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(1665-1729) Composer; musical prodigy; "The Marvel of Her Century" pinxit François de Troy |
usic speaks from those deepest regions of being where mere words cannot reach. It is the ebb and flow of an ocean both joining and separating our hearts. Here I offer you a sampling of compositions which speak most powerfully to my own heart, with the hope that you may share the feeling communicated by these works of sublime beauty. |
Bach,J.S. Concerto for Harpsichord, S.1052 Boccherini. String Quintet No.1, G.445 Bruckner. Symphony No.9 Händel. Concerto Grosso, Op.3, No.5 Jacquet de La Guerre. Menuet from Suite I, Book I Lawes. Consort No.4 for Harp, Bass Viol, Violin, and Theorbo Mozart. String Quartet No.15, K.421 |
Roncalli. Passacaglia Tartini. "Devil's Trill" Sonata Vivaldi. Concerto, Op.10, No.2, "La notte", RV 439
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Marcello. Concerto No.2 for Oboe and String Orchestra Saint-Saens. Symphony No.3, Op.78, "Organ Symphony" |
Corelli. Sarabande from Sonata VII for Viola da Gamba, Op.5 Locatelli. Concerto, Op.4, No.8 |
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Haydn. Symphony No.96, "Miracle" |
Schumann,R. Piano Quintet |
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de Visée. Gavotte from Suite for Theorbo |
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Barber. Adagio for Strings Bizet. Suite Arlésienne Chopin. Piano Concerto No.2 Corelli. "La Folia" chaconne, Op.5, No.12 Couperin. Les Barricades Mystérieuses Glück. Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol..." (Les Champs-Elysées) Gottschalk. Grand Fantasia Triumphale: Variations on the Brazilian National Anthem Grieg. Aus Holbergs Zeit, Op.40 Ippolitov-Ivanov. Caucasian Sketches, Op.10 de Lassus. Salve Regina Lully. "La Cérémonie Turque" from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Mahler. Symphony No.6 Marais. La Rêveuse Monteverdi. Book VII of Madrigals, "Madrigali Erotici " Mudarra. Romanesca Offenbach. Overture to the Grand Duchess of Gérolstein Orff. Carmina Burana Paradis. Sicilienne Puccini. Crisantemi Purcell. Dido and Aeneas: "Thy hand, Belinda ..." Respighi. Ancient Airs and Dances Ruiz de Ribayaz. Xacaras por primer tono, from Luz y Norte Scarlatti,A. Il Giardino di Amore (Venere e Adone) Sibelius. The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22, No.3 Soler. Fandango Taaffe-Zwillich. Symphony No.1 Telemann. Darmstädter Ouvertüren, TWV 55 Villa-Lobos. Bachianas Brasileiras, No.5 |
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They gave me true success: the golden Muses... And once dead, I shall not be forgotten!
Many have been cheated by Oblivion:
trans.: Paul Roche
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