For a start, it contains perhaps Wagner’s best-known music: the exhilarating ‘Ride of the Valkyries’, which opens Act III. And there are many other highlights – the visceral opening storm; Siegmund’s hymn to the spring; Wotan’s Farewell; the Magic Fire Music.Die Walkürealso stands ...
Over 13K music fans have voted on the 60+ Best Opera Songs. Current Top 3: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi), The Lakme Flower Duet, Vissi d'arte (Tosca) ...
Known as the master of the Telecaster, the Texas guitarist made his name with a string of 60s singles that featured stinging solos and “icy” song titles. He revisited those days with a 90s comeback album; the title tune finds his powers intact and gives him more time to solo than the...
Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries". It received its premiere at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich on 26 June 1870. Wagner originally intended the opera to be premiered as part of the entire cycle, but was forced to allow the performance...
Spectacular costumes, dramatic plots and beautiful songs: the top musicals in London create fantastic memories and a lifelong love of theatre. If you're itching to experience the buzz of musicals in London but not sure where to start, we've listed our pick of the West End musicals that ...
Avro Pärt’s minimalistic approach to composition in this well-known piece strips back the layers, leaving raw, fragile emotion. The solo violin (or cello in some recordings) takes unsteady breaths, with the bow only just making contact with the string, whilst the circling piano creates a ...
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The genius of producer Ayatollah’s flip of Aretha Franklin’s “One Step Ahead” is twofold: The sampled song’s lyrics speak directly to the conundrum Mos Def (now known as Yasiin Bey) writes about on “Ms. Fat Booty,” and it’s also conceivably the record playing on the jukebox ...
Featuring Dessay, Jaroussky, Callas, Villazon, Hendricks, Mesple, Norman, Caballe, Popp, Daniels. Incs arias & songs from well-known composers, top orchs & conductors (EMI) 曲目· ··· CD1 Vocalise, Op.43/No.4 - Natalie Dessay/Berliner Symphoniker/Michael Schønwandt Agnus...