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Short fragments of long operas by Richard Wagner

https://youtu.be/4n042id3FIM?si=X8_z_i7wfj5Auai8 “Tristan Und Isolde” – Prelude & Liebestod | Jessye Norman, Herbert von Karajan.Richard Wagner Tristan and Isolde, Opera, WWV 90. Act I. Prelude & Act III. Mild und Leise (Liebestod) | Jessye Norman. Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan. Jessye Norman appears by courtesy of EMI Classics Records Ltd. Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor International GmbH. Universal…… Continue reading Short fragments of long operas by Richard Wagner

Raoul Louis | Time Regained

https://youtu.be/GpcUAmUjKqY?si=pWRL7C6x9NUkHsRZ After Marcell Proust… But in iTalian… https://youtu.be/Ras_XfTQlH4?si=QAMLgDdSk1ZzaSwq A trailer…

Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

https://youtu.be/e6pEIHtffqQ?si=0VV9em8tLcQCFJdM John Wilson conducts the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Vaughan Williams’s rhapsodic masterpiece is well suited to socially-distanced performance – he divides his forces into two mini-orchestras and a string quartet, and asks for them to be placed as far apart as possible, to weave a web of luminous sound around the…… Continue reading Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium

https://youtu.be/Gv1zZwppTuc?si=Hx9R1eMTNLh6f8DH An introduction to the history and theory of Thomas Tallis’s 40-part masterpiece, followed by a full performance by Stile Antico (London, UK).