~ Classical Music Masters
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1. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach) American Bach Soloists, J.S. Bach - Favorite Cantatas 01-Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140)
2. Beethoven (Ludwig Van Beethoven) Tanya Tomkins and Eric Zi ...More vian, Beethoven Piano and Cello Works 02-Sonata in G minor op. 5 no. 2 rondo allegro
3. Brahms (Johannes Brahms) Shlomo Mintz virtuoso violinist playing Mozart and Brahms 09-Violin Sonata No. 3 - Op. 108 (Un poco presto e con sentimento)
4. Franck (Cesar Franck) Rudens Turku, Virtuoso violin sonatas 10-Allegretto poco mosso - Violin Sonata in A major (Franck)
5. Grieg (Edvard Grieg) Gleusteen and Ordronneau, Grieg - Dvorak - Franck 01-Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor Op 45
6. Handel (George Frederic Handel) Brook Street Band, Handel Oxford Water Music 25-Handel Oxford Water Music Suite in D major: Bouree
7. Haydn (Joseph Haydn) Laurel Zucker, Haydn - London Trios and Divertimentos 03-Finale Vivace (Trio 1 in C major)
8. Lizst (Franz Lizst) Markus Groh, Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in B Minor 02-Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H S.529ii
9. Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Andreas Haefliger, Mozart Piano Sonatas 12-Sonata in D major KV 576
10. Schubert (Franz Schubert) Luiza Borac, Wanderer - Schubert and Liszt 03-Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy - Presto
11. Tchaikovsky (Peter Tchaikovsky) Kyiv Chamber Choir, Praise the Lord 16-Tchaikovsky-O Holy God
12. Vivaldi (Antonio Lucio Vivaldi) American Baroque, The Four Seasons by Vivaldi 04-Concerto No.2 in g minor RV 315 :SUMMER: - Allegro non molto |
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~ Vivaldi - Violin Sonata in A Major RV31
Views: 2570 |  |  |  |  | ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Sonata for violin and basso continuo in A major RV31 Op. 2 No. 2
1. Preludio a capriccio - Presto
2. Corrente: Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Giga: Allegro
Performed by Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Richard Tunnicliffe, ...More cello
Malcolm Proud, harpsichord
*Originally written as duets for violin and cello, the Opus 2 sonatas were instead published as violin sonatas, perhaps becuase the publisher believed this would be more profitable. Despite being published as volin sonatas in name, the music itself remained unchanged. This is why the bass line is highly active, and often travels into the upper registers. |
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~ Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso in G Minor RV578
Views: 13558 |  |  |  |  | ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Concerto for two violins, cello, strings and basso continuo in G minor Op. 3 No. 2 "L'estro Armonico"
1. Adagio e spiccato
2. Allegro
3. Larghetto
4. Allegro
Performed by Tafelmusik
Featuring Elizabeth Wallfi ...More sch & Patricia Ahern, violins
Allen Whear, cello
Conducted by Jeanne Lamon |
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~ Antonio Vivaldi - Magnificat (RV 610) (2)
Views: 955 |  |  |  |  | Antonio Vivaldi - Magnificat (RV 610).
1. Fecit potentiam (Presto).
2. Deposuit potentes (Allegro)
3. Esurientes implevit bonis (Allegro).
Concerto Italiano.
Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano).
Gemma Bertagnolli (Soprano).
Sara Mingardo (Contralto) ...More .
Gianluca Ferrarini (Tenor).
Dir. Rinaldo Allesandrini (2nd version). |
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~ 3. Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (RV 608) / Carlos Mena
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741).
Salmo 126 "Nisi Dominus" (RV 608) per contralto e orchestra:
1. Gloria Patri: Larghetto.
2. Sicut era: Allegro.
3. Amen: Allegro.
Gloria Patri,
et ...More Filio et Spirítui Sancto,
sicut erat in princípio
et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen. Alleluia.
Ricercar Consort.
Carlos Mena (Countertenor).
Philippe Pierlot. |
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~ Tůma - Sinfonia a Quattro in B Flat Major
Views: 1019 |  |  |  |  | FRANTIŠEK IGNÁC ANTONÍN TŮMA (1704-1774)
Sinfonia a quattro for strings and basso continuo in B flat major
1. Largo
2. Allegro
3. Andante
4. Allegro
Performed by Concerto Italiano
Directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini
*František Ignác An ...More tonín Tůma was an important Czech composer of the Baroque era. Born in Kostelec nad Orlici, Bohemia, he lived the greater part of his life in Vienna, first as director of music for Count Franz Ferdinand Kinsky, later filling a similar office for the widow of Emperor Karl VI. He was an important late-baroque composer, organist, gambist and theorbist.
Tůma received his early musical training from his father, parish organist at Kostelec, and probably studied at the Clementinum, an important Jesuit seminary in Prague. He likely sang as a tenor chorister under B.M. Černohorský (an important composer and organist) at the Minorite church of St James, and he is believed to have received musical instruction from him. Tůma then went to Vienna, where he was active as a church musician; according to Marpurg he became a vice-Kapellmeister at Vienna in 1722. Tůma's name first appears in Viennese records in April 1729, when the birth of a son was recorded.
In 1731 he became 'Compositor und Capellen-Meister' to Count Franz Ferdinand Kinsky, who was the High Chancellor of Bohemia. Kinsky's patronage made it possible for him to study counterpoint with J.J. Fux in Vienna. He participated in the premiere of Fux's opera "Constanza e Fortezza" along with Jiri Antonin Benda and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. In 1734, Kinsky recommended Tůma for the post of the Kapellmeister to Prague Cathedral, but his recommendation arrived too late and Tůma may have remained in Kinsky's service until the latter's death in 1741. In that year he was appointed Kapellmeister to the dowager empress, widow of Emperor Karl VI. On her death in 1750 Tůma received a pension.
For the next 18 years he remained in Vienna and was active as a composer and as a player on the bass viol and the theorbo; he was esteemed by the court and the nobility, and at least one work may have been commissioned from him by the Empress Maria Theresa. After the death of his wife in about 1768 Tůma lived at the Premonstratensian monastery of Geras (Lower Austria), but in his last illness he returned to Vienna and died in the convent of the Merciful Brethren at Leopoldstadt.
Tůma's music belongs stylistically to the late Baroque. His sacred works, which were known to Haydn and Mozart, were noted by his contemporaries for their solidity of texture and their sensitive treatment of the text as well as for their chromaticism. His instrumental music includes trio and quartet sonatas, sinfonias and partitas, mostly for strings and continuo; some of them were clearly intended for orchestral use.
Among his sacred works we find some 65 masses, 29 psalms and 5 settings of the Stabat Mater. |
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~ 2. Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (RV 608) / Sara Mingardo
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741).
Salmo 126 "Nisi Dominus" (RV 608) per contralto e orchestra:
1. #@!& dederit: Andante.
2. Sicut sagittae: Allegro.
3. Beatus vir: Andante.
#@!& ded ...More erit dilectis suis somnum.
Ecce, hereditas Domini filii: merces, fructus ventris.
Sicut sagittae in manu potentis:
ita filii excussorum.
Beatus vir, qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis:
non confundetur #@!& loquetur inimicis suis in porta.
Concerto Italiano.
Sara Mingardo (Contralto).
Dir. Rinaldo Alessandrini. |
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~ Vivaldi - Violin Sonata in D Minor RV14 - Mov. 2-4/4
Views: 1474 |  |  |  |  | ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Sonata for violin and basso continuo RV14 Op. 2 No. 3
2. Corrente: Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Giga: Allegro
*Originally written as duets for violin and cello, the Opus 2 sonatas were instead published as violin sonatas ...More , perhaps becuase the publisher believed this would be more profitable. Despite being published as volin sonatas in name, the music itself remained unchanged. This is why the bass line is highly active, and often travels into the upper registers.
Performed by Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Richard Tunnicliffe, cello |
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~ Vivaldi - "Confitebor tibi, Domine" RV596 Mov. 1-3/6
Views: 1468 |  |  |  |  | ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Psalm 101 "Confitebor tibi, Domine" for alto, tenor, bass, two oboes, strings and basso continuo in C major RV596
1. "Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo" - Allegro
2. "Memoriam fecit mirabiliurn suorum" - Alleg ...More ro
3. "Sanctum et terribile nomen ejus" - Andante
Performed by La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Featuring James Bowman, counter-tenor
John Elwes, tenor
Stephen Varcoe, bariton
Conducted by Jean-claude Malgoire |
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~ The music of Vivaldi - Concerto for oboe, violin
Views: 721 |  |  |  |  | Classical music for your day.
I thought some icebergs went nice with this music especially with the second movement, the Largo.
I hope you enjoy.
Antonio Vivaldi - (1678-1741)
Concerto for Oboe and Violin, RV 548
1)Allegro - 3'45"
2)La ...More rgo - 3'21"
3)Allegro - 2'18"
performed by: The English Concert with Trevor Pinnock
label: Archiv Produktion |
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~ Vivaldi - "Dixit Dominus" in D Major RV595 - Mov. 1-3/11
Views: 757 |  |  |  |  | ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Psalm 109 for two sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, two oboes, two trumpets, strings and basso continuo in D major RV595
1. "Dixit Dominus" - Allegro
2. "Donec pacem inimicos tuos" - Allegro
3. "Virgam virtutis tuae" - A ...More llegro
Performed by La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy and La Maitrise Boreale
Featuring Lynne Dawson, soprano
James Bowman, counter-tenor
John Elwes, tenor
Stephen Varcoe, bariton
Conducted by Jean-claude Malgoire |
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~ Handel - Concerto Grosso in D Minor HWV328 - Mov. 1-3/6
Views: 3251 |  |  |  |  | GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
Concerto grosso for two violins, cello, strings and basso continuo Op. 6 No. 10 HWV328
1. Ouverture
2. Allegro
3. Lento
Performed by the Academy of Ancient Music
Featuring special guest director Andrew Ma ...More nze
*TRIVIA! Did you know that Handel was Beethoven's favorite composer? Beethoven said this on Handel: "Handel was the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head, and kneel before his tomb." |
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~ Corelli - Viola da Gamba Sonata in D Major (arrangement)
Views: 2561 |  |  |  |  | ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713)
1. Preludio: Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Vivace
5. Gavotta: Allegro
Performed by Richard Boothby, viola da gamba
Robert Woolley, harpsichord
Richard Campbell, cello
*Anonymous arrangement of violin ...More sonata in E major Op. 5 No. 11 |
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