A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, 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.
Beethoven Symphony No 7
And now something from conductor Paul Marsovszky. I have more from him in my shorts this week and next.
Conductor: Paul Marsovszky
Orchestra: Duna Symphonic Orchestra
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Budapest
Recording: Aviso Studio, may 2018
I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
II. Allegretto 13:50
III. Presto 22:30
IV. Allegro con brio 32:00
The Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To ursel doran.
BEETHOVEN – The Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 – Oistrakh/Rostropovich/Richter/Von Karajan.
Here is some Beethoven!
These Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To Former Mafioso Austrian Peter.
The Most Beautiful “Hallelujah” Ever – Lucy Thomas
Thank you Mafia and nkit especially – it is been a pleasure and privilege working with you and enjoying every minute.
If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour! Enough; no more:
‘Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
O spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity
Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe’er,
But falls into abatement and low price,
Even in a minute: so full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.
[William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night]
Frank Sinatra – The Lady Is A Tramp
Thanks BL. You took me back 60 years when I was studying for CIS at Bristol University and I was struggling with English Law. My good professor, one Bernie Howe QC, kept us up until the early hours studying cases and always played ‘Ole Blue Eyes’ his favourite of the time. This was on often and I still link legal cases in my mind when I hear it – the power of music, no less:
This Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To BL.
Fly Me To The Moon (2008 Remastered)
This Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To Current Mafioso Anthony Aaron.
First Embrace (Official Music Video) – Tina Guo & Peter Kater (GRAMMY NOMINATED)
Thanks, nkit, for your amazing contributions over the past 3 years to this Sunday Morning Classics feature … I can only hope that you will return to us as your time and such permit … you and your contributions will be missed.
Tina Guo has also appeared in a number of Hans Zimmer’s movie scores … that’s where I first became aware of her … but she and Peter Kater (piano) have also performed beautifully together …
The Next Two Come To Us Thanks To TN Patriot.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Danish National Symphony Orchestra Live
You guys do such a great job week after week and I know from reading the comments that Steve pours his heart out to get this favored weekly post out for us all to enjoy. Looking forward to seeing Anthony fill the gigantic void left by nkit.
nkit – You have introduced me (and reacquainted me) with some fine music over the years. Below are two that come to mind and every time I hear either of them, I first think of you. Take care, my friend and maybe one day, you will say I was a friend of yours.
The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project “Old And Wise” (Live in Colombia)
The Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To KhaanTEXt.
If I knew my unfortunate fate | Знал бы, знал бы я худую долю
If I knew my unfortunate fate
Mikhail Oleinikov, Olga Sturova, Elena Zaitseva, Vera Novoseltseva, Sergey Parfyonov, Svetlana Filonovich, Galina Sysoeva
October 2020
Turn on the captions.
Ele-Ele. Circassian folk ritual song
Ele-Ele. Circassian folk ritual song
Circassian (Adyghe) ritual song calling rain
Performed by:
Timur Kodzokov – Shichepshin
Diana Kulova – pkhachich
Alan Sheudzhen – accordion
August 2022, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
This Last Piece Comes To Us Thanks To Leah.
We’ll Meet Again
Nkit, Thank you for bringing a bit of sanity to this insane world. Here’s a parting note…not goodbye or farewell.
Take care.
Anthony Aaron
Continuing with Bach’s Orchestral Suites by the Netherlands Bach Society, conducted by Lars Ulrick Mortensen.
Bach – Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor BWV 1067 – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society
Netherlands Bach Society,
Shunske Sato, violin and direction
Marten Root, traverso
0:00 Ouverture
6:46 Rondeau
8:55 Sarabande
11:46 Bourrée I & II
13:44 Polonaise
17:14 Menuet
18:35 Badinerie (Battinerie)
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto (complete) in B-flat major K 191
Live concert in the wonderful Teatro Olimpico of Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, Italy
Aligi Voltan: bassoon
G.B.Rigon: Conductor
Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza
Mozart composed this when he was 18 years old …
Sibelius: Pohjolas Daughter, Op. 49
Sibelius: Pohjolas Daughter, Op. 49 · Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Neeme Järvi
Jean Sibelius’ 1906 tone poem, Pohjola’s Daughter, was inspired by a mythic story outlined in Cantos 8 of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
The Highway Man
The Highway Man • Loreena McKennitt • The Book Of Secrets
Steve C.
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
A selection of four compositions all conducted by the young Paul Marsovszky all between 11 and 14 minutes in length.
I’ll continue with a little more from him next week.
Conductor: Paul Marsovszky
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Várkert Bazár
22 April 2023
Antonín Dvořák – Carnival Overture
Franz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest
Conductor: Paul Marsovszky
Orchestra: Danubia Orchestra Óbuda
Recording: Aviso Studio, may 2017
Johann Strauss II. – An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer
Conductor: Paul Marsovszky
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Várkert Bazár
22 April 2023
Liszt Prometheus
Conductor: Paul Marsovszky
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Várkert Bazár
22 April 2023
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
This performance by the recently departed legendary world-famous performer is worthy of sharing!
Apology for the link getting cut. Here it is.
Curses it will not post.
Weird internet issues today. Sorry for the confusion. Here are a couple of goodies.
Thanks for the Mozart, AA.
Have that on CD.
An interesting instrument.
In appearance and sound.
Again, though,
How does an 18 year old have the creative mind to conceive of and write such complex, yet beautiful composition?
God given talent, above & beyond most of his contemporaries.
And, I might add, an intelligent father who tutored him at a young age.
It’s why Steve’s affinity to put up material that kiddos might find intriguing is a good thing.
Especially nowadays.
Start ’em out early, when their inquisitive minds are moldable towards endeavors worthy of developing into passions.
Thank you, aficionados.
How many “Mozarts” are being lost in the blue/green haired freakshow of a world of today?
Sadly, too numerous to count.
It’s tragic, in truth.
Es verdad.
All the more reason for the rest of US to preserve and protect not just our Nation and our Constitution — but our way of life — our ‘Culture’ and ‘Civilization’ …
These hordes of blind beasts have one thing in their mind: destruction … of all that is beautiful –> all that has come from the Hand of God through to US via these artists …
Make no mistake … they aim to destroy it all … just look at the destruction of so much of the cultural artifacts in China that were destroyed by Mao … and not just in China, but in Tibet …
In all of our ART — music, writing, painting, sculpture, architecture — I’ve long felt that it’s all due to 2 things: God’s Grace and inspiring Touch in providing us with the talent; our tuning in to God and that Grace and that Touch … both are necessary. With either one missing there is an incompleteness in the process of Creativity …
Agreed about the bassoon … it has a unique sound … at times haunting, almost. I recall the movie, ‘Never Cry Wolf’, with Charles Martin Smith playing the part of the real-life Farley Mowat and how he’d play the bassoon almost as a contemplative help … and the movie was excellent, too.
I was fortunate that our elementary school would take a group of kids for a special afternoon matinee when the OKC symphony would come to our mid-sized town. It was always a great treat and the symphony played songs that a 10 y-o would enjoy.
Yes, SMC, start them out early. It’s so fun to see a kiddo play classical.
I still wonder what music Mozart would gravitate to if he were born in today’s world. Would he like what he produced or would he be drawn to something else?
We will never know.
Goes well with a cup of coffee(whiskey shot optional!)
Thank you for sharing Rieu. The Mozart Bassoon was a treat, too.