tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post4793406619453343136..comments2024-03-16T08:02:38.070-04:00Comments on wellsung.blogspot.com: I'd weep for thatAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-45778760141692144422007-10-23T20:12:00.000-04:002007-10-23T20:12:00.000-04:00The slow movements to Mozart Piano Concertos can m...The slow movements to Mozart Piano Concertos can make me teary, if they're played with sensitivity; especially Nos. 9, 20 & 27.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-6892157989090932982007-10-23T18:45:00.000-04:002007-10-23T18:45:00.000-04:00Two by Strauss:1. "Rosenkavalier" Trio.2. Four Las...Two by Strauss:<BR/><BR/>1. "Rosenkavalier" Trio.<BR/><BR/>2. Four Last Songs, especially the last two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-70523621184306219502007-10-22T20:40:00.000-04:002007-10-22T20:40:00.000-04:00You mean you don't like the Chromolumes in the 2nd...You mean you don't like the Chromolumes in the 2nd act of Sunday? I agree that the end of the 1st act is perfection. (The other Sondheim musical which should end at intermission is "Into the Woods" and spare us the maudlin deconstruction of Act II.) <BR/><BR/>Re. opera tears - I would add <BR/>1 - The Willow Song/Ave Maria in Otello - I tear up at every "salce"<BR/>2 - the final chord progression in Parsifal<BR/>3 - the ascending swooping scales at the very end of the 1st movement of Mahler 8 (I consider this symphony to be Mahler's almost-opera, and I would LOVE to see a company stage this piece) which embody the Holy Spirit as wind/the breath of God.<BR/>4 - Lenski's aria (as sung by Ramon Vargas last year at the MET - one of my all-time opera-going highlights)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-88868178527511695102007-10-22T14:44:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:44:00.000-04:00Oh, let's put it on, can we?http://www.hotlinkfile...Oh, let's put it on, can we?<BR/><BR/>http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/493152_xgxpu/01Track0115.mp3]01Track0115.mp3Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-81147632281084946612007-10-22T14:04:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:04:00.000-04:00Now I am forced to admit that "Our Town" gets me, ...Now I am forced to admit that "Our Town" gets me, too.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-37928639732622162552007-10-22T12:44:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:44:00.000-04:00Credit where it's due: I got the game from Tim Man...Credit where it's due: I got the game from Tim Mangan, who got it from Heather Heise.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com