Der schönste Tag meines Lebens, Michael Ande

The story in the film Der schönste Tag Meines Lebens, 1957, is the same as in An Orphan Boy of Vienna from 1936. That is ok with me since I am the sentimental guy.
The boy is played by Michael Ande born on the 5th of October 1944 in Bad Wiesse Germany. Michael is still active as an actor.
The little film clip below will give you an idea of the film and you can download it with the link at the end of the post.
For the Japanese visitors to the blog: This version comes with Japanese subtitles! Original language is German but the story is easy to follow without much knowledge of the German language.

You will find the film, in three rar archives, here:
DSTML.1
DSTML.2
DSTML.3

Sub Tuum Presidium, W.A. Mozart Max Emanuel Cencic and Steven Möckel

This is a great performance of Sub Tuum Presidium by W.A. Mozart. It is sung by Max Emanuel Cenecic and Steven Möckel in Stadt pfarrkirche St Stephan near Wien in 1990.

Max Emanuel Cencic

Max Emanuel Cencic was born on September 21, 1976 in Zagreb/Croatia.
At the age of 6 he sang the Queen of the Night in his native town.
From 1986-92 he was a member and soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir.
In September 1992, after his voice break, he started a solo career.
A special technique developed by his mother, Silvia von Vojnic-Purcar,
allowed him to continue singing in the soprano range.
After a voluntary sabbatical, he returned in 2000 as a countertenor
and is in great demand. He has released six CDs as a counter-tenor.
Recent homepage: http://www.cencic.net/

The recordings here are from october 1989 and in track 6, Sub Tuum Presidium,
we can also enjoy the voice of Steven Möckel.

Pueri concinite Nato regi psallite
Voce pia dicite
Apparuit quem genuit Maria
Sum implenta quae praedixit Gabriel
Eia, Eia, virgo Deum genuit
Quem divina voluit clementia
Hodie apparuit
Apparuit in Israel
Ex Maria virgine natus est Rex!


Listen to these tracks:
05 Laudate Dominum, W.A MOZART.MP3
06 Sub tuum praesidium K. 198, W.A MOZART.MP3
08 Pueri concinite, J.R VON HERBECK.MP3
09 Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410, J. STRAUSS JR.MP3

You find more here:
Max Emanuel Cencic

Angelic Voices

There has been some trouble uploading to the fileserver but now it works again!
We send our thanks to Anonymous for this contribution

This is one of my favorite WSK CD:s. It is a compilation from the years 1982 to 1995.
Max Emanuel Cencic is the soloist in tracks 6,8,9,11 originally recorded 1990 and track 5 recorded in 1995.
O, for the Wings of a Dove is sung by Benjamin Schmidinger. I can not say how many times I have listened to him singing this one.

Listen to these tracks:
02. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave verum corpus - K.618.mp3
03. Felix Mendelssohn - O, for the Wings of a Dove.mp3
04. George Frideric Handel - Hallelujah.mp3
09. George Frideric Handel - Lascia Chio pianga.mp3

You can find all tracks here:
Angelic Voices

Ferdinand and Ernst Jankowitsch, 1956

Ferdinand and Ernst Jankowitsch were twins and soloists in the Wiener Sängerknaben in the mid 50-ties. I do not have many tracks with them but they show an extraordinary skill also considering the audio quality of recordings at that time. If you have more tracks with the twins drop them in the filebox!

Ernst Jankowitsch, 1956, Laudate Dominum, Mozart.mp3

Ferdinand and Ernst Jankowitsch, 1956, Pergolesi.mp3

Ferdinand Jankowitsch, 1956, Exultate,Jubilate_ Alleluja.mp3

ENJOY!

An Orphan Boy of Vienna, 1936

An Orphan Boy of Vienna, from 1936, is built on the same story as
Der Schönste Tag meines Lebens from 1957.( Coming soon at this theatre! :-) )
I love this kind of simple and sentimental stories. They revive bittersweet feelings, bring me back in time and let me shed some tears,just like then,
a very long time ago.
For you guys and girls that are not so sentimental but share with me the love for the Wiener Sängerknaben this film is well worth seeing although in black and white with all the techniqual limitations of the 1930-ties.
Yes, of course, there is singing!

You find the film here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BZHJ8SUV
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9GUDDE89

Enjoy!

Ich bin ein Musikante, 1974, Vinyl rip

I am happy when I find a high quality rip of the Vinyls I have in my collection. It means that there is one less rip to do.....when I get the time....sometime. In the category " Wordly music = Weltliche Musik" WSK has got many excellent pieces and performances. I find this vinyl to be one of the best in this category.

Listen to these tracks:

03 Ich bin ein Musikante.MP3
06 Guter Mond du gehste so stille.MP3
12 Schlaf Kindlein schlaf.MP3
19 Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald.MP3







You can find all 24 tracks here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CBUNFW3O
Enjoy!