The last post of the day, provided by The Basiani Ensemble. A peaceful and quiet Christmas to all.
Choral
[Music] Bel Canto Choir Vilnius – Shchedryk [Щедрик] (Carol of the Bells)
What a wonderful chorus! The Bel Canto Choir of Vilnius, Lithuania, do a standout performance of the Christmas classic written by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.
[Music] Ivan Kozlovskiy – Ukrainian Christmas Carols (rec.1947)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyETGQDKP7c
We drift gently into the Nativity with a few Ukrainian Christmas Carols performed by tenor Ivan Kozlovskiy and orchestra.
[Music] Stream the Complete Works of Bach & Beethoven: 250 Free Hours of Music
If, for some reason, you can’t bother with listening to any of the thousands of other incredible classical composers and their works, you can drown yourself in the same old standards by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Thank Open Culture for this one.
[Music] Lily Pons – The Echo Song
The Franco-Italian opera singer Lily Pons was a staple at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, as well as on television during the 1950s.
[Music] Jacula – In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum
Before I developed a love for Rock-In-Opposition bands like Art Zoyd and Univers Zero, I had a deep interest in the schlock-laden works of Antonio Bartoccetti, composer of the band Jacula. It was cheesy, silly, doom-laden music of the best sort. I wonder whatever happened to him?
[Music] Emilio de Gogorza – Chanson de la Touraine (1919)
Emilio de Gogorza was a Spanish-American baritone who was at his peak during the early part of the 20th Century. Here he is performing a song from Panurge by Jules Massenet.
[Video] Vyatcheslav ‘Slava’ Kagan-Paley – Ave Maria (Franz Schubert)
Belarusian countertenor Slava Kagan-Paley sings Franz Schubert’s version of ‘Ave Maria’, in honor of the ultimate Mother, for all mothers on this day.
[Video] Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei – Voch’e Notte (with Paolo Fresu)
Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei are a vocal group out of Corsica, a land famous for its gorgeous tradition of polyphonic singing. They’re joined here by trumpeter Paolo Fresu, another son of Sardinia for a new release on Buda Musique which should be out very soon.
[Video] Vasco Bulgarelli – Amapola (Canzone Spagnola)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcVdk-rbHN8
I’m surprised that there is so little information about Vasco Bulgarelli online, but it seems ‘Amapola’ is a Neapolitan classic. It seems the Spanish left a lot of good in that city (how much we got back in return is debatable, but I loved the city nonetheless).
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 