I love music. I love music so much that I can't begin to describe the feelings I get when I see (note i said 'see' not just 'listen') music. But there is a bunch of crap on the radio continuously. However, you find minor stuff every now and then that people will display a genuine talent. What do YOU consider to be talent?
Smetana Moldau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlLPLO90fSk
After it progresses and the strings come in, it's is amazing.
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Ellens dritter Gesang by Schubert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s
This whole thing is just amazingly beautiful
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Stars off of the Les Miserable sound track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0xi5FqIefE
the dramatic effect towards the end with a climactic finish is really good.
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Dido's Lament by Henry Purcell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsBDcIYes
I almost instantanously fell in love with this with the first two notes of the singer.
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Moonlight Sonata Movement 1 & 3 by Beethoven
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOvK-mAk
classic...so intensly and deeply beautiful with a lingering sinister aspect attached to it.
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3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg
Out of all the notes though I must confess there is only ONE note that strikes me above all else (although the entire song is fantastic) and it occurs at 6 mins and 22 seconds ... I mean the total song itself is amazing but at that one moment is like...climactic bliss. auh! pure genius. The forte and the 'piano' is beautifuly put together.
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Sposa son disprezzata by Gasparini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3WNaMJMA8
I almost died when I first heard Cecilia's voice through that. The amount of emotion captured in the voice and the soaring voice over accompaniment. I'm telling you, I almost died. Made me wanna cry =*( I can't remember if i actually did or not. It really captures the intesnse emotion, OH and the soft to hard falsetto! I'm telling you, it was like connecting with the muse. The use of half cadences' on the piano is really good too. There is a moment in the song ...I am not fully aware of the terminology of the piece of it but it's from 3 mins 47 seconds on the video to 4 mins 12 seconds. I ...just can't explain what that piece does to me. She does it again around Five mins...with slight variation and has the full dramatic effect. That piece of song may not be amazng pertaining to notes and the tonality and interval relationship of the notes but...the voice just gets me. I just can't...*sigh*
And that's just the classical, and opera with one modern performance! Share your music! And tell us why it captivates you! I'm curious.
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