The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Sunday morning music
Let's go back to classical music, with this performance of an orchestral suite from the opera "Naïs" by French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).
Very pleasant listening from the mid- to late Baroque era.
It's amazing how sophisticated the music of the 17th and 18th century period was, considering that particular period of time is often looked upon as being "socially and politically primitive compared to the 20th and 21st centuries".
Wow!
ReplyDeleteDO you have a name for an album with this piece?
There's a 1980 recording of the opera:
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I'm not sure about the orchestral suite, but you can download it from YouTube, of course, and convert it to music rather than video format.
It's amazing how sophisticated the music of the 17th and 18th century period was, considering that particular period of time is often looked upon as being "socially and politically primitive compared to the 20th and 21st centuries".
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_Part_I
ReplyDeleteTwo versions of the orchestral suite:
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http://amzn.to/2Fv4uJi