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St. Petersburg Festival Symphony Orchestra — Danse hongroise n°5
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I think of this bit from Fawlty Towers when I hear Brahms: https://youtu.be/A513YjKmpMY?s...
Posted 10 months ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I look at that album art and, forgive me but, I keep expecting Terry Gilliam to make his mouth move and his head to fly away.

Not that I don't also enjoy the musical genius...

Posted 1 year ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
 dogpound wrote:

Another piece I know because of Looney Tunes.




Same here!!  Thanx RP!      
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

I really think this Brahms dude is going somewhere. So promising.




LOL! Too funny!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ntoll wrote:

+99999999999999999999999999 for Brahms.

The bearded serious looking dead composer shown on the CD cover hides the fact that Brahms learned his trade as a young man by playing (improvising) on the piano in brothels.


In brahthels?
Posted 1 year ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
Ballerinas leaping through the air ...and then followed by We All Float by Hooverphonic.  I see what you did there!  Nice.
Posted 1 year ago by tgalvinize    [ Reply ]
 antonm wrote:

Another one stolen by soviet's 'culture' and used as own music.  


Only if you're stuck in a historical rut...
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

Allan Sherman anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwvsj40sBY&list=PL8AD324E20B6A7CBD&index=8


He didn't ruin this song for me, but it's hard to listen to it without my brain calling up some of those dumb lyrics.
Posted 1 year ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
 dogpound wrote:

Another piece I know because of Looney Tunes.



Wow 2 days in a row!
Posted 1 year ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
Another piece I know because of Looney Tunes.
Posted 1 year ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
 antonm wrote:

Another one stolen by soviet's 'culture' and used as own music.  




You say stolen. I say wonderful.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Another one stolen by soviet's 'culture' and used as own music.  
Posted 2 years ago by antonm    [ Reply ]
 Elroweho wrote:

Hard to dance to!



Depends the dance! Them 19th century Hungarians were pretty wacky. 
Posted 2 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
Hard to dance to!
Posted 2 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
Bill follows 20th century dance club music by Brainbug with 19th century dance club music by Brahms. 
Posted 2 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 1jerry wrote:

Although he looks pretty sketchy here.


Like he's on his way to a Terry Gilliam/Monty Python sketch?
Posted 2 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
This is different from Lou Bega's Mambo no. 5.
Posted 2 years ago by ProfessionalGeek    [ Reply ]
There is a lot of other Brahms that could be included on RP as well, just sayin'
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

I really think this Brahms dude is going somewhere. So promising.


Although he looks pretty sketchy here.
Posted 2 years ago by 1jerry    [ Reply ]
Imagine coming in here and rating this towering achievement 1. 
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
Kinda starting to feel a little bit like this is on too much... just a bit.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Bill you scamp. Nice classical segues today. We’ll done as always.
Posted 2 years ago by exjunkie    [ Reply ]
His Lullaby is a real sleeper...
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
 CCSandman wrote:

I hear The Munsters theme in here


Yeah, Brahms totally lifted it - mostly because of his infatuation with Yvonne DeCarlo/Lily.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
99999999999/10 for Johannes!
Posted 2 years ago by filipdan004    [ Reply ]
Going from this into Hazy Shade of Winter works. I do like it when classical or other musical styles are introduced into mix.
Posted 2 years ago by ne1    [ Reply ]
Fairly decent. could use a bit more cowbell though, so I give it a 9
Posted 2 years ago by huib    [ Reply ]
 TrevorWGoodchild wrote:

Yet again, we have a rough transition from Unshaken by D'Angelo (which is great) into a Hungarian Dance. What about a big band piece with strings then the Hungarian Dance? Abrupt genre switches without great transitions make for rough listening experiences. 




Whenever I think this, I assume Bill & Rebecca are trying to teach me something and I listen more closely for a connection... sometimes it's not obvious, but there's always one there!
Posted 2 years ago by pdibby    [ Reply ]
I usually give the classical pieces a 10, but this one gets an 8. Still very enjoyable. Thank you for including some great classical pieces in the playlist. 
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Yet again, we have a rough transition from Unshaken by D'Angelo (which is great) into a Hungarian Dance. What about a big band piece with strings then the Hungarian Dance? Abrupt genre switches without great transitions make for rough listening experiences. 
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:

How come everything good in classical is a No. 5


Apart from the four Rachmaninov piano concerti (he never wrote a fifth!), though I concede that Shostakovitch's 5th symphony is very great indeed.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
As an amateur trumpet player I used to get very bored when playing Brahms "200 bars rest, one note", "300 bars rest 3 notes". This is oneof his more exciting pieces :D
Posted 2 years ago by Samantho    [ Reply ]
I hear The Munsters theme in here
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:

bugs and elmer chasing each other through the forest tip-toe-ing around a tree can’t you just see it?


i fear my knowledge of much of the old "classics" began with Bugs and Merry Meodies...and didn't progress far enough after...but understand "classical" has become a generic term that doesn't always apply...
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Haha nice playlist! First 


and directly after

Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 5 

Crazy Shit!
Posted 2 years ago by Poopsey    [ Reply ]
da f#$*? The Fix by Elbow followed by a Hungarian Dance with heavy strings? Perhaps consider a soft piano piece as a transition between genres for one smooth listen rather than abrupt genre switches 
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:

bugs and elmer chasing each other through the forest tip-toe-ing around a tree can’t you just see it?



a former co-worker's kids call Classical "Bugs Bunny Music"
Posted 3 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
This still kicks ass.
Posted 3 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
This is just one of the reasons to listen to the "main mix". I'm dancing in kitchen like a gypsy and I can't even foxtrot!
Posted 3 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
Proud Hungarian here! 
Posted 3 years ago by linkingabo    [ Reply ]
bugs and elmer chasing each other through the forest tip-toe-ing around a tree can’t you just see it?
Posted 3 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 bullshipped wrote:
save it for NPR
 

quit your whining
Posted 3 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
This always reminds me of the epic barber shop scene in Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator". Surprised nobody made that connection in seven years' worth of comments.


Posted 3 years ago by Dangerous_Beans    [ Reply ]
Here's one some Londoners might know:
"Brahms & Liszt"
Anyone know the meaning?
Tip: It's Cockney rhyming slang!
Posted 3 years ago by garyevans    [ Reply ]
save it for NPR
Posted 3 years ago by bullshipped    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing loony tunes cartoons playing on the TV when  I was young, a long time ago.
Posted 3 years ago by kevrey    [ Reply ]
Well I didn't even know they had "Greatest Hits" records back in 1869. Always learning new stuff while enjoying the music at Radio Paradise.
Posted 4 years ago by whaleboneman    [ Reply ]
Well how can anybody give it less than 100 is beyond me
Posted 4 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
Go Bill !
Posted 4 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
I’m doing my housecleaning faster and loving it !
Posted 4 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
Got these old toes a tappin.
Posted 4 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
If you have not heard Alan Sherman's version of this, please do yourself a solid and have a fun laugh.
Posted 4 years ago by nancynancy    [ Reply ]
 dwhartography wrote:
The first four were practice?
Practice makes perfect!  

Posted 5 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Yes 10, yes godlike, but Brahms gets a whole orchestra behind him.  Hard to compare to a song by a band with 5 instruments.
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
found this on psd
Posted 5 years ago by martynworrall3    [ Reply ]
I really think this Brahms dude is going somewhere. So promising.
Posted 5 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]

So there you have one food from each land.
Each one delicious, each one simply grand.
Mix them all up, in one big mish mash.
And what have you got? Hungarian goulash!

Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 photolew wrote:
This is what makes Radio Paradise the amazing "station" it is.....Rolling Stones followed by Brahms.....LOVE IT

  Indeed!

Posted 6 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
 gresua wrote:
Прискорбно, но  с первых нот воспринял, как композицию русских танкистов. Я из Украины...пагубно влияет советское воспитание. ;(. РаSSией повеяло, а это был Brahms — Hungarian Dance.

 
Man, my thoughts exactly.
Posted 6 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Прискорбно, но  с первых нот воспринял, как композицию русских танкистов. Я из Украины...пагубно влияет советское воспитание. ;(. РаSSией повеяло, а это был Brahms — Hungarian Dance.
Posted 6 years ago by gresua    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
I thought this was by Ripyourcorsetsoff.
 
You're probably thinking of Flight from the Cluster Bee. Totally different.
Posted 6 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
Alexander Borodin had 17 Polovetsian Dances! 17!

Fondly recalls that late 60's early 70's TV commercial where the grandfatherly pitchman mentions Polovetsian Dance Number 4 by Borodin. 5 musta been really good.
Posted 7 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
The first four were practice?
Posted 7 years ago by PCHarter    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:
How come everything good in classical is a No. 5

 
Not everything, but Perez Prado's "Mambo #5" is probably his best.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Love Philippe Entremont's piano version of this as well. 
Posted 7 years ago by db8s    [ Reply ]
not sure how it happened
the comment below was meant to agree with the Looney Tunes comment
I see Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd running around in the woods 
Posted 7 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Mine, too. And I told Chuck Jones that very thing the one time I got to meet him. 

skooba wrote:
My introduction to classical music came from Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros. cartoons, way back in the early 70's.  Damn, I'm old!

kcar wrote:

Yes! Exactly! There's definitely a Loony Tunes feel to this piece. 

Still from
 

 


Posted 7 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
I so agree 

 
Years ago while dating a woman in Germany we visited one of her friends raising three young, young girls. They treated us to some wonderful "ballet" set to this music. A bit goofy but very sweet and lovely. 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I love:

1) "(no lyrics available)" {#Hand}  I think someone needs to get on that!

2) The "release date"....of 1869. {#Roflol} That literally made me LOL, 
Posted 8 years ago by WanderingPenguin    [ Reply ]
I so agree 

skooba wrote:
My introduction to classical music came from Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros. cartoons, way back in the early 70's.  Damn, I'm old!

kcar wrote:

Yes! Exactly! There's definitely a Loony Tunes feel to this piece. 

Still from
 

 


Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:
How come everything good in classical is a No. 5

 
Can you think of anything other than Beethoven's 5th?
Beside that, Beethoven's 9th symphony (choral), is voted greatest piece of music almost every year in a row on Classical Radio Boston WCRB
Posted 8 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
Classical Hungarian music in the afternoon in August?

I can take German, Russian, maybe. But never, never Hungarian in the afternoon.

This is an outrage! 
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 photolew wrote:
This is what makes Radio Paradise the amazing "station" it is.....Rolling Stones followed by Brahms.....LOVE IT

 
Funny, today (june 28, 2016) we had the same sequence: Stones followed by Brahms. Same playlist?
Posted 8 years ago by Raimundo    [ Reply ]
I thought this was by Ripyourcorsetsoff. 
Posted 8 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
{#Boohoo}
Posted 8 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
 skooba wrote:
My introduction to classical music came from Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros. cartoons, way back in the early 70's.  Damn, I'm old! 
 
You're being too hard on yourself; if you were a kid in the 1970s, you're not that old.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Rock n' roll !!!! {#Boohoo}{#Drummer}
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
This is what makes Radio Paradise the amazing "station" it is.....Rolling Stones followed by Brahms.....LOVE IT
Posted 9 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
My introduction to classical music came from Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros. cartoons, way back in the early 70's.  Damn, I'm old!

kcar wrote:

Yes! Exactly! There's definitely a Loony Tunes feel to this piece. 

Still from
 


Posted 9 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
How come everything good in classical is a No. 5
Posted 9 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Please pass the paprika. 
Posted 9 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
einfach wunderschön!
Posted 9 years ago by markus333    [ Reply ]
großartige Scheibe
Posted 9 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
 moodfood wrote:
from the Stones to Brahms - splendiferous.. {#Cheers}

 
YES!!!!!
Posted 9 years ago by sparksfry    [ Reply ]
from the Stones to Brahms - splendiferous.. {#Cheers}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 gregskrtic wrote:
anything less than a "10", slap yourself. {#Clap}

 
Slap!

I gave it an 8. It's not that good to give it a 10. 
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 planet_lizard wrote:
Brahms does party music

 
   A lot of truth in this comment.
Posted 9 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
It really hurts.
I remember my music school.
Posted 10 years ago by slider23    [ Reply ]
Brahms does party music
Posted 10 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
Allan Sherman anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwvsj40sBY&list=PL8AD324E20B6A7CBD&index=8

 
I heard this done by Allan Sherman years and years before I heard the original.  He "ruined" a number of classical pieces.  I don't resent him quite as much as I despise United Airlines for co-opting Rhapsody in Blue, though.
Posted 10 years ago by MrRedwood    [ Reply ]
I don't get the reference to the looney tunes... to me, this piece is associated to the movie "Sissi" with Romy Schneider :)
Posted 10 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
anything less than a "10", slap yourself. {#Clap}
Posted 10 years ago by gregskrtic    [ Reply ]
The wild card in the playlist!
Posted 10 years ago by EdmoJoe    [ Reply ]
 IPA wrote:
I am expecting Bugs Bunny to pop up out of the next cubicle any second now...

 
Yes! Exactly! There's definitely a Loony Tunes feel to this piece. 

Still from "What's Opera, Doc?" with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd performing ballet...in Wagnerian costumes

Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
More COWBELL!!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
Epic choice Bill. Another curveball ( if that's the right name for a non- US, non-baseball type citizen.
Posted 10 years ago by md1ncb    [ Reply ]
based on the comments, this is the second time this piece followed the Stones. This time, it was preceded by "Midnight Mile". Very cool! 
Posted 10 years ago by jeraldej    [ Reply ]
+99999999999999999999999999 for Brahms.

The bearded serious looking dead composer shown on the CD cover hides the fact that Brahms learned his trade as a young man by playing (improvising) on the piano in brothels.
Posted 10 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
FABULOUSLY REFRESHING!!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Ellenels    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing some classical now and then =)
Posted 10 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
I am expecting Bugs Bunny to pop up out of the next cubicle any second now...
Posted 10 years ago by IPA    [ Reply ]
Allan Sherman anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwvsj40sBY&list=PL8AD324E20B6A7CBD&index=8
Posted 10 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Damn it mom!  Stop changing the channel!  I was listening to Radio Paradise. This is RP? yikes! sucko-barfo.
Posted 10 years ago by meauclaire    [ Reply ]
Love Brahms! Of course, I got my first dose during those Looney Tune cartoons.  {#Angel}
Posted 10 years ago by triviagal    [ Reply ]
See those Cossacks fly! Yeah, I know, this is Hungarian and not Russian, but I just can't get the vision of Cossacks out of my mind...

Brill stuff, though. Well done RP :)
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Roll over Brahms? Directly after the Rolling Stones. What's not to like?
Posted 11 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfg-9_k-flo

When I hear Brahms, I think of this (and I like Brahms)
Posted 11 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
more!!
Posted 11 years ago by rzuphall    [ Reply ]
 master_betty wrote:
First!

Edit: Noo

 
sorry!
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
The lyrics are better than Cake's songs on a good day. Love this. Brahms deserves more of his works here on RP.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
This seems to be the only Brahms piece on RP. One might say today marks a historical day.
Posted 11 years ago by master_betty    [ Reply ]
I am sure my dad played this many times while I was growing up.  Finally appreciating it now.
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
First!

Edit: Noo
Posted 11 years ago by master_betty    [ Reply ]
Oh goody... bags me go first!


Dig that facial hair Jo! 
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]