Zbigniew Preisner • Trois Couleurs: Red

 Zbigniew Preisner (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈprajsnɛr]; born 20 May 1955 as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski)^[1] is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as well as the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He is a member of the French Film Academy.^[2]

Life

Zbigniew Preisner was born in Bielsko-Biała, southern Poland, and studied history and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself music by listening and transcribing parts from records. His compositional style represents a distinctively sparse form of tonal neo-Romanticism. Paganini and Jean Sibelius are acknowledged influences.^[3]

 

Three Colours: Red (French: Trois couleurs: Rouge, Polish: Trzy kolory: Czerwony) is a 1994 romantic psychological drama mystery art film co-written, produced and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the final installment of the Three Colours trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is preceded by Blue and then by White.

Kieślowski had announced that this would be his final film, planning to retire claiming to be through with filmmaking;^[3] he would die suddenly less than two years later. Red is about fraternity, which it examines by showing characters whose lives gradually become closely interconnected, with bonds forming between two characters who appear to have little in common.

Red was released to universal critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director for Kieślowski. It was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was disqualified for not being a majority-Swiss production; its precedent however, submitted by Poland, was accepted although it did not secure a nomination.^[4] Since then it has been widely regarded as one of the best films of all time, as well as one of the greatest French-language films ever made.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Colours:_Red

 00:00 | 01. Milosc Od Pierwszego Wejrzenia | Zbigniew Zamachowski   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner   • Lyrics: Wislawa Szymborska 04:28 | 02. Fashion Show I   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 09:18 | 03. Meeting The Judge   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 10:20 | 04. The Tapped Conversation   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 11:40 | 05. Leaving The Judge   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 13:31 | 06. Psychoanalysis   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 15:39 | 07. Today Is My Birthday   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 18:45 | 08. Do Not Take Another Man's Wife I   • Music: Van Den Budenmayer 21:15 | 09. Treason   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 24:42 | 10. Fashion Show II   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 26:09 | 11. Conversation At The Theatre   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 29:57 | 12. The Rest Of The Conversation At The Theatre   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 30:55 | 13. Do Not Take Another Man's Wife II   • Music: Van Den Budenmayer 33:44 | 14. Catastrophe   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner 34:33 | 15. Finale   • Music: Zbigniew Preisner

Zbigniew Preisner • Trois Couleurs: Bleu

 

Zbigniew Preisner (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈprajsnɛr]; born 20 May 1955 as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski)^[1] is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as well as the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He is a member of the French Film Academy.^[2]

Life

Zbigniew Preisner was born in Bielsko-Biała, southern Poland, and studied history and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself music by listening and transcribing parts from records. His compositional style represents a distinctively sparse form of tonal neo-Romanticism. Paganini and Jean Sibelius are acknowledged influences.^[3]

Three Colours: Blue (French: Trois couleurs: Bleu, Polish: Trzy kolory: Niebieski) is a 1993 psychological drama film co-written and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the first instalment in the Three Colours trilogy, themed on the French Revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity, followed by White and Red (both 1994). According to Kieślowski, the subject of the film is liberty, specifically emotional liberty, rather than its social or political meaning.^[3]

Set in Paris, the film follows a woman named Julie (Juliette Binoche) whose husband and daughter are killed in a car accident. Suddenly freed from her familial bonds, she tries to isolate herself and live in seclusion from her former ties. However, she discovers that she cannot escape human connections.^[4]

Upon its release, Blue received widespread critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Golden Lion and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. It remains one of Kieślowski's most celebrated works.^[5][6] The male lead, Benoît Régent, died of an aneurysm at the age of 41 in October 1994, just one year after the film was released.^[7]

 ^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Colours:_Blue}

 00:00 | 01. Song For The Unification Of Europe (Patrice's Version) 05:13 | 02. Van Den Budenmayer — Funeral Music (Winds) 07:19 | 03. Julie — Glimpses Of Burial 07:52 | 04. Reprise — First Appearance 08:26 | 05. The Battle Of Carnival And Lent 09:23 | 06. Reprise — Julie With Olivier 10:12 | 07. Ellipsis 1 10:33 | 08. First Flute 11:26 | 09. Julie — In Her New Apartment 13:54 | 10. Reprise — Julie On The Stairs 14:20 | 11. Second Flute 15:36 | 12. Ellipsis 2 15:58 | 13. Van Den Budenmayer — Funeral Music (Organ)   • Music: Van Den Budenmayer 17:57 | 14. Van Den Budenmayer — Funeral Music (Full Orchestra)   • Music: Van Den Budenmayer 19:47 | 15. The Battle Of Carnival And Lent II 20:31 | 16. Reprise — Flute (Closing Credits Version) 22:49 | 17. Ellipsis 3 23:13 | 18. Olivier's Theme — Piano 23:53 | 19. Olivier And Julie — Trial Composition 25:54 | 20. Olivier's Theme — Finale 27:31 | 21. Bolero — Trailer For "Red" Film 28:39 | 22. Song For The Unification Of Europe (Julie's Version) 35:29 | 23. Closing Credits 37:36 | 24. Reprise — Organ 38:52 | 25. Bolero — "Red" Film

 Though I speak with the tongues of angels, If I have not love... My words would resound with but a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy... And understand all mysteries... and all knowledge... And though I have all faith So that I could remove mountains, if I have not love... I am nothing. Love is patient, full of goodness; Love tolerates all things, Aspires to all things, Love never dies, while the prophecies shall be done away, tongues shall be silenced, knowledge shall fade... Thus then shall linger only faith, hope, and love... but the greatest of these... is love.

J.S. Bach: Guitar Transcriptions

 

Johann Sebastian Bach^{[n 2]} (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schubler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.^[2][3]

Unlike the suites for unaccompanied cello or the sonatas and partitas for solo violin, Bach’s works for solo lute do not seem to have been conceived as a group. They include a variety of compositions written in different styles and span a fairly long period of his creative life; the E minor Suite BWV996 dates from Bach’s time in Weimar, while the Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV998 is believed to have been composed during the last years of his life. Although some pieces are more idiomatic than others, they all make taxing demands on the performer. There is no evidence that Bach actually played the lute himself, but he was clearly interested in the sound of the instrument. This is further illustrated by his subtle use of it in the St John Passion and the Trauerode BWV 198. Of the four suites which appear to have been written specifically with the lute in mind, Arcady Ivannikov presents the E minor BWB996 and the C minor BWV997 (transposed here to A minor). BWV997 is probably a late work of Bach’s and in the richness and complexity of its full five-movement form (especially the fugue) notably reminiscent of the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, which makes Ivannikov’s coupling so inspired (but unusual). As a transcriber and performer, Ivannikov has taken a path of minimal intervention, attempting only to make small editorial adjustments to ease the fit of the music from the four-string violin to the six-string guitar. Culminating in the sublime Chaconne which was probably composed as a tombeau to mark the sudden passing of his first wife Maria Barbara, the D minor Partita is Bach’s most profound work for solo instrument besides the piano, and a fitting climax to this collection from one of Russia’s master guitarists.

 Tracklist: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: 00:00:00 I. Prelude 00:02:28 II. Fugue 00:09:01 III. Allegro Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: 00:13:01 I. Prelude 00:16:16 II. Allemande 00:18:44 III. Courante 00:22:13 IV. Sarabande 00:27:07 V. Bourree 00:28:35 VI. Gigu Sonata in A Minor, BWV 1003: 00:32:12 I. Grave 00:36:30 II. Fuga 00:44:58 III. Andante 00:50:15 IV. Allegro Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 997: 00:57:09 I. Prelude 01:00:31 II. Fuga 01:07:46 III. Sarabande 01:13:40 IV. Gigue 01:16:40 V. Double Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: 01:20:27 I. Allemande 01:25:12 II. Corrente 01:28:24 III. Sarabande 01:33:42 IV. Giga 01:39:04 V. Chaconne 01:54:34 Prelude in D Minor, BWV 999

Rodrigo / Villa-Lobos : Concierto Aranjuez / Preludes + Presentation (ref. rec. : Julian Bream)

 Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roˈðɾiɣo]; 22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire. 

 Rodrigo was born in Sagunto (Valencia), and completely lost his sight at the age of three after contracting diphtheria. He began to study solfège, piano and violin at the age of eight; harmony and composition from the age of 16. Although distinguished by having raised the Spanish guitar to dignity as a universal concert instrument and best known for his guitar music, he never mastered the instrument himself. He wrote his compositions in Braille, and they were transcribed for publication. 

 Heitor Villa-Lobos^[a] (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".^[1] Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time.^[2] A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces) and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha". Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory. 

 

Inspiration and history

Royal Palace of Aranjuez

The Concierto de Aranjuez was inspired by the gardens at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, the spring resort palace and gardens built by Philip II in the last half of the 16th century and rebuilt in the middle of the 18th century by Ferdinand VI. The work attempts to transport the listener to another place and time through the evocation of the sounds of nature.

According to the composer, the first movement is "animated by a rhythmic spirit and vigour without either of the two themes... interrupting its relentless pace"; the second movement "represents a dialogue between classical guitar and solo instruments (cor anglais, bassoon, oboe, horn etc.)"; and the last movement "recalls a courtly dance in which the combination of double and triple time maintains a taut tempo right to the closing bar." He described the concerto itself as capturing "the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds, and the gushing of fountains" in the gardens of Aranjuez.

Rodrigo and his wife Victoria stayed silent for many years about the inspiration for the second movement, and thus the popular belief grew that it was inspired by the bombing of Guernica in 1937. In her autobiography, Victoria eventually declared that it was both an evocation of the happy days of their honeymoon and a response to Rodrigo's devastation at the miscarriage of their first pregnancy.^[1] It was composed in 1939 in Paris.

Rodrigo dedicated the Concierto de Aranjuez to Regino Sainz de la Maza.^[2]

 

Julian Alexander Bream^[1] CBE (15 July 1933 – 14 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist.^[2] Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century,^[3] he played a significant role in improving the public perception of the classical guitar as a respectable instrument. Over the course of a career that spanned more than half a century, Bream helped revive interest in the lute.^[4]

 

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-03:00) Concierto De Aranjuez - 1. Allegro Con Spirito (00:00) Concierto De Aranjuez - 2. Adagio (5:57) Concierto De Aranjuez - 3. Allegro Gentile (16:23) 

  Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Prelude #1 (21:34) Prelude #5 (25:42) Prelude #3 (29:29) Prelude #4 (35:01) Prelude #2 (38:06) Suite Populaire Brésilienne - Mazurka-Chôro (40:50)  

Guitar : Julian Bream Monteverdi Orchestra Conductor : John Eliot Gardiner Recorded in 1971-78 Find CMRR's recordings on Spotify : https://spoti.fi/3016eVr

Ray Manzarek- Carmina Burana ( Full Album)

Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (born Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist and singer. He is best known as a member of the Doors, co-founding the band with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison in 1965.

Manzarek was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a member of the Doors. He was a co-founding member of Nite City from 1977 to 1978, and of Manzarek–Krieger from 2001 until his death in 2013. USA Today described him as "one of the best keyboardists ever".^[3]

Composed By - Carl Orff Arranged By – Ray Manzarek Arranged By [Orchestrations], Conductor – Michael Riesman Artwork By [Design] – Lynn Robb Artwork By [Illustration] – Hieronymus Bosch Bass – Doug Hodges Composed By – Carl Orff Drums – Larry Anderson (2) Engineer [2nd] – Clay Rose, Gene Wooley Guitar – Ted Hall (2) Mixed By – Joe Chiccarelli Photography – Larry Williams Piano, Organ, Keyboards [Misc.] – Ray Manzarek Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass Recorded By – John Beverly Jones Saxophone, Flute – Jack Kripl Synthesizer – Adam Holzman, Michael Riesman

 

1. "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna)"
2. "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wounds of Fate (Fortune plango)"
3. "Springtime: The Face of Spring (Veris leta facies)"
4. "Springtime: Sunrise (Omnia sol temperat)"
5. "Springtime: Welcome (Ecce gratum)"
6. "Springtime: The Dance (Tanz)" – (Tanz Mix: Ich Schau D mix)
7. "Springtime: Sweetest Boy (Dulcissime)"
8. "Springtime: If the Whole World Was Mine (Were diu werlt)"
9. "In the Tavern: Boiling Rage (Estuans interius)"
10. "In the Tavern: The Roasted Swan (Olim lacus)"
11. "In the Tavern: In the Tavern (In taberna)"
12. "The Court of Love: Love Flies Everywhere (Amor volat)"
13. "The Court of Love: A Young Girl (Stetit puella)"
14. "The Court of Love: Come, My Beauty (Veni veni venias)"
15. "The Court of Love: The Lovers (Blanziflor et Helena)"
16. "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna)"

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

 Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire. Here the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, the University Chorus and Alumni Chorus, and the Pacific Boychoir perform at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis. [6/2007] [Show ID: 11787] UC Davis Symphony and Chorus (https://www.uctv.tv/series/579) Explore More Arts & Music on UCTV (https://www.uctv.tv/arts) Art can excite, provoke, calm and inspire us. UCTV showcases excellence in arts and music from classical, jazz, folk, opera and contemporary music to theater, poetry, media arts, dance and fine arts. UCTV is the broadcast and online media platform of the University of California, featuring programming from its ten campuses, three national labs and affiliated research institutions. UCTV explores a broad spectrum of subjects for a general audience, including science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, arts and music, business, education, and agriculture. Launched in January 2000, UCTV embraces the core missions of the University of California -- teaching, research, and public service – by providing quality, in-depth television far beyond the campus borders to inquisitive viewers around the world. (https://www.uctv.tv)

Early life

Carl Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895,^[1] the son of Paula (Köstler) and Heinrich Orff. His family was Bavarian and was active in the Imperial German Army; his father was an army officer with strong musical interests.^[4][5] His paternal grandmother was Catholic of Jewish descent.^[a][6] At age five, Orff began to play piano, organ, and cello, and composed a few songs and music for puppet plays.^[2]

 Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images"). It was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. It is part of Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The first and last sections of the piece are called "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" ("Fortune, Empress of the World") and start with "O Fortuna". 

 

Vienna Philharmonic – Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op.11 (Summer Night Concert 2019)

 

Sony Classical is proud to release Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 from the Summer Night Concert 2019. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Yuja Wang as soloist. ► Listen & purchase the album here: https://SonyClassical.lnk.to/SNC_2019LY The Summer Night Concert was performed on June 20th, 2019. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert, which is free of charge for all residents and visitors of the city. Central to the programme of the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2019 Summer Night Concert was a musical history of the United States of America: the works that were heard in the 2019 set are composed in or for the USA, while also constituting links with the Viennese musical tradition. Album release: 5 Jul. 2019 FOLLOW VIENNA PHILHARMONIC: ► Summer Night Concert: https://www.sommernachtskonzert.at ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ViennaPhilha... ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viennaphilh... ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vienna_Phil ► Youtube / VEVO: https://www.youtube.com/user/ViennaPh... FOLLOW SONY CLASSICAL ► Website: http://sonyclassical.com ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sonyclassical/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sony.classi... ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/sony_classical ► Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SonyClassic... © 2019 Sony Classical, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.