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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 13 February 2016 CE
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 13 February 2016 CE
Feb 14, 2016, 20:31
Sharron Kraus, Meg Baird, Helena Espvall - "Bruton Town"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29B479HR8nk I keep trying to sing this all the way through, as I love singing the harmonies. But the lyrics are so profoundly moving, I have never managed it once.

Sharron Kraus (with Harriet Earis) - "Hen Llan", 2016. Recorders and harp only this time, and as beautiful as ever. Sharron is the real thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aeIDgL00Lg

Trabant - "Húzd ki magad". One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, hissy background and all. I need it like a drug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zLzV12--1E

Luboš Fišer - "In the garden with statues", from the film, Dotek motýla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84A5TXE0TXY Beautiful and overflowing with pathos.

Sigur Lie / Knabenchor Solvguttene - "Sne". A sublime composition and beautifully performed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL_5E7n9O3w

Knabenchor Solvguttene Guttekor, Oslo - "Panis Angelicus / Pié Jesu".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvMsJDoXJE

Yma Sumac - "Chuncho". One of the most astonishing voices I have ever heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KprLT-JxPY

The most amazing short animation film from the Russian, Yuri Norstein - "Tale of Tales", with music by:

Music and poetry[edit]
In addition to the original score composed by Mikhail Meyerovich, this film makes use of several other pieces of music. Excerpts from works by Bach (notably the E flat minor Prelude BWV 853 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier)) and Mozart (the Andante second movement from Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, K41) are used, and the World War II era tango Weary Sun, written by Jerzy Petersburski, features prominently. However, the most important musical inspiration is the following traditional Russian lullaby, which is included in the film in both instrumental and vocal form.
Russian Transliteration English translation
???-??????-???,
?? ?????? ?? ????.
?????? ????????? ??????,
?? ??????? ?? ?????
? ?????? ?? ?????
??? ????????? ??????.
Bayu-bayushki-bayu,
Ne lozhisya na krayu.
Pridyot serenkiy volchok,
On ukhvatit za bochok
I utashchit vo lesok
Pod rakitovy kustok.
Baby, baby, rock-a-bye
On the edge you mustn't lie
Or the little grey wolf will come
And will nip you on the tum,
Tug you off into the wood
Underneath the willow-root.
Many situations in the film actually derive from this lullaby, as well as the character of the little grey wolf. Indeed, the film's original title (rejected by the Soviet censors) was The Little Grey Wolf Will Come.
The name Tale of Tales came from a poem of the same name by Turkish poet Naz?m Hikmet that Norshteyn loved since 1962.[1][3]
Russian Transliteration English translation
????? ??? ????? - ??????, ?????, ??????, ?
? ???? ??????.
???? ??????????,
?????? ???????,
?????? ??????,
????? ???????,
? ????? ???????.
????? ????, ?????!..
Stoim nad vodoy - solntse, koshka, chinara, ya
i nasha sud'ba.
Voda prochladnaya,
Chinara vysokaya,
Solntse svyetit,
Koshka dryemlyet,
Ya stihi sochinyayu
Slava Bogu, zhivyom!..
We stand above the water - sun, cat, plane tree, me
and our destiny.
The water is cool,
The plane tree is tall,
The sun is shining,
The cat is dozing,
I write verses.
Thank God, we live!..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Xne3FztR0
Edit - Russian text has become question marks!

Magpahi - "Tired and Weary Traveller". Beautiful. I yearn to hear more from this woman. She is so pure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRVDZXY2Glw

Hala Strana - "Stouthrief". Oh my ... gorgeous. I could waltz for hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDsg1KlPUPE

And the rest!
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