Saturday, September 10, 2016

My Favourite Things

My Favourite Things
Classic song from the broadway musical (1959)
and movie (1965) The Sound of Music.
Composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Popular for jazz improvisations
because of its circle-of-fifths structure.
Wiki link here.




Original: Julie Andrews (1965) - Vocal
From the movie The Sound of Music.
A classic performance.
Beautiful orchestration.








A Capella Bogazici (2014) - Acappella
A modern take on this classic. 
Very imaginative reharmonisation.








Cast of Glee (2011) - Vocals 
From the album Extraordinary Merry Christmas.
Captures the spirit of the original Julie Andrews version.






Bill Evans - Piano (1963)
With running score. 
A wistful version.
Complex Evanesque jazz chords and riffs.





Stephen Hough - Piano (Transcription) (2002)
A virtuoso transcription and performance by Stephen Hough.
Very elegant and creative paraphrase in the style of
classic piano transcriptions by Rachmaninoff and Godowsky.
Retains original harmonic structure in general
but with chromatic deviations and tensions.
Enriched with hidden motifs, quotes, runs and other embellishments.


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