Lynne Dawson sings from Handel's Messiah: 16 Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion - 17 Then shall the eyes of the blind - 18 He shall feed his flock. Stephen Cleobury conducts the Brandenburg Consort.
Mstislav Rostropovich plays the Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Filmed at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991.
John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage," the opening chorus of the first cantata in Bach's Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248).
Jordi Savall leads Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Reial de Catalunya in a performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo. The concert opens with a Toccata and continues with a Ritornello, and Montserrat Figueras, as La Musica, singing "Dal mio Permesso amato." The venue is the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.
Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould play the first movement (Allegro ma non tanto) of Ludwig van Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69. From 1960.
Mstislav Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Filmed at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991.
Joan Sutherland sings "Let the bright Seraphim" from Handel's oratorio Samson.
"Let the bright Seraphim in burning row
Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow . . ."
Was the above the source of Alex's line "Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones" in A Clockwork Orange, by the author and composer Anthony Burgess?
Dietrich Henschel sings "Großer Herr, o starker Ko?nig" from the first cantata in Bach's Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248). John Eliot Gardiner leads the English Baroque Soloists.
Harry Christophers leads The Sixteen in the 6-part motet "Verbum caro factum est" by the Tudor composer John Sheppard.
The paintings are by the English landscape artist John Constable.
Barbara Bonney (Sophie) and Anne Howells (Octavian) sing "Ist ein Traum" from the Finale of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Georg Solti conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer plays a percussion solo (tani avartanam) on the mridangam, a South Indian double-headed barrel-shaped drum.
An audio clip of Mani Iyer playing the mridangam is among the Sounds of the Earth on the gold records aboard the Voyager spacecrafts:
http://www.jpl.na sa.gov/multimedia/vo yager_record
Kishori Amonkar sings "Rang So Rang Milaaye," a drut khyal composition in Raag Bhimpalasi and Taal Ektaal. From a live performance in Kensington Town Hall, London, April 2000.
Lynne Dawson, as La Musica, sings "Dal mio Permesso amato" from Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo. John Eliot Gardiner leads the English Baroque Soloists in the Ritornello.
Compare this interpretation with that by Montserrat Figueras ( http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=EdHFxkd7s 0s ) and let us know which you prefer.
The year 2007 is the quadricentennial of L'Orfeo.
Lisa Larsson and Klaus Mertens sing "Mein Freund ist mein" from Bach's Cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (BWV 140). Marcel Ponseele is the oboe soloist. Ton Koopman conducts the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.