Posts tagged classical music
Maurice Ravel - “Daphnis et Chloe” part iii “Lever Du Jour” transcribed for 2 pianos
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The famously bad Florence Foster Jenkins’ version of “Der Holle Rache” from Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute.” For comparison, here’s Natalie Dessay’s version of the same thing
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Lovely lesser-known gem from Peter Tchaikovsky - 2nd movement of his 1st symphony in G minor.
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John Field - Piano Concerto no. 2, poco adagio.
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“Flight of the Bumblebee” played on two pipas
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The best scenario would be if the caption writer wrote this thing on a smart phone that “auto-corrected” him.
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“Pizzicato” from Léo Delibes’ “Sylvia” played by Chico Marx in “Monkey Business.”
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Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing “Scheherazade” movement 4 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Fare thee well once again, Ireland.
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Franz Liszt - Piano Concerto no. 1, movement 3. Played by Mario Haring, with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz (Vassilis Christopoulos conducting). Happy 200th birthday, Franz.
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