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mistee 29-Jan-13, 17:34	Something beautiful Calming.... www.youtube.com
rmannstaedt 30-Jan-13, 03:49	Indeed Beethoven is a long time favourite of mine. I have a number of sets with his sonatas - Kempff, Barenboim, Kovacevich. Personally I prefer Kempff - amazing precision! - but for sheer emotional content Barenboim takes the prize   Speaking of calming... do you know Galuppi? I discovered him when on vacation in Venice (his hometown) couple of years back: www.youtube.com
chambernut 30-Jan-13, 04:14	I love Barenboim's set of Beethoven's piano sonatas also. I haven't heard of Galuppi?
brigadecommander 30-Jan-13, 04:28	WOW mistee,that is Beautiful,and rmannstaedt that is exquisite!!. Here is an old one;www.youtube.com. it is so nice to finally have a club devoted to this finest of Human expressions.
rmannstaedt 30-Jan-13, 04:40	Galuppi Nor had I, before the friendly man in the shop in Venice told me I absolutely had to buy him!   Venetian composer, born on the Island of Burano (close to the main city) 1706, so a generation after Vivaldi and half a century before Mozart. Turns out he was actually quite well known at the time, and I read somewhere that a couple of festivals featuring him has meant a growing popularity in recent years too. His style - especially in his piano music - is sparse, extremely lyrical, and - I would say - almost romantic; a kind of mix between Mozart and Beethoven, but with fewer notes   - and definitely almost a century ahead of his time in its style. One grows to appreciate and love him... It's kinda difficult to find something for piano, except his 5th sonata, on Youtube, but here is one: www.youtube.com Also, at the same time, acquired a couple of CDs with Tartini, who is also very interesting! If you only know Italian classical music from Vivaldi, you're definite in for an eye-opener! Let me see if I cannot find a link... yes: www.youtube.com
brigadecommander 30-Jan-13, 05:10	rmamnstaedt they are both lovely.I like the Galuppi better i think. It has an unusual flow that i find interesting. Here's one by Tchaikovsky you should like.;www.youtube.com. Very very romantic.
chambernut 30-Jan-13, 06:18	Re: I love that piece, Janet (Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence String Sextet). There is also an orchestral version of this marvelous work, but I prefer the original sextet version. Hence my name: "ChamberNut". It is my favourite form of classical music (chamber music).
brigadecommander 30-Jan-13, 06:52	Deleted by brigadecommander on 31-Jan-13, 00:18.
brigadecommander 31-Jan-13, 03:00	something funny ;www.youtube.com
chessplayer-58 21-Jun-13, 13:40	What abaout a great operasinger Jussi Björling listen and just relax! Björn-Viking
chessplayer-58 21-Jun-13, 14:03	Deleted by chessplayer-58 on 30-Jun-13, 00:58.
chessplayer-58 21-Jun-13, 14:29	Deleted by chessplayer-58 on 30-Jun-13, 00:58.
stalhandske 01-Jul-13, 05:14	Something beautiful: a contribution To follow up B-V's suggestion: Here is an example of Björling's timbre. From Tchaikowsky's Eugene Onegin, the well-known and popular Lensky's aria (here sung in Swedish) www.youtube.com
chessplayer-58 01-Jul-13, 05:29	Deleted by chessplayer-58 on 01-Jul-13, 06:29.
stalhandske 01-Jul-13, 05:37	Deleted by stalhandske on 01-Jul-13, 08:04.
chessplayer-58 01-Jul-13, 06:29	Sir Stålhanske,I will take away my last message,it is only what I have reed about "Jussi",so it can be that I am wrong!  I hope so!THANKS anyway Stålhanske for your information,I have bee as a Little boy,looking at Stålhanskes grave in the Church,good that it is empty and you Sire are alive,I was as a Child living 8 years in Sweden...and sins that I am home again!  Heja Sverige! BV

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