A split personality!

Vows of Deception (1996)

Cheryl Ladd goes a bit over the top as a "spider woman" in this interesting made-for-TV crime drama...

 

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 | Järvi

Together with César Franck's D-minor Symphony, Saint-Saëns' Third Symphony (so-called "Organ Symphony" ) is one of the masterpieces of late romantic French music. It is written in cyclic form in a manner reminiscent of Beethoven's "Fifth" (for example, the theme of the Scherzo is rhythmically related in a very clear way to the basic theme of the first movement). The orchestration contains piano (both two and four hands) and pipe organ.

1. Adagio - Allegro moderato - Poco adagio

2. Allegro moderato - Presto - Maestoso - Allegro

Thierry Escaich, organ

Orchestre de Paris

Paavo Järvi, conductor

A Streetcar Named Desire (TV film, 1995)

A made-for-TV film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' 1947 play. Starring Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman and Diane Lane.

 

Nino Rota: "Il Gattopardo" (Soundtrack Suite)

Edvard Grieg: Symphony in C minor

I. Allegro molto

II. Adagio espressivo

III. Intermezzo: Allegro energico

IV. Finale: Allegro molto vivace

 

R. Wagner: "Wesendonck-Lieder" | Daphne Evangelatos, mezzo-soprano

The Greek opera singer Daphne Evangelatos (b. 1946) died November 18, 2021, in Munich. Her father was the composer and conductor Antiochus Evangelatos.

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Elgar: Symphony No. 2 | Harding

Edward Elgar,

Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63

1 Allegro vivace e nobilmente

2 Larghetto

3 Rondo

4 Moderato e maestoso

London Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Harding, conductor

London, Proms 2013

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 | Paavo Järvi

I. Allegro

II. Adagio - Andante - Tempo I

III. Scherzo. Schnell - Trio. Langsamer - Scherzo - Coda

IV. Finale. Bewegt, feurig

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Ed. Nowak,1890, 2nd ver.) | Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Lan Shui

I. Allegro moderato

II. Scherzo (allegro moderato) and Trio (langsam)

III. Adagio (feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend)

IV. Finale (feierlich, nicht schnell)