Latest revision as of 10:21, 11 June 2020

Elena's recommendations

This are a few lists of my favourites over time, for one reason or another.

Books

Movies

Making a point

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) and Vera Drake (2004), by Mike Leigh
Finding Neverland (2004, by Marc Forster)
The man in the white suit (1951, by Alexander Mackendrick)
Fight Club (1999, by David Fincher)

Historical

Missing (1982, by Costa-Gavras)
Tierra y Libertad (1995, by Ken Loach)
Réquiem por un campesino español (1982, by Francesc Betriu)

Dialogues

12 angry men (1957, by Sidney Lumet)
Woody Allen: September (1987), Husbands and wifes (1992)
Adolfo Aristarain: Un lugar en el mundo (1992), Lugares comunes (2002)

Love stories

(500) Days of Summer (2009, by Marc Webb)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989, by Rob Reiner)
Historia de un beso (2002, by José Luis Garci)
50 first dates (2004, by Peter Segal)

Elegant

Cabaret (1972, by Bob Fosse)
The sound of music (1965, by Robert Wise)
The Artist (2011, by Michel Hazanavicius)
Les garçons et Guillaume, à table! (2013, by Guillaume Gallienne)

Epic

La meglio gioventù (2003, by Marco Tullio Giordana)
It's a wonderful life (1946, by Frank Capra)
Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004, by José Luis Garci)

Theater

La casa de Bernarda Alba (1987, by Mario Camus)
El metodo (2005, by Marcelo Piñeyro)

Clever and rayantes

Tirando a románticas:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, by Michel Gondry)
Stranger than fiction (2006, by Marc Forster)
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006, by Goran Dukic)
Los amantes del circulo Polar (1998, by Julio Medem)
Sliding Doors (1998, by Peter Howitt)

Tirando a misterio:

Donnie Darko [1] (2001, by Richard Kelly)
Sleuth (1972, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Rope (1949, by Alfred Hitchcock)
Memento (2000, by Christopher Nolan)

Tirando a accion:

The Truman Show (1998, by Peter Weir)
Twelve monkeys (1995, by Terry Gilliam)
Children of Men (2006, by Alfonso Cuarón)

For a laugh

Groundhog Day (1993, by Harold Ramis)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006, by Jonathan Dayton)
The Hangover (2009, by Todd Phillips)
Bridemaids (2011, Paul Feig)
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008, by Dani Boon)
As good as it gets (1997, by James L. Brooks)
El milagro de P Tinto (1998, by Javier Fesser)

Fear

The Others (2001, by Alejandro Amenábar)
The Sixth Sense (1999, by M. Night Shyamalan)
Paranormal Activity (2007, by Oren Peli)
Janghwa, Hongryeon (two sisters) (2003)
The Blair Witch Project (1999, by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez)

Disturbing

Whiplash (2014, by Damien Chazelle)
Dogville (2003, by Lars von Trier)
37°2 le matin (1986, by Jean-Jacques Beineix)
Requiem for a dream (2000, by Darren Aronofsky)
Trilogia de José Luis Cuerda: Total (1986), Amanece, que no es poco (1989), Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995)

Coming of age

Me without you (2001, by Sandra Goldbacher)

Short movies

Pene (2007, by Daniel Sanchez Arévalo)

Series

The Wire (2002–2008)
The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
Sherlock (2010-, BBC)
Utopia (2013, UK)

Disturbing

Black mirror and Dead Set

Comedy

Ricky Gervais (UK):

Long: Fame, Politics,
The Ricky Gervais Show: 1-3 seasons

Russell Brand (UK):

Long: Scandalous Live at the O2 Arena (2003)
Interviews: by Jake Hamiltons, by Paxman 2013, by Alex Jones 2013

Dieudonne (France):

Long: Le divorce de Patrick (2005),

George Carlin (USA):

Long: It's Bad for Ya! (2008, 1h08), Complaints and Grievances (2001, 1h), Jammin' In New York (1992, 1h)
Short: Cats and dogs (9min),

Sarah Silverman:

Songs

Swing

A selection of songs and stuff about swing here.

Amazing songs

Mezcla

Fado:

Mariza: Pequenas verdades (con Buika), Rosa Branca, Ó Gente da Minha Terra

Flamenco:

Bosa-Nova:

Legends

French

Jacques Brel: Ne me quitte pas (1959)
Charles Aznavour: La boheme
Barbara: Göttingen, La solitude, Dis, Quand Reviendras-tu?, Le mal de vivre

English

Barbra Streisand: Cry me a river, Happy days are here again, Papa Can you Hear Me?
Amy Winehouse: All my loving, Rehab, Back to black

Spanish

Cantautores

Silvio Rodriquez: Me va la vida en ello

Opera

Singers

Natalie Dessay: Contes d'Hoffmann-Les oiseaux, Frühlingsstimmenwaltzer, Glitter and be gay, Lakmé - Air des clochettes

Anna Netrebko: La Traviata: Addio del passato, Sempre Libera, Brindissi

Arias

Quando m'en vo (Musetta's waltz from La bohème (Puccini)), Puccini: Sang by Anna Moffo
Ah! non credea mirarti" and the cabaletta "Ah, non giunge" from Bellini's La Sonnambula (Bellini): Natalie Dessay in New York 2006

Alma del core, Antonio Caldara (Rose's gift)
Non posso vivere, Giacomo Carissimi (Rose's gift)
Les roses d'Ispahan, Gabriel Fauré (Rose gift)
Aus Liebe, Bach, de St Matthew Passion
Version by Te Kanawa Gretchen am spinnrade, Schubert, op.2, D.118
By Strauss (Gershwin) By Lesley Garrett and by a funny french man called Eric
Siete canciones populares españolas de Manuel de Falla: Cantadas por Teresa Berganza
Valeria Mignaco Flow my tears (John Dowland)

Erlkönig by Schubert
Beau Soir by Debussy
Hôtel by Poulenc
Clair de lune by Fauré
Du bist die Ruh by Schubert.

Duo de sopranos

La Tarantelle (Fauré), Gabriel Fauré
LLakmé Flower Version The Flower Duet (Delibes) Léo Delibes
So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Bach) (Matthäuspassion, BWV 244: Part I: No. 33 - Duet: Soprano And Alto), Bach
El desdichado (Saint-Saëns), Camille Saint-Saëns
Barcarolle - Offenbach- Anna Netrebko & Elina Garanca
Dueto de Gatos (de Rossini)
Stabat Mater Duo Pergolesi Sopranos
Se viver non degg'io (Mozart) - Bartoli, Dessay

Duo de soprano + tenor

Tonight West side story
La ci darem la mano Ópera Don Giovanni, de Mozart.
Caro elisir... Trallarallara... Ópera L'elisir d'amore, de Donizetti.
Happy we o desde 4 min 50 de este, de Handel - Acis & Galatea
Vivo por ella
Love duet from Fulgor y Muerte de Joaquín Murieta
Samba em prelúdio
Papageno/a Duet from The Magic Flute: the sheet (Serious and funny version with Bartoli!)

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 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084335/ Missing] (1982, by Costa-Gavras)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114671/ Tierra y Libertad] (1995, by Ken Loach)
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsn4O65a744 Réquiem por un campesino español] (1982, by Francesc Betriu)
 === Dialogues ===
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/ 12 angry men] (1957, by Sidney Lumet)
-* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093940 September] (1987), [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104466 Husbands and wifes] (1992), by Woody Allen
+* Woody Allen: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093940 September] (1987), [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104466 Husbands and wifes] (1992)
+* Adolfo Aristarain: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPG28F4kCos Un lugar en el mundo] (1992), [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329330/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2 Lugares comunes] (2002)
 === Love stories ===
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 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/?ref_=tt_rec_tti The sound of music] (1965, by Robert Wise)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/ The Artist] (2011, by Michel Hazanavicius)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2315200/ Les garçons et Guillaume, à table!]  (2013, by Guillaume Gallienne)
 === Epic ===
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 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/ It's a wonderful life] (1946, by Frank Capra)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425542/ Tiovivo c. 1950] (2004, by José Luis Garci)
+=== Theater ===
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKY8NsdFWEo La casa de Bernarda Alba] (1987, by Mario Camus)
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmz7qqZH_U8 El metodo] (2005, by Marcelo Piñeyro)
 === Clever and rayantes ===
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 Tirando a misterio:
+* [[Donnie Darko]] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578] (2001, by Richard Kelly)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069281/ Sleuth] (1972, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746 Rope] (1949, by Alfred Hitchcock)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/ Memento] (2000, by  Christopher Nolan)
 Tirando a accion:
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 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ Groundhog Day] (1993, by Harold Ramis)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Little Miss Sunshine] (2006, by  Jonathan Dayton)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/ The Hangover] (2009, by Todd Phillips)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478338/ Bridemaids] (2011, Paul Feig)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1064932/ Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis] (2008, by Dani Boon)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/ As good as it gets] (1997, by James L. Brooks)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151572/ El milagro de P Tinto] (1998, by Javier Fesser)
 === Fear ===
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 === Disturbing ===
-* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276919/ Dogville] (2003, Lars von Trier)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4 Whiplash] (2014, by Damien Chazelle)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276919/ Dogville] (2003, by Lars von Trier)
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090563/ 37°2 le matin] (1986, by Jean-Jacques Beineix)
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093 Requiem for a dream] (2000, by Darren Aronofsky)
+* Trilogia de José Luis Cuerda: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaPHa2ArEK8 Total] (1986), [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094641/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_13 Amanece, que no es poco] (1989), [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112403 Así en el cielo como en la tierra] (1995)
 === Coming of age ===
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 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263725/ Me without you] (2001, by Sandra Goldbacher)
+== Short movies ==
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFw0dorRWmE Pene] (2007, by Daniel Sanchez Arévalo)
 == Series ==
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 * Long: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh6fs8OBvuk Scandalous Live at the O2 Arena] (2003)
-* Interviews: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYcn3PuTTk by Paxman 2013], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWWaOp7Zb0 by Alex Jones 2013]
+* Interviews: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnj92uUI1ZY by Jake Hamiltons], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYcn3PuTTk by Paxman 2013], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWWaOp7Zb0 by Alex Jones 2013]
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieudonn%C3%A9_M%27bala_M%27bala Dieudonne] (France):
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 * Short: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnT8i_PwDJc Cats and dogs] (9min),
 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjtN1-r8LBe4L4v5dgfs9bQ Sarah Silverman]:
 == Songs ==
+=== Swing ===
+A selection of songs and stuff about swing [[swing|here]].
 === Interesting versions ===
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEz3PTIgZAtZAKvyKSu5GLA Jayme Dee]: , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3hMj8RqR0 Somebody that I used to know], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuH6x1ObfAk Creep], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWfV1agNjhI Speechless]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCivilWars The Civil Wars]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441mR2zsQbg Billie Jean], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2VG21x6R78 Safe and sound], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPVW2ed_9Lc You are my sunshine]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCivilWars The Civil Wars]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441mR2zsQbg Billie Jean] (I suspect inspired on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPOqE7k56nc Caetano Veloso]), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzhAS_GnJIc Safe and sound], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPVW2ed_9Lc You are my sunshine]
 * Toxic: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_O7hRuhoP0 Jayme Dee], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqKZ_WIK5ms Yaël Naïm], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dcgD6-ZXM Melanie Martinez]
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBO-BC5j0uE  Oops, I Did It Again], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJP_e1tYS88 Pumped Up Kicks] by Kina Grannis
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T92slqJRN4 Somebody That I Used to Know] by Orla Gartland
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qD4LtaRIU Sara Bareilles - Single Ladies]
 === Acoustic ===
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 * Buika: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icd1c3FpnC4 Oro santo], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCNIbpy4fjo La bohemia], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li7GSExto0A Sombras] (con Luz Casal),
 * Lara Fabian: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIIL5p7_WKk Je suis Malade], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy2Zkf1ovKc Je T'aime]
+* Silvia Perez Cruz: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AHEfPBSIgQ Ella y yo], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zOvl7DrPvg Alfonsina y el mar]
+=== Amazing songs ===
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypn9oKaO-3E Janis Ian - At Seventeen]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSLXjeJ76Q Bee Gees - I started the joke]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzh_L31yp3Y Deep Purple - Lalena]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWMuq6fDHlc Alfonsina y el Mar] (Sofia Danesi)
 === Mezcla ===
 Fado:
-* Mariza: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZBpLpmIQwU Pequenas verdades] (con Buika), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iapqgekl3I Rosa Branca],
+* Mariza: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZBpLpmIQwU Pequenas verdades] (con Buika), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iapqgekl3I Rosa Branca], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wECspR2LY Ó Gente da Minha Terra]
 Flamenco:
 Bosa-Nova:
 === Legends ===
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 * Jacques Brel: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk7_HY9svAw Ne me quitte pas (1959)]
 * Charles Aznavour: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A314PVRSQIM La boheme]
-* Barbara: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkwaT2mLrtA Göttingen], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlVrWsEUFGY La solitude], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvOid68yAA Dis, Quand Reviendras-tu?], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msbaHMkNdB4 Le mal de vivre]
+* Barbara: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkwaT2mLrtA Göttingen], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlVrWsEUFGY La solitude], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_aQ5ZLcR4 Dis, Quand Reviendras-tu?], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msbaHMkNdB4 Le mal de vivre]
 ==== English ====
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 === Opera ===
+==== Singers ====
+* Natalie Dessay: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k5l4oiCEc Contes d'Hoffmann-Les oiseaux], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWLPPO0KL4 Frühlingsstimmenwaltzer], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCg4r1Ile4w Glitter and be gay], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmYRQWYlDbM Lakmé - Air des clochettes]
+* Anna Netrebko: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSr7hh9mbyg La Traviata: Addio del passato], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vF0xd9h63Y Sempre Libera], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKUJDob1UFk Brindissi]
+==== Arias ====
+# ''Quando m'en vo'' (''Musetta's waltz'' from [[La bohème (Puccini)]]), [[Puccini]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S99I6S4PHj4&feature=related Sang by Anna Moffo]
+#  ''Ah! non credea mirarti" and the cabaletta "Ah, non giunge" from [[Bellini]]'s [[La Sonnambula (Bellini)]]: [[Natalie Dessay]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFtKpO0eKIg New York 2006]
+# ''Alma del core'', [[Antonio Caldara]] (Rose's gift)
+# ''Non posso vivere'', [[Giacomo Carissimi]] (Rose's gift)
+# ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4Z2sBeWeQ Les roses d'Ispahan]'', [[Gabriel Fauré]] (Rose gift)
+# ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkFAh6aE2QU Aus Liebe]'', [[Bach]], de [[Matthäuspassion|St Matthew Passion]]
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0eeotSDi8 Version by Te Kanawa Gretchen am spinnrade], Schubert, op.2, D.118
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmwpiYyLoAY By Strauss (Gershwin)] By Lesley Garrett and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEWfxfnKB4&feature=related by a funny french man called Eric]
+# Siete canciones populares españolas de [[Manuel de Falla]]: [http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=55OiOuV6JCc&feature=related Cantadas por Teresa Berganza]
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRrzAo9Wl4 Valeria Mignaco Flow my tears (John Dowland)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdhRYMY6IEc Erlkönig] by Schubert
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzNASDPXbMw Beau Soir] by Debussy
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZydbDYyLQ8 Hôtel] by Poulenc
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PLql0lXeoA Clair de lune] by Fauré
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvdZ1xIgv08 Du bist die Ruh] by Schubert.
+==== Duo de sopranos ====
+# ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc-nRh5dDaM La Tarantelle (Fauré)]'', [[Gabriel Fauré]]
+# ''[http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-6Ej2lnwg&feature=related LLakmé Flower Version The Flower Duet (Delibes)]''  [[Léo Delibes]]
+# ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWWmWHYSdo So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Bach)]'' ([[Matthäuspassion]], BWV 244: Part I: No. 33 -  Duet: Soprano And Alto), [[Bach]]
+# ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlQfvvF3r8 El desdichado (Saint-Saëns)]'', [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdc2zNgJIpY&feature=related Barcarolle - Offenbach]- Anna Netrebko & Elina Garanca
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtyq-Fy9NTY&feature=related Dueto de Gatos (de Rossini)]
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qO2yQqIlEQ Stabat Mater Duo Pergolesi Sopranos]
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AxyhtkMLlA&feature=related Se viver non degg'io (Mozart) - Bartoli, Dessay]
+==== Duo de soprano + tenor ====
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp70Kf7O0mY Tonight] West side story
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEDnmGnYb6I&feature=PlayList&p=E5A945BEB85B7E60&index=0 La ci darem la mano] Ópera Don Giovanni, de Mozart.
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqdI0CbITIk Caro elisir... Trallarallara...] Ópera L'elisir d'amore, de Donizetti.
+# [http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=jOSNXZP1s28 Happy we] o [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQVhaJbHgww desde 4 min 50 de este], de Handel - Acis & Galatea
+# [http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=M-R3nFWP4-4 Vivo por ella]
+# [http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=J1laX1rOCqA Love duet from Fulgor y Muerte de Joaquín Murieta]
+# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF2BK9EuJso Samba em prelúdio]
+# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu9ePNiaWYQ Papageno/a Duet] from [[Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)|The Magic Flute]]: [http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nma_cont.php?vsep=73&gen=edition&p1=331&l=1 the sheet] ([http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kkdrhd1fWE&feature=related Serious] and [http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=jujGSXoa2QQ&feature=related funny version] with Bartoli!)
 == Video clips ==

Latest revision as of 10:21, 11 June 2020

Contents

Elena's recommendations

Books

Movies

Making a point

Historical

Dialogues

Love stories

Elegant

Epic

Theater

Clever and rayantes

For a laugh

Fear

Disturbing

Coming of age

Short movies

Series

Disturbing

Comedy

Songs

Swing

Interesting versions

Acoustic

Female voices

Amazing songs

Mezcla

Legends

French

English

Spanish

Cantautores

Opera

Singers

Arias

Duo de sopranos

Duo de soprano + tenor

Video clips