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# ''Funeral of Queen Mary'' revisited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos Wendy Carlos]. | # ''Funeral of Queen Mary'' revisited by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos Wendy Carlos]. | ||
#: No excerpt yet but [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt45SJ-zEUI see here]. | #: No excerpt yet but [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt45SJ-zEUI see here]. | ||
+ | # ''Scheherazade op.35'', by Rimsky-Korsakov. | ||
+ | #: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4w4_W30aQ see here]. | ||
# ''The Deutsch Mark Is Coming'', [[Tiersen]]. | # ''The Deutsch Mark Is Coming'', [[Tiersen]]. | ||
#: <mp3>Fpl-favsong-10.mp3</mp3> | #: <mp3>Fpl-favsong-10.mp3</mp3> | ||
# ''Les oiseaux dans la charmille'', (from Les contes d’Hoffmann) Offenbach | # ''Les oiseaux dans la charmille'', (from Les contes d’Hoffmann) Offenbach | ||
#: (no excerpt yet but see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ULqFSK5VU here]) | #: (no excerpt yet but see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ULqFSK5VU here]) | ||
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As a representative of minimalism, I was initially thinking of [[Tiersen]] with a piece such as ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E8B-SvBkOU La Maison]'' or ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_znFyR4Dg La Démarche]''. I finally settled for ''The Deutsch Mark Is Coming'' (from Good Bye, Lenin!) until I finally decided to pick one from the real master of the genre, [[Philip Glass]]. More about this choice can be read in my [[Blog:Fabrice/Mad_Rush|blog]]. | As a representative of minimalism, I was initially thinking of [[Tiersen]] with a piece such as ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E8B-SvBkOU La Maison]'' or ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_znFyR4Dg La Démarche]''. I finally settled for ''The Deutsch Mark Is Coming'' (from Good Bye, Lenin!) until I finally decided to pick one from the real master of the genre, [[Philip Glass]]. More about this choice can be read in my [[Blog:Fabrice/Mad_Rush|blog]]. | ||
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# ''Garota de Ipanema'', [[Jobim]], [[Vinicius de Moraes]] | # ''Garota de Ipanema'', [[Jobim]], [[Vinicius de Moraes]] | ||
#: (no excerpt yet but see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjJ4cHOW3rM here] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LrUHQky71Y here]) | #: (no excerpt yet but see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjJ4cHOW3rM here] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LrUHQky71Y here]) | ||
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I wanted a Bossa Nova in my list, reflecting my love for the Brazilian language (not Portuguese but how it is pronounced on a continent where it found enough space to sing and resonate). There are many enchanting songs and ''Garota de Ipanema'' is surely their best representative. The song is even good when sung in English. But it's only with the Brazilian expression that it becomes alive. | I wanted a Bossa Nova in my list, reflecting my love for the Brazilian language (not Portuguese but how it is pronounced on a continent where it found enough space to sing and resonate). There are many enchanting songs and ''Garota de Ipanema'' is surely their best representative. The song is even good when sung in English. But it's only with the Brazilian expression that it becomes alive. | ||
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvd2GZUSrW0 Je voudrais pas crever], by Serge Reggiani, singing the saddest poem of Boris Vian, "I'd hate to snuff it." Vian died 39. You never think one can actually read a poem aloud, let alone sing it. Reggiani does just that, he lets you hear a poem with a resonance that does not come from the sound of his voice. | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvd2GZUSrW0 Je voudrais pas crever], by Serge Reggiani, singing the saddest poem of Boris Vian, "I'd hate to snuff it." Vian died 39. You never think one can actually read a poem aloud, let alone sing it. Reggiani does just that, he lets you hear a poem with a resonance that does not come from the sound of his voice. | ||
− | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=eK1u8CHBMJ4 Nos fiançailles], by Nilda Fernandez. A voice not of this world, neither male nor female, in both [[French]] and [[Spanish]], singing joy with sadness, that lulled my 15 years old. The clip is also highly artistic, with the concealed female | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=eK1u8CHBMJ4 Nos fiançailles], by Nilda Fernandez. A voice not of this world, neither male nor female, in both [[French]] and [[Spanish]], singing joy with sadness, that lulled my 15 years old. His pronunciation of ''Fiança-ylle, où que l'on ahh-ylle'' is, oddly, proper to his interpretation (tributes pronounce normally). The clip is also highly artistic, with the concealed female who you never actually see but who seems to repeatedly reveal herself and who dominates the action. |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXV-1ZebdBs Le bal perdu], by Bourvil. [[Guillemin]], who said that Bourvil was extremely clever as well as a very nice person ("très gentil"), counted "Papa Joue Du Trombone" among his favourite songs. In a very different style, this sad song counts as one of my heart-breaking composition, interpreted better than anybody-else could by a master of ridicule and comedy. | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXV-1ZebdBs Le bal perdu], by Bourvil. [[Guillemin]], who said that Bourvil was extremely clever as well as a very nice person ("très gentil"), counted "Papa Joue Du Trombone" among his favourite songs. In a very different style, this sad song counts as one of my heart-breaking composition, interpreted better than anybody-else could by a master of ridicule and comedy. |
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As a representative of minimalism, I was initially thinking of Tiersen with a piece such as La Maison or La Démarche. I finally settled for The Deutsch Mark Is Coming (from Good Bye, Lenin!) until I finally decided to pick one from the real master of the genre, Philip Glass. More about this choice can be read in my blog.
I wanted a Bossa Nova in my list, reflecting my love for the Brazilian language (not Portuguese but how it is pronounced on a continent where it found enough space to sing and resonate). There are many enchanting songs and Garota de Ipanema is surely their best representative. The song is even good when sung in English. But it's only with the Brazilian expression that it becomes alive.
The composition from Buarque does not fall in this category, but appeared to me superior in all aspects as the symbol for how Brazilian music speaks to me.
Especially if you don't know them: