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The Fairy Queen – Full Opera by Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring a talented cast….
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky
Lauren Cuthbertson and the Royal Ballet present Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s famous Nutcracker….
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
“The Nutcracker” theme: Famous Christmas melody by Tchaikovsky….
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
…works, making him a master of orchestration. The Composer’s Muses: Fairytales, Folklore, and the Sea Rimsky-Korsakov’s work was characterized by his belief in creating a nationalistic style of classical music….
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Robert Schumann – Dichterliebe, Op. 48 – Part 1 of 4
…was recorded in Salzburg in 1956, featuring Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore on piano. The songs beautifully capture the poet’s sensitive and nuanced responses to themes of flowers, dreams, and fairy-tales….
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Henry Purcell
…(1691), “The Fairy-Queen” (1692), and “The Indian Queen” (1695). These productions were elaborate staged plays with extensive incidental music, masques, pageants, and ballet sequences. Although they featured some of his…
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Classical Clips Top 10: Christmas Edition
…Fairy and Waltz of the Flowers, captures the wonder of the holiday season. Watch the entire performance here, featuring the NYC Ballet. 3. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas…
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Schumann – Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Matthew Lipman & Gilles Vonsattel play Schumann’s Märchenbilder (or “Fairy Tale Pictures”)….
