What are you listening to? Part III

[icanhazmac]

 

[Scepticalscribe]

@rm5: Over a decade ago, I had the privilege of hearing Marcus Miller (who has worked closely with legends such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, among others) play live - he gave a wonderful concert at an international jazz festival, in Tbilisi, in Georgia.

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Baroque & Ancient Dance Music from Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata; 45 minutes of pure pleasure.

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Thank you for sharing this.

Take a listen to their spectacular (and wonderfully uplifting) 'Arpeggiata Tarantella Napoletana'; it is glorious.

 

[Mousse]

Tannhauser.

The Pilgrim's Chorus is one of my favorite piece. Hearing it for the first time in What's Opera, Doc? (Kill the Wabbit) was what got me interested in opera.

The Kill the Wabbit part is Ride of the Valkyries. The Pilgrim's Chorus is the love song; it starts when Bugs rides in on a fat horse.

 

[rm5]

Dave McKenna with a vocalist - I really can't get enough of him! I especially like this track and "I Wished on the Moon"

 

[KaliYoni]

Tannhauser.

The Pilgrim's Chorus is one of my favorite piece. Hearing it for the first time in What's Opera, Doc? (Kill the Wabbit) was what got me interested in opera.

The Kill the Wabbit part is Ride of the Valkyries. The Pilgrim's Chorus is the love song; it starts when Bugs rides in on a fat horse.

And this was my introduction to Rossini...

 

[dudax]

8-Bit Jungle

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[Sal09]

My favourite album.

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[allan.nyholm]

Currently listening to Peckerhead's new album on Apple Music - current track The Mosquito

 

[Lioness~]

So awesome ♥️

 

[Expos of 1969]

A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout

 

[dudax]

Krautrock

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[Lioness~]

Agnetha still have a great voice at 73 ⭐️

 

[Scepticalscribe]

This is brilliant, and I realise that I hadn't listened to this in an absolute age.

Thank you for linking this wonderful piece, and for reminding me to listen to it again.

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[Mark.g4]

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Brilliant.

I remember watching this with my father.

 

[bradl]

Back to Nightwish today. Since a decent amount of classical music has been posted (which is phenomenal), I went to this piece, as keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen described this as his magnum opus. Contrary to most popular belief (people who think this has to do with PT Barnum and the circus), the song is actually about the evolution of life, named for a book of the same name by Richard Dawkins.

The song is split up into 5 parts:

1. Four Point Six (as in 4.6 billion years ago, our galaxy was formed),
2. Life,
3. The Tool Maker,
4. The Understanding, and
5. Sea-Worm Driftwood

This was performed at Wembley Arena with Richard Dawkins coming out to recite part of his book, but I chose to include the performance of this from Tampere, Finland, for the obvious visual reasons. Finally, one thing that Tuomas also included into the song was a small chapter of the evolution of music, from what I believe is the first recorded piece ever made all the way up to EDM drum beats. If I remember correctly, the progression of this is:

1. Dies Irae,
2. Minuet in G Major, by Petzold,
3. Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, by Bach,
4. a snippet of Dueling Banjos,
5. Enter Sandman, by Metallica, and
6. Electronic Dance/drum beats

Definitely a great way to not only get a history of life on our planet, but have it taught musically, as well as get a history lesson in the evolution of music on our planet. Enjoy.

BL.

 

[lamboaudi4]

Re-listening through this one – one of my all time favourite film soundtracks. RIP Vangelis