String Quartet

calming

Painting playlist

2025

Movements

Johannes Brahms

Merveilles is the third studio album by Malice Mizer, released on March 18, 1998. It is the band's only album on a major record label.

Its title was coined by Gackt as a keyword to the theme. Its overall concept is "a story that goes back and forth between the present, the past and the future across time". However, the lyrics are not set in the real world as it is, but in the fairy-tale world, the medieval world and the future world. This album marked the pinnacle of the band's success, being their best-selling album, charting high on the Oricon charts, and also earned them several national TV appearances. Japanese pop culture website Real Sound credited Malice Mizer as the first visual kei band to incorporate European aesthetics into heavy metal with the twin guitars in "Bel Air ~Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka De~".

merveilles

Syunikiss〜二度目の哀悼〜

Voyage ~Sans Retour~ (French: "Journey ~Without Return~) is the second album by Japanese rock band Malice Mizer, released on June 9, 1996. It is their first album with second vocalist Gackt.

The theme of the album is "based on the story of vampires, taking a scalpel to the human world from the vampire's point of view", which also became the concept of their live performances before their major label debut.

Voyage 〜sans retour〜

Madrigal

Claire〜月の調べ〜

Mémoire (French for "Memory") is the debut studio album by Japanese rock band Malice Mizer, released on July 24, 1994 by Midi:Nette. It is their only album with original vocalist Tetsu and was reissued on December 24, 1994 as Mémoire DX.

Mana stated that the goal of the instrumental first track, "De Mémoire", is to revive nostalgic memories. Fellow guitarist Közi revealed that they initially tried adding a bunch of different sounds, but ultimately decided that just the piano felt sad and lonely, like an Italian horror movie

memoire DX

バロック

Zigeunerweisen

Ingo Goritzki, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling

J.S. Bach: Oboe concerto in g-Moll BWV 1056R - II. Adagio, III. Presto

Music, piano, prog. strings, mix: Vicente Bueso

Moon

Music, piano, prog. strings, prog. orchestra, mix: Vicente Bueso

Yearning

I want to feel your soul inside me.
It can be real, with the whole world behind me.

Is there anybody out there?
Can you read me, loud and clear?

I feel all that remains.
I feel all that contains

Is nothing at all.

I want to feel your fire ignite me.
“It can be real,” said the darkness, “delight me.”

Is there anybody out there?
Can you read me, loud and clear?

I feel all that remains.
I feel all that contains

Is nothing at all.

I’ve got a feeling there’s nothing out there.

Credits:

Brad Astra: Guitars, Bass, Percussion, & Soundscapes
Nayeli Astra: Vox, Hurdy-Gurdy, Guitar, Synths, & Dreams

Special Thanks:
To the ravens who guided our melodies, the universe for its endless inspiration, and to everyone who has been part of this journey. This music collection is dedicated to those who dream with their eyes open.

In Loving Memory:
To Rio, who always listened.

Recorded at:
Nude Studio, Calgary, Alberta

Artwork by: Brad Astra
Photography by: Brad Astra

Released under Painful Records Ltd.

© 2024 The Miracle Syndicate. All rights reserved.

Produced by Brad Astra

That Feeling

Bonjour à tous, Créée en 1982 avec le groupe Éphémère." Face à l'univers " est  une ode intemporelle à l’amour, à la résilience et à la lumière qui nous unit, même face aux plus grandes distances.

Interprète                Éphémère
Paroles                    Laurentides Music
Composition : 	Laurentides Music
Arrangements : 	Laurentides Music
Copyright : 		Laurentides Music 2025

Face à l'univers, une ode intemporelle à la résilience et à la lumière qui nous unit

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 - Third movement  - Andante (E major) (1875)
Quarteto Sagarana -
Roberta Arruda & Ana Zivkovic - Violins
Mikhail Bugaev - Viola
Philip Hansey - Cello
Live recording - Sala Watari, Barão Geraldo, Campinas SP - December 7th 2019
Illustration - Georges Braque

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3; Third movement - Sagarana Quartet - Campinas - 2019

Musical Masterworks, Season 33 | December 2023 performances recorded at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, CT featuring Carmit Zori, Violin; Todd Phillips, Violin; Tessa Lark, Violin/Viola; Robert Rinehart, Viola; Julia Lichten, Cello; and Michael Thurber, Double Bass.  Learn more at https://musicalmasterworks.org.


Bach, (arr. R. Rinehart), Concerto for 7 in D Major, BWV 1061 - I. Allegro

This playlist is a preview of Dvořák - Overtures performed by PKF - Prague Philharmonia and Jakub Hrůša. All five overtures on this recording are richly and vividly scored, employing palettes of instruments broader on average than those found in Dvořák’s mature symphonies and sometimes calling for special effects. For their orchestral colour but also their rich expression of poetic content, as well as their purely musical invention and structural mastery, these overtures constitute gems of special brilliance in the treasury of Dvořák’s compositional bequest.
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Dvorak - Nature, Life And Love - Othello Overture Op. 93

Vivaldi: Concerto For Two Violin And Two Cellos In D Major - Allegro (Juilliard415)

Guillermo Figueroa, violin
Ivonne, Figueroa, piano

The Artistry of Guillermo Figueroa

Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle, op. 16

Johannes Brahms / Serenade No. 1 in D major for Large Orchestra, Op. 11 - Allegro Molto - Scherzo. Allegro non troppo. Trio. Adagio non troppo - Menuetto I - Menuetto II - Menuetto II
New York Philharmonic - Avery Fischer Hall - January 22, 1999, 8:00 pm - Live recording
Ricardo Muti - Conductor (New York Philharmonic debut)

Johannes Brahms -  Serenade No. 1 in D major - Riccardo Muti

Walter Morales, piano
Maria Sensi Sellner, conductor
All University Orchestra
November 20, 2011
Carnegie Music Hall

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 (First Movement)

Johannes Brahms - 3 Intermezzi op. 117


Yukie Nishikawa
Live Recording
MASP Auditorium, São Paulo, 26/03/97

Johannes Brahms - 3 Intermezzi op. 117

Johannes Brahms - Symphony Nº 1 Op 68
Live recording - October 4th 1997 - Centro de Convivência - Campinas
Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de Campinas
Conductor - Benito Juarez

Johannes Brahms - Symphony Nº 1 Op 68

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (1861) - Orch. Arnold Schoenberg (1937)
Live recording 
Theatro Municipal de São Paulo SP
July 18th 1997
Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo
Georg Schmöhe

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (1861) - Orch. Arnold Schoenberg (1937)

Johannes Brahms - Tragic Overture - Abertura Trágica - op. 81 - 1880
Live recording - Sala do Centro de Convivências, Campinas, SP, March 16th 1997
Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de Campinas
Conductor - Benito Juarez

Johannes Brahms - Tragic Overture - Live 1997

This track is from the album A. Borodin: The Two String Quartets and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/spsq

Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major: IV. Andante - Allegro

Ástor Piazzolla - Adiós Nonino (Farewell, Granddaddy) (1959),
Quarteto Amazônia
Claudio Cruz - violin
Igor Sarudiansky - violin
Horácio Schaeffer - Viola
Alceu Reis - cello
Live recording - Sala São Paulo - São Paulo - Brazil - July 20, 2002
Illustration - Emilio Pettoruti

Astor Piazzola - Adiós Nonino - Live - Quarteto Amazônia - São Paulo 2002

Alexander von Zemlinsky - String Quartet No.1 in A Major, Op.4 (1896)
Allegro
Scherzo (allegretto)
Breit und kräftig
Vivace
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin 
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
Illustration - Jorge

Alexander von Zemlinsky - String Quartet No.1 - Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 - "Intimate Letters" (1928)
Andante - Con moto - Allegro
Adagio - Vivace
Moderato - Andante - Adagio
Allegro - Andante - Adagio
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
Illustration - Johannes Vermeer

Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 - "Intimate Letters" -  Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121 (1881)
Allegro
Poco adagio e molto cantabile
Allegro vivo
Finale. Vivace
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
illustration - Alfons Mucha

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No. 11 -  - Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Bedřich Smetana -  Allegro moderato (second movement)  from String Quartet No. 2 in D minor (1883)
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
Illustration - František Kupka

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3; Third movement - Sagarana Quartet - Campinas - 2019

Jorge Coli