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17 Dec 2023, 5:19 pm
A "Hello, sailor" theme here.
Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes".
Sir Edward Elgar - "Sea Pictures" Op. 37. Dame Janet Baker, Sir John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra. (1965) The finest recording of this piece and one of the finest recordings ever.
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19 Dec 2023, 10:21 am
TwilightPrincess wrote:
^ I enjoyed both of those a lot!
Excellent.
That performance of "Sea Pictures" is one of those rare pieces that's so perfect it's almost overwhelming and easily makes me tear up with the sheer beauty of it.
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 - Act 1, No. 3, Aria "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön". Berliner Philharmoniker · Karl Böhm, 1964 and my go-to performance of Zauberflöte.
Fritz Wunderlich at his shining best; sadly, silenced by a fatal accident in 1966 days before his 36th birthday.
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