Cheesy yes, but, oh, oh my...:nod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ8B-Wl_trQ
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Cheesy yes, but, oh, oh my...:nod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ8B-Wl_trQ
:party:
How about this lady StLukes? I don't know if she sings as well as Netrebko but she's in the Guiness Book of Records.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/974...anbigbubby.jpg
Tut, tut, people are lowing the tone again after the class I posted as well...
Don't tell me she is running for Vice President? I would believe it.
What's she in the Guiness Book of Records for anyway?:hat:
Are you kidding?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
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Are you kidding?
Raising the tone again, here is the delectable Lisa Shihoten who is a well known New York performer of chamber music and a music teacher.
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2...sashihoten.jpg
Ah another Madam Butterfly, yes, yes certainly more classy than the balloon lady!:) You can't beat those Irish lasses I posted last though, nothing can beat that flute player Corr woman, oh Lord...I feel like a geeky teenager.:blush:
...you are probably talking about the next president of the USA.
Brian, I actually doubt she stands a snowballs chance in hell. While there are more than a few who support her... those not exactly at the top of the food chain... she is a lightning rod... hated by as many more... and dismissed by anyone with half a brain as little more than a joke.
In many ways the very fact that a candidate as blatantly unqualified as Palin or George W. could even be considered for such an office owes much to America's anti-elitism. Where logic would dictate that the best candidate for the job of President would surely be someone that is well-educated and smarter than the average person, we saw in the last few elections candidates being derided as "elitists" and out of touch with "Joe the plumber" for the very reason that they had graduated at the top of their classes from well-respected colleges and universities. Without a doubt, Clinton was so hated/feared by his political adversaries for the simple reason that he was far smarter than they... and an astute politician.
Ah another Madam Butterfly, yes, yes certainly more classy than the balloon lady!:) You can't beat those Irish lasses I posted last though, nothing can beat that flute player Corr woman, oh Lord...I feel like a geeky teenager.:blush:
Neely, I'm afraid I'd have to go with Brian's Asian cutie. Your Irish lass just doesn't conjure up many fantasies for me... and certainly none of them the least bit wicked (let alone involving waking up naked in a hotel room in Paris). Now your Anna Caterina Antonacci is something else altogether... to say nothing of my beloved Anna.:D:mad5:
Balloon Lady on the other hand... now she conjures up nightmares more along the line of waking up naked in the back room of a biker bar somewhere in Alabama, discovering your credit cards are all gone, and you have several new prominent tattoos... all involving misspelling.:yikes:
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Balloon Lady on the other hand... now she conjures up nightmares more along the line of waking up naked in the back room of a biker bar somewhere in Alabama, discovering your credit cards are all gone, and you have several new prominent tattoos... all involving misspelling.
I so Ellvis...
You kidding? Yes I don't like the pop stuff they do for sure, but man she honestly stopped my heart a few times, and I felt again like a love-sick spotty teen. She is perfect. I am in love (don't tell Mrs Neely). I think I might have to go down to my local Irish bar tomorrow in search of her (though there will probably only be a few grizzly old men there) - seriously this is the greatest video of all time!!! She is the most beautiful thing on earth!!! The crush has landed...:DQuote:
Neely, I'm afraid I'd have to go with Brian's Asian cutie. Your Irish lass just doesn't conjure up many fantasies for me... and certainly none of them the least bit wicked (let alone involving waking up naked in a hotel room in Paris). Now your Anna Caterina Antonacci is something else altogether... to say nothing of my beloved Anna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ8B-Wl_trQ:yikes::blush:
I'd have that violinist too...
Neely, I have to agree with StLukes that the Irish girl, although undoubtedly nice looking, is somewhat lacking in sex appeal.
On the other hand, this video shows how it should be done; the German director deserves an Oscar for his brilliant cross-cutting technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcma31JBwLs
You kidding? Yes I don't like the pop stuff they do for sure, but man she honestly stopped my heart a few times, and I felt again like a love-sick spotty teen. She is perfect. I am in love (don't tell Mrs Neely). I think I might have to go down to my local Irish bar tomorrow in search of her (though there will probably only be a few grizzly old men there) - seriously this is the greatest video of all time!!! She is the most beautiful thing on earth!!! The crush has landed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ8B-...:yikes::blush:
Must be an Irish thing. I can't even figure out how they have filled a stadium. Free beer?:D Seriously, the music seems as far removed from real Celtic folk music as Shania Twain is from real American bluegrass or Brian's latest posting is from real music of any sort.:yikes:
I'm in mourning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHsn0...eature=related
Because of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaoqr...eature=related
:cuss:What's that ugly bald bloke got that I haven't? Life is simply not fair. I'm honestly upset.
Dis-a-greeee. That women is sex itself!! That neat little wiggle, that smile, that long dark hair, that provocative tin whistle playing, oh, oh.Quote:
Neely, I have to agree with StLukes that the Irish girl, although undoubtedly nice looking, is somewhat lacking in sex appeal.
I can see the appeal (and just about see passed the awful Euro-Asian pop to get to the end) I can, but I'll stick to my Irish lasses (or not:arf:). It's not just the Irish. I like that long, dark haired look generally, French/Italian types, continental lasses y'know, but the Irish are the best.Quote:
On the other hand, this video shows how it should be done; the German director deserves an Oscar for his brilliant cross-cutting technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcma31JBwLs
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I'm not dancing to the music.:)Quote:
Must be an Irish thing. I can't even figure out how they have filled a stadium. Free beer? Seriously, the music seems as far removed from real Celtic folk music as Shania Twain is from real American bluegrass or Brian's latest posting is from real music of any sort.
I have to admit that music was the last thing on my mind :D
Now make yourself comfortable on this couch Mr Neely and tell me when you first started getting these delusions that tin whistles were sexy.
When I saw this lady gently caressing it with her Irish lips:Quote:
Now make yourself comfortable on this couch Mr Neely and tell me when you first started getting these delusions that tin whistles were sexy.
http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/523...1E70F2B3269972
Oh, if I wert that tin whistle upon that lady's lips...
I think this is going to be my new clothes shop from now on :D:
http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+tin-whis...erwear-panties
Incidentally, I just discovered this video of the most beautiful faces 2010. Not a bad way to spent 6 minutes? Miss Corr (or whatever her name is now:bawling:) was no.1 twice apparently, though drops down this list a little now. Nevertheless there’s something here for everyone!
http://www.tccandler.com/beautiful-f...eautiful-2010/
Notwithstanding the few oriental lollipops on the list, I would quite readily swap all of them for this lady:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejI3o7RCma0
Yes, yes very nice (I listened to her play Brahms too) BUT, more tin whistle sexiness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8WOD...eature=related:drool5::cheers2:
They are all too young for me.
I want a woman who knows the ways of love through years of experience:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...20Mishkin1.jpg
with the voice of a thousand butterflies in chorus on a hot summer night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qax8XjW2qM
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This one seems to match the criterion Gilliatt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
"My left leg is Christmas and my right leg is New Year’s. Why don’t you visit me between the holidays?” -Mae West
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5614/maewest01.jpg
I just came across a talented beauty that may surely be more up to Neely's ideal:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/...ab44400e_b.jpg
Ivana Gavrić was born in Sarajevo and moved to the UK where she studied music at the Guildhall School of Music, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Music. She has studied with pianists as distinguished as Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Kovacevich, and Roger Vignoles.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/...4e59863e_z.jpg
Ivana is featured as ‘Rising Star’ in the BBC Music Magazine’s December 2010 issue, and as Gramophone’s ‘One to watch’ in the September 2010 issue. She has garnered glowing reviews for her performances and her first recording, has received the highest accolades including comments such as "There is no doubt in my mind that this CD could well mark the beginning of an outstanding international recording career: playing of this quality does not come along every day. Above all, Ivana Gavrić is a true musician." (International Record Review, October 2010) and "Gavric’s playing is altogether of an extraordinary calibre.” (5 stars) Instrumental Choice of the month)." (BBC Music Magazine)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/...00d89a925a.jpg
I'm intrigued in her unusual or eclectic choice of music for her first recital recording. Rather than seeking out the usual favorites of Chopin or Beethoven, Gavrić elects to perform Janácek's In the Mists, Schubert's Sonata in D Minor, D 784 and several of his Moments Musicaux, as well as Liszt's Tre Sonetti di Petrarca from Anées de Pèlerinage and a couple of Rachmaninoff's Preludes.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/...418c4847_z.jpg
Ivana Gavrić's website can be found here:
http://www.ivanagavric.com/
... and samples of her playing can be heard here:
http://www.ivanagavric.com/audio/
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Aye, now that's a crush!
Now I see how they got the name for these:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._preserver.jpg
My new classic crush:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...Wi-PRs3FUZdGCw
Note the young Henry Fonda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TfddrnmvbA
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Oh by golly yes. This is indeed a pretty looking one and something to bring a little light into a dreary January. I must look into those (and listen to them when I am at home, no sound here). Sounds a promising one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
I must admit that I haven't yet progressed to the level where I can tell the differences of different classical performers so, for aesthetic appeal, I have to settle for composers.
Such as Eric Whitacre.
http://blog.musicroom.com/wp-content...re-300x281.jpg
He conducts his own pieces here:
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
or
Stolen Child
I still have to admit that I like his music better than his face and if it weren't for his music, I probably wouldn't find him that attractive, though he looks pretty good while conducting.
He looks a bit like Brad Pitt.
I'm definitely liking the cute Ivana Gavrić. It's a shame that she is only playing in London at the moment. I'll keep my eye on her though that's for sure.
I didn't know that Whitacre was so young. He must certainly be the youngest composer whose music I have been actively following.
No... I did a quick Wiki search and discovered that Thomas Adès, born March 1, 1971 and Tarik O'Regan, born January 1, 1978, are both younger.
What is really sobering is that I am currently listening to a new recording of a composer who was dead before he had reached the age of any of these young composers with the exception of O'Regan:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/...28de4ed97f.jpg
Needless to say, just these two works outstrip the entire oeuvre of any of these composers.
Symphony 41, is an absolute miracle... especially the final movement. Mozart constructs the final movement of five separate themes which he eventually weaves together in a fugue-like structure inspired by his recent explorations of J.S. Bach. The results are spectacular. This symphony won't be equaled until Beethoven's 3rd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prvBEXbnDR0
I have been unable to fully appretiate another Le Nozze di Figaro ever since watching the Karl Bohm conducted 1976 version of the opera which is in fact filmmed on a film set with everything dubbed. Of course this is a distraction as well as the attempts to make a "cinematic" version of the opera with all sorts of distracting visuals. But all-in-all because this was one of the first operas I saw, I am in love with it and all of its singers who act wonderfully and with great charm.
Now it is a great thing that Mozart didn't let Figaro into every scene or else the infinitely handsome Hermann Prey would dominate my attention and overshadow the less charismatic but equally great characters such as the Count and Countess.
I just love him, not only is he gorgeous but the charisma he puts into the character of Figaro compliments the music and the playfulness of Mozart exceptionally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViX6aQKENxE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGbiRKYI4Q
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_QzH1YFoYXFM/TC...0%20181833.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm107047...-cover-art.jpg
That said, he only seems to look good when he either has a mustache or is under 50 :brow:
A genuine reason to bump off work next Wednesday?
http://www.musicintheround.co.uk/event.php?id=203
Does Mrs Neely know about your interest in the oboe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
:lol: Well Mrs Neely doesn't have to know anything about it, I managed to keep my love of tin whistles hush hush anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Well, as you have resurrected this thread, Neely, I might as well add another lovely with more talents than than mere appearances... although these are certainly attractive in their own right:
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Emmanuelle Haim is a French harpsichordist and conductor specializing in Baroque music. She studied at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, after which William Christie invited her to work with his ensemble, Les Arts Florissants. She has also worked as a coach and assistant to Simon Rattle.
She began conducting in 2001. Her production with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera of Handel's Rodelinda, first brought her to wider artistic notice. Her return to Glyndebourne in 2006 with the production of Handel's Giulio Cesare was highly acclaimed.
She has been involved in a number of highly acclaimed recordings including a marvelous recording of Bach's Magnificat and Handel's Dixit Dominus...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/...236d8c36a8.jpg
a brilliant new recording of Moneteverdi's L'Orfeo with Veronique Gens, Ian Bostridge, and Natalie Dessay...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/...8dced95dd7.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvK7A5k6yJE
and several highly acclaimed and award winning discs by Natalie Dessay...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/...f549ce2548.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/...f04d4728c4.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovUxhXMbtUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrXcT-j27Rc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChXIOeGkvX8
and the brilliant Philippe Jaroussky:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/...ff94640b9b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/...dac33d9308.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKzL7Xqy7jg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v9PHmwRBIY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEJs5X57LMg
This coincides with the Gershwin entries on the Classical Listening thread.
I know this doesn't actually qualify for a Classical Crush as the girl is a skater but the music fits the bill and what an angel she is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc35PYNEQMk
This thread clearly needs some more men on it. The first classical performers that spring to my mind are the opera singers. I quite like the looks of Lawrence Brownlee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdz6y...eature=related
Juan Diego Florez:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vawnfrv7n7I
And I must say I would have liked to see a young Jose Careraras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVvcK...eature=related
or Placido Domingo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedCD33qB5g
both with those gorgeous dark eyes. I saw Domingo perform a few years back and, even old in person that voice was incredibly seductive (at least from the last row in the house where you could pretend it was a much younger man on the stage):
The cellist Zuill Bailey is also fairly easy on the eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX3a...eature=related
And the beautiful violinist Stefan Jackiw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_owoi6fInU
This really is the stuff that dreams are made of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Vi2QweFww
I thought I'd make an attempt to breathe some new life into this thread considering my recent references to it. Beside which... I am of little doubt that Kristine Opolais deserves to be recognized here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh4bLomcrwQ
To be honest... however... it was her performance in La Traviata that first garnered my attention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTAYNoZSQTA
Don't get me wrong... I am still "loyal" to my beloved Anna Netrebko... especially after seeing her in Massenet's Manon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQC0O3j8Ttk
For some time the recording by Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland was considered the finest performance of this opera on record... yet can you imagine the two of them rolling around in bed during this scene?.:eek::nonod::sosp::smilielol5:
Now Gaële Le Roi is absolutely enchanting in this version of the Magic Flute. You can absolutely feel the sexual tension as Papagena leaves Papageno absolute speechless... unable to utter anything but gibberish: "Pa Pa Pa Pa..." Only Mozart could pull off the most brillian love song with the most inane of lyrics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UE2GC5db0
Of course Sylvia Moi is equally enchanting in her own way in the same duet:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/...9e9964614d.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prdOP-9kgLI
Natalie Dessay is another lovely singer whose name has yet to come up. Of course, after watching her in the famous "Mad Scene" from Lucia di Lammermoor might lead one to second thoughts. Surely a woman not to be trifled with.:sosp::eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYm7oJXVeks
Donizetti's use of the glass harmonica was an inspired touch... lending something of an unearthly touch.
Yuja Wang showing her Rachmaninoff variations technique. She calls it a concerto even though it's obviously not in concerto form, but when she's wearing that dress who am I to argue?
http://youtu.be/tRmQ7HWtDAo