Musica & Arte

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Winter - Allegro non molto

2012-01-25T22:12:00.002+01:00

G.F Händel: Scherza infida (Magdalena Kožená)

2012-01-19T18:10:00.000+01:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for strings in D minor, RV 127

2012-01-19T17:55:00.002+01:00

Emma Kirkby 2x

2012-01-15T22:46:00.000+01:00

John Dowland: Flow My Tears (Andreas Scholl)

2012-01-15T15:16:00.001+01:00

Amazing Dance of the Furies

2012-01-08T22:16:00.000+01:00

Gluck: Dance of the Furies from the opera Orpheus and Eurydice (1762).

Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concert N° 5 (La Forqueray) / Il Giardino Armonico

2012-01-08T00:46:00.001+01:00

Manon Balletti

2012-01-08T00:44:00.000+01:00

Jean-Marc Nattier, Manon Balletti (1757)

G. P. Telemann: Trio sonata TWV 42:d10 - III. Allegro

2012-01-08T00:17:00.000+01:00

Vittore Carpaccio, Birth of the Virgin

2012-01-08T00:13:00.003+01:00

Vittore Carpaccio, Birth of the Virgin (1502)

A.Vivaldi: Sinfonia da l'Arsilda, regina di Ponto RV700-Molardi-I Virtuosi delle Muse

2012-01-08T00:06:00.000+01:00

Rameau x 2

2012-01-08T00:05:00.000+01:00

Emmanuel Pahud plays Bach's Sonata in b minor BWV 1030

2012-01-07T23:59:00.000+01:00

Marchand,Clerambault,Lebegue,Cembalo Works, Davitt Moroney

2012-01-07T23:57:00.000+01:00

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suites from Acante et Cephise, Les Fetes d'Hebè

2012-01-07T23:55:00.002+01:00

Johann Pachelbel: Organ Works on Konig 1778 Organ

2011-11-26T11:03:00.002+01:00

Bach x 3

2011-09-27T11:25:00.002+02:00

Mozart played on glass armonica

2011-08-21T22:27:00.002+02:00

The Complain of the Watch

2011-08-12T10:39:00.002+02:00

The Complain of the Watch by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1770's

C. A. Razetti: Concerto for violin, strings & b.c. in F mino

2011-08-04T10:11:00.001+02:00

Monteverdi: Anima mia, perdona & Che se tu se' il cor mio (Book IV)

2011-07-26T07:35:00.000+02:00

Beatrice II d'Este

2011-07-26T07:34:00.002+02:00

Portrait of Beatrice II d'Este by Bartolomeo Veneto, 1510's

Luigi Boccherini: Op. 5 n. 4 / Sonata for harpsichord and violin (1768)

2011-07-15T20:43:00.001+02:00

Jean-Baptiste Barrière:Cello Sonata Op.2 No.6 in C minor

2011-06-02T20:31:00.000+02:00

Purcell x 3

2011-05-10T22:12:00.000+02:00

'The Cold Song' with Andreas Scholl

The Tempest/Air

Abdelazer/Overture

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E Minor Op.6 No.5

2011-05-02T17:16:00.002+02:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Double Concerto in D Minor for 2 Oboes RV 535

2011-04-17T23:08:00.000+02:00

Danaë

2011-03-18T21:46:00.001+01:00

Danaë by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1780-90's

A. Vivaldi: Il Sospetto - Concerto for violin, strings & b.c. in C minor (RV 199) - Part I

2011-03-18T21:40:00.000+01:00

A. Vivaldi: RV 243 / Concerto con violino senza cantin, strings & b.c. in D minor / La Serenissima

2011-03-15T18:24:00.003+01:00

Les Coquettes

2011-03-12T21:26:00.000+01:00

Les Coquettes by Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1712

J.S Bach: Cantata "Kommt, Ihr Angefochtnen Sünder"

2011-03-12T21:20:00.000+01:00

J.S Bach: Sonata for Flute and Obbligato Harpsichord in E flat major BWV 1031

2011-02-13T19:30:00.000+01:00

II. Siciliana

A Young Man

2011-02-05T15:08:00.000+01:00

A Young Man by Antonello da Messina, 1474

Giovanni Henrico Albicastro: Op. 7 n. 4 - Concerto a quattro for oboe, strings & b.c. in C minor

2011-02-03T21:59:00.000+01:00

Portrait of a Woman

2011-01-20T10:38:00.000+01:00

The Portrait of a Woman by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo , 1525

J.S Bach: St John Passion BWV 245

2011-01-09T21:59:00.003+01:00

Don't miss this heartachingly beautiful combination of the first part of St John Passion and the art of cinema:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAoVlzKX8kQ&feature=player_embedded

Portrait of Beatrice d'Este

2011-01-09T21:59:00.000+01:00

Portrait of Beatrice d'Este by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490

Claude-B. Balbastre: La Suzanne in A minor from Pièces de clavecin (1759)

2011-01-07T23:36:00.000+01:00

Giuseppe Giuliano: Concerto for mandolin, 2 violins & violoncello in G major - Part II

2011-01-03T17:12:00.001+01:00

Video info:

GIUSEPPE GIULIANO

Concerto for mandolin, two violins and violoncello in G major

II. Allegro (Duetto) - 0:05

Alessandro Pitrelli (mandolin I)
Bonifaccio Bianchi (mandolin II)

I Solisti Veneti / Claudio Scimone (conductor)
http://www.solistiveneti.it/home.php?lang=Itl&home=s&...

1985
Erato 50500466-5691-2-7 - ADD
http://www.warnerclassicsandjazz.com/

Louis-Claude Daquin: Le Coucou in E minor from Livre de pièces pour clavecin (1735)

2011-01-03T16:31:00.000+01:00

Vide info:

LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN

LIVRE DE PIÈCES POUR CLAVECIN (1735)

I. Le Coucou in E minor - 0:05

Trevor Pinnock (David Way, 1983, Stonington/CT after Hemsch harpsichord)

1984
Deutsche Grammophon 474 182-2 - DDD
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/

[on authentic instruments]

J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue for harpsichord in D minor (BWV 903) / R. Alessandrini

2011-01-03T16:01:00.001+01:00

Video info:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750]

CHROMATIC FANTASIA AND FUGUE for harpsichord in D minor (BWV 903)
FANTASIA CROMATICA E FUGA / CHROMATISCHE FANTASIE UND FUGE

date: Coethen, 1720

I. Fantasia / Fantasie - 0:05
II. Fuga / Fuge - 6:21

Rinaldo Alessandrini (Antony Sidey after an anonymous instruments, Germany 1740 c.)

1999
Opus 111 OPS 30-258 - DDD
http://www.naiveclassique.com/

[on authentic instruments]

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for harpsichord in F minor (K. 462 - L. 14) / S. Sempé

2011-01-03T12:04:00.000+01:00

Andante

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-23T21:59:00.000+01:00

C. P. E. Bach: Concerto for fortepiano & orchestra in D major (Wq 11 - H 414) / Concerto Armonico

2010-12-22T18:49:00.002+01:00

Gaudete Christus est natus

2010-12-12T11:49:00.001+01:00

Piae Cantiones: Iucundare iugiter

2010-12-12T11:47:00.001+01:00

Video info:

Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Timo Nuoranne (conductor)

Iucundare iugiter
plebs devota debitis
melos canens dulciter
Christi Iesu meritis.

Iucundare iugiter,
plebs devota debitis.
Qui te tulit agriter
vinculis ab intimis.

S. Alfonso de' Liguori: Quanno nascette Nínno a Bettlemme (Pastorale)

2010-12-12T11:32:00.000+01:00

J.S Bach: Prelude in C Minor BWV 997 for Flute and Organ

2010-11-28T22:01:00.000+01:00

J.S Bach: Prelude in C Minor BWV 997

2010-11-28T21:59:00.000+01:00

Tommaso S. Traetta: Armida (1761) - I/I Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & b.c. / Cosarara

2010-11-27T18:43:00.000+01:00

J.S Bach: Mass in B Minor - Cum Sancto Spiritu

2010-11-05T19:24:00.001+01:00

Performed by brass ensemble Solti György Rézfúvós Együttes.

Woman with a Candle

2010-10-24T17:14:00.003+02:00

Woman with a Candle by Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706), date unknown

Friedrich II: Il ré pastore - Sinfonia for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & b.c. in D major

2010-10-24T17:11:00.001+02:00

Video info:

FRIEDRICH II. VON PREUßEN, DER GROßE

IL RÉ PASTORE (1747)
Serenata composed with Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Joachim Quantz, Christoph Nichelmann
dedicated to: Sophia Dorothea of Hannover

Sinfonia n. 3 for two flutes, two oboes, two horns, strings and basso continuo in D major [1743?]

I. Allegro assai - 0:05
II. Andante (Espressivo) - 3:39
III. Scherzando (Allegro) - 8:13

Manfred Friedrich (flute)
Reinhardt Vogel (harpsichord)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra / Harmut Haenchen (conductor)

1985
Capriccio 10.064 - DDD
http://www.capriccio.at/

Joseph-Nicolas Pancras Royer: La Marche des Scythes

2010-10-22T18:39:00.001+02:00

Video info:

JOSEPH-NICOLAS PANCRAS [PANCRACE] ROYER

PREMIER LIVRE DE PIÈCES POUR CLAVECIN (1746)

La Marche des Scythes (Fièrement) - 0:05

Skip Sempé (harpsichord)

Capriccio Stravagante
http://www.stravagante.com/

2006
Paradizo PA-PBX - DDD
http://www.paradizo.org/

[on authentic instruments]

J.S Bach: Mt. Passion - "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"

2010-10-19T01:01:00.001+02:00

Video info:

St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
Aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Collegium Vocale, Dir. Philippe Herreweghe

Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
Von einer Sünde weiß er nichts,
Daß das ewige Verderben
Und die Strafe des Gerichts
Nicht auf meiner Seele bleibe.

Translation:
Out of Love my Saviour is willing to die,
Though he knows nothing of any sin,
So that eternal ruin
And the punishment of judgment
May not rest upon my soul.

Paintings:
1. G. Brandi, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1650
2. D. Velázquez, Christ Crucified, c. 1632
3. A. Carracci, Pietà, 1599
4. A. Carracci, Pietà with Sts Francis and Mary Magdalen, 1602-07
5. D. Crespi, Pietà, c. 1626
6. J. de Ribera, Pietà, 1637
7. W. Bouguereau, Pietà, 1876
8. Baciccio, The Pietà, 1667
9. A. Carracci, Pietà, c. 1603
10. C. le Brun, Pietà, 1643-45
11. S. Botticelli, Pietà (Detail), c. 1495
12. P. Veronese, The Resurrection of Christ, c. 1570

W.A Mozart: Concerto in D minor "Romanze"

2010-09-20T10:37:00.000+02:00

The Israel Sinfonietta,
Eleni Traganas, pianist
Uri Mayer, conductor

Nicolas de Grigny

2010-09-18T13:15:00.002+02:00

I have found a tremendous little piece by Baroque organ composer Nicolas de Grigny but unfortunately the uploader has inactivated the embedding function so please do follow the link below;

[Link]

Tomaso Albinoni: Op. 10 n. 7 - Concerto a cinque for strings & b.c. in F major

2010-09-14T12:08:00.000+02:00

I Allegro
II Andante
III Allegro

Antoine Forqueray: La Couperin / Il Giardino Armonico

2010-08-24T11:56:00.000+02:00

La Finette

2010-08-24T11:20:00.001+02:00

La Finette by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717

Capriccio Stravagante #6 - Couperin : Forlane

2010-08-22T15:57:00.001+02:00

Capriccio Stravagante: Fatal Amour, cruel vainqueur & Prelude en Do Mineur

2010-08-22T15:32:00.001+02:00

I Marin Marais: Prélude en Do mineur, Livre III
II Michel de la Barre: Fatal amour, cruel vainqueur

Giuseppe Tartini: Op. 1 n. 4 - Concerto for violin, strings & b.c. in D major (D 15) - Part II

2010-08-17T13:58:00.000+02:00

Giuseppe Tartini: Op. 1 n. 4 - Concerto for violin, strings & b.c. in D major (D 15) - Part I

2010-08-17T13:29:00.002+02:00

Short Note

2010-08-13T17:24:00.004+02:00

I've been thinking, and I've come to the conclusion that the film scenes I've posted here occasionally would probably fit better in a blog that really is about film, and nothing else -- Here we're indulging ourselves with Musica and Arte after all! So I have created another blog, namely, Ninon's Film Blog, so if anyone's interested they can go and check it out for film related material from now on! :)

Ninon

Art in Film

2010-08-02T20:04:00.001+02:00

Scene from Fellini's Casanova (1976).

Mondonville: Pièces de clavecin avec voix et violon, Op 5 - (In Domino laudabitur)

2010-07-31T12:24:00.000+02:00

Michel Corette: La Turque - Concerto comique n. 19 for flute, strings & b.c. in A major

2010-07-31T10:50:00.001+02:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Andante for Two Mandolins

2010-07-28T14:09:00.000+02:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto con molti strumenti (Allegro molto) RV 558

2010-07-23T08:56:00.001+02:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber concerto 'per J. J. v. Wrtby' for lute, 2 violins & b.c. in D major (RV 93)

2010-07-10T10:54:00.002+02:00

J.S Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No.7 in G Minor BWV 1058

2010-07-08T19:34:00.001+02:00

Andante

G.F Händel: Floridante - Ma un dolce mio pensiero

2010-07-05T09:59:00.000+02:00

François Couperin: Troisième leçon de ténèbres à deux voix (Part I)

2010-07-05T08:21:00.000+02:00

Henry Purcell: The Cold Song (master interpretation)

2010-06-28T20:18:00.005+02:00

Here is The Cold Song as performed by the French ensemble "Le Concert Spirituel" under its conductor Hervé Niquet, produced by Corinne and Gilles Benizio.

What power art thou, Who from below,
Hast made me rise, Unwillingly and slow,
From beds of everlasting snow!
See'st thou not how stiff, And wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold.
I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath,
I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath!
Let me, let me,
Let me, let me,
Freeze again...
Let me, let me,
Freeze again to death!

Portrait of a Lady

2010-06-26T11:13:00.004+02:00

Portrait of a Lady by Bernardino Luini, 1525

28 Portraits

2010-06-26T10:33:00.002+02:00

by eggman913

Film music worth listening

2010-06-22T15:26:00.007+02:00

Soundtrack from the period drama 'Young Victoria', named 'Constitutional Crisis' by composer Ilan Eshkeri. The lyrics are Purcell's. :)

Other great film music I can recommend is the soundtrack in Patrick Leconte's 'Ridicule'. The film music is by Antoine Duhamel, with a really Baroque feeling to it!

Oh, and you might want to compare the beginning to another great modern piece by Michael Nyman...

EDIT: Okay, I did some research, and 'Constitutional Crisis' seems to be some kind of paraphrase on Henry Purcell's 'The Cold Song' from his semi-opera 'King Arthur'. No wonder I like it so much! I guess Michael Nyman was influenced. Or it's a coincidence! Many things have been invented twice... :)

An Embarrassing Proposal

2010-06-15T20:31:00.003+02:00

An Embarrassing Proposal by Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1716

Nelly O'Brien

2010-06-15T19:30:00.000+02:00

Portrait of Nelly O'Brien by Joshua Reynolds, 1762/64

Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto #2 in D Minor Op. 9

2010-06-15T19:27:00.000+02:00

I. Allegro e no presto

II. Adagio

III. Allegro

Performed by Il Fondamento
Directed by Paul Dombrecht, oboe

Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon concerto in G min RV495

2010-06-15T18:27:00.001+02:00

I. Presto
II. Largo
III. Allegro

Lady Henrietta Herbert

2010-06-15T18:26:00.001+02:00

Portrait of Lady Henrietta Herbert by Joshua Reynolds, c. 1777

Carlo Gesualdo: Peccantem me quotidie

2010-06-15T18:26:00.000+02:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate pueri [psalm 112] in A major (RV 602)

2010-06-14T09:43:00.000+02:00

IV. Sit nomen Domini - 0:05
V. Suscitans a terra - 0:34
VI. Ut collocet eum - 2:20
VII. Sit nomen Domini - 3:43
VIII. Gloria Patri, et Filio - 4:12
IX. Sicur erat in principio - 7:57

Carolyn Sampson (soprano I)
Joanne Lunn (soprano II)

Hello,

2010-06-14T08:48:00.007+02:00

Okay, I guess three persons are better than nothing! I'm sorry if the latest post was a bit too much, not everybody likes to be actively involved in the blogs/sites they are following! And I didn't wanted to give you a guilty conscience or anything!! I just became a bit curious. The latest commenter wanted more posts again, and I've a couple of drafts now so I don't see why I should hold them back anymore! But I promised to share similar information about myself last time, so here we go;

Not so long ago I graduated, so future is right ahead of me now. I've applied for a couple of universities in Sweden, so hopefully I'll be able to move there and study this year. Right now I'm spending my summer in Hungary with relatives.

I don't have any current obsessions, at least if you don't count one with a rather guilty pleasure status...! (I'm talking about my infatuation with Serbian pop singer Milan Stanković... I'm completely charmed by him (and believe me, NO ONE is more surprised than I am!! This is a very unusual thing for me to happen. I mean, I certainly don't tend to fall for young pop artists. I don't even listen to that kind of music..!)). My other passions are literature, art and music as always. What else? I'm currently reading 2666 by Roberto Bolaño and Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady is waiting for me on my bedside table along with The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst, I, Claudius and a book by Swedish author Stig Dagerman. I've not seen any films for a while now, but my favourite directors are (so far) Stanley Kubrick and Peter Greenaway.

So that's it I think. I hope that all followers (and passersby) of this blog will have a very pleasant summer!

Ninon

Dear Everybody,

2010-05-10T12:47:00.013+02:00

Okay, here is the thing: there's 4o of you followers, that means actually 4o people who occasionally visits this blog. I haven't heard a word from any of you since... well, a very long time. Not even a little reaction (by the way, do you think I need to change that? Do you want like a "Dislike" reaction too..?). Therefore, I would like to know what you all are up to right now. Of course, to find that out I could just visit all your blogs, but let's make it a bit more fun and personal - and thus, break the silence. You are welcome to comment below and tell me what you are currently up too, if you're working, or studying, what books you are reading/films you are watching/your current pieces of music you're obsessed with/other obsessions, where you're located right now, what your lives look like etc. These are just examples. So I get to know you people a litte bit! :)

Of course, I will share similar information about myself when you're all finished.

Yours Truly,

Ninon

Divertimento!

2010-05-09T19:10:00.001+02:00

Music: Divertimento in F Major, KV 138 (Presto) by W.A Mozart.

A Different Winter

2010-05-08T12:43:00.000+02:00

W.A Mozart: Divertimento in F Major - 3rd Movement

2010-05-04T18:42:00.003+02:00

Hanover Chamber Orchestra
Leader: Adam Kostecki

Beauty: Schubert 's Piano Trio in E Flat and the Art of Stanley Kubrick

2010-04-28T09:25:00.003+02:00

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto 'per Pisendel' for violin, strings & b.c. in D minor (RV 237)

2010-04-26T20:39:00.000+02:00

Allegro

J.S Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Two Flutes in F Minor BWV 1057

2010-04-22T11:41:00.001+02:00

Movement III

J.S Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Two Flutes in F Minor BWV 1057

2010-04-22T11:40:00.002+02:00

Movement II

J.S Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Two Flutes in F Minor BWV 1057

2010-04-19T18:32:00.002+02:00

Movement I

Claudio Saracini & Claudio Monteverdi: Accordone - 'Vox clamans in solitudine'

2010-04-18T09:47:00.001+02:00

Portrait of Ecaterina Petrovna Holstein-Beck

2010-04-16T07:52:00.002+02:00

Portrait of Ecaterina Petrovna Holstein-Beck, Later Princess Bariatinsky Pietro Rotari, 1762

Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A Minor RV420

2010-04-16T07:37:00.000+02:00

Allegro

The Scullery Maid

2010-04-13T15:50:00.001+02:00

The Sculleray Maid by Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, 1738