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Classical Corner

Started by Pat, March 29, 2016, 01:25:18 PM

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so_P_bubble

#2130
Thanks so much MarsGal.  I so enjoy Spanish music. But best on guitar.

https://youtu.be/V3QfwMvYEmY

I have to look for the Fire Dance (de Falla), it's been ages since I listen to it. I used to play that record as lot as a teenager.

so_P_bubble

#2131
https://youtu.be/JVbA70FCpgA

Paganini - The 37 guitar sonatas

I love this.  It is over an hour and half long, and I have it on when I create with my PaintShop.

You can listen only to the first sonatas if this is too long! :)

MarsGal

I used to listen to guitar much more when I was young. My favorite is and was Andre Segovia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeebWgjrrU

A friend of mine was fond of Julian Bream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HerXDKeesCY

Same piece. Which do you like best?


My very favorite Flamenco piece is Malaguena. Found this one. Charo has still "got it". From a live concert in 2013.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNPXqG6ovg and  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u7mXr9vgw can't say I am fond of the background accompaniment though.

Okay, now you have me listening to 101 Strings Soul of Spain. I wore those two albums to death. I see someone else did too. This still has the old needle scratches in it. Just like mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehdWQtkWVJg&list=PLfTPGil9t9hygaP3SjxQvDYBTayV1tIgi&index=3&t=0s

Another old favorite I tended to play over and over again; Ante el Escorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4SL1kc9Ic
I always thought this a bit "dark" or mournful. Just love it.
And here is the inspiration for that piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=618U4D7aTfg
Click on show more for commentary in Spanish and English.
This one shows some of the gardens, courtyards and interiors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pyafDqnFU

Enjoy!

Mary Ann

MarsGal, I liked Segovia better, but there was more of his playing.  I like to listen to John Williams, especially Classical Guitar.

Bubble, I enjoyed your link and when I had something to do, I played the link so I could listen to it while I did the other.

Great-nephew James, Tom's son, plays the guitar.  He did take lessons, but I doubt he'll ever convert to classical music; he plays for his own enjoyment and for church but I'm going to send him Bubble's link and Segovia from MarsGal's link.

I was brought up on classical music and listen to light classical on the Music Choice on TV.  It is relaxing, I have it on "low" and I hardly know I have background music.

Mary Ann

so_P_bubble

#2134
Segovia by far! It has more "character".

Today I have been enjoying this one

https://youtu.be/C_GW8XnEyY0

 https://youtu.be/UN6tcdiqELk

 

PatH2

MarsGal, thanks for the interesting guitar comparison.  It's not quite fair, because we only hear Bream playing the first bit, which is more stylized and abstract.  So I went back and compared just the first minute.  I still like the Segovia better.  He's more vigorous and the different voices are clearer, so it's easier to hear what the piece is saying.  But Bream has a gentle softness that's appealing too.

so_P_bubble

Pat, what is your favorite Guitar composition?

PatH2

I don't have a favorite, Bubble.  I've been enjoying your Paganini, which is totally unfamiliar to me.

so_P_bubble

#2138

so_P_bubble

A Cellist's Nightmare - The Piano Guys "Rockelbel's Canon"

https://youtu.be/xV1mZ1BjKa8

Marilyne

"A Cellist's Nighmare",  put a smile on my face, first thing this morning.  Nice way to wake up!  :)

"Ode to Joy" - Always a pleasure to listen to, no matter who is playing or where.

Thanks Bubble

MarsGal

#2141
The birds are migrating a bit early I think. Seeing the birds and the sunshine has put me in a happy mood, so I found this to express my joy this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuy-1_3ThA0

so_P_bubble

LOvely!  I reminded Don to come and visit/listen!

I found this one very peaceful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVyvrSH0HM

PatH2

It was fun having the music to the flutes and trying to keep track of which flute was doing what.

Frybabe, the birds are getting serious here.  The mourning doves are checking out my windowsills as possible nesting sites--first solo, and now in pairs.  It's fun to watch them if they pick a spot.  You see the whole story: courting, sometimes the mating, building the nest, which is just a scattering of stems to keep eggs from rolling off.  But I hope they change their minds, because when the weather warms, the sill is too hot, and the eggs never hatch.  Usually they realize this and nest elsewhere.

so_P_bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw7ME9O0vxg

Neil Rutman, piano performs Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963) Melancolie
on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at San Francisco's Noontime Concerts at Historic Old St. Mary's

so_P_bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED38oz6Nouw



Francis Poulenc The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

RAMMEL

I recall the "Babar the Little Elephant" stories from earlier days in school. I think they were used to get us interested in reading and understanding what we read.  --- So long ago.
It's the WINDMILLS

          THIMK

Vanilla-Jackie

#2147
We all need something to take us away from this C-Virus doom and gloom, and i think i have just found it...enjoy...ten minutes of fun with Victor Borge.... try watching it to the end, you might just be surprised..a man of many talents...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDX1Vl-Jxk
" There is no present like the time "

Marilyne

I went to one of Victor Borge's concerts, many years ago.  Lots of fun and lots of laughs! 

MSG


Vanilla-Jackie

#2150
MSG...
....absolutely brilliant...

Marilyne...
...oh how lucky, memories to cherish...
" There is no present like the time "

angelface555

From us to you, the Rotterdam Philarmonic playing together from their separate homes;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXT60rbBVk&feature=youtu.be


PatH2

Rammel, when I read Babar in school, the book was written in SCRIPT.  We plowed through the script for the story.  When my children read it (not in school) it was no longer in script, but you could see bits of script in an occasional picture.  Of course now they aren't even teaching script in a lot of schools.


PatH2

He stumped me with that one--don't know it. 

so_P_bubble


so_P_bubble


Vanilla-Jackie

#2157
Bubble...
...this is what life is all about, finding something, that one thing in life that gives us pleasure...whether it be playing a musical instrument or something else..

Oh that smug look on that young male judges face as if she ( Himari Yoshimura, such young talent, ) is going to be another " no good " another waste of time..just seeing his expression changed was a joy..
" There is no present like the time "

MSG

Growing up is often a challenge for child performers, especially boy sopranos.

Aksel Rykkvin, age 13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9rvyvssvuI

Two years later, grown up. Not quite Fischer-Dieskau, but he can still sing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphscdLJ504

JeanneP

#2159
Such talent  from children so young. Imagine them when grown up.
Now I live by the large univ .here with many  Asian children's parents. We have lots of concert and telant children shows. Classical mostly. Mostly Chinese enter. such talent. Wonder why other races do not encourage our children , and they do not have same talent . we do seem to get singers and they don't. 
JeanneP