Classical Corner

[Oldiesmann]

Here's a question for you classical music experts... What is this based on? I recognize the tune but can't for the life of me remember what it is and it's driving me crazy.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Oldiesmann ( Michael )

...i am getting close in my way of thinking it is of " The Shadows," just not sure if it is " Apache " although not under our " Classical " banner..It also has the touch of " Ennio Morrecone.." I am sure one of our classical experts will come up with the correct answer to your question..

[MarsGal]

Oldiesman, it is a arrangement of an interlude written by Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera Tale of the Tsar Sultan. Rimsky-Korsakov is one of my favorite composers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8asBxO4oI

[MarsGal]

Ah, another one of my early favorites: Khachaturian's Sabre Dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQHGpxrz-8

Another famous piece, the only part of Also Sprach Zarathustra that I like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szdziw4tI9o

A famous piece, it is often the only part of Carmina Burana that anyone hears. Too bad. The whole thing is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPvtwKU-EE

Here is a laugh to get your day started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzjlmBLfrQ

[so_P_bubble]

Famous for daring to reimagine the piano, master piano maker David Klavins invites us to his workshop in Vác, Hungary, for a calming concert. He treats us to performances on three of his creations, including a tiny una corda piano and a massive vertical concert grand that he climbs a ladder to play because it's 15-feet tall. While the una corda delights the ears with delicate notes, the vertical concert grand strikes a chord with deep, rich tones.

https://youtu.be/X71PY_5XwZ4

[so_P_bubble]

MarsGal, what a great selection your links are. Khachaturian's Sabre Dance is also one of my favorites.

I miss those Don's Sundays programs...  Playing CDs is not the same.

[Oldiesmann]

Oldiesman, it is a arrangement of an interlude written by Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera Tale of the Tsar Sultan. Rimsky-Korsakov is one of my favorite composers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8asBxO4oI

This isn't "Flight of the Bumblebee". I'm quite familiar with that piece. They turned that one into "Bumble Boogie", which was a big hit in 1961.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra3cN2DUxzY

[Oldiesmann]

Update... Someone on another site identified it as being from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

[MarsGal]

That's what I get for not listening to your clip. Yes, from Swan Lake. I didn't know those guys did anything but the Flight of the Bumblebee. I only ever heard Bumble Boogie, but forgot the name, so when I saw B. Bumble and the Stingers, I automatically remembered that one. It appears they did one called Nut Rocker too. I tried listening to a few bars of that and didn't like it at all.

[Oldiesmann]

They did quite a few adaptations of classical pieces. Most weren't hits though.

[MarsGal]

Something baroque. Not my favorite style, but this is very nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2O_yfgtBU
Painting is the Piazza Novona, Rome, painted in 1699 by Casper van Wittel.

The Piazza Navona today: https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/italy/lazio/navona-square-rome.html

[MarsGal]

Ottorino Respighi has been popping up in the classical music que on my YouTube feed lately, so I've been taking to opportunity to listen to some of his works I had never heard before. Here are two of my favorite new listens:

La pentola magica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOlT19KAX9U

Concerto Gregoriano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB5KRHTPTjA

[so_P_bubble]

Absolutely beautiful, particularly the second one.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Gifted with such a talent...William Zhang child prodigy..

[so_P_bubble]

Mesmerizing

https://youtu.be/sQ2chcGOJgY

[MarsGal]

I think my dad would roll over in his grave. Bolero was on of his favorites.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Bubble - MarsGal...
Bolero..
..well what can i say but I didn't think i would enjoy it but strangely i did...It was unique - quite a complicated and lengthy routine, 16 minutes - very seductive - and in perfect synchronise with each other, nothing like i have seen before...

[MarsGal]

Here is a Ralph Vaughn Williams piece I hadn't heard before. It is lovely as is the slideshow included with the music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9RA_BR_p0

[Oldiesmann]

Here's a great piano piece I heard on a random radio show years ago. This came out in 1988.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Michael...
...thank you i am really enjoying this piece of tranquil-calming music here in UK at 6.40 am after listening to our BBC doom and gloom news on our due second wave, not the best start to a day...So thank you again for the music and video clip that for a few minutes has taken me away from our troubled world...we need more reminders of our beautiful world to come into our lives at our now troubling and uncertain times..

[MarsGal]

Michael, I have two of David Lanz's albums which I have not listened to in a few years. I believe Christofori's Dream is the cover title. It is a beautiful piece.

While rummaging through boxes the other day I found the cable I needed to hook up my 25 disc CD player to my sound bar, analog to digital. I can listen to my CD's again. Previously, the changer was hooked up to an RCA receiver with five speakers, one of which isn't working any more for some reason. It was in an out of the way place with all the speakers close together and the wiring hidden from Oscar, who liked to chew on wires when he was younger. Now I also have Shan who likes to chew on hard plastic, and Lucy likes to go after plastic bags and such. What is it with cats and plastic and wires! It has been a challenge to find and keep all this hidden away. They always seem to find something I missed. Fortunately, Oscar doesn't chew wires any more. Anyway, all my CDs are now back in my "media room" less all those wires, just the one that hooks up my changer with the sound bar.

[so_P_bubble]

https://youtu.be/avlOGya53IU

I think you'll enjoy this as much as I did!

[MarsGal]

I have seen some of those, but not this one. Thank You.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Bubble, thank you, this is what we are needing, some feel-good factor..here is another one...Apologies, not classical..

[Oldiesmann]

A couple of great works by Mike Oldfield. From a live performance at London's Horse Guard Parade in September 1998.

[MarsGal]

I have the first Tubular Bells album on CD. Haven't played in in quite a while.

Some of my favorite Halloween classical music:

Danse Macabre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM&list=PLG0r_4QLi0T_8Xt9Ty_mVQAiCu0fSPMUE
Be sure to click on "show more" to read about the music and the poem that inspired it.

Night on Bald Mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8&list=PLG0r_4QLi0T_8Xt9Ty_mVQAiCu0fSPMUE&index=10

Funeral March of a Marionette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pOXhAF7L0I&list=RD0pOXhAF7L0I&start_radio=1

Ride of the Valkyries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDuxfqOa9c

Well that's enough. I am getting mighty tired of dealing with all the ads on YouTube lately. Need to think about going with the premium. Not only are they doubling up on ads at the beginning, but they are now cutting into the middle of clips, sometimes in mid-sentence.

[Oldiesmann]

Can't forget the famous Tocatta and Fugue

[MarsGal]

I think the first time I encountered Bach's Tocatta and Fugue was when I saw 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (the one with James Mason and Kirk Douglas). Dad only had a small collection of 78's and Bach was not among them.

[PatH2]

Oldiesmann,thanks for posting the Bach.  I love that piece.

MarsGal, when I saw that movie when it first came out, the only thing that stuck in my head was Captain Nemo playing that Bach on his organ.  I watched it again 5 or 10 years ago and thought it was a good job, but the Bach is still almost the only thing that sticks.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

Just been listening to this fine voice, think it is worthy to come under the heading of " classical."

Malcolm Vaughan - The Wedding ( La Novia )