Classical Music II

[Grey_Wolf]

Here is a quartet of exquisite pieces from the Opera Gala of Baden Baden 2007

The Flower Duet with Anna Netrebko & Elina Garança
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw

Au fond du temple saint with Ludovic Tézier & Ramón Vargas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLGqI4VI9lI

Bella figlia dellamore with Anna Netrebko & Elina Garança and Ludovic Tézier & Ramón Vargas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDkY...eature=related

Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß with Anna Netrebko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tUq8Q_b8Lg

[Tessar]

This is a counter tenor I stumbled across. Prepare to pee yourself when you hear him sing the last high note

http://youtu.be/PTzNjc_oQ_c

This guy is freakin' amazing....


http://youtu.be/rmqLauYojYw This is another neat little video. Looks like he's rehearsing at half voice, and the high notes are superb.

[Tessar]

This is just lovely. Young New Zealand tenor singing "In The Bleak Midwinter."

http://youtu.be/-UNcoWf12wI

[hectorberlioz]

Been listening to Michael Praetorius' "Terpsichore Dances." An fascinating Renaissance composer who also was a music publisher (this early on, that isn't surprising), and author of several treatises on instrumentation.

If you haven't heard anything by him, especially the dances above, I suggest you do yourself a favor and look them up. I'm not 100% sure whether he is the original composer of them or the arranger, but either way you must hear them.

PS: My unsureness comes from the fact that another composer/music publisher, Tielman Susato, collected and published a similar series of dances which he called "The Danserye." Equally compelling music, and very lively.

PPS: Confirmed, Praetorius is the arranger, not original composer, of the dances.