Classical

Music: The Green-Eyed Dragon
Composer: Wolseley Charles, words by Greatrex Newman
Artists: John Aler, tenor; Grant Gershon, piano
Album: Laugh With Classical Music
Label: Delos Productions — DE1627

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Laugh With Classical Music - Delos Compilation

Over the years, music that we can definitely peg as humorous or comic in nature has taken many forms. We at Delos have combed through our CD catalog to identify some prime examples, and bring them to you in this collection of music that is sure to make you smile, giggle, or even laugh out loud.

Virtuoso performers have always loved to show off, and – especially in encores – have enjoyed bringing smiles to their listeners’ faces with flashy antics that will both impress and amuse. One famed Belgian violin virtuoso-composer, Henri Vieuxtemps, wrote his Souvenir d’Amérique, Variations on “Yankee Doodle,” after his first American tour. He performed it often during later tours, prompting inevitable laughter – especially in America! Violin sorcerer Dmitry Khakhamov, performing with Constantine Orbelian and his Moscow Chamber Orchestra, delivers it to happy perfection.

They say that laughter is the best medicine. So file this collection in your virtual medicine cabinet, and – whenever life gets you down – let Delos help you feel better!


Track Listing:

Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d’Amérique, Variations on “Yankee Doodle,” Op. 17 (4:53)
Dmitry Khakhamov, violin • Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Mnatsakanov): Flight of the Bumblebee (1:09)
Oleg Sergeev, flute • Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
The Green-Eyed Dragon (3:06)
Music by Wolseley Charles, Words by Greatrex Newman • John Aler, tenor • Grant Gershon, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Galop (VI) from Ballet Suite No. 1 (L. Atovmian, 1949) (1:32)
Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich: Polka from The Golden Age (2:14)
Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
6. Margaret Ruthven Lang: There Was an Old Man in a Tree, from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43 (1:44)
Limerick by Edward Lear; Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano
Margaret Ruthven Lang: There Was an Old Person of Cassel, from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43 (1:43)
Limerick by Edward Lear; Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Dance (III) from Ballet Suite No. 3 (L. Atovmian, 1952) (2:06)
Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Margaret Ruthven Lang: There Was an Old Man of Dumbree, from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43 (1:11)
Limerick by Edward Lear; Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Humoresque-Waltz from Ballet Suite No. 1 (L. Atovmian, 1952) (2:52)
Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Margaret Ruthven Lang: There Was an Old Person of Jodd, from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43 (1:37)
Limerick by Edward Lear; Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano
Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite: Galop (2:54)
Constantine Orbelian, conductor • Philharmonia of Russia
Jean Françaix: Sérénade Comique from Petit Quatour pour Saxophones (2:06)
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Margaret Ruthven Lang: There Was an Old Lady of France, from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43 (1:24)
Limerick by Edward Lear; Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano
Margaret Ruthven Lang: There Was a Young Lady of Parma, from Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43 (2:30)
Limerick by Edward Lear; Donald George, tenor • Lucy Mauro, piano

Laugh With Classical Music — The Green-Eyed Dragon

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ENG - “Flower” is the delicacy of a flower growing in an arid field, perhaps among rocks. It is the sign of a life that resists, of a hope that continues to exist even when everything seems to come to a halt. Within the Symphonic Rock Opera Dreaming a Human Symphony, it represents a moment of deep transformation: rediscovering within oneself a feminine image — the receptive, human, and emotional part that allows one to feel again. A love that recreates adolescence, perhaps lived, perhaps only dreamed.

It is a fully symphonic piece that introduces the theme of what will become the great choral finale, when all 80 artists and musicians will unite in a single voice. Toward the end of the piece, the piano hints at a theme that will return later — “Where a Flower Can Stay” — like a karst river, a seed waiting to blossom.

Throughout the Opera, fragments of themes often appear and are later taken up again in subsequent pieces: musical traces that tell a journey, a story, a dream. Dreaming a Human Symphony.

The studio recording session video is available on YouTube at this link:
https://youtu.be/bU6KgTwd6Bc?si=iVXrtU2Umg_TPhoB
ITA - “Flower” è la delicatezza di un fiore che nasce in un campo arido, magari tra le rocce. È il segno di una vita che resiste, di una speranza che continua ad esistere anche quando tutto sembra fermarsi. All’interno della Symphonic Rock Opera Dreaming a Human Symphony, rappresenta un momento di cambiamento profondo: il ritrovare dentro di sé un’immagine femminile, la parte recettiva, umana e affettiva che permette di tornare a “sentire”. Un amore che ricrea l’adolescenza, forse vissuto, forse solo sognato.

È un brano totalmente sinfonico che introduce il tema di quello che sarà il grande finale corale, quando tutti gli 80 artisti e i musicisti si uniranno in un’unica voce. Infatti, verso la fine del brano, il pianoforte lascia intravedere un tema che ritornerà più avanti, quello di “Where a FlowerCan Stay”, come un fiume carsico — un seme che attende di sbocciare.

Nell’Opera compaiono spesso accenni di temi che vengono poi ripresi in brani successivi: frammenti che “raccontano” un percorso, una storia, un sogno. Dreaming a Human Symphony.

È possibile vedere il video delle registrazioni in studio su YouTube a questo link:
https://youtu.be/bU6KgTwd6Bc?si=iVXrtU2Umg_TPhoB

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