Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Labor Day's Love Lost

Red, white, & blue. Angel, [1975] Sousa. The stars and stripes forever.--Traditional, arr. Dragon. Turkey in the straw.--Copland. Saturday night waltz & Hoedown, from Rodeo.--Traditional, arr. Dragon. Shenandoah.--Grofé. On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite.--Steffe-Howe, arr. McRitchie. The battle hymn of the Republic.--Gershwin. Rhapsody in blue.--Bernstein. Finale from Fancy free.Capitol Symphony Orchestra; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Concert Arts Orchestra; Carmen Dragon, Robert Irving, Alfred Newman and Felix Slatkin, conductors, with Leonard Pennario, piano (in the 7th work)
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. An Outdoor Overture. Our Town. London Symphony Orchestra; the composer conducting.
Ry Cooder, No Banker Left Behind, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. New music of Charles Ives; for solo voice, chorus, and chamber orchestra. Columbia [1970] Luck and work. Gregg Smith Singers; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith, conductor.
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. The Plough that Broke the Plains. Suite. Autumn; concertino for harp, strings & percussion. The river; suite. Angel 1976.
Ann Mason Stockton, harp (in 2d work); Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor.
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Irmelin prelude.Epic [1957]
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor.
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928- Telemusik. (1966). Deutsche Grammophon [1970] The 1st work is an electronic composition. NHK Studios by the composer.
Gould, Morton, 1913-1996 World War I: [music from the original score of the highly acclaimed television series] RCA Victor, 1965.
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich, 1932- Mischievous melodies concerto for orchestra. Melodiya/Angel, [1967]Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, in part with Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano; Kiril Kondrashin, conductor.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Back to School

Stand and Deliver PosterSelections from Stand and Deliver 1988) 103 min 11 March 1988

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus. Director: Ramón Menéndez Stars: Edward James Olmos Estelle Harris Mark Phelan
Selections from Columbia Masterworks Records Jan Peerce sang the title role in a 1963 recording of selections from Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince, opposite Roberta Peters, and also featuring Giorgio Tozzi. The Student Prince album not yet been released on CD.
Boston Pops Hard Day's Night
Carmina burana; cantiones profane. Angel 1975. Sheila Armstrong, soprano; Gerald English, tenor; Thomas Allen, baritone; St. Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; André Previn, conductor.
Leonard Cohen, Teachers
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. Sahdji.
Mercury, [1960]MG 50257 Mercury Eastman-Rochester Orchestra; Eastman School Chorus; Howard Hanson, conductor.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Pittston Tomato Festival


E. Power Biggs, organ; New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Festliches Präludium. Festival prelude, for organ and orchestra, op. 61. Columbia, [1963]
E. Power Biggs, organ; New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Barber, Samuel. Toccata festiva, organ & orchestra.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Bach at Royal Festival Hall, London organ recital by Fernando Germani. Seraphim, [1960?] Toccata and fugue; D minor, BWV 565.--Toccata, adagio, and fugue, C major, BWV 564.Passacaglia and fugue, C minor, BWV 582.--Fantasia and fugue, G minor, BWV 542.
Aquabats - I Fell Asleep On My Arm
A Festival of French organ music. Columbia, [1962]
E. Power Biggs, organ; St. George's Church NYC Charles Marie Widor, Toccata in F major, from the Fifth Organ Symphony
Lena Katina - Never Forget
E. Power Biggs, organ; St. George's Church NYC Camile Saint-Saëns, Fantasia in E-flat Major
Grimethorpe, Carnival Cocktail, Chandos
Gigout Scherzo

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Castle Danger, Minnesota


Sweet danger -- Queue at Drury Lane -- King of London -- To look upon my love Kean Lyrics & music [by] Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Peter Stone. [New York] : Columbia, [1961]
Shannon Castle Singers Music From A Mediaeval Banquet At Bunratty Castle, Ireland The Spinning Wheel Interruptus
An American in Paris by Gershwin Mercury, [1957] Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Antal Dorati, conductor.
Shannon Castle Singers Music From A Mediaeval Banquet At Bunratty Castle, Ireland Cruiskeen Lawn
Captain from Castle: Conquest; Catana Alfred Newman Conducts his Great Film Music Angel, 1973
Lowdown, Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees
Boléro Minnesota Orchestra; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 All the works for orchestra. Vox QSVBX 5133, [1975]
Wilder, Alec The Sand Castle. Columbia [1960]
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Francesca da Rimini op. 32. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor. Mercury [1959]

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Jussi Bjoerling

La bohème. Act I: Che gelida manina / Puccini (Jussi Bjoerling, tenor)60 years of Music America loves best. Volume II RCA Victor, [1961]
Jussi Björling Rediscovered.Beethoven Adelaide, Op. 46 (Remastered 2003) Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Remastered 2003)by Franz Schubert The Trout by Franz Schubert D. 550 (2003 Remastered) Ständchen, Op. Posth. No. 4 Die böse Farbe, Op. 25, No. 17 (Remastered 2003)by Franz Schubert
by Richard Strauss Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29, No. 1 Cäcilie, No. 2
Johannes Brahms Ständchen
Mozart Don Giovanni Act II: Scene 2: Il mio tesoro
Umberto Giordano Act II: Amor ti vieta Come un bel di di Maggio
Georges Bizet Carmen Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Flower Song)
Jules Masssenet Manon Act II: Instant charmant; En fermant les yeux (The Dream)
Edvard Grieg En Svane, Op. 25, No. 2 En Dröm/Ein Traum (The Dream), Op. 48, No. 6 Jean Sibelius Demanten pa marssnön (Diamond on the March Snow), Op. 36, No. 6 Säv, säv. susa (Rushes, Whisper), Op. 36, No. 4 Svarta rosor (Black Roses), Op. 36, No. 1
Carl Leopold Sidberg Tonerna (Visions)
Pietro Mascagni Addio alla madre
Francesco Paolo Tosti Ideale L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
Giacomo Puccini Act III: E lucevan le stelle

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