Anybody Like Classical Music?

Insidious Von

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Dave Herwitz reviewed the soundtrack to The Lion in Winter a great film. The soundtrack was written by John Barry, it's been obscured by another soundtrack he composed.

 

Insidious Von

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It warms my cynical heart that this humble thread should be considered among the year's best. We have to thank Bohemian Artist for that, he's been long gone.

 

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Mozart's Requiem is a messy work. He couldn't help it, he was near death when he wrote it...that part of Amadeus is factual. However the Lacrimosa (Tearful) hymn is everywhere.

Lacrimosa lyrics

Mournful that day.
When from the ashes shall rise
a guilty man to be judged.
Lord, have mercy on him.
Gentle Lord Jesus,
grant them eternal rest.
Amen

Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus:
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem.
Amen.


https://lyricstranslate.com/en/lacrimosa-mournful.html
 
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chodge

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Yes... I love the classics! Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Bach... etc. Not a big fan of Stravinsky though, he was a little dissonant for my taste.

The first time Mrs. CG and I "did it" (almost 21 years ago now) was to Dvorak's Symphony no 9 "From The New World". I have a rather extensive collection actually...

I played Trombone in high School and NO, I never did anything "creative" with it! LOL!
Listen to classic FM all the time
 

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Getting women moist.

You have to be a stud to sing opera. Jonas Kaufmann and Dmitri Hvorostovsky tell Rocco Siffredi to go get his shoe box.

I"ve never heard of Jonas Kaufmann, but he's nowhere at the calibre of Hvorostovsky's voice.
There's something about the quality of Kaufmann's voice that is a bit off.
 

Insidious Von

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Unfortunately Hvorostovsky is no longer with us. (1962 - 2017)

Kaufmann started his career as a helgentenor, putting the wow factor in his performances both at Bayreuth and The Met. Then he switched course into Italian. Normally a very difficult transition, he had the advantage of being from Munich. With it's large Italian population he would have been exposed to Italian singing at a very young age. His documentary on his journey through Italy is still aired on TLN.

It worked for him.

 

Zoot Allures

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Lara Fabian is a Canadian (who knew?) and here she writes lyrics to Albinoni's Adagio critiqued by Tim Welsh


My critique is the lyrics fall short of the piece.They should be more mystical like fine poetry allowing the listener to decide what the words mean.

It is optional to pronounce the "i" in adagio which she chose not to. While it is her art, including the "i" would have been better allowing her amazing voice to linger on the end of the word adagio thus giving more depth to the word, and by extension the whole piece .

Notice at 5:41she does something daring and original - a soft exhale to end the song. Nice touch.

I will allow my opinion on Fabian's voice be influenced by Welsh and agree she is a level above next level. Welsh showed me the subtleties in her voice changes I would not of noticed

My thoughts on Tim Welch, the voice coach, is he should be on those talent shows as a judge instead of those personalities that do not understand voice and do a disservice to the singers and the listeners



 
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Zoot Allures

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MUST WATCH!

Lara Fabian born in Belgium to a Belgian father and an Italian mother, she moved to Quebec in 1991 and, since 1995, has held Canadian citizenship alongside her Belgian one

Je t'aime means I Love You and is known for its sexual lyrics

I love you, I love you
Oh yes, I love you
Me neither
Oh, my love
Like the undecided wave
I’m going, I’m going and I’m coming
Inside you
I’m going and I’m coming
Inside you
And I hold back


 
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