SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, and Steve C.

Steve C / Classic Music Mafia: Here is the image depicting “The Classic Music Gangsters,” a whimsical and imaginative group of classical musicians with a playful gangster twist. The scene is set in an old-world music hall with rich, vintage decor, where the musicians are performing in stylish 1920s-era gangster attire. The atmosphere is mysterious yet sophisticated, capturing the unique blend of classical music and a lighthearted gangster theme. – aka.attrition

Every Sunday morning we present selections for our TBP family to enjoy.

We present symphonies, ensembles, quartets, octets, etc.

Not all of our music is strictly ‘classical’. We may stray a little, but we strive to make all of our selections ‘classy’.

We offer tips on proper ‘symphony etiquette’ and even some selections that are a bit light-hearted and fun aimed at a younger audience. Those pieces will be so designated, and might be a good way to introduce kids to a world of music that they might not have been exposed to or think of as old and ‘stuffy’.

A full symphony will run as long as it will. We don’t want to cut a symphony short. However, we also include some shorter pieces that we try to keep under fifteen minutes in length. You can sample each and hopefully find one or more that pleases you.

We hope that you enjoy our Sunday selections.

Anthony Aaron

Continuing with the Mahler cycle … this time with George Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra … a performance many agree is superb and better than Bernstein’s.

Mahler Symphony No.8 in E-flat major

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No.8 in E-flat major, “The Symphony of a Thousand”

Voices: Heather Harper (Soprano I, Magna Peccatrix)
Lucia Popp (Soprano II, Una poenitentium)
Arleen Auger (Soprano III, Mater Gloriosa)
Yvonne Minton (Alto I, Mulier Samaritana)
Helen Watts (Alto II, Maria Aegyptiaca)
René Kollo (Tenor, Doctor Marianus)
John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone, Pater Ecstaticus)
Martti Talvela (Bass, Pater Profundus)

Wiener Singverein

Wiener Staatsoper

Wiener Sängerknaben

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Georg Solti, conductor

Recorded at the Sophiensaal, Vienna in August 1971

This One Comes To Us Thanks To Leah.

Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture

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This Comes To Us From Former Mafioso nkit.

It Is Well | The Tragic Story Behind the Amazing Hymn | Horatio Spafford

The Next One Comes To Us Thanks To difrangia.

The Who (1 of 10) “Tommy Overture”, “1921”, The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”

When worlds/ages collide !! Not the original artists, but exceedingly good covers.

Anthony Aaron

Bach – Concerto for two harpsichords in C major BWV 1061

In the Concerto for two harpsichords, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, the two harpsichordists are busy. So much skill in the keyboards means a raw deal for the strings. Almost everywhere, they double the soloists exactly, apart from the odd independent motif. The origins of these string parts is filled with speculation. Might the spartan string parts have been added later by son Wilhelm Friedemann, rather than father Johann Sebastian?

Netherlands Bach Society

Francesco Corti, harpsichord 1

Siebe Henstra, harpsichord 2

Harpsichord 1: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke

Harpsichord 2: Geert Karman after J.H. Gräbner, 1774

[Allegro]
Largo
Presto

Here are a few short selections featuring the great Yo-Yo Ma in various musical contexts. He is truly gifted in being able to perform so beautifully in so many musical genres. Enjoy …

Here Comes the Sun

James Taylor & Yo-Yo Ma

Written by George Harrison …

The Swan (Saint-Saëns)

Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott

Ol’ Man River

Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott

“Morgh e Sahar” — Bird of the Dawn — by Ostad Morteza Naydavoud

Yo-Yo Ma and Kayhan Kalhor

CHANSON PROFONDE

Sandra Boynton’s CHANSON PROFONDE with Yo-Yo Ma

A world-weary yet passionate cat chanteuse sings from the heart (in French, of course.) A soulful cello offers exquisite support. Semi-helpful subtitles are included.

Song written, animated, and performed by Sandra Boynton, cello played by Yo-Yo Ma, piano played by Michael Ford. Plus there’s a surprise accordion cameo.

“Rain Falling From Roof”

Yo-Yo Ma and Wu Tong

There is a story from the the Northern Song Dynasty, where a novice monk asks a renowned Zen master about the meaning of Buddhism. The master points to the raindrops falling from the eaves of a roof. The novice monk, after being perplexed for a long time, suddenly experiences an epiphany.

Steve C.

And now for some Russian music.

The very best version of Russian anthem (Bolshoi junior choir)

This Magnificent Russian Music Is Astonishing – Marvelous Youth Symphony Orchestra in Hi-Res

Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra

conductor: Nejc Bečan

arrangement: Marjan Peternel

Caucasian Show in the Kremlin | Kabardinka Show • Ancient Princely Dance “Kafa”

PATER NOSTER de RIMSKY KORSAKOV

Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” from the opera “Prince Igor” Only children choir

College Symphony Orchestra

Consolidated Choir of the Children’s Music School

Head Zoya GROSHENKOVA

Conductor – Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Vladimir RYZHAEV

Russisch Orthodox – Liturgische Gesänge / Russian Orthodox – Liturgycal Chants

Liturgy of Heaven just here on earth

The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.

Heaven help us…