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]

Bruch: Jubilate, Amen op.3. Sung by Cheryl Studer with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers.

https://youtu.be/9mnoAiG3uUg

[papermoon.lady]

Franz Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 5 (Feux Follets)

Played by Evgeny Kissin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsggmCF1Cys

[papermoon.lady]

Paganini - Etude No. 3 (La Campanella)

Arranged by Franz Liszt

Played by Evgeny Kissin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naaebgU0rLo

[papermoon.lady]

Olivier Messiaen - Le Merle Noir

Flute: Kenneth Smith

Piano: Matthew Schellhorn

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

[countessalmirena]

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@papermoon.lady wrote:

Franz Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 5 (Feux Follets)

Played by Evgeny Kissin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsggmCF1Cys

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It's fantastic in the best sense of the word. Exciting and full of hurtling (but never uncontrolled) cascades.

I thnk my favourite is György Cziffra - https://youtu.be/ITROC-Dn9zo - but I love Trifanov playing all of these as well... (https://youtu.be/enGs1nAFNa4), and Lazar Berman (https://youtu.be/9wkYT7CSpsU), ... and I nearly forgot Boris Berezovsky - https://youtu.be/wc1nu3Z5xVQ - playing like the Angel Gabriel.

What a piece!

[countessalmirena]

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@papermoon.lady wrote:

Paganini - Etude No. 3 (La Campanella)

Arranged by Franz Liszt

Played by Evgeny Kissin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naaebgU0rLo

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Gorgeous - I can hear those bells in the upper register. Kissin's clean technique and interpretative heart are amazing.

[countessalmirena]

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op.22. Played by Bertrand Chamayou, with Orchestre National de France, cond. Krivine.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOLbLjxOu7tafrhsUnh-c7voLKHSKetOK

This is extremely fine playing. There isn't a subtlety overlooked.

[countessalmirena]

Handel: Where'er you walk (from Semele). Sung by John Mark Ainsley.

https://youtu.be/BYOZnwQQV18

[countessalmirena]

Charpentier: Depuis le jour (from Louise). Sung by Mirella Freni.

https://youtu.be/BowtHopXu4w

(My favourite recording of this aria.)

[papermoon.lady]

For a 9-year old she was pretty good. 

(The singing starts at about 2:40.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEMR3A4WLC8