22
Jan
2012

2011 Birthday Tune for Oskar

in: Klangvölle
this year, featuring Luise Arndt (violin)

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9
Dec
2011

Wolf Biermann “Preußischer Ikarus”

in: A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music, Klangvölle

I don’t know, some times, one feels like prussian icarus…


 
24
Nov
2011

Thai-Massage found in Jena

in: Uncategorized

For all those of you, who enjoy Thai-Massage: I worked for a very nice an brand new Thai-Spa in Jena. The interior is excellent and very tasteful and the massages are extremely refreshing and relaxing. And, it cheaper than I thought.

You find the place “rawida” in Wagnergasse 35, or here: http://www.rawida.de/

 
30
Dec
2010

Blue Lane Rider

in: Klangvölle

A gift for Oskars third birthday by Mathias Krauß, Marc Trommer & me.

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16
Sep
2010

Short Movie: “Waldesnacht”

in: A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music, Klangvölle, Picturesque

Kino Dynamique Jena: This time I couldn’t resist doing a movie myself. The result can be seen here, it’s pretty self-explanatory. Waldesnacht (Johannes Brahms) is sung by the King’s Singers – Buy their CD’s! – they are great.

Enjoy!

 
10
Sep
2010

L’Arpeggiata (Christina Pluhar) & Nuria Rial: Giovanni Felice Sances: Stabat mater

in: A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music

For a while now I am caught by the concept of “Historically informed performance“. So I use this change to once more present an amazing example of music out of this “genre”:

Christina Pluhar has become one of the most recognized musicians in this domain. Her ensemble “L’Arpeggiata” already featured a high quality selection of guests like Philippe Jaroussky and many others. From her work with Nuria Rial, a spanish soprano, comes this beautiful and musically astonishing interpretation of Giovanni Felice Sances’ (c. 1600 – 1679) “Stabatar Mater” (Lyrics):

Enjoy!

 
29
Aug
2010

Pierre Certon: “La, la, la, la, je ne l’ose dire”

in: A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music

This tiny bit of music is particularly interesting because of its arrangement – try to follow individual voices – you will see, it’s quite hard ;) Especially in this amazing interpretation by the King’s Singers.

Download the score la, la, la, la je ne l’ose dire.

 
30
Jan
2010

Alexei Arkhipovskiy – a balalaika demo

in: A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music, Klangvölle

 
25
Dec
2009

Ein Tanz am Bosporus

in: Klangvölle

A birthday gift for Oskar by Mathias Krauß.

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24
Dec
2009

Jean-Christophe Spinosi drives me crazy

in: A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music

A friend of mine introduced me to Spinosi’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s Op. 439 “La notte” – I found it amazing and fresh. Thus I want to share this amazing pice of music with you:

(Unfortunately I could not find the scores for the Vivaldi online beside this one at Google Books which is quite restricted.)

Also check out this Telemann interpretation (TWV 52:e1): which is as impressive as the Vivaldi above.