The first 12 seconds or so really gets me where I live! And the rest of it is moving/emotive as well. Enjoy.
Gondellied in A major “Barcarole”
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Composers
Talk about seas. This one really floats my boat
Partial calm sea
I was listening to this and couldn’t figure out why I didn’t include it in the Gurdjieff Medley.
Love it. Hope you do too.
G.I. Gurdjieff was surely one of the most influencial figures from the first half of the 20th century, as regards influencing the big names in the Arts, Mystical schools, Musicians etc. An incredibly charismatic man who lived life to the full. His music is unlike any other. Isn’t it?
4 pieces:
Sacred hymne no. 4 / Allegretto / Chants of the Molokans / Tibetan melody
I’d never heard of Crusell. As usual most good stuff I find is ‘accidental’ – just stumbling around in cyberspace; and that’s how I found Crusell.
Anyway this guy Crusell (15 October 1775 – 28 July 1838) was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, “the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, — the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius”.
Here’s his clarinet concerto #2 in F minor / second movement.
Ooops! This piece is NOT by Palestrina, but rather by Gregorio Allegri.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Allegri
My apologies to Francis Brabazon!
The wonderful Australian poet Francis Brabazon was fond of Palestrini’s music. I had never heard anything by him until now. Since I admire Francis’ poetry so much, and the life he led as a Spiritual seeker, it behooved me to check him out.
After all those years of avoiding vocal music, I’ve now made the huge leap to even enjoying ‘sacred music.’ Sometimes the comments you’ll find about UTube videos are really intense! Here are a few about this piece.
This brings me peace among an ocean of issues. This transports me outside me. This is the Real Art.
and this: I’m not religious at all, I still love this.
and: Dang I just cried
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 2 February 1594) Miserere mei Deus
When i begin to reference my own web site; that will be the day where I’ve truly Made It.
That day has come!
Recently I was haunted by a memory of my glorious Classical D.J. days in Castlemaine, Victoria; and how there was a piece that I featured and pontificated about, but couldn’t remember what the piece was.
It involves my love of super slow piano riffs: The silence between the notes (*when done by a Master like Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin … or in this case Brahms)
Just today I came upon this posting on my site; of a piece by Brahms, with some super duper slow piano, and great cello in the bargain. And then I remembered that this is the piece I featured on the radio show.
Enjoy
Brahms piano trio #1 in B major op. 8 – Adagio
Stumbling around through google titles like: Most Beautiful Classical Melody, Greatest Symphonic Moments, Great Piano Solos and so on and so forth. This beauty – that I didn’t know of before – was “discovered” in one of those sites.
Stumble on!
So Beautiful
Mahlers’ final movement to his 8th symphony should do it. Goosebumps and the roof of the building lifts. This piece gives you an idea of what a Mahler fan is on about!
Carl Stamitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Stamitz
His clarinet concerto in B flat major / second movement
I just now accidentally stumbled upon this piece by Anton Reicha. While I listened I had a feeling that my brother would enjoy it. The winds, the lightheartedness and playfulness of it.
It’s Reicha’s Octet for string quartet and winds in E flat major Op. 96 – first movement
Reicha’s Octet for string quartet and winds in E flat major Op. 96 – first movement 
In a recent email from Naxos there was a featured album of bassoon and orchestra pieces by some of the great composers, some of whom were not known for bassoon or orchestral pieces: Such as Verdi, Puccini and Paganini. This third movement from Puccini’s Bassoon Concerto is certainly no master work – but a charming little piece nonetheless! Enjoy
Puccini Bassoon Concert
My first post in a while! Hope you enjoy it
Shows off Schuberts’ range and genius. Enjoy.
Schubert Fantasie for violin and piano in C major