Name Me Some Uplifting Music

[nosey]

G & S are operettas not opera, there is subtle difference.

[steve56]

the pirates of penzance was put on in my junior school in 66

[nosey]

How about your National Anthem that should be uplifting!!!!!!!!

[WillieBo]

Blimey that's a tough one woodgnome. I've got 8 different versions and I love every one but if pressed for the top three :

1. Sir John Barbirolli with the Sinfonia of London (EMI - from a fantastic album called 'English String Music').

2. Sir Andrew Davis with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Teldec - coupled with a superb version of 'The Lark Ascending').

3. Vernon Handley with the RLPO (on EMI Eminence - still around in MVC for about ?6.00).

It's a very special piece of music.

[WillieBo]

Interestingly, the term 'operetta' was never used by G & S during their creative heyday. They would use the phrase 'comic opera' from the Italian 'opera buffo'.

Their great works were staged as lavishly as operas by D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company and these masterpieces of English music were known collectively and colloquially as the 'Savoy Operas'.

I think operetta (a term used initially in European houses) is a relatively modern description. Lighter in lyrical content and libretto than the vast majority of opera (thank goodness) they remain timeless. And for me one song from them is worth more than the total output of Wagner.

[steve56]

dean martin/frank sinatra/bobby darin are pretty good too

[Deuce Bigolo]

One of the worst Anthems ever to heard....what kind of line is 'Gert by sea'
Authentic gibberish IMHO

The words are outdated and music enough to send a person into a Coma

Compared to the anthems from Scotland,England,France & Uncle Sam its a joke.....why else would Waltzing Matilda be sung after the it at International Rugby Union matches...most of the people think it stinks

Voted for in the mid seventies...time for another vote I think

cheers
B....OZ

[Deuce Bigolo]

Classical music is very under rated

You hear it all the time in commercials,film scores etc

Seems to have a greater impact than anything else

Can't say I'm familiar with beethovens 6th then again I haven't a clue about any of them

Sugar Plumb Fairy comes to mind..again no idea who its by

cheers
B....OZ

[nosey]

I stand corrected!!!!!

[nosey]

Sugar Plum Fairy by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893, from The Nutcracker Suite.