MarsGal, the Borodin music, formally known as Polyvetsian Dances, was the music for the musical, KISMET. With all those wonderful songs: Stranger in Paradise, And This is My Beloved, etc. I have the album.

A fun rendition of Jacque Offenbach's famous "Can Can" by British ska band Bad Manners, complete with a large bald guy in a dress doing high kicks and cartwheels 

I was starting to worry about the Big Guy . . . that he might not last through the song . . . but he's a real bundle of energy!     

Sorry, I couldn't get through all that. My Dad had a small collection of 78rpm records when I was a youngster. Offenbach's Can, Can. The original name is Infernal Gallop and it is part of Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers). I found this interesting article about the composer and the song. https://www.singing-bell.com/jacques-offenbach-can-can-dance-for-kids/ Can-Can for kids?

Another kind of music
PERCUSIÓN CORPORAL CAN CAN. BODY PERCUSSIÓN. Richard Filz

https://youtu.be/y7V-pyb79fY

Well, this is different. I never heard of "body percussion" before.

It always fascinates me when groups (usually large) do things in unison. Many good examples at Youtube.

The latest from the Danish Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Otto Tausk.

My Dad's very favorite. With three growing girls Dad couldn't afford to buy extras like records. He did have a few, and Bolero was one of them. I don't remember who the conductor or orchestra were.

My favorite Respighi's The Pines of Rome, not so much the first piece because it is too exuberant for me, but the rest are mysterious, ghostly, peaceful, maybe even a little sinister in spots. Also included are the Fountains of Rome

Something to wake you up.

what a delight. Long, but I had to follow it to the end and keep smiling and beating the rhythm. Wow, what a performance.
Thank you Rammel!

Yes, it is long. But that's the way that piece is, an the only way to appreciate it is to listen all the way to the end. I enjoyed this particular one.

It also gave me time to appreciate all the diffèrent wind instruments. I never realized there was such a variety of them.

Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. I'm not sure when this was recorded, but the conductor died in 2014 so it's probably at least 10 years old.

Never a big fan of piano solos, one pianist I do like to listen to is Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009)

Liszt's famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 as performed by Vladimir Horowitz. This is often considered one of the most difficult solo piano pieces and is probably Liszt's most famous work, partly thanks to its use in several cartoons in the 1940s.

This is one of the first pieces of classical music I heard as a child. One of my Dad's small collection of 33's, but I forget who the conductor and orchestra were. It has been a while since I've heard it.

I went looking for some modern classical compositions and came up with this.

Ludovico Einaudi is known as a minimalist composer. This is a very short piece, and yes, he did actually perform this piece on a floating platform among the icebergs in Norway.

What a lovely beginning to a sunny spring morning. A bit too short though.

One for Don ( Radioman ) if he is still looking in...and anyone else who wants a piece of calm...

Can't say I care much for the high-pitched singing, but what a magnificent costume.

Did you notice that she moves her mouth as little as possible while singing?

Something a little more soothing. Erik Satie, Once Upon a Time in Paris I enjoy the artwork too. At least one of the paintings shows the Palais Garnier (Paris Opera House)

Vittorio Monti's famous Czardas - on a tuba...

Thanks, Oldiesman. Csardas is a traditional Hungarian folk song. According to Wikipedia the word is old Hungarian for tavern or restaurant. Quite a few composers have used czardas themes, but Vittorio Monti's is the best known. 

Okay, time to post some of the classical music I love to play this time of the year.

I just ran across this requiem by Gabriel Faure. I do not remember ever hearing it before.

Ran across this piece, written in 1978, by Paul de Senneville who is new to me. Very nice, calming which I appreciate this early morning.



On a quick search, I did not find much about de Senneville. He passed away this past June at the age of 89 and appears to be most noted for founding Delphine Records, Delphine Software International, and Adeline Software, all of which ceased to exist in 2004. He apparently composed only a few pieces including music for the movie The Bourne Identity.