SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

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.

ENNIO MORRICONE – CONCERTO ARENA di VERONA

28 Settembre 2002

1-Cinema Paradiso
2-Once upon a time in America
3-The legend of 1900
4-The good, the bad and the ugly
5- Once upon a time in the West
6- A fistful of dynamite
7-The good, the bad and the ugly (2)
8-La luz prodigiosa
9-Battle of Algeri
10-Sacco e Vanzetti
11-Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
12-Sostiene Pereira
13-La classe operaia và in paradiso
14-Casualities of war
15-Queimada – Abolisson
16-Il deserto dei Tartari
17-Richard III
18-Il deserto dei Tartari (2)
19-The mission

Silence And I

On the evening of August 31st, 2013, a large crowd gathered at Parque Pies Descalzos in Medellín, Colombia.

When Alan Parsons appeared on stage, along with the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra and his band the audience went wild. This is an audio visual document of that incredible evening.

Alan Parsons was 19 years old when he landed a job at the world famous Abbey Road Studios, an important first step on his journey to becoming a world class engineer, producer and artist. Following his beginnings with George Martin and The Beatles, his contribution to Pink Floyd’s classic ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ earned him worldwide attention. As a producer he had many hits with Pilot, John Miles, Ambrosia and Al Stewart. Together with his manager and creative partner at the time, Eric Woolfson, he developed the Alan Parsons Project.

Following their debut album “Tales Of Mystery And Imagination“ (1976), they released a series of hit albums; namely “I Robot” (1977), “Pyramid” (1978), “The Turn of a Friendly Card” (1980), “Eye in the Sky” (1982), “Ammonia Avenue” (1984), “Vulture Culture” (1985), “Stereotomy” (1986) and “Gaudi” (1987).

Then Parsons and Woolfson called it a day, but Parsons had ambitions to perform the amazing music live. Now to the great delight of his fans, for the first time on a live video and audio recording, THE ALAN PARSONS SYMPHONIC PROJECT combines the talents of his amazing band with the lush sound of a 70-piece symphony orchestra, creating a very special show with unmatched quality. Together, they revitalize hits such as “Eye In The Sky“, “Don’t Answer Me“ and “Sirius“.

The lineup consists of Alan Parsons on acoustic guitar, keys, and vocals, P.J. Olsson (lead vocals), Alastair Greene (guitar, vocals), Guy Erez (bass, vocals), Danny Thompson (drums, vocals), Tom Brooks (keyboards, vocals) and Todd Cooper (saxophone, guitar, percussion, vocals). Alejandro Posada conducts the Medellin Philharmonic Orchestra

This first piece really highlights the Orchestra. It is titled “Silence and I.”

Old And Wise

The next piece is titled “Old And Wise.”
An excellent Sax solo to end it.

Don’t Answer Me

(This one looks like it isn’t there, but go ahead and click on it and it opens up)

Next is their hit “Don’t Answer Me.”

Again, some excellent Sax by Todd Cooper.

Sirius – Eye In The Sky

We’ll follow that with another huge APP hit.

Games People Play

We’ll finish this up with yet another APP hit, and once again, some good Sax by Todd Cooper.

I hope that you like this. APP was always a favorite of mine, but with the Orchestra they are even better.

Take Care,


Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto n.1

Nikita Magaloff plays the Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto n.1. Karl Martin conducts the Rai Turin Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai) Turin, 1986

Sergey Rachmaninov was the last great representative of the Russian Romantic tradition as a composer, but was also a widely and highly celebrated pianist of his time. His piano concertos, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and his preludes famously test pianists’ skills.

His Symphony No. 2, the tone poem Isle of the Dead, and his Cello Sonata are also notable. The passionate melodies and rich harmonies of his music have been called the perfect accompaniment for love scenes, but in a greater sense, they explore a range of emotions with intense and compelling expression.

W. A. Mozart: Symphony nº 40

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

Sinfonía nº 40, en sol menor, KV. 550

I. Molto Allegro (00:28)
II. Andante (07:55)
III. Menuetto. Trio (18:00)
IV. Allegro assai (21:55)

Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Dima Slobodeniouk, director

Grabación realizada en el Palacio de la Ópera de A Coruña el 19 de diciembre de 2015

The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.

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