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I know, I know. These threads are proliferating like lagomorphs, but I need this one, haha.

Mostly for Baroque, Classical, Opera, Ballet, Orchestral with a string section and such, I hope no one hates me for creating yet another music video thread.

My first entry is Baroque, from my favorite composer: Arcangelo Corelli. Sonata in G, Op.2 No.12.

Monica Huggett, Alison Bury - Baroque violins.
Japp Ter Linden - Baroque cello.
Hopkinson Smith - Theorbo.
Ton Koopman - Harpsichord.

Excellent, if not a little over my head..but

My favourite classical piece

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt - Åse's Death

ahh this piece is nice ....this is the Karaoke version mind you

Tchaicovsky - 1812 Overture

Is J.S. Bach baroque enough for you?

Here's "Air on a G String" played by Mr. Malmsteen.

Oh yes. But I prefer this modern version:



Contrabass: Oroh Angiama
Harmonic: Philip Achille
Hammond organ: Howard Goodall

it's Bach, a little hackneyed, but for the love of god its Pau Casals

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet

Ah yes, the Romantics. Romeo and Juliet got me crying. I remember once I arrived to my ESL class with my eyes all red: I had been listening to it on the bus. The yearning, fervent yet candid love theme always gets to me.

A favorite of mine, one of Kreisler's caprices (he often made his own compositions pass as if written by one of the old masters--he was afraid people could reject his music): Liebesleid (Love Song). It's the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra with Avri Levitan playing the viola.

Beethoven's Op. 24, Sonata #5 "Spring" in F major.

Violin: Henryk Szeryng
Piano: Arthur Rubinstein

First movement: allegro.



Second movement: molto expressivo.



Third movement: scherzo.
Fourth movement: allegro molto.

One of my favorites. This is a good version (not one of the best though), and the videos are not bad at all.

W. A. Mozart. Requiem In D Minor, KV 626. The Funeral Mass, his very last composition--he didn't finish it, so it was completed using bits and pieces from other masses.

1. Requiem aeternam



2. Kyrie eleison



3. Dies irae



4. Tuba Mirum



5. Rex tremendae



6. Recordare



7. Confutatis



8. Lacrimosa



9. Domine Jesu



10. Hostias



11. Sanctus



12. Benedictus



13. Agnus dei



14. Lux aeterna



Mozart. The Original Goth.

A great William Tell Overture

My Favorite song of all time
few songs can bring such emotional tugging of my heart strings by such a perfect voice
Maria Callas
O Mio Bambino Caro
I am puting a direct link here so you can go to youtube and then expand to full screen to read the words.
hands you a tissue before you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_rS2p0Ynk

I don't have a "classical air" vid to put on right now,but I did figure out something a while back about the youtubes(for anyone here who is unaware of this)

If you want to veiw a youtube thats been posted anywhere on this forum "full screen",Click it on,and after it starts click it one more time and that will take you directly to the original youtube site so it can be watched full screen..

Not exactly classical, but one of my faves: André Gagnon's Comme au premier jour played by a fan of his. She's very good, actually.

The famous "Je crois entendre encore" ("I Think I'm Still Hearing") aria from Les pêcheurs de perles (Pearl Fishers) by Bizet. Tenor: Alain Vanzo.

This is when Nadir recognizes Leila, the priestess he loves, who has returned to his village after many years.

I guess I'll keep this thread alive on my own.

Not Classical (yet), but a magnificent orchestral piece: Ennio Morricone's Le vent, le cri du film "Le professionnel" (1981).



The video is a very idiosincratic version of the history of mass media, it seems.

Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances" has alway appealed to me at a very visceral level. That is, I don't why it touches my soul, it just does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvJC5t7-zQk

A rare gem. From the film Giù la testa ("Duck, You Sucker"), from 1971, Ennio Morricone's C'era una volta... la rivoluzione ("Once Upon a Time... the Revolution"), the main theme of the movie.

this is class and was the tune to a tv programme over here back in the day called the life and times of lloyd george

Ennio Morricone- Chi Mai

Lovely tune Natalie.

Here another of my favorite orchestras: Franck Pourcel, The No-Colour Time of the Day. This is the sort of instrumental I love the most.

The obvious

Ave Maria

Very Classy.

John Cage, the great compositor of aleatory ("random") music made with kitchen sinks, typewriters and chairs, also did some classical compositions using his mastery of silence.

Here, his famous 4'33" concert, in three movements.

Don't forget dart boards.

Well, John Cage is not the only master of silence. Some others have copied him, notably Aaron Seltz, who made 25'37", still considered the most challenging of all pieces based on silence so far.

Since this is with a Classical _air_ (meaning not just classical but orchestral too), here a pop version of Benedetto Marcello's adagio from his Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor. Played by one of my fave orchestras: Franck Pourcel's.