Classical music videos online

[Novi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU8fK7PV_c0&mode=related&search=

anyone know what event this was? it was so INTENSE. I actually like this more than the instrumental version.

It looks like Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Hmm, don't know that I'd call it intense though. I find it embarrassingly jingoistic. Bear in mind though that I'm speaking as someone from the antipodean colonies ... there's a wee bit of baggage there ...

[knight66]

It is indeed last night at the proms and this piece is done in this way every year. The conductor is Andrew Davies. If you like the vocal version, it is thrillingly stitched into Elgar's Coronotion Ode. There is a fine recording of it on Chandos with the Scottish National Orchestra and excellent soloists. The disc is much more than a one trick pony. The piece itself has real value, but it is paired with a very beautiful and moving piece called Spirit of England, very much an elegy about war. Teresa Cahill soars like a Strauss soprano through it. Here it is in its latest guise.



Available here at Amazon for £2.98 via the marketplace.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elgar-Choral-Works-Sir-Edward/dp/B000000A9N/ref=sr_1_3/203-4244247-8235969?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181631945&sr=1-3

Mike

[Bonehelm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_T41MR3HU

Karajan had such an unpleasant, weak voice...

[btpaul674]

Ashkenazy playing the 3rd movement of Einojuhani Rautavaara's 3rd PC "Gift of Dreams"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wDgWgbYgx-4

[Scriptavolant]

Gian Francesco Malipiero's Tarantella for Piano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaFk6WSpZFo

[orbital]

The six episodes of Encore! with James Conlon. discussing technique vs spirit in piano playing

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=james+conlon+encore

[Joe_Campbell]

The six episodes of Encore! with James Conlon. discussing technique vs spirit in piano playing

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=james+conlon+encore

That was awesome. Thank you!

[m_gigena]

Something you never expect to see, a virtuoso of the tuba.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZFvRPFz6s

(Roland Szentpali)

[greg]

some nicely done attempts of a Bach fugue on the guitar which is no easy feat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63DKv5vBHw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKxuUn86CjE

actually, the first one is a lute.
but yeah....... that stuff isn't easy on the guitar, much easier on the keyboard.

[Mozart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_T41MR3HU

Karajan had such an unpleasant, weak voice...

And whats funny is he looks like a hard ass! The first time I heard him talk I started laughing, it was like a giant bully being named Leslie.

[m_gigena]

actually, the first one is a lute.

I think they are both guitars.

but yeah....... that stuff isn't easy on the guitar, much easier on the keyboard.

I suppose it's quite easy on the keyboard, as it is written for violin.

[sidoze]

Something you never expect to see, a virtuoso of the tuba.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZFvRPFz6s

(Roland Szentpali)

Patrick Sheridan's Rock and Roll tuba ain't bad either.

[greg]

Lachenmann piano piece, i've always liked this piece, it's just Sick with a capital S:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GGfRVpIUtg

and the guy gets a real nice applause

and a Nono piece I haven't heard, but strangely like. It's strange since it sounds so much like Stockhausen's piano pieces, which i don't care for:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQlLDE1tymo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v35sjz6IBGg

[sidoze]

For those who haven't heard (or seen) Mustonen's Prokofiev PC 3 yet:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1FHPiCLjoKk

[sidoze]

A Young Ashkenazy plays Chopin's Op. 10/1 Etude

I believe this comes from the same recital that I just ordered on CD from Japan -- recorded at Essex Uni, '72 I think. Thanks for the link to his Sym Etude.

[sidoze]

For a little humour:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w

[Joe_Campbell]

I'm confused. Do you like Bach?

[M forever]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_T41MR3HU

Karajan had such an unpleasant, weak voice...

That's because he had to have a throat operation during his younger years, dunno exactly because of what condition. But I actually find him quite pleasant to listen to because he had a very elegant Salzburg accent and manner of speaking and he had an interesting way of putting things, trying to put complex things in simple, graphic terms rather than making long speeches. He was more a soft spoken person anyway and never raised his voice to orchestras either. He didn't have to - they respected him for his impeccable craftsmanship and the respectful way he treated the orchestra musicians. It's also interesting what he says to the WP here.

Wow! Just.. wow! Was that performance ever recorded on CD?

There is also a DVD.

[bwv 1080]

Aimard playing the 1st Boulez Piano Sonata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBhXrFp0AXE

[greg]

Aimard playing the 1st Boulez Piano Sonata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBhXrFp0AXE

and here's the translation of the Japanese text...

Pierre-Laurent Aimard.... born in Lyons, France, in 1957.  At the age of 19, he is selected by composer Boulez to be the Ensemble Intercontemporain solo pianist, which deepens his understanding for contemporary music. Meanwhile, he gets involved in music of the Classical and  Romantic schools, including music from all other eras; unique interpretations which made the historical background important and his unsurpassed technique is receiving great acclaim throughout the world.