A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
nkit, 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.
Steve C.
W. A. Mozart: Symphony nº 41 “Jupiter” – Lorin Maazel – Sinfónica de Galicia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonía nº 41, en do mayor, K 551 “Júpiter”.
Allegro vivace (00:26)
Andante cantabile (13:29)
Menuetto (Allegretto) (26:46)
Molto allegro (31:54)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia – Lorin Maazel, director.
Grabación realizada en el Palacio de la Ópera de A Coruña el 17 de mayo de 2012 – Festival Mozart 2012.
The Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To ursel doran.
Yuja Wang plays Liszt’s First Piano Concerto in E flat – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Proms 2022
As always much huge thanks for this place of worship of all the music on a Sunday!!! A submittal.
Yuja does a Liszt piece with Oslo symphony at the BBC.
This is a special performance of a long complex piece that she worked very hard on.
A first. Perspiration on her neck, and much deserved two encores with her response. HAPPY Sunday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9crd3QyeT4
The transformative power of classical music | Benjamin Zander
This gentleman’s diatribe/dissertation is so entertaining and informative that it needs preserving here.
nkit
André Rieu – Edelweiss
Andre Rieu is always welcome music around here, so I thought I might play some more.
Let’s start with a song from “The Sound of Music” made famous by Christopher Plummer titled “Edelweiss.”
André Rieu – Plaisir d’amour
Next, we’ll hear Andre performing Plaisir d’amour live in Dresden
What A Wonderful World – André Rieu
Next up, “What a Wonderful World”
André Rieu – Old Comrades (Alte Kameraden)
Next, Andre and his Johann Strauss Orchestra perform an old German song titled “Old Comrades (Alte Kameraden).
André Rieu – Adagio
Next, we’ll listen in on them performing “Adagio” – an excellent rendition, simply beautiful.
Andre Rieu – Dances with wolves – The John Dunbar Theme
They follow that with a Music Mafia favorite – Dances With Wolves, or The John Dunbar Theme.
André Rieu – Rigoletto
Next, Andre gets the crowd all worked up with his version of “Rigoletto.”
André Rieu – Opera Potpourri (Live in Amsterdam)
Finally, we close this out with Andre and crew performing “Opera Potpourri” in Amsterdam.
I hope that you have enjoyed Andre et al and that you have a great day.
Steve C.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien Op. 45
Richter Symphony Orchestra
Kaluga Philharmonic
Chief conductor Vasily Valitov
20.10.2020
Radetzky March: Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Nejc Bečan did again an amazing job. The Orchestra sold out the Gallus Hall in Cankarjev dom Slovenia in short seconds. This performance is a milestone. Primož Zevnik, a director, recorded it with 17 cameras. Gimnazija Kranj kids play amazingly. Just enjoy this powerful musical spectacle.
Radetzky March, Op. 228, is a march composed by Johann Strauss Sr. and dedicated to Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. First performed on 31 August 1848 in Vienna, it soon became quite popular among regimented marching soldiers. It has been remarked that its tone is more celebratory than martial; Strauss was commissioned to write the piece to commemorate Radetzky’s victory at the Battle of Custoza.
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
From Andrei Martyanov’s Blog
‘Here is a combination of a true Slavic beauty and musical talent by wonderful Ilona Skowronska from Poland. ‘
Stucky,
That’s very nice.
We’ll use it and credit you for it on January first.
Nice submission Stucky.
I love content like this here.
Steve, Thx. for the Moat’s Art.
Nkit, ditto for the Adagio and the Dunbar piece.
Ursel, you’ve made your bones, in my opinion, for La Cosa Nostra por la musica classica.
Bravo, to all the faux paisans.
SMC,
Nothing but the best for you our friend.
THANKS. Some peace for the mind and soul is the music.
You have class my good friend – that is exceptional, she is making love to her guitar – I can feel the orgasm! I wish I was a guitar! 🙂
24/7/365 classical stream, except for 2AM – 5AM Mondays:
https://www.classicalwcrb.org/#stream/0
The new piano concert, composed “specifically to fit Wang’s immense abilities”, has been made available.
Obviously modern, but not too crazy, in my opinion:
Yuja Wang: Magnus Lindberg Piano Concerto No. 3 (world premiere 2022-10-13)
Audio only:
Very nice ‘m’, but ursel doran might be after you…
We’ll use it and credit you for it on January first.
Many thanks.
All here are properly and rightfully dedicated to soul and sanity preservation for a minimum of once a week!
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Today I finally found the time to listen attentively to it, using headphones:
Wow, what a great piece!!
(Maybe even a fantastic piece, but I need to listen to it at least two more times.)
After a few minutes, it suddenly seems to me as if the occasional hectic staccatos and “Modern” dissonant accords are only a disguise… the piece is actually Romanticism!
To me, I’m totally finding some Mussorgsky in it: Pictures of an Exhibition
Yuja is outstanding, and the SF Symphony brass -and somewhat also the woodwinds and the percussionist- hit it out of the ballpark as well.
“This gentleman’s diatribe/dissertation is so entertaining and informative that it needs preserving here.”
Shiny Eyes Indeed.
Words to remember, TRY to live by.
Very personable, ‘Human’. Made me ‘sample’, listen in their respective entirety, way more than i would normally, 1st go ’round.
You efforts are much appreciated. Thank You.
The “Replies” as well. NOT a personal attack, but Wang’s last?
Discordant.
Thank you Steve C and nkit for some resounding accompaniment to my work this weekend which is focused on the outcome of our WEF-infiltrated government and their dystopian Autumn Statement. As I prepare my ‘Special Letter’ for this Thursday – drilling down in the innards of their fiscal machinations – I am reminded of my heritage.
Now it is past time that we resist this global takeover. So I add my stirring March in 2 mins to your excellent selection!
Excellent …
Not sure how closely related the Vikings are to the folks of Finland — though I suspect that the Vikings may have had a presence there at one time.
One of Finland’s great classical composers was Jean Sibelius, who composed a number of works displaying the proud nationalism of his time and place …
Here is a compilation of the complete orchestral works of Sibelius performed by the Halle Orchestra and conducted by Sir John Barbirolli from performances in 1966-1969 — Barbirolli was a leading conductor of Sibelius’ works. This compilation runs 1:54:54 and is an excellent collection …
Finlandia – Symphonic Poem op.26 (00:00)
Karelia Suite Op.ll
I. Intermezzo (08:32) II. Ballade (12:17)
III. Alla marcia (19:35)
Pohjola’s Daughter / Symphonic Fantasia Op.49 (24:20)
Valse triste / from Kuolema – lncidental Music Op.44 (38:42)
Lemminkäinen Suite Op.22
I. The Swan Of Tuonela / English Horn : Eric Fletcher (44:21)
II. Lemminkäinen’s Return (52:20)
Pelléas et Mélisande / Suite from the Incidental Music Op.46
I. At The Castle Gate (58:47)
II. Mélisande (1:03:13)
III. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel (1:07:12)
IV. The Death of Mélisande (1:09:31)
Scène Historiques / Suite I & II
All’ overture Op.25 No.1 (1:15:37)
The Hunt Op.66 No.1 (1:20:55)
Scena Op.25 No.2 (1:28:46)
Rakastava ‘The Lover’ / for strings and percussion Op.14
I. The Lover (12:35:28)
II. The Way of the Lover (1:40:01)
II. Goodnight, my beloved, farewell (1:42:48)
Romance in C for Strings Op.42 (1:48:29)
Very nice Anthony.
Even though there is no live performance showing we’ll feature it as our classical presentation on January first and give you the credit.
Thank you …
Here’s a live performance of Finlandia, a short piece just 8:42 long. I’ll post some others in the future if you don’t mind …
We don’t mind at all.
We’ll post this one too.
Keep them coming…
Yep – keep these great works coming my friend – wonderful and stirring music.
I just love Sibelius, thank you for you compendium – could listen all day. And yes Anthony – the Finns are indeed Vikings from long back. I am so proud of my tribe and its wonderful creations from amazing ships to great armaments. Their battle prowess is second to none. My genome was tested and I am 90% Viking which is why I love the sea, sailing and farming – done it all my life and looking forward to Valhalla! (Joke)
That’s an interesting selection Peter.
We’ll use it on January first and give you the credit.
Many thanks again.
I am grateful to have your friendship Steve/nkit – and miss you every Sunday. I shall return to the Mafia Fold when my mission is moderated – at present the forces of evil extant today require my attention!
The magic of music ennobles the spirit and charges our etherial batteries to confront the challenges ahead in 2023. You provide an amazing uplifting energy that only the self-aware can understand. Well done Steve and nkit for your dedication to the cause: Freedom, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness 🙂
I am reminded of Paul’s words: But why did Paul say that this kind of love (a·gaʹpe) was greater than faith? He wrote at 1 Corinthians 13:2: “If I have the gift of prophesying and am acquainted with all the sacred secrets and all knowledge, and if I have all the faith so as to transplant mountains, but I do not have love, I am nothing.” (Compare: Matthew 17:20.)
Yes, if our efforts to acquire knowledge and grow in faith were to be undertaken for a selfish purpose, this would bring us no benefit from God. Similarly, Jesus showed that some would ‘prophesy in his name, expel demons in his name, and perform many powerful works in his name’ but would not have his approval.—Matthew 7:22, 23.
I can never deny my Creator and his words of the greatest wisdom. In all my searching I have never been able to counter our Master’s wisdom. that’s good enough for me!
I believe we would be remiss in our duty if we did not absorb the classic goodness truth and beauty of this performance by one of the other keyboard Goddesses.
As always we thank you ursel.
We’ll use it on January first.
Many thanks.
I like this video for several different reasons:
The channel, PaintWithMusic where I found it is quite interesting too!
Now that’s interesting.
I’m not really sure what the hell it is, but we’ll use it on January first and credit you for it.
Thanks…
Stephanie Jones, she is a virtuoso guitarist.
So is Alyona Vargasova:
A good one Amb.
We’ll use this one too…
Sorry – and old man weeps – those legs…….! But the guitar is wonderful too!
That’s nice Russ.
We’ll use it and credit you for it on January first.
Thanks.