2010-07-31

Post-1900

20th-century classical music @Wikipedia
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.
Move pointer along the time-line to the desired time, then click.
Expand to full screen to fine-tune the timing.
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).
And did you notice the conductor’s giant dong at 1:06:56?
(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 :-)
YouTube playlist; embed of this playlist:

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.

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