🎶 The Official TTF Music Thread! 🎶

[Hisoka Morrow]

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Berzelmayr]

 

[Eljorahir]

Who knew dragons could play the bagpipes? I would've thought the bags would just burn up from all the fiery breath.

Oh. It was Dragoons. Never mind.

Happy New Year!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Berzelmayr]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

One of the finest works of Ravel - dreamily colourful and deeply nostalgic!

 

[Deimos]

I like a little Ravel...Pavane for Dead Princess (which was mentioned already), also his Mother Goose Suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin.
There are probably a few other works.
But I really like his orchestration of Mussorgsky's "Pictures...".
I never knew M. originally wrote "Pictures..." for piano. Once I heard the piano version, I liked it too.
I also have come to some appreciation of Debussy (another impressionist), but again, as with Ravel, I like only a little of his oeuvre.

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

One of the finest (if not the finest) of Mahler's Symphonies:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I haven't listened to this specific live performance:

But I imagine it approximates the studio recording of the Mahler 1st on this disc, which I own:

The disc also contains the four "Songs of a Wayfarer", with English translations.

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

I haven't listened to this specific live performance:

But I imagine it approximates the studio recording of the Mahler 1st on this disc, which I own:
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The disc also contains the four "Songs of a Wayfarer", with English translations.

Beautifully timeless as ever!

 

[Maedhros_Nelyafinwë]

I like a little Ravel...Pavane for Dead Princess

I have played that back in high school, and it is very beautiful!

But I really like his orchestration of Mussorgsky's "Pictures...".
I never knew M. originally wrote "Pictures..." for piano. Once I heard the piano version, I liked it too.

See I actually like the piano version better. I feel like it has more substance, somehow. I was introduced to it when I was like 11 because my mom plays piano, and she used to play Pictures at an Exhibition quite a bit.

Currently in my voice lessons, I'm learning how to sing "Se tu m'ami," which is kind of an essential thing in a classical singer's repertoire. I've loved this song for a long time and I'm glad my voice teacher finally thinks I'm ready for it!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Well, now we've got the Mahlers in reverse chronological order. 😄

I always think of the two as linked; "plotwise", the hero of the 1st is dead, at the beginning of the 2nd. As far as recordings go, this is a classic, and probably the best single-disc choice:

I see it's on YouTube:

Though it needs to be heard in better quality than YouTube offers.

More recommendations here:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I have several of Bartoli's recordings -- she's amazing.

I'm glad my voice teacher finally thinks I'm ready for it!

If you master that, with all your other accomplishments, we're going to have to start calling you "Maedhros_Nelyafinwë, Mistress of All Arts"! 😁

 

[Deimos]

One of the finest (if not the finest) of Mahler's Symphonies:

That Screen cap is creepy... reminds me of the Alien in Alien. 😬
I [personally] would not use it to promote Mahler's 2nd Symphony. "Run away! Run away!"

A bit of Music Trivia... the more *ahem* senior members here may know the answer to this.
So, without Googling it (or using any other search engine or Wikipedia ) anyone know who Otto Klemperer's son is, and what he is most well known for?***

*** At least among us oldsters

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

That Screen cap is creepy... reminds me of the Alien in Alien. 😬
I [personally] would not use it to promote Mahler's 2nd Symphony. "Run away! Run away!"

Don't blame me for the screen caption; I wasn't the one who composed it.... 😂

But personally, I find it to be one of the best Mahler 2nd performances!

Here's the same version I believe, but in playlist format:

 

[Deimos]

Don't blame me for the screen caption; I wasn't the one who composed it.... 😂

But personally, I find it to be one of the best Mahler 2nd performances!

Here's the same version I believe, but in playlist format:

hey, jk.😄😉... (but it's still creepy)

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

A bit of Music Trivia... the more *ahem* senior members here may know the answer to this.
So, without Googling it (or using any other search engine or Wikipedia ) anyone know who Otto Klemperer's son is, and what he is most well known for?***

*** At least among us oldsters

 

[Deimos]

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Why does it not surprise me that you would know the answer?... 🙄😄
Werner Klemperer