MP3s of the week

[moonwise]

For 15 years - no exaggeration - I have been looking for this piece of music ever since I heard it at the Baltimore Seaquarium on a class trip. Thanks to the classical music station, I finally know its title and composer. Perhaps ironically, the piece is titled "Aquarium."

Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saens

The same composer also wrote "Danse Macabre." This one ought to be familiar. It's meant to evoke Death playing the violin in a graveyard to dancing skeletons. According to the liner notes, the composer's mother fainted upon hearing it for the first time.

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saens

Comments

[little-licks.livejournal.com]

He also wrote the Symphony for Orchestra and Organ Power.

Just kidding. But he did write a symphony using a lot of pipe organ. I remember playing it at the University of Houston.

[lumen.livejournal.com]

Sounds interesting. I tried to download them, but both links returned
"server not found" error. Maybe later then. :)

[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

I got an empty image holder, which has happened to me before at other sites for some reason (maybe an anti MP3 thing?). But if you do a right-click and save as, it seems to work that way. Odd...

[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

I really like that Aquarium song, though part if it sounds a lot like "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy."

But nothing like finding a song/movie/book/etc after that many years.

[lumen.livejournal.com]

I tried that and got the server error. I have to do the right-click trick with everything I try to download
as for some weird reason I no longer get the "save as" dialogue if I just click on the download, it'll just
load it to some temp folder and open it right away. x_o

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[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

That is odds... If you still can't download, I can email to you. ;)

Hmm... It only happens to me on some sites, and it seems to be MP3s mostly. I click on the link and an empty image holder shows up on blank page (but no error message), so I have to go back and do the right-click & save to get it to actually download.

[gojiraeight.livejournal.com]

i've always loved danse macabre. I've been trying to find a piece for years too. "boundless ukrainian step". Composer unknown. Cant find anywhere

woo! great choice! :)

[ssilverfish.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love Saint-Saens. When I was a kid, I saw a cartoon that featured all the music from Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, and re-discovered it on an old vinyl album in my parents basement when I was in high school. "Aquarium" is one of my favorites, too. "Fossils" was my favorite when I was little though. :)

Have you heard his "Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso" for violin and orchestra? *gush* I can post it later if you'd like to hear it!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that you played the organ! It's such an impressive instrument.

Damn it all, I forgot to ask my friend whether she brought Organ Power! with her at Xmas...

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Right... both of them have a celesta in them, I think, which produces a very characteristic sound. Of course, they weren't written by the same person. :)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I wish you luck. I know how it feels to be on a Quest for something where all you have is a little snippet of the tune... strange that you can't find it even though you have the title of the piece.

Re: woo! great choice! :)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hah, I didn't even know that was a cartoon. To think, "Aquarium" was sitting under my nose the whole time in the guise of Bugs Bunny.

No, I haven't heard that! Post away, I'd love to. :)

[little-licks.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't play organ for that piece - I was a violinist in that symphony.

Damn, I haven't touched an organ in ten years...should really work on that...

[fireceremony.livejournal.com]

Aquarium is featured in a movie, just can't remember which one. "Nightmare Before Christmas" or "Edward Scissorhands" ? At any rate the tune is very familiar.

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[lumen.livejournal.com]

It's alright, I got them to download now. Thanks. :)

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[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

Tragedy averted! =P

[pipeandslippers.livejournal.com]

Excellent selection this week. Such familiar music. It's great to listen to it in it's own right and put a name to it rather than just background somewhere.