Category Archives: Música

Frederica von Stade – Can’t help lovin’ that man – Showboat

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E. Goldie

I’ve heard Lena Horne sing this, Ella Fitzgerald sing this, Julie London, and Ava Gardner (from the 1951 movie) sing this, and NO ONE belts out this song with more enthusiasm, verve, raw energy, and great musical range, than Ms. von Stade here. Her jazzy rendition here makes the blood surge with joy, and makes you want to get up and dance! Bravo!! I look forward to discovering more of Ms. von Stade’s works like this and you should too!

Flicka & Friends – Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley & Sam Ramey – Operatic Arias/Duets/Trios (1990)

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In memoriam Jerry Hadley (June 16, 1952 – July 18, 2007) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_H… * “Nobles seigneurs, salut” from “Les Huguenots” – von Stade * Duet from Act I of “Cherubin” – von Stade & Ramey * “Pourquoi me reveiller” from “Werther” – Hadley * “Le veau d’or” from “Faust” – Ramey * Prayer and final trio from “Mignon” – von Stade, Hadley & Ramey * “Vedrai, carino” from “Don Giovanni” – von Stade * “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from “Die Zauberflöte” – Hadley * “Non piu andrai” from “Le Nozze Di Figaro” – Ramey * “La ci darem la mano” from “Don Giovanni” – von Stade & Ramey * “Una furtiva lagrima” from “L’Elisir d’Amore” – Hadley * “Sorgete, sorgete” from “Maometto Secondo” – Ramey * “Nacqui all’affanno” from “La Cenerentola” – von Stade

25 Best Opera Arias – favourites from Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and more

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25 Best Opera Arias 00:00:00 Puccini: Gianni Schicchi – O mio babbino caro 00:02:36 Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum (Cavatina) 00:07:09 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Queen Of The Night 00:10:13 Puccini: La Bohème – Mi chiamano Mimì 00:14:58 Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore – Una furtiva lagrima 00:19:50 Verdi: Rigoletto – La donna é mobile 00:22:02 Puccini: Tosca – E lucevan le stelle 00:25:14 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Non più andrai 00:29:06 Bellini: Norma – Casta diva 00:35:52 Verdi: Un ballo in maschera – Ma se m’e forza perderti 00:40:47 Puccini: Turandot – Nessun dorma 00:44:56 Leoncavallo: Pagliacci – Vesti la giubba 00:48:51 Verdi: La Traviata – Sempre libera 00:52:33 Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah – Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix 00:58:19 Puccini: Tosca – Vissi d’arte 01:01:37 Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles – Au fond du temple saint 01:06:11 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Cinque… dieci… Venti (No. 1 Duettino) 01:08:56 Verdi: Rigoletto – Ella mi fu rapita…Parmi veder le lagrime 01:13:51 Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Donna non vidi mai 01:16:30 Massenet: Werther – Pourquoi me réveiller 01:19:26 Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann – Barcarolle 01:23:11 Verdi: Luisa Miller – Quando le sere al placido 01:28:45 Puccini: Gianni Schicchi – Firenze è come un albero fiorito 01:32:02 Verdi: Il Trovatore – Ah si’ ben mio coll’essere 01:35:05 Giordano: Andrea Chenier – La Mamma Morta

O melhor de Verdi | 150 minutos de música clássica

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TRACKLIST: 00:00:00 – La Donna E Mobile (Rigoletto) 00:02:21 – Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) 00:06:20 – Overture (La Forza Del Destino) 00:09:27 – Un Di Felice (La Traviata) 00:12:55 – Merce, Dilette Amiche (I Vespri Siciliani) 00:16:27 – Brindisi (La Traviata) 00:19:24 – Di Quella Pira (Il Trovatore) 00:21:18 – Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) 00:23:58 – Stride La Vampa! (Il Trovatore) 00:26:26 – Ritorna Vincitor (Aida) 00:33:51 – Dio, Che Nell’alma Infondere (Don Carlo) 00:38:29 – Prelude (La Traviata) 00:42:20 – Caro Nome (Rigoletto) 00:48:15 – O Don Fatale (Don Carlo) 00:52:56 – Celeste Aida (Aida) 00:57:57 – Ernani, Involami (Ernani) 01:00:35 – Di Tu Se Fedele (Un Ballo In Maschera) 01:03:54 – Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Un Ballo In Maschera) 01:08:35 – Quando Le Sere Al Placido (Luisa Miller) 01:12:11 – Grand March (Aida) 01:17:08 – Dies Irae (Messa Da Requiem) 01:19:30 – Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! (La Forza Del Destino) 01:25:06 – Questa O Quella (Rigoletto) 01:27:01 – Bella Figlia Dell’amore (Rigoletto) 01:30:58 – Ave Maria (Otello) 01:35:47 – Parigi, O Cara (La Traviata) 01:40:07 – Ah, La Paterna Mano (Macbeth) 01:42:35 – Squilli, Echeggi La Tromba Gerriera (Il Trovatore) 01:45:22 – O Carlo, Ascolta (Don Carlo) 01:49:32 – Ingemisco (Messa Da Requiem) 01:53:04 – Come In Quest’ora Bruna (Simon Boccanegra) 01:56:39 – Brindisi (Macbeth) 02:00:05 – O Patria Mia (Aida) 02:05:29 – La Mia Letizia Infondere (I Lombardi) 02:07:51 – Lo Sguardo Avea Degli Angeli (I Masnadieri; soprano: Montserrat Caballé) 02:11:45 – Solenne In Quest’ora (La Forza Del Destino) 02:15:59 – Patria Oppressa (Macbeth) 02:20:52 – Tacea La Notte (Il Trovatore) 02:24:32 – Dal Piu Remoto Esilio…O Dio Solo, Ed Odio Atroce (I Due Foscari) 02:29:27 – Auto-Da-Fe Chorus (Don Carlo)

Vozes do Alentejo na Casa da Musica, Porto

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Vozes do Alentejo na Casa da Musica, Porto 2015 | Vozes Solistas – Celina da Piedade, Paulo Ribeiro e Bernardo Espinho Grupo Coral e Etnográfico da Casa do Povo de Serpa. Acompanhados por: Antonio Bexiga – Viola do Alentejo a Viola Campaniça. Carlos Menezes – Contrabaixo Filipa Ribeiro – Percussões portuguesas Armando Carvalhêda – Voz Off Luis Filipe Gaspar – Fotografias projectadas João Paulo Nogueira – Som frente Nuno Rebocho – Som de palco Miguel Ramos/Tela Negra – Luzes Alex Gaspar / Uguru – Produção apoios: RDP Antena1, Associação Mutuaria Montepio, Casa da Musica e Câmara Municipal de Serpa. Realização – Jorge Meneses / zoomvideo

London, London – Caetano e Gilberto Gil (Black Cab Session – Live London)

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18/11/2015 | Se todo artista tem de ir aonde o povo está, em Londres eles vão de táxi. Mais precisamente nos tradicionais black cabs, aqueles carros pretos antigos que são uma marca da cidade inglesa. E se entram num black cab desses e saem tocando e cantando não é porque estão loucos ou subitamente inspirados, mas, sim, porque estão gravando mais um episódio do “Black Cab Session”. Recentemente, quem pegou um táxi desses foram Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil, quando estiverem pela Europa com os shows da turnê “Dois Amigos – Um Século de Música”. Explicando melhor, “Black Cab Sessions” é um projeto audiovisual na web que começou em 2007. A cada sessão um black cab da carona para um artista e o leva para passear pelas ruas londrinas. Enquanto está no carro, o “passageiro” canta uma música que é devidamente gravada e postada. Até hoje, já foram mais de 200 viagens!! Mais uma forma inusitada de vermos grande nomes da música tocando e cantando seus sucessos. Um simpático estúdio sobre rodas. Com Caetano e Gil não foi diferente. O black cab os pegou no hotel e partiu para o rolé. Adivinhem qual música os baianos cantaram?! Nada mais adequado que… “London, London”. O Gshow pegou carona e traz aqui a “Black Cab Session” com Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil!! Para pegar este táxi não precisa fazer sinal, nem usar aplicativo. Basta clicar e seguir viagem.

Handel – Dixit Dominus – Gardiner

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George Frideric Handel | Como é possível a Humanidade produzir tamanha beleza e, simultaneamente, estar sempre em guerra? Não faz sentido!

OUÇAM, pelo menos, do minuto 19 ao minuto 23 | mas aconselho ouvir os 40 minutos. Num fim de semana terão tempo.

George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Monteverdi | Choir English Baroque Soloists | Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Great arias by Mozart, Léhar, Strauss, Offenbach, Lecocq and Kálmán | Cyrille Dubois & Annette Dasch

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Listen to some of the most beloved overtures and arias from famous operas and operettas by Mozart, Léhar, Strauss, Offenbach, Lecocq and Kálmán. This 2017 concert in Paris had the audience literally dancing in the aisles! Featuring the Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock and vocal performances by soprano Annette Dasch and tenor Cyrille Dubois.

00:00 Intro 00:16 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture From the opera “Le nozze di Figaro” 05:24 Franz Léhar, Lippen schweigen From the operetta “Die lustige Witwe” Cyrille Dubois | Tenor Annette Dasch | Soprano 09:51 Johann Strauss, Overture From the operetta “Die Fledermaus” 18:29 Jacques Offenbach, Ballet des mouches: Galop From the operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld” 20:48 Jacques Offenbach, Cest le ciel qui menvoie… ce nest qu’un rêve From the operetta “La belle Hélène” Cyrille Dubois | Tenor Annette Dasch | Soprano 26:41 Jacques Offenbach, Galop infernal From the operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld” 29:10 Charles Lecocq, Ô Paris, gai séjour de plaisir From the operetta “Les cent vierges” Annette Dasch | Soprano 33:47 Johann Strauss, Csárdás From the opera “Ritter Pázmán” 39:03 Emmerich Kálmán, Heut’ Nacht hab’ ich geträumt von dir Form the operetta “Das Veilchen vom Monmartre” Cyrille Dubois | Tenor 41:54 Emmerich Kálmán, Lieber Schatz… Sag ja, mein Lieb, sag ja from the operetta “Gräfin Mariza” Cyrille Dubois | Tenor Annette Dasch | Soprano

MARTA MENEZES | Primeiros concertos de 2023 | First concerts of 2023

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Caros amigos,

Espero que tenham tido um excelente início de ano. 

O meu está a ser bastante inspirador: preparo os concertos das próximas semanas, leio bastante, oiço música para conhecer repertório novo, assisto a vários concertos, tento fugir ao frio de Madrid… 🙂

Viajo dentro de dias para Portugal, onde terei a última apresentação da ópera “Beatriz”, de Luís Soldado, que estreou em Novembro, no Brasil. Aproveito também para gravar uma obra em estreia mundial com o tenor Luís Gomes, como parte do projecto “Lost Souls of War“, criado por Mickael Viegas. 

Em Fevereiro estarei concentrada a preparar o Concerto para Piano de Tiago Derriça, que terei a honra de estrear no início de Março. Segue-se um recital a solo no Festival Internacional de Piano do Algarve e duas masterclasses. A agenda, em constante actualização, pode ser consultada aqui. 

28 de Janeiro – Ópera de câmara “Beatriz”, de Luís Soldado, baseada em poesia de Charles Bukowski. Auditório Municipal Beatriz Costa (Mafra), 21h30. + info

5 de Março – Concerto com a Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa. Centro Cultural de Belém, 17h. Estreia do Concerto para Piano e Orquestra de Tiago Derriça. + info

Para terminar, uma pequena surpresa. Tenho um convite para oferecer para o dia 28, que será sorteado entre as pessoas que responderem a este email a demonstrar interesse em assistir ao espectáculo. Poderão escrever-me até dia 25, e entrarei em contacto com o vencedor no dia 26. 

Até breve,
Marta Menezes

Dear friends,  

I hope your 2023 got off to the best start. 

Mine has been very inspiring so far: I have been preparing the upcoming concerts, reading a lot, listening to new repertoire, going to several concerts, trying to cope with the cold weather in Madrid… 🙂

I am traveling to Portugal in the next days for the last performance of the chamber opera “Beatriz”, by Luís Soldado, that was premiered in Brazil last November. I will also record a work for voice and piano – a world premiere –  with Luís Gomes for the project “Lost Souls of War“, created by Mickael Viegas. 

In February I will be focusing on the preparation of the Piano Concerto by Tiago Derriça, which I will have the honor to premiere in March, in Lisbon. A recital at Festival Internacional de Piano do Algarve follows, as well as two masterclasses. The calendar is regularly being updated and can be accessed here. 

January 28th – Chamber opera “Beatriz”, by Luís Soldado, based on poetry by Charles Bukowski. Auditório Municipal Beatriz Costa (Mafra), 9.30 pm. + info

March 5th – Concert with Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa. Centro Cultural de Belém, 5 pm. World premiere of the Piano Concerto by Tiago Derriça. + info

And finally, a little surprise. I am giving a free ticket for the opera on the 28th, that will be raffled among the people who reply to this email showing interest in attending the concert. You can write me until the 25th and I will contact the winner on the 26th. 

Have a great week,
Marta Menezes

Giselle – Diana Vishneva, Mathieu Ganio

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For me here, she isn’t a ballerina playing the role of Giselle, she is Giselle!


Paweł Cisowski

What I really love about this performance is the fact Diana Vishneva is still looking so young, so good technically, but at the same time she brings to this role such kind of maturity incomparable to any other ballerinas… That’s why I am always so touched when we can admire ballerinas at her best as an artist, when you look at them and you don’t think about all difficult variations, attitudes, but you enjoy the real character.

For me here, she isn’t a ballerina playing the role of Giselle, she is Giselle! And I really love to see the growth of such a big talent she certainly has been since far 1994 year when performed and won Prix de Lausanne. I miss her so much in this role and I am more than conviced that even nowadays she could manage to perform it with same passion and technically so strong as we can see here.

Adam: Giselle (The Royal Ballet)

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Giselle remains one of the most popular Romantic ballets of all time. The story brings together an engaging mix of human passions, supernatural forces, and the transcendent power of self-sacrificing love. The production by Sir Peter Wright catches the atmosphere of this great Romantic ballet, especially in the perfection of its White Act, with ghostly maidens drifting through the forest in spectacular patterns — one of the most famous of any scenes for the corps de ballet. Giselle dances with lightness and fragility, giving the impression of floating through the mist. This is one of The Royal Ballet’s most loved and admired productions, faithful to the spirit of the 1841 original yet always fresh at each revival.

This performance features former Bolshoi star and now Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova in a breath-taking interpretation of the title role. Giselle: Natalia Osipova Albrecht: Carlos Acosta Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot Conductor Boris Gruzin Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, January 2014

Maria Callas, La Divina | Greatest Opera Arias | Tosca, La Traviata, Norma, La Bohème… | 1h58m53s

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MARIA CALLAS – OPERA ARIAS

00:00 UNA VOCE POCO FA • Gioacchino Rossini “Il Barbiere Di Siviglia” 06:48 VISSI D’ARTE • Giacomo Puccini “Tosca” 10:04 ADDIO DEL PASSATO • Giuseppe Verdi “La Traviata” 13:31 SICILIANA • Giuseppe Verdi “I Vespri Siciliani” 17:30 CASTA DIVA • Vincenzo Bellini “Norma” 24:45 SÌ, MI CHIAMANO MIMÌ • Giacomo Puccini “La Bohème” 29:32 UN BEL DÌ VEDREMO • Giacomo Puccini “Madama Butterfly” 34:02 AH, FORS’È LUI – SEMPRE LIBERA • Giuseppe Verdi “La Traviata” 42:21 PACE, PACE MIO DIO • Giuseppe Verdi “La Forza Del Destino” 48:46 QUAL FIAMMA AVEA NEL GUARDO • Ruggero Leoncavallo “I Pagliacci” 53:28 EBBEN NE ANDRÒ LONTANA • Alfredo Catalani “La Wally” 58:16 MIO BABBINO CARO • Giacomo Puccini “Gianni Schicchi” 1:00:48 MADRE MIA • Amilcare Ponchielli “La Gioconda” 1:02:41 QUANDO, RAPITO IN ESTASI • Gaetano Donizetti “Lucia Di Lammermoor” 1:07:41 TACEA LA NOTTE PLACIDA • Giuseppe Verdi “Il Trovatore” 1:13:50 SPARGI D’AMARO PIANTO • Gaetano Donizetti “Lucia di Lammermoor” 1:18:00 GIASON! DEI TUOI FIGLI LA MADRE • Luigi Cherubini “Medea” 1:25:27 SIGNORE, ASCOLTA • Giacomo Puccini “Turandot” 1:27:56 OMBRA LEGGERA • Giacomo Meyerbeer “Il Perdono Di Ploermel” 1:33:35 SUICIDIO! • Amilcare Ponchielli “La Gioconda” 1:38:11 CARO NOME • Giuseppe Verdi “Rigoletto” 1:44:56 HO VISTO IL FIGLIO SUL MATERNO SEN • Richard Wagner “Parsifal” 1:52:44 UNA MACCHIA È QUI TUTTORA • Giuseppe Verdi “Macbeth”

Música | Origem do nome das notas

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O nome das notas (dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si) tem a sua origem na música coral medieval. Foi Guido d’Arezzo (992-1050), um monge italiano, que criou este sistema de nomear as notas musicais – o chamado sistema de solmização. Seis das sílabas foram tiradas das primeiras seis frases do texto de um hino a São João Batista, em que cada frase era cantada um grau acima na escala. As frases iniciais do texto, escrito por Paolo Diacono, eram:

Ut queant laxis,

Resonare fibris,

Mira gestorum,

Famuli tuorum,

Solve polluti,

Labii reatum.

Sancte Ioannes

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Beethoven | 9ª Sinfonia | Ode a Alegria | Hino oficial da União Européia

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Ode à Alegria é uma das canções mais populares do piano. Tornou-se mesmo o hino oficial da União Européia porque celebra a fraternidade e a unidade. Originalmente inspirado no poema de Friedrich Von Schiller An die Freude, escrito em 1785, a quarta parte da Nona Sinfonia de Ludwig Van Beethoven, transformou o poema em música em 1824.

MOZART’S LETTERS

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* Mozart wrote nearly 650 compositions – According to Kochel’s counting ( 1863 ) REQUIEM IN D Minor is the 626 piece Mozart composed.

* Over and above this activity he also found time to pen more than 1200 letters, making him one of the most prolific writers of his era.

Numerous love letters to his wife Constanze, his father Leopold, his sister Nannerl, his friend composer Joseph Haydn …, have come down to us.

– He loved to play with words, not only in his native German but in French and occasionally Italian as well.

Mozart wielded words as easily as he did musical notes.

Sometimes he played with the words themselves. For example, he often jokingly signed letters Trazom Gnagflow, his name in retrograde.

– Mozart’s letters show he knew his worth as a musical genius even though he always came up empty handed i job hunts:

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Camarón de la Isla e Tomatito | Malaga 1990 completo

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Elwes pez del Tiétar

Qué decir? De Tomatito: Su pulgar, su expresividad, a veces gozando, a veces penando… Gran flamenco. Maestro de maestros. Pa’quitarse el sombrero. De Camarón: Poco puedo añadir que no se haya dicho ya… Puro, el más grande. Capaz de llorar por bulerías y de sonreír por soleá. Inspiración y orgullo. Gracias a los dos Josés por darnos el mejor concierto flamenco de la historia (y que Paco me perdone por mis palabras) ️

Klassik Open Air 2021 mit Sierra | Costello | Filończyk | Repušić | NDR Radiophilharmonie

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Sopranistin Nadine Sierra, Tenor Stephen Costello und Bariton Andrzej Filończyk.

Hannover Klassik Open Air 2021 00:00 Giuseppe Verdi: Ouvertüre (Sinfonia) 00:20 zur Oper “La Forza del Destino” Gaetano Donizetti: “Regnava nel silenzio” 08:48 aus der Oper “Lucia di Lammermoor” Gioacchino Rossini: “Largo al factotum” 17:55 aus der Oper “Il barbiere di Siviglia” Gaetano Donizetti: “Caro elisir! … Esulti pur la barbara” 23:09 aus der Oper “L’elisir d’amore” Giuseppe Verdi: Ballabile (Ballettmusik) 32:32 aus der Oper “Otello” Giuseppe Verdi: “Di provenza il mar, il suol” 39:30 aus der Oper “La Traviata” Giuseppe Verdi: “É strano! – Sempre libera degg’io” 44:19 aus der Oper “La Traviata” Giacomo Puccini: “O Mimì, tu più non torni” 55:20 aus der Oper “La Bohème” Giacomo Puccini: Intermezzo (3. Akt) 1:00:30 aus der Oper “Manon Lescaut” Giacomo Puccini: “E lucevan le stelle” 1:06:44 aus der Oper “Tosca” Emmanuel Chabrier: España 1:11:52 Rhapsodie für Orchester Georges Bizet: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” 1:19:37 aus der Oper “Carmen” Charles Gounod: “Je veux vivre” 1:24:38 aus der Oper “Roméo et Juliette” Jules Massenet: “Manon! Sphinx étonnant” 1:09:30 aus der Oper “Manon”

Nadine Sierra, Sopran

Andrzej Filończyk, Bariton Stephen Costello, Tenor Ivan Repušić, Dirigent

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Mitschnitt vom 21. August 2021, Hannover Klassik Open Air, Maschpark Hannover

Maria Callas sings “Casta Diva” (Bellini: Norma, Act 1)

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The great Maria Callas performs an aria from her signature role, Bellini’s druid priestess Norma, with the Orchestre de l’Opera National de Paris and Georges Sebastian. Recorded live at the Palais Garnier on the 19th of December 1958, this concert marked the soprano’s debut at the Paris Opera, a major social event for Parisians and for which Callas donned her most elegant couture and a million dollars’ worth of jewelry. The official Maria Callas website: http://www.maria-callas.com/

Mozart – Música Clássica para Estimular o Cérebro

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Mozart – Música Clássica para Estimular o Cérebro Tracklist: Divertimento in D major, K. 136 “Salzburg Symphony No. 1” 00:00 I. Allegro 02:59 II. Andante 06:38 III. Presto Divertimento in F major, K. 138 “Salzburg Symphony No. 3” 08:30 I. Allegro 11:09 II. Andante 13:55 III. Presto Metamorphose String Orchestra Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 15:57 I. Allegro 21:55 III. Minuetto 24:18 IV. Rondò Opole Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Werner Stiefel

27:28 Rondò in D Major, K. 485 (live recording) Piano: Vadim Chaimovich

Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299 34:09 I. Allegro 44:36 II. Andantino 52:44 III. Rondò. Allegro Harp: Ursula Mazurek Opole Philarmonic Orchestra Conductor: Silvano Frontalini

Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 (live recording) 1:03:19 I. Allegro moderato 1:07:56 II. Andante cantabile 1:14:32 III. Allegretto Piano: Vadim Chaimovich

1:18:32 Lucio Silla, K. 135: Ouverture Opole Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Alexandr Tracz

Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313 1:27:00 I. Allegro maestoso 1:36:02 III. Rondò – Minuetto Flute: Ubaldo Rosso Opole Philarmonic Orchestra Conductor: Silvano Frontalini

Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332 (live recording) 1:43:47 I. Allegro 1:51:15 II. Adagio 1:56:47 III. Allegro assai Piano: Vadim Chaimovich

ALISON BALSOM | Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)

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In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present.

Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and pioneer of historical performance, and with the English Concert orchestra that he founded, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcell’s Sound the trumpet and Handel’s Eternal Source of light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcell’s The Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe. Further repertoire includes suites from Purcell’s semi-operas King Arthur (1691) and The Fairy Queen (1692) in new arrangements by Balsom and Pinnock, Handel’s Water Piece in D Major HWV 341 and his Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major HWV 301 transposed into C Major.

Alison Balsom is one of today’s most popular classical musicians. Having managed to break through to the mainstream without abandoning her musical integrity, she continues to draw ever-wider audiences for her performances and recordings of diverse repertoire.

Emmylou Harris | (You Never Can Tell) C’est la Vie (live)

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Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released many popular albums and singles over the course of her career, and she has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018 she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.