Music of the Day

[Cordovan]

I am late to this thread; forgive my having not read all of the prior posts. I've taken a long hiatus from the forum - but the music never stops.

For one of my favorite performances of Mendelssohn's Violin concerto, have a listen to Kyung Wha Chung, with Andre Previn conducting the LSO in '71.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBw_qq9UVCk

Happy listening,

Cordovan

[Cordovan]

Costi, you really made me enjoy this otherwise bland Sunday afternoon. Wonderful and playful collection you put together.
How can I repay you? What would you think of a Schubert's Trout with a quintet formed by the following dream team:
Daniel Barenboin on piano
Pinchas Zuckerman on viola
Zubin Mehta on bass (trying to keep up reading his sheets)
Jacqueline Du Pre on cello
and Itzhak Perlman on violin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63oyKi6f ... re=related

For a more complete version tracing some of the background to the performance, have a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQ30PXEqiI

Cordovan

[hectorm]

Thank you Cordovan.
Now I know the reason why they chopped the film to the shorter version I posted before (with only the performance in it) : the narration is very annoying!!!

[Gruto]

Ohne Bach wäre das Leben ein Irrtum (Without Bach, life would be a mistake) to paraphrase Nietzsche. My dad gave me a Menuhin and Oistrakh recording a few years ago (CD!), which might not be timely on a Friday afternoon. On the other hand, I imagine the effect is similar to that of cocain, which should be popular on a Friday out nowadays: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmmpjziKcFU

Here is your fix, Gruto!

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

Brilliant, playful.

I discovered Brahms not long ago. I guess Costi will know the following recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDqmJQ9BY7g

[Costi]

Thank you, Gruto, always a pleasure to listen to it again.
Perhaps I would have used a photo like this with Brahms IV:



And this should tie everything together: Menuhin, Brahms and Celibidache...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVtx3PtWPw

[davidhuh]

Gentlemen,

something romantic for the weekend - a rather new star from Portugal, fadista Katia Guerreiro.

Her interpretation of Asas is beautiful, and so is Barco negro

http://youtu.be/78FDmcObEk4

http://youtu.be/c5dbvi2zkhc

cheers, david

[davidhuh]

Gentlemen,

I would like to add a little jewel here. The Huelgas Ensemble was founded in 1970 at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basle, Switzerland. It is directed by the Belgian Paul van Nevel.

Over the last 40 years, they have produced a number of recordings, and each one is a gem on its own. They specialise in music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Here is a taster: João Lourenço Rebelo "Lauda Jerusalem" à 16
http://youtu.be/Owi31Qasa9Y

Rebelo was born in Caminha in 1610. He entered the service of Teodósio II, Duke of Bragança in 1624 at the age of fourteen, then became music teacher to his son, who was to become João II, Duke of Bragança in 1630. Rebelo continued to develop as a musician and composer, becoming master of the ducal chapel at Vila Viçosa.

On 1 December 1640 João became King John IV of Portugal and Rebelo transferred to the royal chapel where he continued to foster the King's interest in music and his gifts as a composer.

In 1646 Rebelo was made a nobleman, fidalgo-cavaleiro of the Casa Real. Later he was elevated to a commander of the Order of Christ, a position with significant financial benefits. John IV also honored Rebelo by having his music published, and by dedicating his own first musical treatise to the composer.

Rebelo died at Apelacão on 16 November 1661. Both his brother, the chaplain and singer Padre Marcos Soares Pereira, and King John IV predeceased him in 1656.

[Costi]

An imaginary (real) work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfmXHd10v64


Ramon Dilley - Elstir, du côté de Guermantes, 1974

[Gruto]

Glenn Gould in dressing gown playing his beloved Bach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB76jxBq_gQ

[Des Esseintes]

Gentlemen,

I apologize if I posted this link before - I haven't posted much in the forum recently - but this little gem by L'Arpeggiata and Philipe Jaroussky must remain one of my eternal favourites, and it should very much resonate with a guiding theme of The London Lounge, to combine deep knowledge of the appropriate form, supreme mastery of execution, a love for the beautiful and the sublime, and on occasion a healthy disregard for what most would consider "correct":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4llXB04vMI

dE

[hectorm]

Thank you Des Esseintes. I enjoyed this piece very much. A first time for me.
Since you seem to have a good appreciation for combinations of humor and classical music, here I post a funny old clip from Les Luthiers (for English subtitles just click CC on the dashboard).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjSuNKK7o30

[Costi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... rDR4JA91F4

[Rowly]

Great choice, Costi....and great pics !

Put me in the mood for one of my favourites...!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWAxaHuwg30

[uppercase]

There ain't no cure…
Leonard Cohen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F24VqlFBvrU&sns=em

[Costi]

...no cure for the love of music, of course, uppercase

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79xUn7Gk ... ure=relmfu

here is an 81-yo beauty who will never be cured, indeed... luckily!
diva!