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"Ombra mai fu" (Paula Rasmussen, "Serse")




Find this very moving

Ombra mai fu as a stand alone is sung by just about everybody ( All Voices , Male & Female )

Originally Written for a Castrato




Motorway
 
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Callas not only sounds enchanting...she looks enchanting.

 
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I'm not overly into choral pieces, but I love the story of Roy Goodman who performed the solo in Allegri's Miserere in 1963. He was just a young kid into sports, and he had just finished playing a rugby match an hour before the recording and had to rush to the Chapel with muddy knees. The choir was already well into rehearsals, but he was luckily picked for the solo part that day. His performance was so stellar, the recording stands today as perhaps the greatest recording of the Miserere.


One of the other highlights for me is Mahler's Symphony Number 8 conducted by Solti. The Symphony used 1000 performers ( mostly choristers). The music in parts is breathtaking. A nice pair of speakers with a good sense of stereo and soundstage will help with the expansive nature of the work, but a nice pair of headphones will work well too. "Grand" understates what was captured on this recording.
 

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pixel said:
Satz = sentence, in music: movement
langsam = slow[ly]
schleppend = dragging [along]
im Anfang = in the beginnig
sehr gemaechlich = very sluggish/ at a very leisurely pace; from "Gemach", which is the sleeping/ lounging quarters of your home, where you put your feet up and don't hurry

good choice, Buckfont.

PS: The theme he's working through has also been turned into a "folksy" song that describes the beauty of M's world in the (Alpine) region of Austria
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Thanks for the translation pixel. Glad you liked it.

Sorry Julia, can`t help you with that piece that you were trying to recall. My classical music knowledge is very limited. It`s interesting how we each as individuals like or don`t like certain styles as in the case that opera does little for me short of racing to the volume slider;)
 
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Calliope said:
Callas not only sounds enchanting...she looks enchanting.

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Yes . She was really something ..

MARIA CALLAS at Covent Garden -- Tosca






As was Giacomo Puccini

interesting how we each as individuals like or don`t like certain styles
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Different life experiences , different needs
some need uppers some need to downers

Music is like a drug that enters through the ears
and changes Biology...

A leaned response something of memory but also anticipation
A hint of a great secret about to be revealed
It also can make us feel connected..

it is the call to WAR
It is the mating call
But cool reflection...What people call Spirit

So some of us need SOUL music
Some need to make the BODY move
Some need a more intellectual aesthetic

That goes for all music not just Classical...





Motorway
 
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My current fav.
 
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Julia said:
Can't go the Don Giovanni, chris, but love the Mozart.
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Don Giovanni was created by Mozart though. Personally think his greatest works are his operas.


Julia said:
Interesting. It was on ASF a few years ago that Duckman (where is Duckman these days?) suggested I needed to get to know a bit about metal and suggested Metallica's Black album. Perhaps to his surprise, I did buy it, and it has been played more times than he probably imagined, i.e. very often.
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Love Metallica but I'd recommend "Justice For All". Another one to listen to if you have the time :D
 
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motorway said:
Music is like a drug that enters through the ears
and changes Biology...

A leaned response something of memory but also anticipation
A hint of a great secret about to be revealed
It also can make us feel connected..

it is the call to WAR
It is the mating call
But cool reflection...What people call Spirit

So some of us need SOUL music
Some need to make the BODY move
Some need a more intellectual aesthetic

That goes for all music not just Classical...
Motorway
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This thread proves it, so true.

Thanks Motorway for making this thread & great post in the "HB Ludwig Von" thread. Didn't know how to respond to it.

Your posts look like lyrics though; bit difficult to read.:)
 
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chrislp said:
This thread proves it, so true.

Thanks Motorway for making this thread & great post in the "HB Ludwig Von" thread. Didn't know how to respond to it.

Your posts look like lyrics though; bit difficult to read.:)
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Music was very important to me from a very early age.. My Father loved Opera and esp Mozart.. ( He trained as a Baritone at the Conservatorium in Sydney ).

I was blown away by the music of the 1960's esp the BEATLES..
Classical Music was always there and as I became older the appreciation grew and grew..

We have all I guess heard of the Mozart effect. I think it is more like a Music Effect ( maybe not all Music though )... Each note takes on it's nature by the context and effect of all the other notes that lead to and from it.. So Music is about patterns and anticipation of patterns and then the Thrill of hearing the resolution to that anticipation.

The World is a World of patterns.....

Good music , One enjoys more the more times it is listened to. The balance between familiar enough to anticipate and be prepared for the Thrill. But still get the Thrill..

Your posts look like lyrics though; bit difficult to read
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Maybe so... The influence of Music :)


Something Dark and Ominous..Something of Great Power and Grandeur hinted at..But of also of irretrievable loss.. :(



Motorway
 
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chrislp said:
Don Giovanni was created by Mozart though. Personally think his greatest works are his operas.
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I was in my comment there referring to the Concerto for, I think, harp and flute when I said I love the Mozart which you also included in the same post.

But I didn't know who wrote Don Giovanni. Somehow I'm just not much attracted to opera.
 
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Thanks for the insight Motorway. Didn't think I'd like the Wagner but it sounded exactly as you described it.

Classical has a lot of hidden gems. While one specific movement may bore someone the next may enlighten them.

Here's an example of something I didn't think I'd like. Only part of it though

 
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IMO another hidden gem but within opera.

 
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Anything by Handel. Baroque and chamber music is my preference.
 
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chrislp said:
IMO another hidden gem but within opera.
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Gem indeed

Anything by Handel. Baroque and chamber music is my preference.
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Yes I like Handel


here is a little Gem from Elgar

Elgar. Nimrod. from the Enigma Variations



Motorway
 
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I love choruses. Slaves' Chorus from Nabucco is one of my favorites.

 
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Fantastic thread this and a wonderful resource to return to in the future when we want to soothe our troubles with the things in life that matter.

This is my first contribution of many and is the source of my moniker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd3_8AfOFFg

I meant to include the video directly, but using embed under youtube didn't do as I expected.
 
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