Yes… I admit it… I’m going with Liszt’s second Hungarian Rhapsody again! But since I did it with Bugs Bunny earlier this year in Rhapsody Rabbit. I thought I’d share it’s great rival The Cat Concerto with Tom & Jerry.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is the Caribbean Rhapsody (Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra) by James Carter. I really like the way the Saxophone plays with the string quartet here going back and fourth from haunting to whimsical ending in marvelous festive crescendo.
In my ongoing search for new Rhapsodies I inevitably find myself repeating myself with different recordings of some of the more popular example… Brahmes, Gershwin, Liszt… and Queen. I try to go for the more interesting variations after all what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is Rhapsody in White by Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxM__StszE8
Today’s Rhapsodies is… Okay, I confess it’s more Liszt but hear me out. Generally when everybody says Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies what they mean is Rhapsody # 2 (and to a lesser extent 10) Forgetting that there are 19 of them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s all raise a toast and wish a very happy birthday to the great Duke Ellington. So sit back and enjoy a rare filmed version of his signature piece “Take the A-Train” done in 1943 with a vocal accompaniment by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is another one that probably doesn’t count as a Rhapsody but it does fit most of the criteria: i.e “Irregular in form and improvisational” so I’ll run with it. This is “Seven Angels” by the band Avantasia (Lead singer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is from the exceptional guitarist Al Di Meola playing Rhapsody of Fire.
Today’s Rhapsody is the Trumpet Rhapsody by Maynard Ferguson . http://youtu.be/dk5N6NH-4×4
A very happy birthday to Robert Allen Zimmerman AKA Bob Dylan! To commemerate this great artist here is “The Times They Are a-Changin’” (Made even cooler as the opening for Watchmen.)
