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Isabella Colbran: The Tragic Story of Rossini’s Composer Wife

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by Emily E. Hogstad , Interlude Although she and her talents were central to the work of her husband and creative partner   Giacomo Rossini , there is no English language biography of   Isabella Colbran . We want to change that. So consider this a basic overview of her story while we wait for a specialized biographer to tell the full story of Isabella Colbran’s extraordinary life! Early Childhood Isabella Colbran Isabella Colbran was born on February 2, 1785, in Madrid, Spain. Her father was Giovanni Colbran, the head musician in Charles III’s court. She must have shown musical talent at a very early age because when she was only six years old, she began studying music (specifically, voice and composition) with several of the best-known musicians in Spain, including castrati Carlo Martinelli and Girolamo Crescentini. By the time she was fourteen, she had published a book of songs.  In 1801, when she was sixteen, she moved to Paris with her father and began working in Nap...

Niccolò Jommelli: Sinfonia in E-flat major

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Niccolò Jommelli: Sinfonia in E-flat major Support us on Patreon:   / bremerbarockorchester   Follow on Instagram:   / bremerbarockorchester   Bremer Barockorchester: http://www.bremer-barockorchester.de  Allegro di molto: 0:00 Chaconne: 1:48 Violin: Stéphanie Paulet, Meelis Orgse, Javier Lupiáñez, Saaya Ikenoya, Antonio de Sarlo, Anna Stankiewicz, Camilo Cuellar Viola: Alice Vaz, Luis Miguel Pinzón Acosta Violoncello: Néstor Fabián Cortés Garzón, Azzurra Raneri Double Bass: Juan Díaz Traverso: Felipe Egaña, Isabelle Raphaelis Oboe: Olga Marulanda, Paulina Gómez Bassoon: Jeong-Guk Lee Horn: Gerard Serrano, Pepe Reche Lute: Hugo Miguel de Rodas Sánchez Harpsichord: Nadine Remmert Percussion: Tobias Hamann Camera: Tobias Hentze, Hendrik Röhrs Audio: Elisabeth Kemper www.arcantus-musikproduktion.de Video: Tobias Hentze www.tobiashentze.de   Recorded at “Unser Lieben Frauen Church”, Bremen on November 12th, 2022

Niccolò Jommelli

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by Georg Predota “The music is beautiful, but too clever and old fashioned for the theatre” Niccolò Jommelli The above quote originates in a letter from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to his father Leopold. Mozart was in Naples in 1770 and had just seen a performance of  Armida abbandonata , judging it beautiful but rather old fashioned. Mozart’s opinion notwithstanding, Jommelli was considered one of the leading operatic composers in Europe in his day. Born in Naples, Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774) composed roughly 80 operas and a substantial corpus of church music. He worked in Rome, Bologna, and Venice, and visited Vienna to strike up a friendship with the librettist Metastasio. Appointed Kapellmeister to the Duke of Württemberg, he spent over 15 years in Stuttgart before returning to Naples.  Legacy and Beginnings An important transitional figure, Jommelli was anticipating the mid-18th-century operatic reforms, gradually abandoning da capo arias and introducing dramatic r...

Tony Bennett, Sheryl Crow - The Girl I Love (from Duets II)

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Tony Bennett performing "The Girl I Love" with Sheryl Crow from Duets II: The Great Performances Listen to Tony Bennett: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Tony Bennett YouTube channel: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Tony Bennett:  Facebook: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/follow_OU/... Instagram: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/follow_OU/... Twitter: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/follow_OU/... Website: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/follow_OU/... Spotify: https://TonyBennett.lnk.to/follow_OU/... Chorus: I'll build a little home just meant for two From which we'll never roam Who would, would you? And so all else above, I'm waiting for The girl I love

Manila Philharmonic Orchestra’s VST & Co. Medley

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Strauss - Don Juan | Cristian Măcelaru | WDR Symphony Orchestra

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16,462 views Premiered Aug 23, 2024 KÖLNER PHILHARMONIE Richard Strauss' Don Juan Op. 20, played by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of its chief conductor Cristian Măcelaru. Recorded live on 08.06.2024 in the Kölner Philharmonie. Richard Strauss - Don Juan Op. 20 WDR Symphony Orchestra Cristian Măcelaru, conductor ► Find out more about the symphony orchestra, concerts and current live streams at https://sinfonieorchester.wdr.de ►The WDR Symphony Orchestra on Facebook    / wdrsinfonieorchester   Introduction to the work: Two heavenly strikers meet: Don Juan, the imaginary seducer of women, and Richard Strauss, the aspiring young composer and conductor. Strauss is at the beginning of his career. His talent and ambition will take him far, says the 24-year-old's self-assurance. The only question is: how to climb the career ladder as quickly as possible? In 1888, at any rate, he was dissatisfied with his position: he hoped to “swap the oppressi...

Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video) [HD]

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488,355,725 views  Jul 10, 2017  #SineadOConnor #Britpop #90spop HD Remaster of the music video by Sinéad O'Connor performing Nothing Compares 2 U. Taken from the album 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'