Appassionato Yo-Yo Ma - Appassionato
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma can't be accused of hiding behind the great composers --- every envelope
Arvo Part - Do you recall how Michael Moore handled the attack on the World Trade Center in 'Fahrenheit 9/11'?
To the surprise of those who hate him, he
Bach: Mass in B minor - Bach’s B Minor Mass was never played in his lifetime, but once it was discovered a century or so later, it was an object of awe.
Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello - Considering that the Cello Suites live in the marrow of millions and millions of music lovers, it seems hard to believe that these six masterpieces,
Beethoven: Piano Concertos - If you're in the mood to hear five of the greater piano concertos ever written --- and if my experience is any guide, it's a very easy mood to slip
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff - Some would say that the most overplayed piece of classical music --- if only because people continue to get married --- is Pachelbel's Canon in D.
Four Last Songs, Richard Strauss - If you've seen The Year Of Living Dangerously --- Peter Weir's 1982 film about a young journalist looking to make a name for himself in Indonesia ---
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere - Rome. Easter Week. The year: 1639 or 1790, it's all the same. The Matins service at the Vatican. 3 AM. Twenty-seven candles are lit.
Jacqueline du Pré -
Jacqueline du Pré
Videos
Elgar Cello Concerto 1st movement
Jacqueline du Pré in Portrait
Mendelssohn - Song
Julia Fischer - This is the age of the phenomenon, of unknowns rising like rockets and lighting up the sky until they're all we can see. But only briefly.
Lara St. John - Video
Bach: BWV 1041, Allegro assai
Is there a more frequently recorded piece of classical music than Vivaldi's Four Seasons?
Mozart - January 27, 2006: Mozart's 250th birthday. He's looking good for someone his age. But then, he should look good --- he's immortal.
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos - My wife did her best to bankrupt us during the Presidential election --- if you want Obama swag, don’t go to ebay, write me --- but I’m th
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky - Alexander Nevsky
directed by Sergei Eisenstein
music by Serge Prokofiev
The greatest score in all of film --- so good that it inspired John Willia