"Beau Soir" is a French art song written by Claude Debussy. It is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget. Debussy was seventeen or eighteen when he wrote this song (ca.1880), and his music was marked by the aesthetics of the period.
Barbra Streisand performs "Beau Soir" from her 1976 album "Classical Barbra"
This is a beautiful song, don't miss it.
Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a French composer.
Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions.
Debussy is not only among the most important of all French composers but also a central figure in European music at the turn of the twentieth century. He was made Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1903 .
His music is noted for its sensory component and how it is not often formed around one key or pitch.
Often Debussy's work reflected the activities or turbulence in his own life.
His music virtually defines the transition from late-Romantic music to twentieth century modernist music.
In French literary circles, the style of this period was known as symbolism, a movement that directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.
The following is one of his most famous works.
Hope you enjoy it after several classic rock songs.
It may calm you down and ease your mind.
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter.
As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as The Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s.
By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings, and continued to strive for national success as a solo artist.
In 1976, he achieved national fame with two albums, the studio record Night Moves and the live record Live Bullet. His backing band from 1975 was known as "The Silver Bullet Band", an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians.
He also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which backed him on several of his best selling singles and albums.
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger was first inspired by James Brown and Elvis Presley.
He wrote and recorded songs that dealt with blue-collar themes. Seger has recorded many rock and roll hits, including "Night Moves", "We've Got Tonight", "Like a Rock" and also co-wrote the Eagles number one hit "Heartache Tonight."
His iconic signature song "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001. With a career spanning five decades, Seger continues to perform and record today. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.(Wikipedia)
Against the wind is one of his many good songs:
I remember we all knew this song when we were young.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is in the style of a stream-of-consciousness nightmare that has unusual song structure, more akin to a classical rhapsody than popular music. The song has no chorus, instead consisting of three main parts including an operatic segment, an a cappella passage, and a heavy rock solo.
When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks. It reached number one again in 1991, after Freddie Mercury's death, achieving total sales of 2,176,000 and becoming the UK's third best selling single of all time.[1] The single was accompanied by a promotional video; considered groundbreaking, it helped establish the visual language of the modern music video. Although critical reaction was initially mixed, especially in the United States , "Bohemian Rhapsody" is often considered to be Queen's magnum opus and one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
The following video is live performance at 1985 at Aid Word live.
This is one of most important songs by Queen. it is so well composed and touched a lot of people's hearts.
Hope you like it.
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo performer, as a member of rock bands; the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton is the only person ever to be inducted three times. Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums).
With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock music.
However, the band's individualistic style drew from many sources and transcends any one genre.
Led Zeppelin did not release the popular songs from their albums as singles in the UK, as they preferred to develop the concept of "album-oriented rock"
The Stairway to Heaven is one of best classic rock songs; the melody is pretty and lyric is well composed.
Hope you enjoy it!
This is pretty old rock song.
It may bring you some memory.
Enjoy it.
Kansas is an American rock band which became popular in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".
They have remained a classic rock radio staple and a popular touring act in North America and Europe.
Romeo and Juliet
is a 1968 cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet.
The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey.
It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture
A time for us is one of most popular love songs for years.
Happy Valentine!
Scene from Phantom of the Opera where Christine sings for the first time. I absolutly LOVE this song!
The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux.
It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from November 19, 1909 to January 8, 1910. Initially, the story sold very poorly upon publication in book form and was even out of print several times during the twentieth century, despite the success of its various film and stage adaptations.
The most notable of these were the 1925 film depiction and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. The Phantom of the Opera musical is now the longest running Broadway show in history, and one of the most lucrative entertainment enterprises of all time.
Li Yundi (Chinese: 李云迪, pinyin: Lǐ Yúndí) (born October 7, 1982) is a classical pianist.
He is also popularly known by the Western iteration of his name, Yundi Li.
Born in Chongqing , China , Li is most well known for being the youngest pianist to win the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition at the age of 18 in the year 2000. Li now resides in Hong Kong .
This is an 18 year old Yundi Li's performance at the 14th International Chopin Competition in 2000.
Uncut, plays straight through two days worth of amazing performances.
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2:06 - Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31, in B-flat minor
11:56 - Andante Spianato preceding the..
16:28 - Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22
25:17 - (applause)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
28:47 - I: Allegro maestoso
49:15 - II: Romance, Larghetto
59:07 - III: Rondo, Vivace
1:08:41 (closing applause)
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EUROVISION 1995 WINNERS - Norway
This is a wonderful song with pretty and simple lyric;
The melody is so pretty and relaxing.
Specially if you unable to spleep, it will help you.
Love it so much!
Hope you like it.
I hope you dance is a beautiful songs.
This is the new year present for you and your family.
This is a very cute children song, hope you like it.
This is very cute song.
Share with you, hope you like it!!!
This is wonderful song live performed in the Forbidden City Beijin.
Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis (pronounced Chrysomallis), (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, classical transcription Giannis Chrysomallis), on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. After receiving a B.A. in psychology, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.
He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time.
His breakthrough success came with the 1994 release of Yanni Live at the Acropolis, deemed to be the second best-selling music video of all time.
Yanni has since performed live in concert before in excess of two million people in more than 20 countries around the world.
He has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies.
Yanni is considered to be one of the top fundraisers of all time for public television.
His compositions have been included in all Olympic Games television broadcasts since 1988, and his music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events.
His music is frequently described as "new age", though he prefers the term "contemporary instrumental".
The regents of the University of Minnesota conferred upon Yanni the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
He attended the University of Minnesota where he successfully obtained B.A. in psychology and an honorary Ph.D in music.
Georgia is always under Russia pressure for long time.
A little country is always struggling to survive, this is their version of Hymn to Freedom.
How about Taiwan? Where is our dignity?
During the conflict between China and US, are we able to keep the peace as we wish?
Where is our bottom line for the safety of Taiwan people?
2008 military conflict with Russia
Russia and Georgia had each amassed larger military forces near their respective borders with South Ossetia. After the Georgian bombing of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali in the late evening of August 7, Georgian armed forces began pushing into South Ossetia, supported by their artillery and multiple rocket launcher fire. Russia reported that several Russian peacekeepers stationed in South Ossetia were killed. At dawn of August 8 forces of the Russian 58th Army entered South Ossetia through the Russian-controlled Roki tunnel, and the Russian air-force launched a series of coordinated air strikes against multiple targets within Georgian territory.
As justification for their invasion and air strikes, Russia also claimed the Georgian army was responsible for killing 1,600 South Ossetian civilians. However, these allegations have not been substantiated, and Human Rights Watch investigators in South Ossetia accused Russia of exaggerating the scale of such casualties.
As Russia and Georgia both sent troops into South Ossetia, the conflict between Georgia on the one side and Russia, Ossetian, and later, Abkhazian separatists on the other quickly escalated into the full scale 2008 war. Because of the intensive fighting in South Ossetia there were many disputed reports about the number of casualties on both sides, which targets had fallen under aerial attacks, the status of troop movements, and the most current location of the front line between the Georgian and Russian-Ossetian combat units.
After a few days of heavy fighting Georgian troops were driven from South Ossetia. The advance of Russian forces from South Ossetia into undisputed Georgia territory was accompanied by unverified reports of looting, burning, and killing of civilians by Russian military and accompanying irregulars. By August 11, Russian military troops in Abkhazia, the other separatist Georgian province, executed a second invasion and seized additional territory in Western Georgia. On August 12, President Medvedev announced an intent to halt further Russian military operations in Georgia.
Soeur Sourie the Sing Nun group first hit in 1963, I believe you still remember it.
Enjoy it!
Laday Gaga - Speechless at Royal Variety Performance.
I am speechless after watching her performance.
She writes her won song, creates her own stage performance.
She is such talented artist, very unique and incredible.
Hope you like it.
Jeanine Deckers (17 October 1933–29 March 1985),
better known in English as The Singing Nun, was a Belgian nun, and a member (as Sister Luc Gabriel) of the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium.
She became internationally famous in 1963 as Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile) when she scored a hit with the song "Dominique". In the English language world, she is mostly referred to as "The Singing Nun".
This one of her songs, I like it very much hope you like it too.
A la claire fontaine
sung by Les Petits Minous, it's a french children's song
The Painted Veil is a 2006 American/Chinese drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles.
This is the third screen adaption of the Maugham book, following a 1934 film starring Herbert Marshall and Greta Garbo and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker.
