Malagueña Salerosa
One of the best versions of Malagueña Salerosa on the Internet. I don’t know who the performers are, unfortunately. Malagueña Salerosa (also known as La Malagueña) is a well-known Son Huasteco or…
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (I Musici)
Vivaldi and the beautiful Venice. The great videos below, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, from “I Musici“, a film by Anton van Munster, probably one of the best classical/baroque music performances on the…
John Williams plays Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute in D-major
One of the most beautiful pieces of Baroque music: John Williams plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute in D-Major, RV 93. Antonio Vivaldi wrote many concertos for various instruments, including lute and…
Jorge Cardoso: Milonga
Milonga is probably the best-known work of the Argentine guitarist and composer Jorge Cardoso. Here are beautiful versions of the piece. Jorge Cardoso Jorge Cardoso (Posadas, 1949) is an Argentine composer,…
Malagueña (Sabicas)
One of the best flamenco guitarists of the 20th century, Sabicas is playing the famous “Malagueña”, a song by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona; written in 1928, it was originally the sixth…
Pink Martini – ¿Dónde estás, Yolanda?
“¿Dónde estás, Yolanda?” is a beautiful Latin American song, from Pink Martini’s 1997 album titled “Sympathique”. It is sung by the guest singer Pepe Raphael. “¿Dónde estás, Yolanda?” is a song…
This Live Rendition Of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” Is Simply Stunning
Dana Williams is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet with an impressive musical pedigree. Her father, David Williams, was the late Michael Jackson’s guitarist for over 30 years. As a child,…
“You don’t play the piano with your fingers.” Here’s why.
When I said this to one of my students, he looked at me slightly askance from beneath his thick fringe of auburn hair, and I could see him thinking his…
Why are some composers placed on a pedestal? (Should they be?)
Why is it that some composers are placed on a pedestal, high above their peers; that one might consider Beethoven, Mozart, or Bach, for instance, to be above? And furthermore, why does it…
Funniest Shows in Classical Music “All the Right Notes, Not Necessarily in the Right Order”
Don’t laugh, but my favorite quote on music is spoken by Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series. Listening to the…