Composer Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) wrote "Aprile" sung by great, late Italian opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007). youtu.be/CntzdIy5ZC8

My favorite composer, Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). From his 1889 ballet "The Sleeping Beauty", the famous, sublime Rose Adagio played by the Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor. [PIT opened and conducted his music in the opening week of NYC's Carnegie Hall, 1891.] youtu.be/T2tDr0SS8rE

The inimitable, late Italian opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) and the NY Philharmonic in Central Park (June 1993) performing Mattinata (1904;"Morning") by Italian opera composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919). BRAVO!! youtu.be/8mWUCO6yTQw

The inimitable, late Italian opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) and the NY Philharmonic in Central Park (June 1993) performing Mattinata (1904;"Morning") by Italian opera composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919). BRAVO!! youtu.be/8mWUCO6yTQw

"Lonely Town" is a song from the 1944 musical 'On the Town'. Composed by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, you hear, in song, the luscious, precious voice of Dawn Upshaw. [Sinatra's rendition: youtu.be/byIVV36b0UQ ] youtu.be/v2rFEMDPNk8

"Lonely Town" is a song from the 1944 musical 'On the Town'. Composed by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, you hear, in song, the luscious, precious voice of Dawn Upshaw. [Sinatra's rendition: youtu.be/byIVV36b0UQ ] youtu.be/v2rFEMDPNk8

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), Soviet era classical music composer. Here's the captivating, gradually very lively piece entitled "Dance of the Gaditanae" from Spartacus. Beginning slowly and quietly, it winds up being an alluring, magnetic, bewitching Latin-type rumba rhythm. youtu.be/BenAF0u4Pks

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), Soviet era classical music composer. Here's the captivating, gradually very lively piece entitled "Dance of the Gaditanae" from Spartacus. Beginning slowly and quietly, it winds up being an alluring, magnetic, bewitching Latin-type rumba rhythm. youtu.be/BenAF0u4Pks

Emmanuel Chabrier (French, 1841-1894): Suite Pastorale (1888); Radio France Philharmonic Orch, John Eliot Gardiner conductor. For me, the most charming, enchanting and elegant movement is the one starting at 9:49--> "Sous-Bois" ( = Under the trees). youtu.be/RsG0kj8_5QU

Emmanuel Chabrier (French, 1841-1894): Suite Pastorale (1888); Radio France Philharmonic Orch, John Eliot Gardiner conductor. For me, the most charming, enchanting and elegant movement is the one starting at 9:49--> "Sous-Bois" ( = Under the trees). youtu.be/RsG0kj8_5QU

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Written in 1935 by Cole Porter (1891–1964) for the Broadway musical "Jubilee", this music - akin to a slow rhumba - is beguiling if anything. Tom Poster on piano and his wife Elena Urioste on violin. youtu.be/N3VxTWycNPw

Written in 1935 by Cole Porter (1891–1964) for the Broadway musical "Jubilee", this music - akin to a slow rhumba - is beguiling if anything. Tom Poster on piano and his wife Elena Urioste on violin. youtu.be/N3VxTWycNPw

Henry Beston, native of Quincy, Massachusetts (1888-1968)

Henry Beston, native of Quincy, Massachusetts (1888-1968)

At the very end of Richard Wagner's striking, groundbreaking opera "Tristan und Isolde" (written over 3 different years in the late 1850s), Isolde sings her stupendous Liebestod ("love-death"). Here's a transcription for harp, played by French harpist Sylvain Blassel. youtu.be/Lqh1l3rnAic

At the very end of Richard Wagner's striking, groundbreaking opera "Tristan und Isolde" (written over 3 different years in the late 1850s), Isolde sings her stupendous Liebestod ("love-death"). Here's a transcription for harp, played by French harpist Sylvain Blassel. youtu.be/Lqh1l3rnAic

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More evil from THE EVIL ONE. Tell others, please. TRUMP Drops INSANE Policy To Screw Over Veterans youtu.be/kJ1jtEsYM9Q www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A piece that's so admirable yet unassuming is the Romance in E for Horn and Piano (or, at times, for cello and piano) Op. 67 (1885) by Romantic era French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). [Same work but for cello and orchestra: youtu.be/SB8dPDMt_aI ] Enthralling music. youtu.be/npKWGhCOGnA

A piece that's so admirable yet unassuming is the Romance in E for Horn and Piano (or, at times, for cello and piano) Op. 67 (1885) by Romantic era French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). [Same work but for cello and orchestra: youtu.be/SB8dPDMt_aI ] Enthralling music. youtu.be/npKWGhCOGnA

The "Carnival Overture", op. 92, is exciting, exhilarating music composed in 1891 by the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904). It's packed with energy and life, played here by the BBC Symphony, Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 Sept. 2012. youtu.be/a1jNQgTVYrY

The "Carnival Overture", op. 92, is exciting, exhilarating music composed in 1891 by the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904). It's packed with energy and life, played here by the BBC Symphony, Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 Sept. 2012. youtu.be/a1jNQgTVYrY

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Finale to Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", played by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 16 Oct. 2023. The glorious music of Peter I. Tchaikovsky, my favorite. Tell us how you like this music in which I find grandeur and splendor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7c1...

A delightful, uplifting, and happy short piece is the last movement of Widor's 5th symphony (1879), the toccata movement played here by the late, great Finnish organist Kalevi Kiviniemi who died earlier this year. [Charles-Marie Widor: French; 1844 – 1937.] www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDp...

Here again is that marvelous Charles-Marie Widor toccata from his Organ Symphony no. 5 but this time played by organ AND full orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs (Colorado Springs, CO). [Read the comments way down below the YouTube video box at YT.] Great happiness. youtu.be/PmEvLEx7tVE

For me, there's the most intense feeling of a yearning in the 1st section of Jean Sibelius's Lemminkäinen Suite (or more correctly 4 Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22) composed in 1896 when JS was 31. [He lived from 1865 to 1957.] That yearning feeling begins, I think, at 10:14 youtu.be/x_vVc62BMfs

Here's a fetching, poignant and wistful short piece by short-lived British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). It's played in the video here by two musicians and in the lower video link by a British orchestra. youtu.be/uUHCDnCT8M0 youtu.be/fTX72OcNKsY ( <-- This the orchestral version)

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Twelve year old John Samuell perfectly plays the famous toccata by Eugène Gigout (French; 1844-1925). Such mystery and resolution in great organ music! youtu.be/cSWkt6_Fupg

Twelve year old John Samuell perfectly plays the famous toccata by Eugène Gigout (French; 1844-1925). Such mystery and resolution in great organ music! youtu.be/cSWkt6_Fupg

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Conducting the astonishing, wondrous, and poignant "Liebestod" from Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" is the legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957). Watch AT's face and eyes exerting tight control over the musicians. Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1951. youtu.be/FL1gFw-7SMc

Conducting the astonishing, wondrous, and poignant "Liebestod" from Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" is the legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957). Watch AT's face and eyes exerting tight control over the musicians. Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1951. youtu.be/FL1gFw-7SMc

Thank you Hart Cunningham for adding the nice brief, silent video showing my heroine Marie Skłodowska-Curie in her lab <probably in Paris> and elsewhere. I'd never seen this before. [You added it to my post on Marie Skłodowska-Curie with a quote from her.] Thanks

Thank you Hart Cunningham for adding the nice brief, silent video showing my heroine Marie Skłodowska-Curie in her lab <probably in Paris> and elsewhere. I'd never seen this before. [You added it to my post on Marie Skłodowska-Curie with a quote from her.] Thanks

German composer Richard Strauss's tone poem "Don Juan". RS (1864-1949) wrote this astonishing work at age 24 in 1888. Vibrant, lively early section followed by a tender, slower section, then later, building to a notably bold, heroic declaration in the horns. youtu.be/8Mrg5yiPOws

German composer Richard Strauss's tone poem "Don Juan". RS (1864-1949) wrote this astonishing work at age 24 in 1888. Vibrant, lively early section followed by a tender, slower section, then later, building to a notably bold, heroic declaration in the horns. youtu.be/8Mrg5yiPOws

Just before the 20 minutes of great interview end, Kyle Kulilnski comes on to say that to see the balance of the interview, one has to go to their Substack to watch or listen to it. Gil Duran's a sharp, alert journalist here. The Elon Conspiracy Goes Deeper Than You Thought youtu.be/Rn52wL1b334

Just before the 20 minutes of great interview end, Kyle Kulilnski comes on to say that to see the balance of the interview, one has to go to their Substack to watch or listen to it. Gil Duran's a sharp, alert journalist here. The Elon Conspiracy Goes Deeper Than You Thought youtu.be/Rn52wL1b334