Today’s Rhapsody is Edward German‘s Welsh Rhapsody performed by the Halifax Concert Band. Apologies for the crying child.
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Today’s Rhapsody is one I confess I hadn’t heard of before. I confess in doing this exercise after I finished the cursory sweep of all of the Rhapsodies everyone knows and then doing all of the Rhapsodies that were on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just stumbled over a review of a new recording of some of his piano work, so for today’s Rhapsody let’s return to Ern? Dohnányi with his Rhapsody in C Major Op.11 No.1 as played by the great Australian pianist,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is a completely new one for me. I hadn’t even heard of Eduard Lalo before today. But now having heard his Norwegian Rhapsody I very much like what I hear. I hope you all do too. http://youtu.be/Xxi_B4UlMYE
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 Charles Martin Loeffler‘s 1st Rhapsody “L’Étang” performed by Camerata Pacifica. With Nicholas Daniel on oboe; Richard O’Neill on viola & Kevin Fitzgerald at the piano.
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…
Okay I confess, I’m really stretching it this week. This is Oriental Sky or Scarlet Perception from the official Soundtrack of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody by U2 Akiyama. I’ll be completely honest in admitting I’m not completely sure if it’s actually a Rhapsody[…]↓ 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