Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Delicious Delius


From high atop the Delius Restaurant located at 2951 Cherry Ave in beautiful downtown Signal Hill, CA 90755
For reservations call (562) 426-0694 it's Sadko's World of Music, the delicious Delius edition.
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934 Sea drift (text by Walt Whitman). A song of the high hills.
Angel [1974] John Noble, baritone (1st work); Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor.
A mass of life; [text from Also sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche]
Angel 1972. Heather Harper, soprano; Helen Watts, contralto; Robert Tear, tenor; Benjamin Luxon, baritone; London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra; Charles Groves, conductor.
Appalachia; [variations on an old slave song, for chorus and orchestra.] Brigg Fair; an English rhapsody.
Angel [1971] Ambrosian Singers; Hallé Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor.
Brigg Fair, In a summer garden [and] other works. Columbia [1962] Brigg fair.--A dance rhapsody, no. 2.--On hearing the first cuckoo in spring.--In a summer garden.
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.
Songs of farewell [for double chorus and orchestra, from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass] A song before sunrise.
Angel [1966] With the composer's Concerto, violoncello.
Royal Choral Society (in the 1st work); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor.
North country sketches. Life's dance. A song of summer. Angel 1975. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor.
If time allows
Romeo und Juliet auf dem Dorfe. A village Romeo and Juliet; opera in six scenes.
Angel [1973] Elizabeth Harwood, soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; with supporting soloists; John Alldis Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Meredith Davis, conductor; sung in English.
Arabesque. Over the hills and far away. Columbia [1958] With the composer's Hassan. Selections.
Einar Norby, baritone; B. B. C. Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Haydn for Fugitives


Monty Python "How Not To be Seen" sketch, version 2
The Philharmonia - John Wallace - Trumpet - Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Allegro, Andante, Allegro
Symphony No. 94 in G Major "Surprise" Adagio - Vivace assai Andante Menuett. Allegro molto - Trio Finale. Allegro di molto George Szell;The Cleveland Orchestra
Hide & Seek 2010 Director : Shawn Arranha Music Director :
Gourav Dasgupta Chirantan Bhatt Leading Cast :
Arjan Bajwa, Purab Kohli, Ejajz Khan, Mirnalini Sharma, Samir Kochar
Label : Unisys Infosolutions
String Quartet No. 67 in D major "Lark" Capet String Quartet 1927
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (2005 version)
Symphony No. 85 "La Reine" Haydn composed this symphony in 1785; it was introduced in Paris toward the end of 1787. Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Mariner, conductor
The score calls for a flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings. Duration, 22 minutes.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

The Suppe Bowl Show

Overtures by Suppé and Strauss. Angel [1975]
Suppé, F. von. Light cavalry.Suppé, F. von. Morning, noon and night in Vienna.-- Suppé, F. von. Boccaccio. Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna: Willi Boskovsky, conductor.
Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895. Overtures. Selections. Mercury, [1960]
Pique Dame Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor.
Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895. Die Schöne Galatea. The beautiful Galatea; operetta in 1 act. Vox, [195-?] Elisabeth Roon, soprano; Waldemar Kmentt, Kurt Preger, tenors; Otto Wiener, bass; Vienna State Philharmonia; Hans Hagen, conductor; sung in German.
Wunschkonzert = Popular concert. West Germany : Pilz, c1988.
London Festival Orchestra ; Alfred Scholz, conductor. Poet and peasant/Franz von Suppé (9:46)