Classical and Opera

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Vivaldi ~ Oboe Concerto in C Major RV 447 Minuetto

https://youtu.be/PVfSnF9Gt6M

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https://youtu.be/SuBQZFOnk7s

Voces8 - Barber: Agnus Dei

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Paul de Semmeville MARIAGE d'AMOR

The beautiful music and scenery, tugs at my heart, and tears fall...   

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In 1992 at La Scala in Milan, conductor Riccardo Muti rehearses tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Tiziana Fabbricini for a duet from Verdi's La Traviata, Parigi O Cara. I'm not really sure I like what Muti did with this, but it's still an interesting historical document. I've cued this video to skip a rather long introduction in Italian by Alessandro Baricco. But don't worry. You'll get to see him at the end. Keep in mind that the soprano's character, Violetta Valery, is dying in this scene, which is why the soprano sounds like - well, like she's dying.

La Traviata, Parigi o cara R. Alagna / T. Fabbricini Rehearsal with R. Muti

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Rigoletto One of my favorite operas. This is a 1982 Italian film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and starring Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberová and Luciano Pavarotti, with the music score conducted by Riccardo Chailly, based on the 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Here's a Wikipedia article about this film. This vid was posted on YouTube in 2017, but if you find it's been taken down, try one of these instead: https://youtu.be/vYTAlEYTRpA https://youtu.be/Pcoq8NOwHX8 And here's one with Spanish subtitles: https://youtu.be/GERi2vQGlTw

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[ Keep in mind that the soprano's character, Violetta Valery, is dying in this scene, which is why the soprano sounds like - well, like she's dying.

La Traviata, Parigi o cara R. Alagna / T. Fabbricini Rehearsal with R. Muti

 

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Franz Schubert _ [...] Sonata in A Major https://youtu.be/ANBh1J3Gc-s

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https://youtu.be/ea2WoUtbzuw Claire de Lune - Debussy

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This is for [...]. It's her favorite Chopin -
and I think a lot of people will agree with her.

Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53 by Frédéric Chopin performed by Rafał Blechacz