 Music
I guess you could say we are a pretty musical family. We turn on
music in the morning and listen to it throughout the
day, everyday, until nighttime.
From Jpop to Kpop to Bollywood to Classical to Jazz to good ole Rock and
Roll, we pretty much listen to it all. In addition, two of
our three boys are playing music now including, the
electric guitar, electric bass, acoustic guitar, ukulele
bass, keyboard, and drums.
Anyway,
I tend to go on music binges from time to time such as
it was with Bollywood, Lounge, and a few other genre
which have yet to find their way to these pages. Drives
my wife absolutely crazy listening to the same type of
music for weeks at a time, but she is always a good
sport about it....um except for Techno and Psytrance
which she insists makes her nauseous. The upside of all
this is exposing our kids to different music from
different cultures. Keeping these young minds open and
accepting to many things is our goal as parents who are
raising their kids outside the norms of society. In
addition, a lot of the music being produced today is
trash. The music that I grew up with, from the 60's,
70's, 80's, and 90's, was in my opinion, the best music
ever made. I wanted to make sure our kids can know and
access this great time in musical history, and hopefully
they will give their kids the opportunity to enjoy this
music as well.
I began making this music section many years ago, circa
2012, while still residing in the hot and humid
countryside of Nara, Japan, and long before I got
involved in the time consuming "hobby" of
farming....another story. Needless to say, these pages
kinda "went by the wayside" in favor of spending my days
growing food for my family. This being the case, many
genre and songs are not listed. This is especially true in the Rock and
Roll section with bands like The Beatles only showing
links to a handful of songs....again, blame farming for
this. Hopefully I can get back to these pages eventually
and make them much more complete. For now, please enjoy
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 Rock & Roll
Music
This is by far my favorite genre when it comes to music.
Pretty much anything called Rock & Roll is something I am
likely to listen to. No two of our sons are really getting
into playing music. Lael is getting really good at playing
bass and electric guitars, and recently began playing
keyboard as well. Ethan is more into drums with a little bit
of keyboard. These little dudes really like the old rock and
are nailing on many songs. Anyway, check out the ongoing
list of great music.
Listen to
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 Japanese Popular Music (Jpop)
I began really getting into Jpop during my crazy Summer in
Japan in 2002. I was staying and my ex Gf's house on the
second floor. The first floor was a really small okonomiyaki
(veggie pancakes) restaurant which served a few different
types of food and alcohol. I spent the Summer eating,
drinking beer A LOT, and dealing with the family and
neighborhood drama including meeting the retired yakuza who
would frequently come to eat and drink. Although it was an
incredibly cool experience, the issue was my Japanese
language ability was not great at all. I was about to
graduate from a two year college with a degree in Japanese
studies but still was pretty much unable to carry on a
conversation. Speaking in Japanese was exhausting and I
found myself wanting to get away for a few hours every day.
Happily there was a mountain with a hiking trail relatively
close where I was staying and I would sneak away every day
for a Japanese language time out. I packed up my Walkman and
a few cassette tapes, yup cassette tapes and off I would go.
I cannot even count the number of hours I listened to Globe.
Listen to Japanese Popular Music (Jpop).... |
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 Korean Popular Music (Kpop)
Now Kpop is rivaling Jpop as the most popular music here in
Japan. While not at all interested in the boys bands, the
girl bands are a lot of fun to watch. Check out a few of my
favorites.
Listen to Korean Popular Music (Kpop).... |
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 Bollywood Music
Actually I cannot remember what got me into Bollywood music
but mostly likely had something to do with psytrance. I
listen to psytrance when I do strength training and have
been into that music for awhile now. A lot of the vocals are
in hindi, and I think, at some point, I looked up a
psytrance song and discovered bollywood....just a guess
though.
Listen to Bollywood Music.... |
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 Finnish Folk Music
Even more than bollywood, I really am not sure why I began
listening to Finnish folk music. Actually I only know of one
group, but they're really good.
Listen to Finnish Folk Music.... |
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 Mediaeval Music
This one is kind of easy. I began listening to mediaeval
music after going on several trips to a friend's house up in
the San Diego County mountains in California. I went with
Akiko and we would drink wine with Bjorn and Mary Ellen and
listen to
AncientFM,
an online radio station that played mediaeval music. As with
Finnish folk music, I really only know one group but they're
really good.
Listen to Mediaeval Music.... |
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 Lounge Music
I began listening to lounge music, most likely, from a
recommended video on YouTube. A few of the groups and
individual performers became favorites and I decided to
feature them in the music section of my blog.
Listen to Lounge Music.... |
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 Music Links
Recently I began going through my files. I often keep links
to useful pages and good websites without
writing the descriptions. I decided to spend a few days and
review
some of these miscellaneous links and post the good ones on
this page. These are a few online streaming radio stations I
found....enjoy. |
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Video Links |
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This is a group of miscellaneous video links that have yet
to be sorted. The Star Trek: The Sexed Generation video is
really funny. |
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YouTube - Cooking with Dog - Channel.
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YouTube - Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
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YouTube - Human Beinz - Nobody But Me (Idolm@ster)
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YouTube - Manjula's Kitchen
- The channel of the mom of a friend who has these cooking videos featuring
Indian cuisine.
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YouTube - Science Channel
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YouTube - Star Trek: The Sexed Generation
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YouTube - The 12 Days Of Global Warming
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YouTube - Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
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YouTube - Tsunami in Japan filmed by a driver from his car
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Miscellaneous Songs
The following links are to good songs from different genre
which do not have their own pages yet and are listed in
random order. |
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YouTube - Gipsy Kings - Un Amor
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YouTube - Jesse Cook_One Night At The Metropolis_Tempest.avi
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YouTube - Jesse Cook - Rattle and Burn Live
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YouTube - Ott - Skylon [Full Album]
- Ambient psytrance.
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YouTube - Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)
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YouTube - Seals
& Crofts - Summer Breeze (Official Audio)
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YouTube - Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Song)
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YouTube - Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
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YouTube - The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (Official Music Video)
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YouTube - The Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be Rocking That Body
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YouTube - The Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)
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YouTube - The Ventures - Wipe Out
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YouTube - Ucapan Hikmah - Nasida Ria
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YouTube - Nasehat cinta. Nasida ria.
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YouTube - Fifa
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YouTube - Anoushka Shankar - Love Letters (Live from Purcell Room, Southbank Center)
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YouTube - Iļģi - Sola mani māmuliņa
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YouTube - Mexican Institute Of Sound - Bienvenidos a mi disco
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YouTube -
Cantodiscanto - Malmediterraneo
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YouTube - Johannes Brahms - 21 Hungarian dances FULL
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YouTube - Les Tireux d'Roches - Il est grand temps (vidéoclip officiel)
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YouTube - salih yaacob - azizah
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YouTube - Amr Diab - Adeni Regeatelk | عمرو دياب - أدينى رجعتلك
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YouTube - Chicano Zen Charanga Cakewalk mp3
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YouTube - Fiamma Fumana - Mondo grande
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YouTube - Fiamma Fumana - Corrente nera
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YouTube - Kocani Orkestar - Siki Siki Baba (Strict Strict Father)
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YouTube - Marcel Ștefăneț
& Ethno Republic - Transbalkanica
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YouTube - Ghanashyam - Dance Drama - Pt Ravi Shankar
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YouTube - Pummarola
- Black
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YouTube - Blues Japanese Style - Kunimoto Takeharu Jam w/ Buddy Guy
& Chris Duarte! / 国本武春、バディ・ガイ、クリス・デュアーテ
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YouTube - The Kamkars - Dekay Ambar Dekay Auber
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YouTube - Warsaw Village Band - Maydów
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YouTube -
Susana Baca - Merci Bon Dieu
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YouTube - Sergey Nikitin, Tatyana Nikitina - Aleksandra
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YouTube - Les Yeux Noirs - Yankele
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YouTube - Los Amigos Invisibles - Superpop Venezuela
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YouTube - Prince Diabate - "Toubaka" with Los Angeles Group
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YouTube -
Thione Seck - Ballago
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YouTube - Aterciopelados - Al Parque (Video Oficial)
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YouTube - Del Castillo - Rios Mysticos
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YouTube - Del Castillo - El Corrido de Don Lulai
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Miscellaneous Links
While going through my files, I found a ton of links to
YouTube videos. These are continuously being checked and
added to the appropriate pages in the music section of my
blog. This is kinda like going though the attic of a house
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YouTube
- Rodrigo y Gabriela - An electrifying acoustic guitar performance
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YouTube - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo - Live HD
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YouTube - Rodrigo y Gabriela- "Hanuman" OFFICIAL
- great song.
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YouTube - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution (Official Video)
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YouTube - Rodrigo y Gabriela 'ORION' (LIVE)
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YouTube - Rodrigo y Gabriela - 'Tamacun'
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YouTube - Mary Jane Lamond - Mo Ghille Mór Foghain'each
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YouTube - Avicii - Wake Me Up (Official Video)
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YouTube - Divinyls - I Touch Myself (Official Music Video)
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YouTube - Gipsy Kings - Trista Pena (Live US Tour '90)
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YouTube - globe~OVER THE RAINBOW~
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YouTube - Huey Lewis
& The News - I Want A New Drug
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YouTube - Jesse Cook_One Night At The Metropolis_Tempest.avi
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YouTube - Krewella - Alive (Official Video)
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YouTube - Paramore: Decode [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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YouTube - Paramore: Misery Business [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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YouTube - The Doors - L.A Woman
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YouTube - The Drums - Lets Go Surfing
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YouTube - The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
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YouTube - The Fixx - Saved By Zero
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YouTube - エレファントカシマシ「いつか見た夢を」
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YouTube - Kajra Re | Full Song | Bunty Aur Babli | Aishwarya, Abhishek, Amitabh Bachchan | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
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YouTube - Nach Le Nach Le Bol Bachchan Song | Abhishek Bachchan, Prachi Desai
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YouTube - ROCKSTAR: Aur Ho (Full Song) | Ranbir Kapoor | Nargis Fakhri | A. R. Rahman | T-Series
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YouTube - ROCKSTAR: Sadda Haq (Full Video) Song | Ranbir Kapoor | A.R. Rahman | Mohit Chauhan | Irshaad Kamil
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YouTube - "Allah Maaf Kare Full Song Desi Boyz" Feat. Akshay Kumar, Chitrangada Singh
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YouTube - nasida ria
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YouTube - Outkast - The Way You Move (Official HD Video) ft. Sleepy Brown
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YouTube - Outkast - Hey Ya! (Official HD Video)
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YouTube - The Ohio Players - Fire
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YouTube - Ohio Players "Love Rollercoaster"
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YouTube - Earth, Wind
& Fire - Reasons
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YouTube - Wolf Parade - Who Are Ya
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YouTube - Sensational Young Taiko drummers - Powerful, brilliant. Nagasaki,
Japan. Part 1.
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YouTube - OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole
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YouTube - Daddy Yankee - Impacto (Remix) ft. Fergie
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YouTube - Daddy Yankee - La Noche De Los Dos ft. Natalia Jiménez
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YouTube - Shakira - Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Official HD Video)
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YouTube - Shakira - Ojos Así (Official HD Video)
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YouTube - Shakira - Ciega, Sordomuda (Official HD Video)
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YouTube - Shakira - Ojos Así (Official Live Video)
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YouTube
- Give me your love - Sexy video
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YouTube - Non Stop One Hour Bollywood Remix - Turn up the Love - A DJ AREEB Mix
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YouTube - Nonstop Hindi Remix - NYE 2013 MIXTAPE - DJ DHOLI DEEP
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YouTube - Deep House Mix 2014 HD
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YouTube - ROMANTIC GUITAR MUSIC Relaxing Instrumental Acoustic Classical Songs Classic Playlist Gitar akustik
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YouTube - Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (cover) Jess Greenberg
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YouTube - Elements of Bollywood - DJ Scotch
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YouTube - Bollywood Non Stop 2014 DANCE MIX [Vol 1]
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YouTube - Brazilian music samba, bossa nova acoustic romantic compilation mix instrumental Rio de janeiro.
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YouTube - ANew Revolution - Rise (HQ)
- rock
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YouTube - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 | Claudio Abbado
& the Orchestra Mozart
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YouTube - Piú Allegro from Concerto Grosso #3 -- Charles Avison
& Domenico Scarlatti
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YouTube - Radhe Suite II: The Dance
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YouTube - London SO, Debussy: Clair de Lune, conducted by Stanley Black, paintings by J. A. Grimshaw.
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YouTube - Claude Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
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YouTube - Look At Me Now - Chris Brown / Karmin ( Cover by Emmalyn
& DJ Hunt ) With Lyrics _ 2014
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YouTube - Roberta Alessandrini - Harp Concerto No. 6, Op. 9: III. Vivace
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YouTube - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, 'Eroica' - Scherzo - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
- really good.
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YouTube - ConcertgebouworkestSymphonic Gems: Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers
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YouTube - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in C major, RV 558 (1740) com molti stromenti
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YouTube - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | Iona Brown
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