Classical Music Appreciation Thread

[papermoon.lady]

 I love classical music, and I know the Countess likes it too. Maybe there are also lurkers who like it. 🙂

Anyway, maybe some will like to post classical music here (or listen to it).

You can post opera arias, piano recitals, orchestra concerts... - anything you like. Classical music is used in its broader meaning in this thread.

Please post links rather than embedding videos because sometimes the videos won't load.

Let's start...

Luciano Pavarotti - Una furtiva lacrima/lagrima (from L'Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J7JM0tGgRY

[countessalmirena]

Joseph Canteloube: Baïlèro (from Chants d'Auvergne), sung by Victoria de los Angeles

https://youtu.be/omuJLzFyRYg

One of my favourite performance of this lovely piece. I also love Kiri Te Kanawa's peerless version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalGP1_hgyI), Netania Davrath (https://youtu.be/-iI8tMHrD_c), Véronique Gens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5TVKT0HbVo&t=168s) and also a live version (https://youtu.be/24iMnUiRjzk), María Bayo (https://youtu.be/KWXroPCcZS8), Frederica von Stade (https://youtu.be/_qzMXQWX2QY), Anna Moffo (https://youtu.be/K14SWWX19cY?t=542)... I'd better stop there!

Spoiler

When Renee Fleming released her recording of it, I thought it would be glorious. In terms of tone, it is, but the interpretation seems superficial. Still, it's never less than beautiful.

[myoclon1cjerk]

https://youtu.be/Eqxo0rV2AFY

[myoclon1cjerk]

Something quite different. When DJs meet a classical musician.

https://youtu.be/hMXKtNry7ng

[papermoon.lady]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:

Something quite different. When DJs meet a classical musician.

https://youtu.be/hMXKtNry7ng

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It sort of reflects how I feel right now.

[papermoon.lady]

Gustav Holst - Ode to Death

London Symphony Chorus and City of London SInfonia with Richard Hickox as conductor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73rX1AfaHz0&list=PLCaYobZ79uQoflT5F5qp8Sm8gqvA6stki&index=5

[papermoon.lady]

Jean Sibelius - Valse Triste

Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ls8-pk4IS4&list=PLCaYobZ79uQoflT5F5qp8Sm8gqvA6stki&index=26

[papermoon.lady]

Maurice Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JiKI-SK3t0&list=PLCaYobZ79uQoflT5F5qp8Sm8gqvA6stki&index=29

[papermoon.lady]

Vangelis - La Petite Fille de la Mer

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

[myoclon1cjerk]

Toru Takemitsu - Nostalgia.

https://youtu.be/Dhyp68JazHM

[countessalmirena]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:

Toru Takemitsu - Nostalgia.

https://youtu.be/Dhyp68JazHM

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Strange, disturbing, shifting in and out of silence and tonality. You can feel the sense of loss and the capturing of memory.