#barcarolle

[lesser-known-composers]

Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859-1924) - Barcarolle in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 46 ·

Anthony Goldstone, piano

[culturevulturette]

Are you ready to chillax?

[diracsea]

"Let us go to the shore;

There the waves will kiss our legs.

With mysterious sadness

The stars will shine down on us."

— Aleksey Pleshcheyev

[ryanshaneowen]

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[classicalwondersdotcom]

Offenbach - from Operetta to Serious Opera

Jacques Offenbach gained his celebrity with his operettas, but become immortal thanks to his unique serious opera, Les contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). The king of operetta becomes serious The operetta genre become common in Paris around 1850. It is a light version of opera, full of songs and dances, with easy subjects and accessible for a popular audience. Jacques Offenbach…

[chopinpavlova]

Aleksandra Świgut – F. Chopin, Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (Fir...

[elgallinero]

La Musica e Vita

I used Shazam to discover Les contes d’Hoffmann, IV: “Barcarolle: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Arr. for Violin and Piano) by Davide Scarabottolo & Klodiana Koci. https://www.shazam.com/track/580473612/les-contes-dhoffmann-iv-barcarolle-belle-nuit-%25C3%25B4-nuit?referrer=share

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CASAENPLAYA WINTER BARCAROLLE

[lesser-known-composers]

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924) - Barcarolle Op.46

Anthony Golstone - Piano

[culturevulturette]

Chillax...

[researchinggustavfrohlich]

Screenshots to love - 2

This one is from Barcarole (1935), a romance film set in Venice, in which Gustav starred beside newcomer Czech actress Lida Baarova – by then his marriage was dissolving, as he would soon be divorced from his first wife, opera singer Gitta Alpar, by whom he had his only daughter, Julika; and according to Lida, they both fell helplessly in love on set.

They very soon became an established couple, with Lida spending most of her time at Gustav’s beautiful villa in Schwanenwerder – but then things fell tragically apart, as we all know.

But this lovely movie clearly shows the budding chemistry between the two of them, as well as allowing us to admire an extremely charming and super classy (just as usual) Gustav, still equipped with the heavy kind of make-up that by then was very much an ever-present heritage of the silent movie era!

[127glenn]

My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice & Barcarolle on the 1959 Zenith Stereophonic...

[anumberofcatschilling]

Can the existence of magic be denied when singing a song you don't entirely understand moves people who also don't entirely understand?