“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” Lucia Popp , Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész (1972 Decca Music Group Limited) , A Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart: Zaide, K.344 / Act 1 – “Ruhe sanft, mein holdes

Leben”

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Published on Jan 13, 2015

“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben”

Lucia Popp
Vienna Haydn Orchestra
István Kertész

℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited

Author: Schachtner, Johann Andreas
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat – Proms 2013 , great compositions/performances

Manuel de Falla. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat – Proms 2013

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Published on Aug 4, 2013

Mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz joins conductor Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic in Falla’s colourful Ballets Russes commission The Three-Cornered Hat, a tale of intrigue and jealousy shot through with the spirit of Spanish folk dances.

Nikolaj Rimski-Korsakov – The Invisible City of Kitezh , great compositions/performances

Nikolaj Rimski-Korsakov – The Invisible City of Kitezh

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Prague Symphony Orchestra:

“The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh: Bridal Procession and Tartar Attack – Battle of Kerzhenetz” by Prague Symphony Orchestra

Paganini – The Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 (La Campanella): Great compositions/performances

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Paganini – The Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7

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***Salvatore Accardo – violin,
***London Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit – conductor
***Movements:

1. Allegro maestoso
2. Adagio
3. Rondo à la clochette (La Campanella)
   

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, was composed by Niccolò Paganini in Italy in 1826. In his Second Concerto, Paganini holds back on the demonstration of virtuosity in favour of greater individuality in the melodic style. The third movement of Paganini’s Second Concerto owes its nickname “La Campanella” or “La Clochette” to the little bell which Paganini prescribes to presage each recurrence of the rondo theme. The character of the bell is also imitated in the orchestra and in some of the soloist’s passages featuring harmonics. The outcome is a very transparent texture, which gains extra charm of gypsy coloration of the rondo theme. This movement has served as the basis of compositions by other composers, such as the Étude S.140 No.3 “La campanella” by Liszt, and Strauss I’s Walzer à la Paganini Op. 11.

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Historic Performances: Jacqueline du Pre plays Elgar Cello Concerto BBCSO Barbirolli (1967 Live Stereo)

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Jacqueline du Pre plays Elgar Cello Concerto BBCSO Barbirolli (1967 Live Stereo)

Sir Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85

Jacqueline du Pre
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

00:00 Adagio – Moderato
07:48 Lento – Allegro molto
12:18 Adagio
17:40 Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio.

(Live Recording: 3 Jan 1967 in Prague)

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Vltava (The Moldau) by Bedrich Smetana — Vilem Tausky: Conductor

Vltava (The Moldau River) by Bedrich Smetana;
Vilem Tausky conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Vltava (also known as Die Moldau in German) is the name of the longest river in the Czech Republic and is also the title of the second of the six symphonic poems composed by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), which are collectively known as Má Vlast (My Homeland). Through his music, Smetana attempted to celebrate Bohemia’s history, mythology and landscape.

In this tone poem, completed in 1874, Smetana tries to evoke the passage of the Vltava River as it flows from its origin until it merges with the Elbe at the German border.

From the composer’s notes we learn that the river begins as a single tributary represented by the sound of the flutes.