# Classical music fans: favorite video recordings of famous works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 7, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733 "2021-06-07T01:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/21 "2021-06-07T19:29:03Z")
The most perfect version I’ve ever found of this well-known piece by Bach. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T5Df7f_BLU8/maxresdefault.jpg "VOCES8: Jesus bleibet meine Freude - JS Bach") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Df7f_BLU8) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/22 "2021-06-07T19:41:25Z")
Allegri’s _Miserere_ flawlessly performed by Tenebrae. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H3v9unphfi0/maxresdefault.jpg "Miserere mei, Deus - Allegri - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3v9unphfi0) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/23 "2021-06-07T19:42:55Z")
omg they are fantastic, huh? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/24 "2021-06-07T21:54:52Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > The most perfect version I’ve ever found of this well-known piece by Bach. Stunningly beautiful. I think that oboe player took maybe two breaths during the whole thing… > [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Allegri’s _Miserere_ flawlessly performed by Tenebrae. Gorgeous. The singing, absolutely. But the venue/staging–also perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/25 "2021-06-07T21:58:29Z")
[a Baroque idea of Native American music](https://youtu.be/3zegtH-acXE) [a Baroque idea of a Turkish march](https://youtu.be/ScyTHuKDCFc) (do you think they were tempted to have him hit his own foot with the staff?) This one always gets me where I live: [Klaus Nomi performs his dying wish](https://youtu.be/TnkVgKzKPt8) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/26 "2021-06-07T23:24:11Z")
[Leontyne Price’s farewell performance at the Met](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3tCTA8kfo) in 1985, singing “O patria mia” from Aïda. Watch her reactions to the ovation at the end, trying not to break character. I was there, that night. Not a dry seat in the house. I wish the sound quality were better. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/27 "2021-06-07T23:50:49Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1LxwLHQPJ4E/hqdefault.jpg "Zino Francescatti - Bazzini, La ronde des Lutins (HQ)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LxwLHQPJ4E) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/28 "2021-06-08T00:26:45Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Not a dry seat in the house. [snert] ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/29 "2021-06-08T00:27:49Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Gustav Holst’s _ **The Planets** _ , at the BBC Proms. I just watched this whole thing. I love this piece of music. Mind-boggling presentation. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain kicks classical ass. Four full-size concert harps, eight French horns, seven trombones, a bazillion string players of every kind. Wonderful staging and camera work, too. Years ago I was development officer for the local Symphony and later grant writer for a Chamber Music festival. I have lost touch with music. Damn, this past year, I have lost touch with everything. This thread has raised my spirits tremendously on a sad-ish day… ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/30 "2021-06-08T02:04:42Z")
Fantastic thread idea! Here’s one of my faves: Schubert’s Trout Quintet, performed by Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman, Jacqueline du Pré, Zubin Mehta and Daniel Baremboim. The audio quality isn’t the greatest since it’s a film from 1969, and it’s sad but wonderful too to see du Pré at the height of her career, just 4 years before MS forced her into retirement. She’s only 24 in the film. The piece itself starts at 14:00, but the documentary before it is wonderful. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZZdXoER96is/hqdefault.jpg "Schubert Piano Quintet D667 The Trout Jacqueline du Pre, Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZdXoER96is) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/31 "2021-06-08T02:56:27Z")
Brahms Requiem: DR / Danish National Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt, Camilla Tilling, Peter Mattei [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d1Yws1F0SG8/hqdefault.jpg "브람스 - 독일 레퀴엠 / 블롬슈테트") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Yws1F0SG8) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/32 "2021-06-08T03:13:29Z")
Edward Elgar’s _ **Enigma Variations** _, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod” (my favorite) starts at 14:46. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vLNLvcBmoqo/maxresdefault.jpg "Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations (Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNLvcBmoqo) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/33 "2021-06-08T04:07:10Z")
I think we should include some modern classics, as which these surely qualify. The fiftieth anniversary concert: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yySw7vkdkZY/maxresdefault.jpg "STAR TREK CONCERT | Prague | 2-11-2016") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yySw7vkdkZY) ---
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Further on the NYOGB: they memorably did Anna Meredith’s HandsFree as a encore piece at the Proms ine year: [https://youtu.be/\_BcdnUZlv1M](https://youtu.be/_BcdnUZlv1M) ---
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Another great moment: Janine Jansen in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at the First Night of the Proms 2005 - the glint in her eye as she launches into the final movement: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bGMsfyy-FPY/hqdefault.jpg "Janine Jansen: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto Mvt.3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGMsfyy-FPY) ---
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> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > From the Last Night of the BBC Proms 2017 (the centenary of Finnish independence) - the full choral version of Sibelius’s Finlandia, with the BBC choirs singing in Finnish, conducted by Sakari Oramo (himself a Finn) As Thelmalou says, spectacular!! Does anyone have a favorite video for Sibelius’s Karelia Suite? I haven’t found a live version that I like. Here’s a lame one, with a superimposed smoky train chugging away: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1ryhN5kNFzc/maxresdefault.jpg "Sibelius : Karelia Suite (Full) - Philharmonia Orch. / Ashkenazy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ryhN5kNFzc&t=71) ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > I think we should include some modern classics John Williams, “Hymn to the Fallen”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f2zAUHAdaBE/hqdefault.jpg "Cinema in Concert - 08 - John Williams - Hymn to the Fallen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2zAUHAdaBE) ---
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Bedřich Smetana’s _ **Vltava** _ (English title _ **The Moldau** _). _Vltava_ is the Czech name for the river that flows through Prague and is the Republic’s longest. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l6kqu2mk-Kw/maxresdefault.jpg "Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) - Stunning Performance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kqu2mk-Kw) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733/39 "2021-06-08T21:53:34Z")
Wonderful minimalist French production of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. This beautiful conductor is a joy to watch. I was in a chorus that sang this a few years ago and found myself seated next to the harpist. Holy moley, did she have to be on her ~~toes~~ fingers! Bernstein specified in the notes that he wanted the second movement (the 23rd Psalm) sung by a boy soprano. Oh well… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zEBfay9FUgE/maxresdefault.jpg "Leonard Bernstein : Chichester Psalms") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEBfay9FUgE) ---
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> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Bernstein specified in the notes that he wanted the second movement (the 23rd Psalm) sung by a boy soprano. Watch _**[this clip](https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=1994939577223272)**_ of a recording session of the Chichester Psalms with an exceptional treble solo. (It’s on Facebook, so I can’t embed it.) There are some pieces of music that just sound better with a boy’s voice.   Here’s another piece sung exceptionally well by a chorister, the Pie Jesu from Fauré’s Requiem. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hJ3cueDNqbw/maxresdefault.jpg ""Pie Jesu" aus "Requiem" Gabriel Fauré | Solist des Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (2016)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ3cueDNqbw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-fans-favorite-video-recordings-of-famous-works/943733.md?page=3)