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Parsons Playlists: Music in Film

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Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Esther (class of 2025) and features classical pieces used in various film soundtracks.

Music in Film

music in film

Ludwig Van Beethoven – “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: ‘Ode to Joy'” (Die Hard)

Modest Mussorgsky – “Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Gnomus” (The Big Lebowski)

Béla Bartók – “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta” (The Shining)

Frédéric Chopin – “Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Romance Larghetto” (The Truman Show)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Duettino Sull’aria from Le nozze di Figaro“ (The Shawshank Redemption)

Gustav Mahler – “Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor, Adagietto” (Death in Venice)

Richard Strauss – “Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I Prelude” (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Peter Il’yich Tchaikovsky – “Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet“ (A Christmas Story)

Franz Schubert – “Polonaise in B Flat Major, D.580” (Little Women)

Dario Marianelli – “Dawn” (Pride & Prejudice)

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZezXVAhyJoSw1tbSYTslfXXH&si=Tg37dJ6ldT0DH7uv

Parsons Playlists: Sonnet 18

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Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Esther (class of 2025) which features some music for your Valentine’s Day enjoyment.

Sonnet 18

For the lovers and the dreamers! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 Andante

Schumann: Romance in F-sharp Major

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Adagietto

Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1

Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3

Sibelius: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 78

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, “Fantasy Overture”

Puccini: La bohème “O soave fanciulla”

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, “Prelude and Liebestod”

Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonica

Fauré: Après un Rêve

Bellini: I Puritani “A te, o cara”

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Adagio sostenuto

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3, Largo

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyPRn_axqEthrkKs-1nckTU&si=I68XVX-RPvJ38CF0

Arachnophonia: Staatskapelle Dresden

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Editor’s note: Arachnophonia (“Arachno” = spider / “-phonia” = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library‘s collection.

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record(s) for the item(s) in question or to additional relevant information from around the web.

Today’s installment of Arachnophonia is by student manager Eli (class of 2024) and features several recordings made by the Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra. Thanks, Eli!

Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra

While studying abroad, I was lucky enough to be able to attend a concert from the Staatskapelle Dresden, one of the world’s finest and most historic orchestras. Founded in 1548 by the Duke of Saxony, the Staatskapelle is now celebrating its 475th anniversary. The Staatskapelle plays in the famed Semperoper opera house, first built in 1841 in Baroque and Neo-Renaissance styles. Numerous composers have been linked with the orchestra throughout the years (most notably Strauss and Wagner), and the orchestra has held countless world premieres.

Sempoper - Home of the Staatskapelle

In 2009, the orchestra announced that Christian Thielemann would take on the role of chief conductor, a position he still holds. Thielemann, winner of the Richard Wagner Award and recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, is renowned for his balance between technical precision and expressive interpretation. Under his leadership, the orchestra continues to shape classical music and fascinate its audiences.

If you, too, would like to enjoy the Staatskapelle’s signature sound, the Parsons Music Library has quite the collection of their recordings. I highly recommend Strauss’ Alpine Symphony (M1002.S91 op.64 2007 DVD), Eugen Onegin by Tchaikovsky (RM1500.T35 E8 1988), or Mozart’s Requiem Mass (RM2010.M89 1991).