Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Ennio Morricone, Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio
Morricone, Gabriel's Oboe, The Mission
Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields – Peer Gynt: Prelude (Morning) Relax
Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields – Music for the Royal Fireworks: I. Ouverture
(allegro - lentement - allegro) Baroque Masterpieces, Vol. 18 - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Water Music
Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields – Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major: I. Ouverture(largo - allegro) Baroque Masterpieces, Vol. 18 - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Water Music
Luther Vandross Duet With Darlene Love – I Listen To The Bells, This Is Christmas
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Martin Luther McCoy – While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Across The Universe
Johnny Cash – Luther Played the Boogie, Essential Johnny Cash
Martin Luther King Jr. – I Have A Dream Percy Sledge – Soul Friends
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Howard Shore – The Grace Of Undómiel - Featuring Renée Fleming Album Version, The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King - The Complete Recordings
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Carmina Burana: O Fortune plango vulnera, David
Hill/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Orff: Carmina Burana
Cadenza by Péter Szak – Bassoon Concerto in B flat major K.191 (186e) - II. Andante ma Adagio, Annie Fischer, Zoltán Kocsis, György Pauk, Béla Kovács, László Horváth, Ferenc Tarjáni, Ádám Friedrich, István Borza, Béla Drahos, László Hara junior, János Kemény, Kodály Quartet, Budapest Wind Ensemble, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Győr Philharmonic Orch – The Vienna Classicism In Slow Movements - Vol.2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RSNO Junior Chorus, City of Prague Philharmonic, Robert Kirk – Scene One, The Nicht's the Nicht!
Virgil Fox plays the classics--heavy to light. Angel, [1972?] Performed on the
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Riverside Church, New York. A mighty fortress, by Luther
Rodgers, Richard,1902-1979. The King and I. Decca,[1957]
"The original cast album." Starring Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner; with other
members of the original New York cast, orchestra, and chorus; Frederick Dvonch,
conductor.
Rodgers, Richard,1902-1979.
Babes in arms. [Lyrics by] Lorenz Hart. [Music by] Richard Rodgers.
Columbia, [1964] starring Mary Martin, with chorus and orchestra; Lehman Engel,
conductor.
Berio, Luciano.(October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003)Sinfonia. Columbia MS 7268.[1969]
Swingle Singers; New York Philharmonic; the composer conducting."The second section of Sinfonia is a tribute to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A workout of Berio's "rotating pitch cycles," the phonemes making up King's name are vocalized in a rotating sequence anchored in F and A, with a different selection of notes sustained each cycle. The effect is the creation of an eerie "harmonic cloud," oscillating between two whole-tone areas, all of which means that it sounds pretty spooky. Initiated with a sharp blare from the horns, the voices build up in soothing but eerie waves of otherworldly reverence, bringing to mind Ligeti's Requiem (familiar to many from Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey). The syllables float above a layer of shimmering music, piling up like clouds of incense, with frequent spikes of brass and piano shooting through the haze like needles. By the time Martin Luther King's name is finally spoken in full, a hesitant drumroll underpins the voices, bringing everything just to the edge of an uncomfortable tension -- a bizarre Mass fraught with the potential for violence."
Martin, David,1907-1975 Simply heavenly.Book and lyrics by Langston Hughes. Music and orchestration by David Martin. Columbia, 1957. Performed by the original cast, starring Claudia McNeil and Melvin Stewart, with chorus and orchestra conducted by the composer.
Newley, Anthony. Stop the world, I want to get off.the original motion
picture soundtrack.[Original book, music, and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony
Newley]Warner Bros. Records, [1966?] starring Tony Tanner and Millicent Martin.
Friml, Rudolf,1879-1972. The vagabond king.RCA Victor, [1961] Starring Mario Lanza, with orchestra.
Robert Shaw Chorale. Operatic choruses RCA Victor,1961. J. Strauss, Jr. Die Fledermaus, Bruderlein und Schwesterlein Robert Shaw Chorale ; RCA Victor Orchestra ; Robert Shaw, conductor.
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Schwartz, Abe, The Klezmer King Columbia/Legacy, 2002.
Russishe shehr (Abe Schwartz's Orchestra) -- Ch'sidishe nigunim = Hasidic melodies
(Boibriker Kapelle) -- Die reize nuch amerika = The trip to America (Abe Schwartz's
Orchestra) -- Die greene cousine = The greenhorn girl cousin (Abraham Moskowitz) --
Russian scissors (Oriental Orchestra) -- Dovid'l bazetzt die kalleh = Little David
seats the bride (Dave Tarras) -- Gelebt und gelacht = Live and laugh (Phillip Greenberg)
-- T'kias "Shofer blosen" = Blowing the ram's horn (Sam Beckerman) -- Hurra! Far unzer
held Levine = Hurray! For our hero Levine (Irving Grossman) -- Der shtiller bulgar =
The quiet bulgar (Jewish Orchestra) -- Roumanian doina (Abe Schwartz & his
daughter, Miss Schwartz) -- Zorg nit mama = Don't worry, mama (Abe Schwartz's Orchestra)
-- Hora midor de romania =Roumanian hora (unknown orchestra) -- Nit die hagode, nor
die kneidlech = Not the haggadah, but the matzo balls (Abraham Moskowitz) -- Frauen
liebe = Lady love (Abe Schwartz['s] Orchestra) -- Akdomes un af b'ri = At the
beginning and daybreak (Boibriker Kapelle) -- Roumeinishe doina (Naftule Brandwein) --
Der automobile (Morris Goldstein) -- Yosel (Abe Schwartz's Orchestra) -- A
galitzianer tenzil = Galician dance (Sam Beckerman) -- Dieboibriker chasseneh, pt. 1 =
The boibrik wedding (Boibriker Kapelle) -- Russian sher : national dance
(Russkij Orkestr "Novinka") -- Mameniu, liubeniu = Mama, my beloved (Abraham Moskowitz) -- Fihren di mechutonim aheim-tanz = Escorting the parents of the bride and groom
home (Naftule Brandwein) -- Lebedig un frehlach = Lively and happy (Abe Schwartz's
Orchestra). Recorded Mar. 1917-July 1935, New York City, N.Y. Vocals selections
(tracks 4, 9, 14, 18, 23) sung in Yiddish.
Strauss, Johann,Jr.1825-1899. Unvergessene Melodien, vol. 2 Pilz, 1988.
Kaiserwalzer, op. 437 (11:16) -- Pizzikato-Polka (Josef and Johann Strauss, Jr.)(2:42)
-- Seid Umschlungen, Millionen, op. 443 (10:09) -- Accelerationen, op. 234 (8:59) --
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, op. 214 -- Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, op. 325(12:38).
Orchestra of Vienna Volksoper; Peter Falk, conductor.
