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

[myoclon1cjerk]

😄

https://youtu.be/zeoT66v4EHg

[countessalmirena]

Very cleverly done - and extremely cute.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Some gorgeous artwork to go with this beautifully sung song.

https://youtu.be/sQRuNNfgjOM?si=dZi-F-qEg9zXRrWQ

[myoclon1cjerk]

Reviving this thread with Camille Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre. 👍

https://youtu.be/TLRTS28bhMg?si=BPMJrtACW_TzBrCT

[countessalmirena]

An early and quite spectacular performance of the “Mira, o Norma” duet from Bellini’s Norma, sung by Joan Sutherland and Margreta Elkins in glorious voice:

 https://youtu.be/iVtcFJbmAUk?si=ghRNLGlMgMNT7ALL

[countessalmirena]

I took mum (and a neighbour of ours who also loves Bach) to see the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra performing the complete Bach Orchestral Suites a couple of weeks ago. It was outstanding.

Here’s a link to the first Orchestral Suite joyously and beautifully performed by the Netherlands Bach Society:

https://youtu.be/DquhZcSwrrI?si=WwGRmsOnwPo46ZJa

[countessalmirena]

Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2, also played by Netherlands Bach Society:

https://youtu.be/x8Rv9ppP6A8?si=LSv3olvt4wSUQ1Po

… Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3, ditto:

https://youtu.be/oqU4rF_ysQo?si=hXI9MP3KGKpXCPMc

… and Orchestral Suite No. 4, ditto:

https://youtu.be/uTUEvfdHyL0?si=W01l8i-1cSSURFFi

Bach’s genius pleases my soul and my mind so deeply that it’s like hearing E = mc² in musical form.