Art Appreciation (photo)
COURBET , originally uploaded by lucesensibile . Gustave Courbet's 1866 painting L'origine du monde" , at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. From the day's playlist... Guillaume Dufay: Mass Se La Face Ay Pale: Agnus Dei─The Early Music Consort of London; David Munrow─ Dufay: Se La Face Ay Pale Morten Lauridsen: A Winter Come: When Frost Moves Fast─Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano─ Northwest Journey J.S. Bach: Aria (Soprano I, Alto I, Chorus): «So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen»─Frans Brueggen; Orchestra Of The 18th Century─J.S. Bach: Matthaeus-Passion (I love this duet...with its extended vocalisiacal melismas and it's restless chorus erupting into a tense fugue.) Bridge Over Troubled Water─Simon & Garfunkel─ The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?─Ray Charles & Bonnie Raitt (with a shout out to neeka!) Sableyalo Mi Agontze─The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir─ Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares Elsa─Bill Evan...