Clásica

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Orquestas

Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle, "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"

Vivaldi– four Seasons

Jules Deelder en het Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest met het verhaal van Peper en de Wolf van Zuid. Live-opname, Rotterdam 1994.


Peper en de wolf

Un estratto della registrazione della Barcarolle di Offenbach eseguito dal vivo al Teatro alla Scala

Barcarolle, J. Offenbach - Filarmonica della Scala, Georges Prêtre cond.

Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (Barcarolle) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Jaques Offenbach

002. Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus Passion (BWV 244) - Erbarme Dich

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Thomas Gould, violin
Senesino Players

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 2. Andante

der rosenkavalier - final trio - renee fleming, frederica von stade, and kathleen battle.

Der Rosenkavalier-Presentation of the Rose (Andrea Szanto, Octavian)

As my father would not buy a record player, I often went to the public library as a teenager to listen to classical music. One of my favourite records was the Boston Pops recording of Gaîté Parisienne, a ballet comprised of tunes by Jacques Offenbach. Offenbach composed nearly 100 operettas in mid-nineteenth century Paris and was a great influence on other composers such as Johann Strauss Jr. He also composed an unfinished opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, which is still performed. When we think of Can Can music, we are likely thinking of the Galop from his operetta Orpheus in the Underworld.

Offenbach had a gift for romantic melodies and one of the most beautiful is the Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. It is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano whose voices intertwine in the same octave. The lyrics extol the beauty of the night and of love ("Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"). The setting is Venice and the rhythm of the music suggests the gentle paddling of gondoliers.  The word "barcarolle" is derived from the Italian word for "boat".

Source: Wikipedia

Barcarolle - Jacques Offenbach

This is an orchestral arrangement, I started right after my first string quartet in 2000. It is Beethoven's "Rondo a capriccio" or better known as "Rage Over a Lost Penny" / "Die Wuth über den verlornen Groschen" for solo piano. I had no time to finish it in 2000. But a month ago, I rediscovered it and sat down to finish it. This is the result. I hope you enjoy it. Any comments appreciated.
This is written for (2, 2, 2, +bass, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1, timp, str).

The original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKXZeUOKVdo

"Rage Over a Lost Penny" (1798 Beethoven / 1828 Diabelli, arr. 2000, 2012)

CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX  JSO CHASLIN

The beautiful Barcarolle from Offenbach's opera "Hoffmanns Adventures". Arranged by Sindre Hotvedt and performed by Opera i Tiden and Cikada String Quartet. Recorded on Opera i Tiden's Christmas CD "Skjønne Natt". Norwegian translation.

Barcarolle

Requiem K.626 - 8. Lacrimosa   Mozart

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 and subtitled To October, for the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy Capella Choir under Nikolai Malko, on 5 November 1927. After the premiere, Shostakovich made some revisions to the score, and this final version was first played in Moscow later in 1927 under the baton of Konstantin Saradzhev. It was also the first time any version of the work had been played in Moscow.

Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2

Pia-Karin Helsing plays her own arrangement of Offenbachs Barcarolle on the cello. She also sings both parts of the duett herself!  Working in the studio is fun! =)
Fredrik Olofsson is the sound-technician.
Recorded in Luleå 2013-05-23