NY Philharmonic performed a tremendous rendition of Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man in January at St. Bartholomew's in NYC.
The incredible acoustics here really help this very wide spacing work. Plus, NY Phil really showcases their elite skills on display here. It doesn't get much better than this.
https://plus.nyphil.org/videos/aaron-copland-fanfare-for-the-common-man
For those we have lost.🕯️
Arvo Pärt - Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Proms 2010, performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner
I should have posted this a week ago. This is an album that affected me deeply. Enjoy.
Alexander Gretchaninov - Strastnaya Sedmista (the 7 Days of the Passion) , Op. 58: Behold, the Bridegroom
Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgsItKr6qw
I may have private piano students return to the house soon. In preparation:
#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
#musictheory
If you don't think the opening movement of this piece is straight-up badass, then we can't be friends.
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Here is one of the most brilliant, evocative, and at times sonically brutal pieces ever written. If you don't know it already, prepare yourself.
Side note: I need to not listen to this piece while highway driving. It induces aggression.
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (1913)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1958) conducted by Leonard Bernstein
How have I never heard this before?
Aretha Franklin steps in for Pavarotti to sing Nessun Dorma at the 1998 Grammys:
For those who don't know what I'm talking about...
Diana Damrau is phenomenal here. Turn on subtitles if you don't speak German.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ
Advertisers keep on using Der Hölle Rache in their commercials...
How much work would it take to look up a translation of it, ask a person who knows anything about opera, or any German speaker? 🤬
We hand-catalogued all 2,094 movements from JS Bach cantatas, masses, motets, oratorios, Passions, and Magnificat – using the Neue Bach-Ausgabe – so you can browse by instrumentation and text.
Bach Arias, Duets, Choruses, Instruments, Lyrics & Translations | VMII
https://www.vmii.org/
There are many settings of this text, but this one wins in my book.
Kim André Arnesen - Even when he is silent
St. Jacobs Vokalensemble
Attention: Composers and Music Production People!
After @corlin pointed me to the excellent and free BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover from Spitfire Audio...
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover/
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Also, if you want an outstanding free scoring app, I recommend Dorico SE:
https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/se/
Happy Birthday, Wolfgang!
Mozart - Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner"
Berliner Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4_6UKrcxE
An Organ Recital, With a Coronavirus Shot - The New York Times
Salisbury Cathedral is joining Britain’s vaccination drive, and its organists are providing a musical accompaniment. They’re even taking requests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/arts/music/vaccine-cathedral-organ-music.html
This is a really great #musictheory reference tool and virtual instrument.
Check out the Scale Index and the FAQ.
Octave Compass
https://octavecompass.com
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