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Traditional Catholic Faith => Art and Literature for Catholics => Topic started by: cletus1805 on January 27, 2022, 09:50:20 PM
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Share your favorite classical works and composers.
My very favorite peice is Mozart's Magic Flute overture. It never ceases to move me. Beautiful music has a unique way of touching the soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gedb05J5M
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This version of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 has been a favorite of mine lately.
https://youtu.be/44S21EoDjho
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I have been listening to a lot of Albinoni's Oboe Concerto's as of late.
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Smetana - The Moldau
https://youtu.be/3G4NKzmfC-Q
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https://youtu.be/xIcVNqMsgAg
https://youtu.be/sqwV9l-U8ds
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https://youtu.be/hlR9rDJMEiQ
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https://youtu.be/6dDk6aft4JU
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Share your favorite classical works and composers.
My very favorite peice is Mozart's Magic Flute overture. It never ceases to move me. Beautiful music has a unique way of touching the soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gedb05J5M
Are you aware that Die Zauberflöte is a glorification of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ to which Mozart belonged?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5NsPOgyALI
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https://youtu.be/O3MVY6UiMag
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVe2l-6h-ak
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Pachelbel Canon in D has been one of my favorites since I first heard it as a teen. I spent some time looking for the best version and this is by far my favorite ever. It brings me so much joy to listen to this one. Has a faster tempo than most other versions.
https://youtu.be/JvNQLJ1_HQ0
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Another beautiful and cheerful piece from the same group. I recommend visiting their YouTube channel to listen to more beautiful performances.
https://youtu.be/Vdw85KESaY8 (https://youtu.be/Vdw85KESaY8)
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A couple of my favourites from the Red Priest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klOA_YdLxZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46w3KOy_ros
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https://youtu.be/4t3Vmo_EM8Y
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https://youtu.be/7ERGrejuwNQ
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https://youtu.be/O_BGgNc6F9A
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https://youtu.be/dgRaJWaFfTI
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Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4c0ecGbtqY)Allegro from Bach Double Concerto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFV0SoBd6o)
Steve Reich -- Piano Phase (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sU-_Sw1Fwo)
Partita for 8 Voices -- Caroline Shaw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab4zTQEsnBk)
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https://youtu.be/l1C8NFDdFYg
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This has always struck a chord with my melancholy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
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This has always struck a chord with my melancholy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
And this one by Beethoven as well:
A glass of Portugese red, a driving winter snowstorm, and a fire in the woodstove.
A feather quill pen, ink pot, and diary.
Then hit play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQt9x-GZQ8g
Core 'ngrato
Riccardo Cordiferro
Catarì, Catarì,
pecchè me dici
sti parole amare;
pecchè me parle
e 'o core me turmiente, Catarì?
Nun te scurdà
ca t'aggio date 'o core,
Catarì, nun te scurdà!
Catarì, Catarì, che vene
a dicere stu parlà
ca me dà spaseme?
Tu nun'nce pienze a stu dulore mio,
tu nun'nce pienze,
tu nun te ne cure.
Core, core 'ngrato,
t'aie pigliato 'a vita mia,
tutt'è passato e
nun'nce pienze cchiù!
Catarì, Catarì
tu nun o saie ca 'nfino int' 'a na chiesa
io so' trasuto e aggio priato a Dio,
Catarì
e ll'aggio ditto pure a 'o cunfessore
I' sto' a suffrì pe chella lla'!
Sto a suffrì, sto a suffrì
nun se po credere
sto' a suffrì tutte li strazie
e 'o cunfessore ch'e' persona santa
m'ha ditto: figlio mio, lassala sta', lassala sta'!
Ungrateful heart
English Translation © Nicholas Cornforth (https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/poet/816)
Ungrateful heart
Catarina, Catarina,
why do say
such bitter words;
Why do you speak
and torment my heart, Catarina?
Do not forget
I gave you my heart,
Catarina do not forget!
Catarina, Catarina, what meaning
Do your words hold,
Words that leave me shuddering?
You do not think of the pain I feel,
You do not think,
You do not care.
Ungrateful, ungrateful heart
You have taken my life,
All has passed
And I am in your thoughts no more!
Catarina, Catarina
You do not know that I even went into a church
And prayed to God,
Catarina
I confessed to a priest
That I was suffering for you!
I was suffering, I was suffering
Suffering beyond words
I was suffering every punishment and pain
And the priest, a saintly man
Turned to me and said: my son, let her go, let her go!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82bXoETR-1I (Listen closely at 2:48 or so; some of the basses are singing a lower octave not in the score... it's quite amazing)
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https://youtu.be/ZoUA5uSnoHg
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https://youtu.be/-GKNcyA1JuA
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https://youtu.be/-GKNcyA1JuA
Good stuff. Gardiner is the conductor for Baroque chorales of Handel and BAch.
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Kind of
https://youtu.be/aLZun0gxXII
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https://youtu.be/4t3Vmo_EM8Y
I once heard a Tantum Ergo sung to this very same melody. Beautiful. Words and music match perfectly.
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Piano Concerto #3 in d minor. Incredibly difficult to play. Legendary calendar.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oTIso1m4Zmg
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Sorry, was trying to type 'cadenza' and it corrected me.
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Are you aware that Die Zauberflöte is a glorification of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ to which Mozart belonged?
Of course. You can plainly see it in the opera. However, the music stands on its own. Extremely beautiful and masterfully composed. I have never heard anything more harmonius and beautiful than Mozart.
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Presently have Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 playing on the TT.
Here’s an excerpt:
https://youtu.be/vCHREyE5GzQ
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I'm a big fan of anything Vivaldi and (Franz Joseph) Haydn. I have always found Mozart to be a bit immature and flighty, and prefer the maturity and seriousness of Haydn.
Outside of these two, my two guilty pleasures are the Piano Concertos (2 & 3) by Rachmaninoff. Oh, and Beethoven's Violin Concerto no. 1.
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Anyone a fan of Borodin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKclPhsK0o
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https://youtu.be/yflWG-e38OU
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https://youtu.be/ojeLyPo_Wz4
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https://youtu.be/Q_hLh4qCqpg
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https://youtu.be/QYHd0HKaVw4
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A real barn burner
https://youtu.be/xaRNvJLKP1E
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Anyone a fan of Borodin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKclPhsK0o
I for one do enjoy his music. :cowboy:
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https://youtu.be/prvBEXbnDR0
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Cherubic Hymn -- Penderecki (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpnRhgtugbw)
Jubilate Deo -- Pietro Ferrario (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhxW-051xMo)
Sweetheart of the Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IDOgPlADBU) (based on a poem about the Biblical Ruth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZLfIKYg0Pg (Ox On the Roof -- French composer goes to Brazil and discovers its music)
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https://youtu.be/rTZYgPKP_ag
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https://youtu.be/rARQCJiF8v8
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https://youtu.be/dfxZTMF0dGU
From the comments:
Something few English speakers realize is that when Pilate asked Jesus "What is truth?" in John 18:38, the phrase in latin is "Quid est veritas?" which is an anagram for "Est vir qui adest." Which translates to "The man in front of you."
Pilate answered his own question
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This has always struck a chord with my melancholy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
I like that version too, but I think this one has an edge over it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
This is one of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPhXFkhjkbk
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https://youtu.be/FGqoU9NIjZw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9D7ZqBAOF0
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Smetana - The Moldau
https://youtu.be/3G4NKzmfC-Q
I heard this the other day on NPR. Glorious. They really need to stick to music.
Incidentally, "smetana" means "sour cream". In Polish it's "śmietana".
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https://youtu.be/FxBiT15OoCM
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I enjoy, in this order --
1) anything Vivaldi (it's all excellent)
2) anything Franz Joseph Haydn
3) my "sinful pleasure" -- Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos 2 & 3
4) Beethoven Violin Concerto
I'm less enamored of Mozart and much prefer Haydn. Mozart to me seems very immature and flighty, whereas Haydn's music I find very mature and sophisticated. Perhaps there's some bias due to 1) Haydn having been a devout Catholic and 2) over-hearing Mozart. I find that Mozart has been so beaten to death that it almost seems to me as if it's all the same.
I much prefer Vivaldi to Bach. I did get a bit of Vivaldi fatigue from over-listening, mostly to the 4 Seasons, but then I found the recording by the Jєω Gil Shaham and Orpheus, and it was a very interesting take on Vivaldi that I very much enjoyed
I also enjoyed the Jєω Joshua Bell's rendition of Beethoven Violin Concerto.
Perhaps this'll give ammunition to Sean's accusation that I'm a Jєω :laugh1:
On the other hand, I find Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern to be both INCREDIBLY OVERRATED ... probably just because they're Jєωs.
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Take Him, Earth for Cherishing -- Herbert Howells (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeemCQnfps4)
Louange à l'Éternite de Jésus -- Olivier Messiaen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bUcAXZk_9c)
Langsam Satz -- Anton von Webern (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGDHGk_49w)