A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
nkit, Austrian Peter, and Steve C.
Every Sunday morning we present selections for our TBP family to enjoy.
We present symphonies, ensembles, quartets, octets, etc.
Not all of our music is strictly ‘classical’. We may stray a little, but we strive to make all of our selections ‘classy’.
We offer tips on proper ‘symphony etiquette’ and even some selections that are a bit light-hearted and fun aimed at a younger audience. Those pieces will be so designated, and might be a good way to introduce kids to a world of music that they might not have been exposed to or think of as old and ‘stuffy’.
A full symphony will run as long as it will. We don’t want to cut a symphony short. However, we also include some shorter pieces that we try to keep under fifteen minutes in length. You can sample each and hopefully find one or more that pleases you.
We hope that you enjoy our Sunday selections.
Piano Concerto No. 2 by S. Rachmaninov
This weeks selection comes to us with our thanks from ‘ursel doran’.
Khatia Buniatishvili plays Piano Concerto No. 2 by S. Rachmaninov
Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino
Gianandrea Noseda, dir.
L’italiano in Algeri
Ok, I’m going to dip into the Rossini well again, This piece is titled L’italiano in Algeri, the overture. The Italian girl in Algiers.
L’Italiana in Algeri (Italian pronunciation: [litaˈljaːna in alˈdʒɛːri]; The Italian Girl in Algiers) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca.
It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini’s style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies.
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 – Järvi
An orchestra for a change!
Hiromi Uehara – Voice – Jazz à Vienne 2011
It’s time for some ‘Classic Jazz’
Hiromi Uehara (p)
Anthony Jackson (b)
Steve Smith (d)
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
That is lovely ~L.
We’ll feature it and credit you on Oct. 25th.
Many thanks.
Thank YOU, my friend.
A really SPECTACULAR hour long from Paris like it used to be. 2019 date has to be wrong.
Fabulous collection of works and performers. Hit more info for the written list.
Appropriately the French national anthem is the closing piece!!
SUPERB selections, Sirs!
Worship at the music temple every Sunday morning.
Not just some Class, but some Sanity for a world gone totally stark raving bonkers INSANE!!
Okay so the end result was “we added a drum track to classical music, but at 10 years old it was actually a great way for my Dad to introduce me to classical music. So the actual end result was a kid that got into more then just what was popular at the time. It is after all the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark and the medley of bits and pieces of well known pieces is actually clever.
Striking that the orchestras and performers are basically all either Aryan or Asian.
A Sunday morning bonus track. The song is “Nella Fantasia” – music by Ennio Morricone, words by Sarah Brightman.
I love Sarah Brightman.
If you enjoy Sarah, then you should probably love this…
Thanks, nkit. Beautiful.
nkit, I just had a chance to listen to this one. Made me cry, not just his story, but that beautiful voice.
You weren’t the only one with wet eyes, my friend. Chokes me up. Have to keep replaying it.