I Like It When They Play Our Tunes
Some good classical performance clips sifted from YouTube today, since I've been in the mood for it:
The opening of Act III of John Adams' Nixon in China (from what looks like the original production), probably the best music Adams has yet written for the stage.
Renee Fleming singing "Ain't it a Pretty Night" from Carlisle Floyd's Susannah.
Evgeny Mravinsky putting the right kind of edge on the final movement of Shostakovich's 5th symphony, and the acerbic first movement of the composer's cello concerto played by the late, very great Mstislav Rostropovich.
The middle movement of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (in two chunks), one of the best postmodern anythings out there, as directed by Simon Rattle.
The opening of Act III of John Adams' Nixon in China (from what looks like the original production), probably the best music Adams has yet written for the stage.
Renee Fleming singing "Ain't it a Pretty Night" from Carlisle Floyd's Susannah.
Evgeny Mravinsky putting the right kind of edge on the final movement of Shostakovich's 5th symphony, and the acerbic first movement of the composer's cello concerto played by the late, very great Mstislav Rostropovich.
The middle movement of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (in two chunks), one of the best postmodern anythings out there, as directed by Simon Rattle.
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