For this week’s Rhapsody we return to Franz Liszt and his Hungarian Rhapsodies. This is number five, nicknamed the Héroïde-élégiaque performed by Roberto Szidon. There is also an orchestral version but at the moment I find myself liking the simplistic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is a Piano Rhapsody with a white Mask by Alan Magnetti. It’s short but kind of relaxing.
For this week’s Rhapsody we return to Gershwin‘s Rhapsody in Blue performed on the classical guitar by Martin Müller.
Today’s Rhapsody is “A Shropshire Lad” by George Butterworth based on the collection of poems by A.E. Housman. Don’t let the singing in the beginning of the clip scare you off it’s really quite epic.
Today’s Rhapsody is the second Ukrainian Rhapsody AKA “Dumka-shumka” by Mykola Lysenko (1877) Performed by Rada Lysenko.
Today’s Rhapsody is Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes by Sergei Lyapunov for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 28 performed by the Westphalian Symphony Orchestra with Siegfried Landau conducting and Michael Ponti on the piano.
Today’s submission is another one where I’m not sure if it’s an actual rhapsody but it has rhapsody in the title and lyrics and I was in a hurry. Nonetheless it grows on you quite quickly which is enough to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we have another variation of Bohemian Rhapsody. SORRY! But since this one is done by Queen themselves (as far as I can tell) that makes it official and mostly okay. Also since I’m trying to put together a Christmas[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To stick with the theme of the season here is the Christmas Rhapsody arranged by Henry Field. Performed by the Brass Band of Lendinara City, at the Church of Our Lady of the Pilastrello 22/12/2012, and directed by Francis Centin.
This one may be a stretch of the definition but I enjoyed it. “I’ll Say Yes,” with Gospel Rhapsody.
