Music of the Day

[hectorm]

This past weekend belonged to Allan Pettersson and the Symphony No. 7, his best opus by far. Terrifying and ethereal at the same time. A masterpiece. I believe it would be an important discovery for those who are not familiar with his work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMG-QHu5QFs

[uppercase]

http://vevo.ly/hIIRIB

Robert Cray.
One of my favorite bluesman.

[uppercase]

http://youtu.be/FAoHYBpj8vY

Into the mind of an artist…

[hectorm]

Kurt Elling and Al Jarreau "take five" to play like children in the sandbox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL2W4UPGUBo

[davidhuh]

Kurt Elling and Al Jarreau "take five" to play like children in the sandbox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL2W4UPGUBo

Dear Hectorm,

thank you for this one - difficult to top - but here is an Inca Princess with unparalleled vocals in return:
http://youtu.be/mm4qc9qt_00

Cheers, David

[hectorm]

an Inca Princess with unparalleled vocals

Yma Sumac! The exotic five octaves of range. One of my mother's favorites; it took me a while to appreciate her.
Thank you for bringing her up.

[Tutumulut]

an Inca Princess with unparalleled vocals

Yma Sumac! The exotic five octaves of range. One of my mother's favorites; it took me a while to appreciate her.
Thank you for bringing her up.

Hectorm

Your mother and I have a shared taste. Amy Camus is also one of my favorites!

T

[hectorm]

an Inca Princess with unparalleled vocals

Yma Sumac!

Amy Camus is also one of my favorites!

I guess she could perfectly transpose every single note from end to beginning

[davidhuh]

A fine man with a fine voice left us.

Carlo Bergonzi in memoriam: http://youtu.be/ZfLmYntn8Rc

David

[Tutumulut]

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I guess she could perfectly transpose every single note from end to beginning[/quote]

[couch]

Sartorial swing: If, like me, you grew up knowing Mel Tormé only as that square crooner of "The Christmas Song," it's worth revisiting that view to discover one of the most sophisticated jazz and cabaret singers of mid-century America. From perhaps his finest album, 1960's Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (incidentally one of the best, and best-recorded, jazz albums ever—Marty Paich's tight band included Art Pepper) comes this number that might be a candidate for forum theme song; "All I Need Is a Girl".

[Frederic Leighton]

Claudio Monteverdi: Sì dolce è 'l tormento (1624).
Roberta Invernizzi with instrumental ensemble;
Silvia Frigato with a more intimate harp accompaniment;
Paolo Fresu and Uri Caine in a tasteful jazzy version.

So sweet is the torment
in my breast
that happily do I live
for cruel beauty.
In the heaven of beauty
let cruelty grow
and mercy be lacking:
for my faith will always
be as a rock,
in the face of pride.

Let deceitful hope
turn away from me,
let neither joy nor peace
descend on me.
And let the wicked girl
whom I adore
deny me the solace
of sweet mercy:
amid infinite pain,
amid hope betrayed,
my faith will survive.

The hard heart
that stole mine away
has never felt love’s flame.
The cruel beauty
that charmed my soul
withholds mercy,
so let it suffer,
repentant and languishing, and
let it sigh one day for me.

[alden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRA2jbfy-4

[hectorm]

I bet you don´t see many dinner suits worn with a cable knit (I believe, Aran) turttle neck, do you?.
Don´t let that sartorial obscenity distract you from listening to this exquisite slow-tempo rendition of what many consider to be the turning point into modern classical music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvnRC7tSX50

[davidhuh]

I bet you don´t see many dinner suits worn with a cable knit (I believe, Aran) turttle neck, do you?.

Dear Hectorm,

if there would be a competition on how to ignore conventions most gracefully, Mr Bernstein would make the finale

Cheers, David