Ah, the Alegeretto is simply wonderful. It was used to great dramatic effect in the Kings Speech where Colin Firth's, (lovely performance as the) Anglo-Saxon British King addressing the British people and Britain's colonies in an effort to rally popular support for the Government's decision after it declared war on Germany, all to the background sound of Germany's Beethoven, a touch of irony perhaps?Diapason wrote:I've been sniffing around Beethoven sets again today, actually. I heard a piece that I know well on the radio the other day and I realised I didn't actually know who or what it was. Alegretto from Beethoven 7 apparently, and I'm so appalled by not knowing this I'm going to have to buy a box. Cluytens is front-runner so far.
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Yes indeed, I remember that scene, and the music is perfect. Great flic that.
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Anglo-Saxon of the Germanic variety, furthermore...Seán wrote: Anglo-Saxon British King
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being a Saxe-Coburg and all that....
Brass Bands are all very well in their place -
outdoors and several miles away....
outdoors and several miles away....
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I was reluctant to actually say that lest I offend the sensibilities of our (very good) friends on the mainland.Jared wrote:Anglo-Saxon of the Germanic variety, furthermore...Seán wrote: Anglo-Saxon British King
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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The Germans....?????Seán wrote:I was reluctant to actually say that lest I offend the sensibilities of our (very good) friends on the mainland.Jared wrote:Anglo-Saxon of the Germanic variety, furthermore...Seán wrote: Anglo-Saxon British King
Brass Bands are all very well in their place -
outdoors and several miles away....
outdoors and several miles away....
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thank you, Sean... they did at least have the courtesy, not to offend our sensibilities by changing their family name from Saxe-Coberg Gotha, to a very well known type of brown soup... ;-)Seán wrote:I was reluctant to actually say that lest I offend the sensibilities of our (very good) friends on the mainland.Jared wrote:Anglo-Saxon of the Germanic variety, furthermore...Seán wrote: Anglo-Saxon British King
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being a fan of both Elijah & Paulus, I am intrigued to hear the surviving fragments of his unfinished oratorio, Christus, perormed by Piau with Accentus. Is anyone here familiar with this work?
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thought I'd get the set....
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Jared wrote:
thought I'd get the set....
The Via Crucis is an interesting work so I will be interested to see what you think of it Jared.
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