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��lafur Arnalds / Alice Sara Ott - Verses

Verses taken from lafur Arnalds / Alice Sara Ott The Chopin Project

Anton Bruckner - Sinfonia No. 4

Anton Bruckner, Symphony Nr 4 Es Dur 'Romantische' Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker

Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E flat major was his first great success. It is more commonly known as the Romantic Symphony, the only epithet applied to a symphony by the composer himself. The 1874 version has been seldom played; success came in 1878 but only after major revisions, including a completely new scherzo and finale, and again in 18801, once again with a completely rewritten finale. This versio...

Cem anos de Schwarzkopf

Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Schubert's lied "An die Musik" with Gerald Moore at the piano. From a 1961 BBC broadcast.

Ellen Bass - When You Return

Fallen leaves will climb back into trees.
Shards of the shattered vase will rise
and reassemble on the table.
Plastic raincoats will refold
into their flat envelopes. The egg,
bald yolk and its transparent halo,
slide back in the thin, calcium shell.
Curses will pour back into mouths,
letters un-write themselves, words
siphoned up into the pen. My gray hair
will darken and become the feathers
of a black swan. Bullets will snap
back into their chambers, the powder
tamped tight in brass casings. Borders
will...

Hannigan does Mozart.

Barbara Hannigan performs three Mozart Arias with Gothenburg Symphony at a concert recorded 12 April 2013.
- Vado, Ma Dove?
- Un moto di gioia (from The Marriage of Figaro)
- Misera, Dove Son

Filmed by Måns Pär Fogelberg
This was recorded as a documentation filming only at first, but since we love it so much we decided to publish it as well. Therefore the filming standard is not as vivid as normal athttp://www.gsoplay.com

Pixx - Deplore

Directed by The Marshall Darlings. 'Fall In' EP out now on 4AD.

Ressureição.

Gustav Mahler - Sinfonia No. 2 (Ressurreição)

Orquestra do Royal Concertgebouw - Mariss Jansons, Maestro

Ricarda Merbeth, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo soprano
Netherlands Radio Choir, Maestro do Coro - Celso Antunes

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Gustav Mahler - Sinfonia No. 2 (Ressurreio)

Orquestra do Royal Concertgebouw - Mariss Jansons, Maestro

Ricarda Merbeth, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo soprano
Netherlands Radio Choir, Maestro do Coro - Celso Antunes

Danielle De Niese at a nightclub

At first blush, you might not think operas and nightclubs would be a natural pairing. But an evening at New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge with Danielle de Niese the 33-year-old star soprano who calls herself a "diva for the digital age" proved a blend of uptown music and downtown grit could be just right.

Clad in a complicated teal gown the singer later called "a perfect mix of rock 'n' roll and diva glam," she grooved her way through the show. She's an intensely physical performer. Forget th...

György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre

György Ligeti -Mysteries of the Macabre

London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle

Barbara Hannigan -Soprano

Le grand macabre (1974–77, revised version 1996) is György Ligeti's only opera. The opera has two acts and its libretto – based on the 1934 play, La balade du grand macabre, by Michel De Ghelderode – was written by Ligeti in collaboration with Michael Meschke, director of the Stockholm puppet theatre. The original libretto was written in German, as Der grosse Makaber, but for the f...