List of 20th-century classical composers
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden (1985, 3h17m)
Janacek Sinfonietta conducted by Rafael Kubelik
William Walton’s Belshazzer’s Feast at Wikipedia
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at Wikipedia
Text of the War Requiem
I. Requiem aeternam
II. Dies irae [The “Lacrymosa” is the second part.]
III. Offertorium
IV. Sanctus
V. Agnus dei
VI. Libra me
Complete, superlative performance!!! Excellent sound.
Music starts at 1:20.
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Carmina Burana at Wikipedia
Text, translation on one web page
Text, translation: one web page per section, with notes
From an impressive, powerful beginning,
through colorfully depicted vignettes of medieval German life,
to a glorious, frenzied, passionate climax (starting, say at 1:02:55 with #24).
- Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
- I. Primo vere (In Springtime)
- 07:00 3. Veris leta facies (No strings and only a small chorus)
- 11:35 4. Omnia sol temperat
- 14:10 5. Ecce gratum
- Uf dem anger (On the Lawn)
- 17:00 6. Tanz
- 18:55 7. Floret silva nobilis (Small and large choruses)
- 22:35 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Small and large choruses) [German]
- 25:55 9. Reie [German]
- 31:15 10. Were diu werlt alle min [German]
- II. In Taberna (In the Tavern)
- 32:10 11. Estuans interius
- 34:45 12. Olim lacus colueram (No violins used)
- 38:25 13. Ego sum abbas (Only percussion and brass with chorus)
- 40:10 14. In taberna quando sumus
- III. Cour d'amours (The Court of Love)
- 43:25 15. Amor volat undique (Boys chorus with soprano)
- 47:20 16. Dies, nox et omnia
- 49:50 17. Stetit puella
- 52:30 18. Circa mea pectora
- 54:40 19. Si puer cum puellula
- 55:34 20. Veni, veni, venias (Double chorus with 2 pianos & 6 percussionists)
- 56:45 21. In truitina
- 59:35 22. Tempus est iocundum (2 pianos, percussion and all vocalists except tenor)
- 1:02:00 23. Dulcissime
- Blanziflor et Helena (Blanziflor and Helena)
- 1:02:55 24. Ave formosissima (Three glockenspiels with independent parts)
- Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
- 1:04:45 25. O Fortuna (Fortune, Empress of the World)
- 1:07:30 The End
(Oops, I meant giant gong. Silly me.)
Thank you, UC Davis!!!
(By the way, the above attempt at humor was added on 2010-09-26.)
Catulli Carmina at Wikipedia
Text and translation
Get ready, it starts with a bang at the second second.
Outstanding transients. Get your fill (RDA?) of pounding drums,
pulsating pianos, tintinnabulating bells, and crashing cymbals :-)
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Odi et amo.
Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
— Act I, I #85
— Act III, VIII #85
Makes me wish I’d had a course in spoken Latin.
