▶ Gli Angeli Genève, Johann Schein: Israelis Brünnlein with Hana Blazikova

▶ Gli Angeli Genève, Schein: Israelis Brünnlein - YouTube

▶ Vivaldi - ''Nulla in mundo pax sincera'' (with soprano Zinovia Zafeiriadou Vidovic and the Chamber Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic.

▶ Vivaldi - ''Nulla in mundo pax sincera'' (with soprano Zinovia Zafeiriadou Vidovic) - YouTube

▶ Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn Martha Argerich Nelson Freire - YouTube

▶ Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn Martha Argerich Nelson Freire - YouTube:

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▶ Verdi - Don Carlo - from the Salzburg Festival '13Filippo II - Matti Salminen Don Carlo - Jonas Kaufmann Elisabetta di Valois - Anja Harteros Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa - Thomas Hampson La Principessa Eboli - Ekaterina Semenchuk Il Grande Inquisitore - Eric Halfvarson

▶ Verdi - Don Carlo - YouTube

Initial briefing from The Spy Who Came in from the Cold '...we have to do wicked things...'

Initial briefing from The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - YouTube

▶ Jubileumconcert Osiris Trio -Ludwig von Beethoven Trio opus 1 no. 1 -Allegro Arnold Schönberg / Eduard Steuermann Verklärte Nacht, Oene van Geel Achnaton, Osiris Trio (première) Bohuslav Martinu La revue de cuisine (1927) -prologue -tango -charleston -final Felix Mendelssohn Pianotrio nr. 2 in C klein opus 66 -Allegro appassionato Lars Wouters van den oudenweijer, klarinet Bram van Sambeek, Frank Braafhart, trumpet

▶ Jubileumconcert Osiris Trio - Live concert - HD - YouTube

Der Rosenkavalier- Strauss - Final Scene Gwyneth Jones (Feldmarchallin), Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Carlos Kleiber (Conductor), Munich Opera (1979)

▶ Der Rosenkavalier- Strauss - Final Scene - YouTube

▶ Kathleen Battle signing Piangerò la Sorte Mia from Händel Giulio Cesare at the Temple of Dendur, in New York

▶ Kathleen Battle: Piangerò la Sorte Mia - Händel 12 / 17 - YouTube

49 Breathtaking Libraries From All Over The World, including Harper Memorial Library at the University of Chicago - a cynosure of grace

49 Breathtaking Libraries From All Over The World

Alla - Breve - Rozhinkes mit Mandlen

Alla - Breve - Rozhinkes mit Mandlen - YouTube

▶ Rameau Quam Dilecta Tabernacula Hervé Niquet et Le Concert Spirituel Ensemble Hervé Lamy (ténor) Peter Harvey (Baritone) Véronique Gens (Soprano) Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Countertenor) Isabelle Desrochers (Soprano) Stephan Imbodem (Bass) Marcos Loureiro de Sa (Baritone)

▶ Rameau Quam Dilecta Tabernacula , Hervé Niquet Le Concert Spirituel - YouTube: "Rameau Quam Dilecta Tabernacula , Hervé Niquet Le Concert Spirituel"

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Paris 1967, Richard Strauss, op27, n1 - YouTube

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Paris 1967, Richard Strauss, op27, n1 - YouTube:

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▶ Rounding the mark, Gardiner's Bay - YouTube

▶ Rounding the mark, Gardiner's Bay - YouTube

▶ Händel: What passion cannot music raise and quell! (Ode for St. Cecilia's day) with Sophie Daneman

▶ Händel: What passion cannot music raise and quell! (Ode for St. Cecilia's day) - YouTube

So true

▶ Martha Argerich, L.Zilberstein, M.Vallina, D-H.Lim - J. S. Bach Concerto for 4 Pianos in A minor, BWV 1065

▶ M.Argerich, L.Zilberstein, M.Vallina, D-H.Lim - Concerto for 4 Pianos in A minor, BWV 1065 - YouTube

▶ Lully: Te Deum, for double chorus and orchestra | Vincent Dumestre & Poème Harmonique

▶ Lully: Te Deum, for double chorus and orchestra | Vincent Dumestre & Poème Harmonique - YouTube

▶ Haydn Die Schöpfung The Creation Trevor Pinnock Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

▶ Haydn Die Schöpfung The Creation Trevor Pinnock Age of Enlightment - YouTube: "The Creation Trevor Pinnock"

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▶ Bernarda Fink, Haendel, Theodora, "Lord, to Thee, each night and day"

▶ Bernarda Fink, Haendel, Theodora, "Lord, to Thee, each night and day" - YouTube

Maria Callas- Tu che le vanita

▶ BRQ Vantaa Festival 2013. Kajsa Dahlbäck & Argo: Alessandro Grandi - O quam speciosa - YouTube

▶ BRQ Vantaa Festival 2013. Kajsa Dahlbäck & Argo: Alessandro Grandi - O quam speciosa - YouTube

▶ Philippe Jaroussky " The most beautiful baroque Arias" at Versailles

▶ Philippe Jaroussky " The most beautiful baroque Arias" - YouTube

▶ Giovanni Bononcini - La Conversione di Maddalena, Musica Sacra Maastricht 2013

▶ Bononcini - La Conversione di Maddalena - YouTube

▶ Georg F. Händel - Alexander's Feast

▶ Händel - Alexander's Feast (ondertiteld) - YouTube

Perhaps the best analysis of Syrian use of Saarin chemical weapons - Brown Moses Blog: Evidence Of The Syrian Army Using Munitions Linked To The August 21st Sarin Attack

Brown Moses Blog: Evidence Of The Syrian Army Using Munitions Linked To The August 21st Sarin Attack

▶ European Union Baroque Orchestra - Händel: Te Deum Utrecht, Jubilate Utrecht - Lars Ulrik Mortensen - YouTube

▶ European Union Baroque Orchestra - Händel: Te Deum Utrecht, Jubilate Utrecht - Lars Ulrik Mortensen - YouTube:

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▶ Bach French Französische Suite No 4 E flat major BWV 815 András Schiff - YouTube

▶ Bach French Französische Suite No 4 E flat major BWV 815 András Schiff - YouTube

▶ Bach French Französische Suite No 3 B minor BWV 814 András Schiff

▶ Bach French Französische Suite No 3 B minor BWV 814 András Schiff - YouTube

▶ Pressler, Accardo, Tamestit, Capuçon - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60, Johannes Brahms - YouTube

▶ Pressler, Accardo, Tamestit, Capuçon - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60, Johannes Brahms - YouTube:

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Slough of Despond, or the NY Primary Elections

▶ Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder. Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski

▶ Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder. A.S. von Otter, M. Minkowski - YouTube

▶ Bach French Französische Suite No 1 D minor BWV 812 András Schiff

▶ Bach French Französische Suite No 1 D minor BWV 812 András Schiff - YouTube

▶ Palestrina 400 years The Tallis Scholars, Cond. Mark Phillips

▶ Palestrina 400 years - YouTube

▶ Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquième Concert, La Cupis (Concerts en Sextuor); Voices of Music - YouTube

▶ Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquième Concert, La Cupis (Concerts en Sextuor); Voices of Music - YouTube

Thucydides and war United States Navy War College

www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/8e137763-0b24-40d3-a6b2-8e81da223d24/Thucydides--Theorist-of-War.aspx

▶ Lully: Les journées au château de Versailles | Hervé Niquet & Concert Spirituel

▶ Lully: Les journées au château de Versailles | Hervé Niquet & Concert Spirituel - YouTube

Unidentified Munition Linked To Adra Chemical Attack - YouTube

Unidentified Munition Linked To Adra Chemical Attack - YouTube:

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Just in: Bayreuth spectator is found dead during Götterdämmerung

Just in: Bayreuth spectator is found dead during Götterdämmerung

A. Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans (01) - Off with Holofernes' head!Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Juditha) Nicky Kennedy, soprano (Vagaus) Delphine Galou, mezzo-soprano (Holofernes) Loriana Castellano, mezzo-soprano (Abra) Rosa Bove, mezzo-soprano (Ozias)

A. Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans (01) - YouTube

Marijana Mijanovic sings "Prigionier che fa ritorno" from Betulia liberata

▶ Mijanovic - Betulia liberata - YouTube

▶ Radu Lupu - W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in F Major K. 459 - YouTube

▶ Radu Lupu - W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in F Major K. 459 - YouTube

▶ 11. Porgi amor - Carol Vaness (Le nozze di Figaro Met'85) - Cond. James Levine

▶ 11. Porgi amor - Carol Vaness (Le nozze di Figaro Met'85) - YouTube

▶ Bach : Cantata BWV 61 "Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland"Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting, with Ian Bostridge and Christopher Maltman

▶ Bach : Cantata BWV 61 "Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland" - YouTube

Nathalie Stutzmann. J.S.Bach. An imaginary cantataSinfonia extraite de la Cantate BWV 42 "Getrost!" extrait de la Cantate BWV 133 "Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte" extrait de la Cantate BWV 33 Sinfonia extraite de la Cantate BWV 174 Sinfonia extraite de la Cantate BWV 4 "Stirb in mir, Welt und alle deine liebe" extrait de la Cantate BWV 169 "Ebarme dich" extrait de la Passion St Matthieu BWV 244 Sinfonia extraite de la Cantate BWV 21 "Nichts kann mich erretten" extrait de la Cantate BWV 74

Nathalie Stutzmann. J.S.Bach. An imaginary cantata . - YouTube

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▶ Haendel Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Orfeo 55 concerto grosso op 3 n°4 PART 1 - YouTube

▶ Haendel Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Orfeo 55 concerto grosso op 3 n°4 PART 1 - YouTube

▶ Jonas Kaufmann: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde with Anne Sophie Von Otter, Mezzo-Soprano

▶ Jonas Kaufmann: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde - YouTube:

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Debussy - L'isle joyeuse with Elena Kuschnerova

▶ Elisabeth Schwarzkopf singing "Porgi Amor" de Le Nozze di Figaro. Mozart

▶ Elisabeth Schwarzkopf canta "Porgi Amor" de Le Nozze di Figaro. Mozart - YouTube:

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Brown Moses Blog: Liwa al-Islam Deploys Advanced Surface-To-Air Miss...

Brown Moses Blog: Liwa al-Islam Deploys Advanced Surface-To-Air Miss...: This morning, a number of people have sent me the following video, posted by Liwa al-Islam, a major opposition group that operates outside o...

Edgar Meyer Mark O'Connor Yo Ma James Taylor - Hard times come again no more

Yo-Yo Ma James Taylor - Hard times come again no more - YouTube

ANNE SCHWANEWILMS Hugo Wolf Mörike-Lieder "Verborgenheit" Manuel Lange (piano)

RECITAL ANNE SCHWANEWILMS (2008-09) - YouTube: "Hugo Wolf
Mörike-Lieder
"Verborgenheit"
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano)
Manuel Lange (piano)
"

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Quant la doulce jouvencelle - (anon Oxford Can. Misc. 213) Asteria (Sylvia Rhyne, soprano, and Eric Redlinger, lute and tenor) perform "Quant la doulce jouvencelle" live in the 14th century ducal palace of Prince Philip "the Bold" and Margeret of Flanders at Germolles,

Quant la doulce jouvencelle - (anon Oxford Can. Misc. 213) - YouTube:

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Bach Mass B minor BWV232 , S Rubens, Arsys Bourgogne, Concerto Koln

U.S. Enfield Model 1917 in 30.06 cal vs. '03 Springfield.

A little verismo from the war for the Eastern Mediterranean. Don't worry: no animals were harmed in the making of this video. Takbir!

In 15 7 Ugarit Idlib storm barrier junction Marpleyt c 2 ‬ - YouTube:

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Richard Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orch. Anne Sofie von Otter ∙ Paavo Järvi conducting

Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Anne Sofie von Otter ∙ Paavo Järvi - YouTube:

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Henry Purcell "Dido and Aeneas" performance | Belgrade Early Music Festival 2013

"Dido and Aeneas" performance | Belgrade Early Music Festival 2013 - YouTube

Isaac Stern Violin, Piano Emanuel Ax Cello Yo-Yo Ma Conducted By ; Michael Stern London Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven, Triple Concerto For Piano, Violin, Cello & Orchestra Op.56

Isaac Stern - Beethoven, Thriple Concerto For Piano, Violin, Cello & Orchestra Op.56 - YouTube

Death Row Information Last Statements from the Huntsville Texas Death Row

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An Education in Decay: Inside a Decrepit Elementary School in Harlem | Atlas Obscura..it's students perhaps achieved their tenure in the penal system.

An Education in Decay: Inside a Decrepit Elementary School in Harlem | Atlas Obscura

Norman Maclean 'Young Men and Fire' The University of Chicago Press - apposite after the Arizona tragedy

NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/06/specials/maclean-fire.html

A fiery Spanish song - Luciana Mancini L'Arpeggiata Polo margariteno HD

Luciana Mancini L'Arpeggiata Polo margariteno HD - YouTube:

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Liszt Ständchen (Serenade) Transcription after Schubert's Schwanengesang played by Tzvi Erez - YouTube

Liszt Ständchen (Serenade) Transcription after Schubert's Schwanengesang | Tzvi Erez - YouTube:

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Brown Moses Blog: Chinese MANPADS In Syria : Does 2 + 2 = FN-6?

Brown Moses Blog: Chinese MANPADS In Syria : Does 2 + 2 = FN-6?: Last month I wrote about videos of Chinese FN-6 MANPADS (surface-to-air missiles) filmed in Deir Ez-Zor, and raised the question of the poss...

Pergolesi: Septem verba a Christo in Cruce moriente prolata | René Jacobs Sophie Karthäuser: soprano • Christophe Dumaux: alto • Julien Behr: tenor • Konstantin Wolff: bass Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Pergolesi: Septem verba a Christo in Cruce moriente prolata | René Jacobs - YouTube

James Salter, author of All That Is, is not a sexist. - Slate Magazine, by Katie Roiphe

James Salter, author of All That Is, is not a sexist. - Slate Magazine:

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Handel: Vaghe perle, eletti fiori (Agrippina) with Miah Persson

Handel: Vaghe perle, eletti fiori (Agrippina) - YouTube

Sheep Meadow, Central Park New York

Tatiana Troyanos - G.F. Handel, "Giulio Cesare" Act ll, Cleopatra "Se pietà di me non senti" - YouTube

Tatiana Troyanos - G.F. Handel, "Giulio Cesare" Act ll, Cleopatra "Se pietà di me non senti" - YouTube

Handel's Semele: Endless pleasure, endless love with Rosemary Joshua

Handel's Semele: Endless pleasure, endless love. - YouTube:

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Jonas Kaufmann: Verdi - Ah, la paterna mano (2013)from Macbeth

Footage from BBMF Avro Lancaster during HM Queen's Birthday Flypast:

Footage from BBMF Lancaster during HM Queen's Birthday Flypast: 2 - YouTube:

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Henry Purcell: Sonata of three parts in G major, Z. 797 | Accademia Bizantina from the Beaune Festival

Henry Purcell: Sonata of three parts in G major, Z. 797 | Accademia Bizantina - YouTube

Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder - Waltraud Meier, mezzo soprano Myung-Whun Chung / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Basilique Cathedrale de Saint Denis, Festival de Saint Denis

Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder - YouTube: "Waltraud Meier, mezzo soprano
Myung-Whun Chung / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Basilique Cathedrale de Saint Denis
Festival de Saint Denis"

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Eric introducing the recent François Girard production of Ricard Wagner's Parsifal at the Met Gatti-Kaufmann-Dalayman-Pape/ - YouTube

Richard Wagner: Parsifal /Gatti-Kaufmann-Dalayman-Pape/ - YouTube

Anja Harteros sings Richard Strauß: Vier letzte Lieder, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Ltg. Mariss Jansons

Richard Strauß: Vier letzte Lieder - YouTube

FSA using a SA-16 GIMLET to take out one of Assad's helicopters outside of Aleppo - Takbir!

In the first armored brigade air defense battalion dropping helicopter - YouTube:

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - YouTube:

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Giulio Cesare: "Se pietà di me non senti" (Natalie Dessay) - Metropolitan Opera Dress Rehearsal

Giulio Cesare: "Se pietà di me non senti" (Natalie Dessay) - YouTube

Gustav Mahler, Das Klagende Lied - Salzburg 2011

Mahler, Das Klagende Lied - YouTube

Lully: Te Deum, for double chorus and orchestra | Vincent Dumestre & Poème Harmonique

Lully: Te Deum, for double chorus and orchestra | Vincent Dumestre & Poème Harmonique - YouTube

Wagner and the Jews by Daniel Barenboim | The New York Review of Books

Wagner and the Jews by Daniel Barenboim | The New York Review of Books

Jonas Kaufmann - Wagner - Allmächt'ger Vater, blick' herab! (Rienzi) - YouTube

Jonas Kaufmann - Wagner - Allmächt'ger Vater, blick' herab! (Rienzi) - YouTube

J.S. Bach: Sarabande BWV 1007 Tanya Tomkins, baroque cello - YouTube

J.S. Bach: Sarabande BWV 1007 Tanya Tomkins, baroque cello - YouTube

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide, tragédie en 3 actes (1774) - Cond. Marc Minkowski, 2011 Les Musicians du Louvre

Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide - Minkowski, 2011 (complet - ST fr-eng-de) - YouTube

Range Review: Martini-Henry Mk IV Long Lever P1885 - splendid for Zulu re-enactors!

Range Review: Martini-Henry Mk IV Long Lever - YouTube

The FSA in Quasayr fighting with Hezbollah destroying 3 tanks and killed some 35 Hezbollah

In short - the rebels fighting an intrusion attempts and destroying 3 tanks and killed some 35 fighters of Hezbollah ‬ - YouTube

The advent of pious parvenues disfiguring societies - a common theme? Spurs Larger Fight Over Turkish Identity - NYTimes.com

Development Spurs Larger Fight Over Turkish Identity - NYTimes.com

Carnivale Central Park New York

J B Priestley The Small Boats Of Dunkirk 5th June 1940 - When Charles Lightoller, Second Mate of the Titanic, learned that British and French troops were pined against the beach at Dunkirk, he sailed out on his boat, Sundowner, and snatched over 100 troops off the beach

J B Priestley The Small Boats Of Dunkirk 5th June 1940 - YouTube:

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Linfea and Satirino from "La Calisto" by Francesco Cavalli.

Duo Cara et amibile catene from the opera Orfeo22 - YouTube:

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Vivaldi Gloria D major RV589 Les Paladins -

Vivaldi Gloria D major RV589 Les Paladins - YouTube

RECITAL ANNE SCHWANEWILMS Hugo Wolf: "Verborgenheit" "Gesang Weylas"

RECITAL ANNE SCHWANEWILMS (2008-09) - YouTube

Ecco il punto, o Vitellia . . . Non piu di fiori with Dorothea Roeschmann

Ecco il punto, o Vitellia . . . Non piu di fiori - YouTube:

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Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331” | Ars Technica

Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331” | Ars Technica:

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Two tanks and two Hezbollah taken down by the FSA - well-done! ‫القصير الثوار يدمرون دبابتين ويقتلون 30 عنصر من الحزب ويسحبون جثة قيادي منهم‬‎ - YouTube

‫القصير الثوار يدمرون دبابتين ويقتلون 30 عنصر من الحزب ويسحبون جثة قيادي منهم‬‎ - YouTube:

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Come scoglio from Act I of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Zurich Opera 2009, Malin Hartelius (Fiordiligi)

Come scoglio (Malin Hartelius) - YouTube: "Come scoglio from Act I of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Zurich Opera 2009, Malin Hartelius (Fiordiligi)"

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Bach: Wir danken dir Gott, BWV 29 | The Bach Collegium Japan -

Bach: Wir danken dir Gott, BWV 29 | The Bach Collegium Japan - YouTube:

THE SOLDIER'S FAITH by Oliver Wendell Holmes

THE SOLDIER'S FAITH: " "

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Brahms Tragische Ouvertüre Tragic Overture - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [HD] conducted by Daniele Gatti

Brahms Tragische Ouvertüre - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [HD] - YouTube:

Boruch Spiegel, Who Battled Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 93 - NYTimes.com

Boruch Spiegel, Who Battled Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 93 - NYTimes.com:

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Christian Thielemann and the Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Die Walküre aus Bayreuth with Johan Botha and Eva-Maria Westbroek

Live aus Bayreuth | ARTE:

‫عملية تسلل وزرع لغم وتفجيره في مبنى لقوات النظام في حي الإذاعة 24 -5-It's about to rain in Southampton, so time for another Takbiri video! 2013‬‎ - YouTube

‫عملية تسلل وزرع لغم وتفجيره في مبنى لقوات النظام في حي الإذاعة 24 -5-2013‬‎ - YouTube:

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For all you Jihadi-wannabees, the FSA builds a cannon from scratch - you'd almost think they were Americans from a period when we knew how to make things. Cannon - YouTube

Hell Cannon Promotional Video - YouTube:

Hezbollah suffers heavy losses in Syrian conflict: 104 killed according to watchdog | Al Bawaba - May there be a shortage of virgins in heaven!

Hezbollah suffers heavy losses in Syrian conflict: 104 killed according to watchdog | Al Bawaba:

Bach: Cantate 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten - Dorothee Mields - Ton Koopman conducting the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Bach: Cantate 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten - Dorothee Mields - Ton Koopman - Live Concert [HD] - YouTube:

Syrian Opposition Fighters In Aisha Square, Qusayr

Syrian Opposition Fighters In Aisha Square, Qusayr - YouTube: " Aisha Square, Qusayr"

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Happy Birthday Richard Wagner : The Ride of the Valkyries - Copenhagen Ring -

Wagner : The Ride of the Valkyries - Copenhagen Ring - YouTube:

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The Recorded Voice Of Virginia Woolf

The Recorded Voice Of Virginia Woolf - YouTube:

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Robert SCHUMANN CONCERTO Op.54 Martha ARGERICH & GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER R.CHAILLY conducting

SCHUMANN CONCERTO Op.54 M.ARGERICH & GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER R.CHAILLY dir. LIVE - YouTube

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Handel - Theodora - As with rosy steps the dawn

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Handel - Theodora - As with rosy - YouTube:

Syria receiving Russia supplied missiles system ياخونت marine ‬ - Believe footage off of Tartus

In Russia supplied missiles system ياخونت marine ‬ - YouTube:

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We are all guilty of lazy reliance on wikipedia - worth reading: Revenge, ego, and the corruption of Wikipedia

Revenge, ego, and the corruption of Wikipedia

Sheep Meadow Central Park

Trouble in the Bolivarian paradise: CARACAS, Venezuela: Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper - Venezuela Wires - MiamiHerald.com

CARACAS, Venezuela: Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper - Venezuela Wires - MiamiHerald.com:

From a Vault in Paris - A Musical Time Capsule With the Sounds of Opera in 1907 - NYTimes.com

From a Vault in Paris - A Musical Time Capsule With the Sounds of Opera in 1907 - NYTimes.com:

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Addah Z. Potter, a resident of the Shaker community in Lebanon, New York, wrote this around 1838 Lay Me Low - Kevin Siegfried - YouTube

Lay Me Low - Kevin Siegfried - YouTube

Teatro Regio Torino's production of Don Carlo with Ildar Abdrazakov as King Phillip- Ella giammai m'amo -

Ildar Abdrazakov - Ella giammai m'amo - YouTube:

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The François Girard production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal recently from the Met - Cond. Daniele Gatti-Jonas Kaufmann-Katarina Dalayman- Rene Pape

Richard Wagner: Parsifal / Gatti-Kaufmann-Dalayman- Pape/ - YouTube:

Shades of the 1915 Armenian Genocide...'Kill the Syrians': Turkish mobs search out civil war refugees after devastating car bomb - Telegraph

'Kill the Syrians': Turkish mobs search out civil war refugees after devastating car bomb - Telegraph:

New York Friends - meet The Knights a fine young spirited group - Beethoven - Pastoral Symphony - 1st movement - YouTube

Beethoven - Pastoral Symphony - 1st movement - YouTube

For Regietheater producers everywhere - it's already been done...move on! Springtime for Hitler -

Springtime for Hitler - YouTube:

Maybe an encore of Mel Brook's 'Springtime for Hitler' Uproar in Germany Over Nazi Scenes in New Wagner Opera - NYTimes.com

Uproar in Germany Over Nazi Scenes in New Wagner Opera - NYTimes.com:

Ortrun Wenkel "Ich harrete des Herrn" Sopranduo - "Lobgesang" von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Klassik am Morgen aus der Berliner Philharmonie with Harro Eisele, Partner Fritz Weisse

Ortrun Wenkel "Ich harrete des Herrn" Sopranduo - YouTube:

Winchester Model 94 .30-30 (Pre 64) - an iconic American rifle

Winchester Model 94 .30-30 (Pre 64) - YouTube:

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Contractor from Hell

A stunning performance by Natalie Dessay - "Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi" - From Lucia di Lammermore - Met 2011 - YouTube

Dessay - "Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi" - Met 2011 - YouTube

First Jellyfish in Three Mile Harbor East Hampton -

First Jellyfish in Three Mile Harbor East Hampton - YouTube:

Things that go boom in the night.. Damascus, Assad rumoured to be 'declaring war' on Israel shortly... Syria explosions انفجارات في جبل قاسيون دمشق 5 5 2013 -

Damascus Syria explosions انفجارات في جبل قاسيون دمشق 5 5 2013 - YouTube:

Wishing you all a fine weekend! Beethoven, Symphony 7 (A Major Op. 92) with the Vienna Philharmonic

Beethoven, Symphony 7 (A Major Op. 92) - YouTube

Name the guilty at this party - Clue: a winner of the 'Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation' prize...

Name the guilty at this party:

Parsifal: Gurnemanz's Narration (René Pape) - YouTube

Parsifal: Gurnemanz's Narration (René Pape) - YouTube:

Vantaa Music Festival: Marianne Beate Kielland and Thomas C. Boysen: Amarilli, mia bella - Caccini

Vantaa Music Festival: Marianne Beate Kielland and Thomas C. Boysen: Amarilli, mia bella - YouTube:

Delightful stuff! - Historic Abandoned Homes For Sale! | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

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'Vermont Free-range organic goat' is really on the menu in Williambsburg - How I Became a Hipster - NYTimes.com

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A Hezbollah holiday - May there be a shortage of virgins in heaven. The interventionists talk of 'red lines' and a humanitarian crisis...we're supposed to make it safe for truth, justice and the American way! Let's just wish them a nice day.

In the Hezbollah militia requests truce after losses in the short - YouTube

More declining standards - we were taught that punctuality was a sign of respect - Six admit planning to bomb English Defence League rally

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A new copper and slate roof for the Dairy, Central Park

Watch Now: Minkowski Conducts Wagner, Beethoven. With Anne Sofie von Otter - The Wagnerian

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Idil Biret at Liszt's piano in Weimar 21 May 2011

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Riverside Park Community Garden

Janos Starker Rest in Peace- Bach: C Major Suite - Gigue -

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So many Jewish politicians in support of 'Gun Control' legislation - I'm not so sure...‘Some Were Neighbors,’ at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - NYTimes.com

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Le mal de vivre '1965 - Barbara

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J.S. Bach: Cantata for alto solo & orchestra BWV 35 (Geist und Seele wird verwirret - III) - with Natalie Stutzmann

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A delightful production Giulio Cesare: "Non disperar" (Natalie Dessay) at the Met - do see it before it's over!

Giulio Cesare: "Non disperar" (Natalie Dessay) - YouTube

Casas Adobes, Tucson, Arizona

Las Vegas

Margaret Thatcher funeral: St Paul's service in full - S.T.T.L.

Margaret Thatcher funeral: St Paul's service in full - YouTube

For Boston

J. S. Bach Mass B minor BWV 232 Capella Reial Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Savall

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For Boston - Anja Harteros - Laudate Dominum - Dresden Adventskonzert '08

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Elīna Garanča - Alma grande e nobil core (Mozart) - After today, some thing consolingly beautiful...

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Copy of the Order of Service for Lady Thatcher's funeral service along with background information

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Brahms: Piano trio in B major, op.8 -

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Mozart Piano Concerto No 13 C major K 415 Camerata Salzburg, Mitsuko U...

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Sunbathing turtles - Central Park

Margaret Thatcher: "No! No! No!" Rest in Peace Parlement 1990

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Handel: Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare) with Natalie Dessay

Handel: Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare) with Natalie Dessay

Daniele Gatti, after a resplendent Mahler Third Symphony, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Anne Sophie Von Otter

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, novelist and screenwriter, dies at 85 - The Washington Post

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, novelist and screenwriter, dies at 85 - The Washington Post

Free admission - FIRST FRIDAYS | www.neuegalerie.org

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Questions on Ground Zero Arts Center Left Unanswered - NYTimes.com

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Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 D minor K 466 Camerata Salzburg, Mitsuko U...

http://youtu.be/exapssCHAFg

تفجير دبابة على طريق حمص القصير 14 3 The Takbiris blow up a T-72 in Syria - Well-done! 2013

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Henry Purcell. The Fairy-Queen.13

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Letters of Note: Wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day, a letter from E. B. White

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Swedish Mauser Model 96 - a very good review of the 6.5MM service rifle

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Behind the scene, with the LePage machine at the Met, preparing for the Ring Cycle

Tomas Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories

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G.F. Händel - "Ombra mai fu" - Sara Mingardo, Accademia degli Astrusi, F...

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Ice fishing Kent Connecticut

Gesualdo Tristis est anima Mea - Tenebrae Responsories

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Mozart:LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Glyndebourne) from the new 2013 production

Tomás Luis de Victoria's Lamentations for Maundy Thursday

Tomás Luis de Victoria's Lamentations for Maundy Thursday

Ouch - Today is the anniversary of Jean-Baptiste Lully's death - spiked himself with his staff! Another musical 'JBL' ;)

Bach St Matthew Matthäus Passion BWV 244 Vocale Gent Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

Verdi overlooks two of his creations, Otello and Leonore on a cold March afternoon

Hugo Chavez is dead, and I hope he finds himself down at the gates of Hell! Haendel: Disserratevi porte d'averno (La Resurrezione HWV 47)

In memory of Segei Prokofiev who died today in 1953 Piano Concerto n. 2 - Yefim Bronfman

Liszt Sonata in B Minor - Van Cliburn 1960 Rest in Peace

The Metropolitan Opera's production of L'elisir d'amore, with Anna Netrebko, M. Polenzani, and Ambrogio Maestri

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Te Deum | Les Arts Florissants - a suitable exorcism for a vile Oscar evening...

Natalie Dessay in Haendel's Giulio Cesare, an amuse-bouche for the coming Metropolitan Opera production

Even with a magnificent Furlanetto, the Met’s “Don Carlo” is a royal mess

Even with a magnificent Furlanetto, the Met’s “Don Carlo” is a royal mess
Marion is alas right - Maazel's conducting was lethargic, and listless...
Anna Smirnova is completely out of character as Eboli, and Barbara Frittoli was straining at both ends of the range, with a worrisome wobble starting to show again.

Countries I have visited - so much more to see!

Waltraud Meier "O don fatal et détesté" Don Carlo

In the swirl of negativity against France, salope 'minable' Depardieu has decamped for Belgium, or is it Russia, and Taylor of Titan declared French workers as lazy. Je m'en F. - Lully is still played at Versailles, so there!

Richard Strauß: Vier letzte Lieder, with Anja Harteros and ymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Ltg. Mariss Jansons

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf "A little stream" by Gluck - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Glück - Einem Bach der fliesst

Shirley Verrett: Macbeth, aria - rest in peace!

HANDEL: "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" - the Teatro Colon performance from 1968, with Beverly Sills

Synopsis of Parsifal (Parsifal for Dummies!)

Parsifal: Ich sah das Kind, with Doris Soffel as Kundry

Happy Valentine's Day! - Renée Fleming - Sempre Libera - La Traviata

Joyce DiDonato, "Crude furie degli orridi abissi", Serse, Handel, live o...

William Byrd- Tristitia Et Anxietas, suitable for Lenten reflection

MURRAY PERAHIA rehearses and talks to SIR DENIS FORMAN: MOZART Concerto ...

Syrian Rebels Seized Al Furat Dam

Some Papal matters sorted - Il Grand' Inquisitor (Don Carlo)

Renee Fleming & Joyce DiDonato "Ah guarda sorella" Cosi fan tutte

Central Park in the snow

Fredrick Douglas at the New York Historical Society

Meet James Salter - a compelling video about the urge to scribble! His 'Burning the Days'" is one of the finest memoires of my father's generation, facing WW2.

Apposite

Queen Hortense at Arenenberg - Haydn - Nun beut die FlurJoseph Haydn - Schöpfung - Arie des Gabriel: Nun beut die Flur High Quality: http://www.musicksmonument.com/Schlos... Paula Bär-Giese soprano & pianist La Reine Hortense project (La Reine d'Hollande 1806-1810) Recording: Arenenberg - Switzerland

AKADEMIA CICHEJ MUZYKI WIELKI FINAŁ J.S. BACH Missa brevis g-moll BWV 235 Kantata Ich bin vergnügt BWV 84 Kantata Bekennen will ich seinen Namen BWV 200 Kantata Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 LA TEMPESTA Julita Mirosławska -- sopran Jakub Burzyński -- kontratenor & dyrygent Wojciech Parchem -- tenor Artur Janda bas -- baryton zespół La Tempesta z udziałem chórzystów z chóru Astrolabium Ratusz Staromiejski, Sala Mieszczańska 18 grudnia 2011, godz. 17.00

Domenico Scarlatti - Ottavia restituita al trone - Festival de Beaune

Waltraud Meier 17/18 - Du bist die Ruh , D776 - Franz Schubert

Some management tips from Laurence Olivier in Shakespeare's Richard III - Now Is The Winter Of Our...

Johann Strauß: Csardas from "Die Fledermaus ( The Bat )"

Monteverdi Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria Hanna Bayodi-Hirt Melanto Ed Lyon...

Tempesta di mare: Simone kermes / Luca Mares & Venice Baroque Orchestra for our lunchtime offering

Chopin Scherzo No 1 op. 20 in b minor - Alessio Nanni [HD], with thanks to Nicola Giacomo A.G. Linza IV for bringing this to my attention.

Хроника ранения российского журналиста - Russian 'Journalist' has a bad day in Syria

Russian 'Journalist' vacations in Syria

Russian 'journalist' vacations in Syria

OCEARCH Global Tracking Central - Mary Lee visits Long Island

OCEARCH Global Tracking Central

Baroque recital of works by Vivaldi and Händel, with Magdalena Kozena and Andrea Marcon and the Collegium 1704

Zulu - Final Attack Men of Harlech

From the Official Syrian State Security Services page on Facebook - was it Napoleon that said that an army travels on it's stomach?

Rigoletto: "Questa o quella" (Piotr Beczala)

Vivaldi Arie e concerti with Sonia Prina Giovanni Antonini & Il Giard...

G. F. Händel, Scoglio d'immota fronte (Scipione) - Roberta Invernizzi - Arìon...

Bryan Hymel - "Inutiles regrets" - Les Troyens 2013, from the handsome Met production...

Why you should not have a cat

Why you should not have a cat

Cecilia Bartoli, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera - Non si parli che...

Anna Caterina Antonacci:Si mostri a chi l'adora (G.Verdi - Un giorno di ...

Mozart: "Qual nocchier", Aria d'Amital from Betulia Liberata K118

Reports: Saudi commutes sentences of death-row inmates who agree to fight 'Jihad' in Syria - The Commentator

Reports: Saudi commutes sentences of death-row inmates who agree to fight 'Jihad' in Syria - The Commentator

Das Barock-Fest der Stimmen UNE FÊTE BAROQUE Le Concert d'Astrée Emmanuelle Haïm, Direction Natalie Dessay, Soprano Magali Léger, Soprano Patricia Petibon, Soprano Françoise Masset, Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, Mezzo-soprano Pascal Bertin, Contre ténor Philippe Jaroussky, Contre ténor Rolando Villazon, Ténor Stéphane Degout, Baryton basse Christopher Purves, Baryton basse Stéphanie Marie Degand, Violon

The House of the Wannsee Conference

J. S. Bach - Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147 (Ton Koo...

Hélène Grimaud joue Mozart avec la soprano Sandrine Piau Ch'io mi scordi di te",

Paris, From the Boudoir: Atlas Obscura's decadent journey through Belle Epoque bordellos

Paris, From the Boudoir: Atlas Obscura's decadent journey through Belle Epoque bordellos

Waltraud Meier - Waltraut / Met 2012 / with Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde, in the LePage production

Central Park

Sinking of yacht Ciao, a Sweden Yachts 45' in the Indian Ocean - frightful!

8 - Amadis - Chantons tous en ce jour la gloire de l'amour - Jean Baptis...

Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (6) with Hana Blazikova

Sarah Connolly "Such is the price of love" (Medea) from Charpentier's 'Medée' - not your basic soccer mom!

NTR Podium: Lavinia Meijer speelt Philip Glass

Vivaldi: Gelido in ogni vena (Farnace RV 711) Simone Kermes

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Sarah Connolly, Lucy Crowe, Sara Fulgoni; Chri...

Haydn - Die Schöpfung (Pape, Schreier)Haydn - The Creation / Schreier, Mathis, Pregardien, Rene Pape, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"De' miei scherni per far le vendette" (Stephanie Blythe) from the Metropolitan Opera 2011 production of Rodelinda, by G. F. Händel

Nadja Michael-Don Carlos The Veil Song (Chanson du voile)

Cecilia Bartoli Chante Svenati, Struggiti, Combatti, Suda Á Versailles

BARBARA FRITTOLI - In Quali Eccessi... Mi Tradì from last year's 'Don Giovanni' at the Metropolitan Opera NY

Richard Croft - Dread the fruits of Christian folly - Theodora - Handel

Claudio Monteverdi L'Incoraonazione de Poppea, Cond. William Christie

Der Rosenkavalier - Sena Jurinac, Rothenberger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Herbert V. Karajan, and the Vienna Philharmonic