manny a. quito Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) Andre Riéu may be credited with popularizing classical music today, much like Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Fiedler in their time. He is a superstar in Europe and has been featured several times on PBS in the United States. This YouTube clip excerpted from the DVD Andre Riéu in Wonderland features operatic bass Brian Dickerson singing I've Got Plenty O' Nothing, operatic tenors The Platin Tenors (Thomas Greuel, Béla Mavrák & Gary Bennett) singing The Impossible Dream, and operatic soprano Suzan Erens singing Over The Rainbow. Watch on YouTube. Here's some info on The Platin Singers. Unfortunately, there's no YouTube clip of Brian Dickerson singing O Isis und Osiris from Mozart's The Magic Flute, which is a shame since I think it's the highlight of the entire concert. Don't fret, though, because you can download an MP3 file of it here. Uncompress with WinRAR. You're in for a very special auditory treat. Edited June 3, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) If you couldn't download the Brian Dickerson MP3 of O Isis und Osiris from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, perhaps, you may want to hear Gottlob Frick singing it in the film "The Life and Loves of Mozart." Watch on YouTube. Edited June 4, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
snowflake Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Sorry for the delay, I can't download, parang wala yung mismong file. Will have to wait if that server is up. Sigh You can download Jussi Bjoerling & Licia Albanese - Manon Lescaut using emule or edonkey clientwith the following link. ed2k://|file|Puccini-Manon_Lescaut-Albanese-Bjorling-Mitropoulos.zip|118605173|EA3B7C0493751B259FC83E38EBAC9720|/ Filesize is 113.11 MB in zip format, so I presume it's MP3. Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Sorry for the delay, I can't download, parang wala yung mismong file. Will have to wait if that server is up. Sigh Below is the ed2k link for a 464.7 Mb download in APE lossless format. You can do an image burn which will give you two audio CD's. ed2k://|file|Puccini.-.%5BMANON.LESCAUT%28Albanese%2CBjorling%2CMitropoulos%29%5D.%E4%B8%93%E8%BE%91.%28ape%29.rar|487225423|d7fce8de2f891a338c41dbe1d9ba1beb|h=4RSJNBJKLCAYXQFHI6VAZPGPHLDUFPTT|/ DISC 1 01. Atto Primo. Ave sera gentile: Edmondo, coro [0:05:33.37]02. Tra voi belle: Des Grieux [0:01:20.68]03. Ma Bravo: Coro [0:03:48.10]04. Cortese damigella: Manon, Des Grieux [0:04:12.60]05. Donna non vidi mai: Des Grieux [0:02:57.67]06. La tua ventura:Edmondo,Geronte,Lescaut,Oste [0:07:42.10]07. Vedete? Io son fedele: Manon, Des Grieux [0:06:05.53]08. Oh che bei pazzi: Edmondo,Lescaut,Geronte,Coro [0:04:23.30]09. Atto II. Dispettosetto questo riccio:Manon, Lescaut [0:05:11.72]10. In quelle trine morbide: Manon [0:09:09.18]11. Vi prego, signorina:Maestro di ballo, Manon, Geronte [0:07:12.57] DISC 2 01. Ah Manon!: Manon, Des Grieux [0:10:14.30]02. Aff? Madamigella: Geronte,Manon,Madamigella [0:03:12.42]03. Ah! Manon, mi tradisce...: Des Grieux [0:02:24.70]04. Oh Ciel, che ?stato: Manon,DesGrieux,Lescaut,Geronte [0:03:29.23]05. Atto III. Intermezzo [0:05:14.17]06. Ansia eterna, crudel: Des Grieux,Lecaut,Manon [0:04:47.10]07. E Kate rispose al Re: Lampionario [0:02:47.25]08. All'armi! All'armi: Manon,Des Grieux,Lescaut,Sergente,Coro [0:05:46.70]09. Ah, non v'avvicinate: Des Grieux, Comandante, Coro [0:03:09.13]10. Atto IV. Tutta su me ti posa: Manon, Des Grieux [0:09:59.60]11. Sola, perduta, abbandonata: Manon [0:04:05.00]12. Fra le tue braccia: Manon, Des Grieux [0:07:01.57] Click here for the original download site Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 (edited) Mstislav Rostropovich - J.S. Bach Cello Suites Below is ed2k link for 545.0 Mb download in APE lossless format: ed2k://|file|Bach.-.%5BCello.Suiten%28Mstislav.Rostropovich%29%5D.%E4%B8%93%E8%BE%91.%28APE%29.rar|571507223|3208ea2fc9c719dd0b303a33f843733e|h=T773QMBBE44MS7MX7CHLEU7VTQXT4ZRL|/ Track List: CD101-07. Suite Nr.1, BWV 100708-14. Suite Nr.4, BWV 101015-21. Suite Nr.5, BWV 1011 CD201-07. Suite Nr.2, BWV 100808-14. Suite Nr.3, BWV 100915-21. Suite Nr.6, BWV 1012 The suites have six movements each, according to the following structure and order: 1. Prelude 2. Allemande 3. Courante 4. Sarabande 5. Galanteries – (Minuets for Suites 1 and 2, Bourrées for 3 and 4, Gavottes for 5 and 6) 6. Gigue The intermezzo or galanterie movements between the Sarabande and Gigue consist of pairs, hence, there are 7 audio tracks in each suite. Edited June 9, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Patience, Snow. Emule is a peer-to-peer network, so that not everyone is continuously connected. In the eMule Transfer or Search display window, under the Sources column, the pair of numbers indicate, total number of available sources, then in parentheses, number of complete sources. You'll just have to wait until the sources connect to the network. Sometimes, it will take days to download the entire file, since the parts come from different sources which are not always online. Here is another ed2k link for 2-CD Bjorling's Manon Lescaut, this time in uncompressed WAV format, hence the rather large file size (more than 800 Mb): ed2k://|file|Puccini.-.Manon.Lescaut.-.Bjorling,Albanese,Perlea.Studio.Recording.1954.rar|933711774|6F52FC2609E2C88A1F9AE790CBC582D4|/ That's it. Those are all the links I've found. I haven't seen any torrent links. Take your pick, and have luck downloading. P.S. MANON LESCAUT – Giacomo Puccini To further guide your choice of download, I've discovered that there are two versions of this opera recording. One is the classic RCA-Victor studio recording from 1954 with Licia Albanese and Jussi Bjoerling, and the other is the live recording of the Metropolitan Opera House broadcast from two years later (1956), which was to be the first time they were to sing this opera together in the theater. Personnel of studio recording: RCA VictorRecorded at Rome Opera1954 Conductor: Jonel Perlea Manon Lescaut: Licia AlbaneseLescaut: Robert MerrillCavalier des Grieux: Jussi BjoerlingGeronte de Ravoir: Franco CalabreseEdmond: Mario CarlinInnkeeper / Ship's Captain: Enrico CampiMadrigalist: Anna Maria Rota " Much of the success of this recording revolves around its studio sound. The voices are so forward,and the balance with the orchestra so singer-focussed that it really captures the intimacy and eroticism of Puccini's little opera. The choice of singers has a lot to do with this as well. Neither Albanese nor Bjoerling have stentorian voices. Both have highly individualistic and essentially lyric timbres. This, for me, is what makes this recording work so well. Because of the excellent balance between the miking of the singers and the backdrop focus of the orchestra, Albanese and Bjoerling can practically whisper at each other. They both respond to the emotional content and language very individually, and the illusion of youthful ardor they capture is breathtaking." Personnel of live recording: Metropolitan Opera HouseMarch 31, 1956 Matinee Broadcast Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos Manon: Licia AlbaneseDes Grieux: Jussi BjorlingLescaut: Frank GuarreraGeronte: Fernando CorenaEdmondo: Thomas HaywardInnkeeper: George CehanovskySolo Madrigalist: Rosalind EliasDancing Master: Alessio De PaolisSergeant: Calvin MarshLamplighter: James McCrackenCaptain: Osie Hawkins Edited June 9, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Watch Korean prodigy Sarah Chang in her recital playing Carmen Fantasie by Sarasate on YouTube: Clip One Two Quote Link to comment
bioniczeenger Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Watch Korean prodigy Sarah Chang in her recital playing Carmen Fantasie by Sarasate on YouTube: Clip One Two oh my!!! how old was she then? tremendous!!!! and she grew to be a very pretty lady too. hayyy... i have a thing pa naman with pretty violinists!!!! Quote Link to comment
lynxneo Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) Vanessa Mae for me in Violin,.... Edited June 11, 2008 by lynxneo Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) oh my!!! how old was she then? tremendous!!!! and she grew to be a very pretty lady too. hayyy... i have a thing pa naman with pretty violinists!!!! I think she was just 9 or 10 in that video clip. Like you, I too have a thing for lovely violinists and cellists, as well. My flavor of the nonce is Janine Jansen. See my previous post. Watch Janine Jansen on YouTube. Also on YouTube, Janine Jansen performing and Bruch's Romance in F for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85. Edited June 11, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) The divine Angela Gheorghiu attempts the tenor standard "Non ti scordar di me" by Ernesto de Curtis, and nails it beautifully. Watch on YouTube. Edited June 12, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) Emma Shapplin (real name: Marie-Ange Chapelain) is a trained coloratura soprano who ventured into crossover-pop and chill. Watch her superhot video on YouTube. Edited June 13, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Here's a very rare treat for all you classical music lovers: Ana Vidovic is a Croatian-born classical guitarist. Watch her perform the Stanley Myers composition Cavatina on . Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 (edited) Would you happen to have Prelude from Cello Suite No 1? I have it by Pablo Casals, and then also from Rostropovich, and Yoyoma's version too...however those I have arent good recordings (poor quality encoding)... Here are links to some great downloads: Le Roi s'amuse Bach - Cello Suites - Casals [EMI] Classics 2CDs ed2k link: ed2k://|file|Pablo.Casals.-.%5BBach.Cello.Suites.%28Doc.%29%5D.%E4%B8%93%E8%BE%91.%28FLAC%29.rar|465555036|433b80d16a73f7ff74fad58c5b14c6ac|h=ETMC6TDE6BUWW2VJUOX3BTW2CNLXCEYR|/ Watch excerpt of Cello Suite No. 1 on . Download the Pablo Casals - Prelude from J. S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in FLAC lossless format here. Edited June 15, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Rodell Rosel has won the People’s Choice award for vocalist in the José Iturbi International Music Competition for classical pianists and vocalists. Info on Rodell Rosel at José Iturbi Foundation website. Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) Natasha Marsh singing an adaptation of Queen of the Night from Mozart's The Magic Flute for ITV's Euro 2008 title sequence. What Natasha says about this version: "I've sung Pamina in opera houses all round Europe, but I'm not a Queen of the Night, with those stratospheric top Fs," she stresses. "So I told ITV we'd have to do an adaptation, because it's not my role. We changed the key, obviously, then they found an arranger to add a different take on it. It's a little bit more brass-heavy than Mozart's original and the orchestration is different. It gives it a more epic quality." Quote from Telegraph.co.uk: Mozart's challengeThe Queen of the Night’s Der Hölle Rache (“The Vengeance of Hell”) is usually known as the Queen of the Night aria, even though it’s the second one she sings in The Magic Flute. Famous for its two-octave range, it’s peppered with nosebleed-high Fs and is one of the most exacting examinations of a soprano’s coloratura. The aria was first performed onstage by Mozart’s sister-in-law, Josepha Hofer, and subsequently tested the mettle of a roll-call of grand divas. It was also a favourite of the risibly inept soprano Florence Foster Jenkins. Watch it on YouTube. Edited June 24, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 This is mezzosoprano Magdalena Kozená, the first Czech to receive the prestigious "Artist of the Year" title from the British magazine Gramophone. Double CD Enchantment Disc 101. Cinq Mars: Nuit resplendissante (Charles Gounod)02. Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient "Gypsy Song" (Georges Bizet)03. Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Voi che sapete che cosa è amor (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)04. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Che sento? oh Dio! (George Frideric Handel)05. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Se pietà di me non senti (George Frideric Handel)06. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia (George Frideric Handel)07. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Da tempeste il legno infranto (George Frideric Handel)08. Dardanus: Air - Gracieux L'Amour, le seul Amour (Jean-Philippe Rameau)09. Dardanus: Air - Allez, jeune guerrier (Jean-Philippe Rameau)10. Languet Anima Mea: O vulnera, vita coelestis (Francesco B. Conti)11. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 (Johann Sebastian Bach)12. Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244: no 47, Erbarme dich (Johann Sebastian Bach)13. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Voli per l'aria chi può volare (George Frideric Handel)14. Tra le fiamme, HWV 170: Tra le fiamme Tu Scherzi (George Frideric Handel) Disc 201. Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hätte (Johann Christoph Bach)02. Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": Schafe können sicher weiden (Johann Sebastian Bach)03. Freue dich, erlöste Schar, BWV 30: Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Sünder (Johann Sebastian Bach)04. Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: De torrente (George Frideric Handel) feat. Annick Massis 05. L'olimpiade: Che non mi disse un di! (Josef Myslivecek)06. Paride ed Elena: Quegli occhi belli (Christoph W. Gluck) feat. Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson07. La clemenza di Tito, K 621: Deh, per questo istante solo (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)08. Cléopâtre: J'ai versé le poison (Jules Massenet)09. Il Tramonto (Ottorino Respighi)10. Satires (5), Op. 109: no 3, The descendants (Dmitri Shostakovich)11. A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: no 2, Highland balou (Benjamin Britten)12. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 17, For Whom the Flower (Who Is The Posy For?) (Leos Janácek)13. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 5, Lover's Likeness (A Lover's Picture) (Leos Janácek)14. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 19, Light Feather (Little Posy) (Leos Janácek)15. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 16, Steadiness (Constancy) (Leos Janácek)16. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 1, Love (Leos Janácek)17. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 38, Parting (Leos Janácek)18. Moravian folk poetry in Song: no 18, My Lover's Horses (Leos Janácek)19. In folk tone, Op. 73/B 146: no 1, Good night, my darling (Antonín Dvorák)20. In folk tone, Op. 73/B 146: no 2, When a maiden was a-mowing "Zalo Dievca" (Antonín Dvorák) Watch her on singing Piu Non Si Trovano by Josef Myslivecek. Quote Link to comment
arnoldtan Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 bradford ellis and tommy tedesco.....gusto gusto ko yung LOVE THEME Quote Link to comment
baboyboy Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 namiss ko tong thread na to ah...ganda ng info mo sir manny.. keep it coming. naenjoy ko tuloy uli ang you tube. Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) After hearing Natalia Marsh's version, I went in search of a complete performance of the aria and found this. The superb technique and vocal agility of Sumi Jo is demonstrated in her rendition of Der Hölle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen ("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart") from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Watch it on . For a superior theatrical performance which completely enthralls, one can't go much further than Diane Damrau's Queen of the Night. Watch it on . Edited July 4, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) Riding on a wave of serendipity, I came across this clip of Lara St. John playing the Der Hölle Rache melody in a duet with, of all things, the Chinese erhu played by George Gao. Watch her on . Who's Lara St. John, you say? Amazon.com says: "Born in London, Ontario, Lara St. John was a child prodigy on the violin at the age of two, and went on her first European tour at the age of ten! At age thirteen she skipped from the eighth grade to a B.A. program at the Curtis Institute of Music. She plays a priceless 1779 Guadagnini violin. Her compelling personality and insightful performances have stimulated interest in classical music in a wide audience that seldom listened to it before. She scandalized some of the old school for appearing scantily clad on a couple of album covers, but she is completely authentic: a great violinist, whatever she is or is not wearing. As one critic wrote, she "has nothing to hide"--her musicality is first class. Lara St. John's brilliant musicianship, striking looks, and vivid personality have made her an authentic classical superstar." Track List: 01. Concerto No. 1: Allegro02. Concerto No. 1: Andante03. Concerto No. 1: Allegro04. Concerto No. 2: Allegro05. Concerto No. 2: Adagio06. Concerto No. 2: Allegro Assai07. Double Concerto in D minor: Vivace08. Double Concerto in D minor: Largo ma non tanto09. Double Concerto in D minor: Allegro10. Sonata No. 1: Adagio11. Sonata No. 1: Fuga12. Sonata No. 1: Siciliana13. Sonata No. 1: Presto Watch her play the Prelude to Bach's Partita No. 3 in E Major on YouTube. Edited July 5, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) I'm on a roll with this theme, so here's Brazilian countertenor Edson Cordeiro mixing up the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction with the Queen of the Night aria. Watch it on YouTube. Edited July 5, 2008 by manny a. quito Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Check out info about Radu Marian. Track List: 01. "Se l'auraspira" (Girolamo Frescobaldi)02. "Così midisprezzate?" (Girolamo Frescobaldi)03. "Sicut stellamatutina" (Giacomo Carissimi)04. "Quid agis cor meum" (Giacomo Carissimi)05. "Quando tal'hor"(Lamento del Castrato) - Anonymous (17th cent.)06. "Come al bosco" from the oratorio "San Petronio" (Giacomo Antonio Peri)07. "Der Hölle Rache" (in French) from the "Zauberflöte" (Wolfgang Amadéus Mozart)08. "Crucifixus" from the "Petite Messe Solemnelle" (Gioachino Rossini)09. "Ave Maria" (Charles Gounod)10. "È stato l'inizio di Primavera", op. 38 nr .2 (Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky)11. "Notte Triste" (Sergei Rachmaninov)12. "Amarilli III" (Flavio Colusso) Listen to him sing Der Hölle Rache on YouTube. Download MP3 of Radu Marian singing Der Hölle Rache here. Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Chicago-based Filipino tenor Rodell Rosel now has his own website. Check out what he does with Der Hölle Rache from Mozart's The Magic Flute on YouTube. Quote Link to comment
manny a. quito Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Alexandra Soumm started learning the violin at the age of five from her father. In 2002, she won the Grand Prize of the Vienna Conservatory Competition. In 2004, she won the first prize of the Eurovision Competition of Young Musicians in Lucerne. Alexandra Soumm plays on a 1735 Francesco Stradivarius. Alexandra Soumm - Bruch - Paganini Violin Concertos No. 1 Track List: 01. Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 - I. Allegro moderato02. Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 - II. Adagio03. Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 - III. Allegro energico04. Niccolo Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 6 - I. Allegro maestoso05. Niccolo Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 6 - II. Adagio espressivo06. Niccolo Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 6 - III. Rondo. Allegro spirituoso Watch her at the age of ten playing Antonio Bazzini's La Ronde des Lutins (Dance of the Goblins) on . Watch her playing Franz Waxman's Carmen Fantasie at age fourteen on . Quote Link to comment
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