Classical Music (Videos)

Sibelius - Finlandia

performed by: Bounemouth Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Berglund

Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in E major
Elissa Lee Koljonen
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Conducted by James Judd

Bach Violin Concerto in A minor (1st and 2nd movements)
David Oistrakh


Bach Double Concerto
Isaac Stern & Shlomo Mintz
(Parts 1-3)




[edit on 6/11/2009 by Spiramirabilis]

Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirits

reply to post by Hellmutt


nice - haven't heard that in a long time

I also enjoyed Finlandia the other day - hadn't heard that in a while either

I love this thread

this is my favorite insomnia thread

:-)

reply to post by Spiramirabilis


It was not "the right" version of Finlandia though. I don't think the brass "salutes" at the beginning ended abruptly enough, if you know what I mean. And then there are some other details. It's hard to fight a perfect version. Here's a couple of others:

Yle Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri (Finnish radio symphony orchestra) conducted by Sakari Oramo October 22, 2005 NHK Hall, Tokyo

Lim Kek-tjiang conducts Evergreen Symphony Orchestra

Edvard Grieg - Troldtog (March of the trolls)

reply to post by Hellmutt

It was not "the right" version of Finlandia though. I don't think the brass "salutes" at the beginning ended abruptly enough, if you know what I mean. And then there are some other details. It's hard to fight a perfect version. Here's a couple of others:

I do know what you mean -

what happens to me - I'll have a favorite version of something I listen to all the time - after that no matter what I pick it sounds wrong - it just sounds off when I know it's really just different

and finding videos - you can sometimes find an amazing performance - but the sound sucks - or the video is bad

or - an amazing recording of a less than great performance :-)

March of the Trolls was a favorite of my dad's - takes me back to my childhood...

which reminds me of this:

In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)
Edvard Grieg
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet


A little taster.


Hooked? I'll leave the rest to Claudio Abbado:









Bravo.







[edit on 15/6/09 by pause4thought]

Bruckner 9, 2nd Mvmt (I)

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 II. Scherzo. Bewegt, lebhaft - Trio. Schnell Part 1 of 2 NDR Symphony Orchestra Gunter Wand, conductor Dom zu Luebeck, Germany 1988

And as always, make sure that the HQ button is activated (red) when it's available. If you have a Youtube account, it's a good idea to go to your playback settings and chose the option "I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it's available". Then, when you're playing embedded videos (i.e. on BTS), it will always chose the HQ mode for HQ videos automatically when you press play. The videos might take a little longer to load, but you'll get better audio/video.

Hellmutt - I just ran through - saw that you have one movement - the 3rd

hope you don't mind - putting in all 4

New World Symphony
Antonin Dvorak
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

Elgar Cello Concerto
Cello: Jacqueline Du Pré
Conducer: Daniel Barenboim

reply to post by Spiramirabilis


Thank you!


Here's "Elgar Cello Concerto 4th mov. - part 2"

reply to post by Hellmutt


and thank you :-)

it was late - over here

Vladimir Horowitz
Chopin´s prelude "Raindrop" in D flat

Chopin Nocturne in Fm Op.55

Chopin Mazurka

Carmen Fantasie

Mozart Sonata in C Major K. 330; 1st Movement

Scriabin - Vers La Flamme

piano isn't my first love - but got hooked today

also - sorry about the first one - couldn't find live version - but just liked it





[edit on 11/4/2009 by Spiramirabilis]

Vivaldi - Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 452 Adagio


Black Swan

Gloria Coates - Symphony 4 - 1st mvt

Symphony No. 4 "Chiaroscuro" (1984/1990)

First movement "Ilumination", based on "Dido's Lament" from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas"

Gloria Coates - Symphony No.2 "Illuminatio in Tenebris" (1974/1988)

Primo Movimento


Secondo Movimento


Terzo Movimento


[edit on 9 Jan 2010 by Hellmutt]

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Hellmutt - thank you

she's someone new to me - I'm going to have to listen a few more times - but it's beautiful

for some reason made me think of this:
Gorecki Symphony No. 3 "Sorrowful Songs" - Lento e Largo
Soprano: Isabel Bayrakdaraian
Sinfonietta Cracovia
conducted by John Axelrod.