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[negrogesic]

John Williams playing the prelude from the fourth lute suite by bach

Seamless performance it. Makes me want to try it again i didnt very far last time

 

[prince_igor]

the lute suites are my thing and john is an australian too

 

[mr peabody]

Claude Debussy [1902] - Pour Le Piano: Sarabande



Played by Pascal Rogé [2008]

 

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[mr peabody]

Frederic Chopin [1838] - Prelude in E minor Op. 28 No. 4

 

[mr peabody]

Frédéric Chopin [1837] - Scherzo, No. 2, op. 31

played by Evgeny Kissin

 

[mr peabody]

Turlough O'Carolan [1670 – 1738] - Si Beag Si Mor

Played by Peter Blanchette



Sí Beag, Sí Mór, "Small Fairy Mound, Big Fairy Mound" is an Irish folk tune.

 

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[mr peabody]

Claude Debussy [1890] - Preludes, Book 1 No. 10



Pianist - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

The piece is based upon the myth of the island of Ys and a church that, although buried under water, rises and appears on clear mornings. The sounds of chorals, bells and monks chanting can be heard in the delicate composition.​

 

[mr peabody]

St. Mark's Basilica

Giovanni Gabrieli [1593] - Three Mass Movements ~
Part I. Kyrie Eleison I (Motet in 8 parts) | Christe Eleison II (Motet in 8 parts) | Kyrie Eleison III (Motet in 12 parts) below
Part II. Gloria (Motet in 12 parts) here
Part III. Sanctus (Motet in 12 parts) here

Album: The Glory Of Gabrieli (Music for Multiple Choirs, Brass and Organ)



Organ - E. Power Biggs
Conductor - Vittorio Negri
Counter tenor 1 - Richard Levitt
Counter tenor 2 - Dale Jergenson
Choirs - The Gregg Smith Singers ~
The Texas Boys Choir of Fort Worth
The Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble

The Glory of Gabrieli is the fabled 1967 recording by organist E. Power Biggs, performed in the space for which these pieces were written - Venice's St. Mark Basilica - with choirs from America, and antiphonal brass players from Germany.​

 

[mr peabody]

Giovanni Croce [c. 1557-1609] - Quaeramus cum pastoribus

Voces Suaves · Francesco Saverio Pedrini · Concerto Scirocco · Giulia Genini

 

[mr peabody]

Edvard Grieg [1865] - Piano Sonata in E Minor



Christopher Jessup - piano

Edvard Grieg's Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 was written in 1865 when he was 22 years old. The sonata was published a year later and revised in 1887. The work was Grieg's only piano sonata and it was dedicated to the Danish composer Niels Gade.​

 

[JoeTheStoner]

streamed this live. magical. https://philipglass.com/recordings/Visitors_rec/

 

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Samuel Barber [1936] - Adagio for Strings, Op.11



Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Beautiful.



Performed by Prague Baroque Orchestra.

 

[Asclepius]

streamed this live. magical. https://philipglass.com/recordings/Visitors_rec/

Joe, you introduced me to, Taylor.

 

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