March Forth

Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra; Willem Mengelberg, conductor.Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Turkish March (Ruins of Athens) Capitol
Goldman Band; Richard Franko Goldman or Ainslee Cox, conductors.The Pride of America; [the golden age of the American march] Adams, A. A. The Governor's own.--Carter, T. M. Boston commandery.--Sousa, J. P. The pathfinder of Panama.--Weldon, A. F. Gate city.--Fillmore, H. His Excellency.-- Goldman, E. F. The chimes of liberty.--Sousa. Bonnie Annie Laurie.--Herbert, V. The President's march.--Bigelow, F. Our director.--Goldman. The pride of America.--Chadwick, G. Tabasco.--Sousa. Revival march.-- Seitz, R. F. Grandioso.--Mygrant, W. S. My Maryland.--Pryor, A. On Jersey shore.--Hall, R. B. Gardes du corps. --Herbert. The serenade.--Sousa. Sesquicentennial march.
Prokofiev, Sergey,1891-1953. Prokofiev's greatest hits Columbia [1970]
--March from The love for three oranges, op. 33A. Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. March in D, K.230 London [1965].
Members of the Vienna Octet.
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Wedding march, op. 21. Melodiya/Angel [1970]
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra; Aleksander Gauk, conductors.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Sonata no. 2, in B-flat minor, op. 35 "Funeral March". RCA Red Seal 1968. Van Cliburn, piano.
Wunschkonzert Pilz, 1988. March of Florence/Julius Fucik -- Carmen-suite no. 2/Georges
Bizet Marche de Contrebandiers London Festival Orchestra ; Alfred Scholz, conductor.
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Sigurd Jorsalfar. Huldigungsmarsch Triumphal march from Sigurd Jorsalfar. Decca, [1950?] Bavarian Symphony Orchestra; Kurt Graunke, conductor.

Nordic Hits and Misses

Carl Pedersen Nielsen, Neergard Flemming, arranger Dimman lattar Danish Classical Favourites Naxos Regular CD 8.550995 South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Frans Rasmussen
Bjork, Biophilia, Introduction
Poul Schierbeck, I Danmark er jeg fodt (In Denmark I was Born), Op. 43 South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Rasmussen, Frans, Conductor Danish Classical Favourites, Naxos
Värttinä – Mikko-Sika Mallorcalla, Pörsänmäen Sanomat
Edvard Grieg, To Spring From 'Lyric Pieces', Book III - Eva Knardahl, Grieg: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 BIS
Hedningarna – Vargtimmen, Trä
Jean Sibelius, The Swan Of Tuonela, Op.22 No.3 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Jarvi
Garmarna – Herr Mannelig, Guds Spelemän
Niols-Erik Sparf, violin Johann Helmich Roman, Sinfonia in F major Orpheus Chamber Ensemble BIS-CD-284
Barka Vall, Sjalaskrik
Harald Saeverud, Kjempevise-Slatten (Balad Of Revolt) From 'Slatter Og Stev Fra Siljustol', Suite 2, Op.22 - Jan Henrik Kayser, piano
Jean Sibelius,Flicken Kom Ifran Sin Alsklings Mote (The Tryst), Op.37 No.5 - Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Bengt Forsberg, piano
Edvard Grieg, Second Movement (Adagio) From Piano Concerto in A, Op.16 - Roland Pontinen, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leif Segerstam
Jean Sibelius, Valse Triste, Op.44 No.1 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Carl Pedersen Nielsen, Taagen Letter (The Fog Is Lifting) - Gunilla Von Bahr, flute
Edvard Grieg, Spring From 'Two Elegiac Melodies', Op.34 - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terje Tonnesen
Hugo Alfven, Herdmaiden's Dance From 'The Mountain King' - Stockholm Sinfonietta conducted by Jan-Olav Wedin
Lars- Erik Larsson, Romance (Adagio) From 'Pastoral Ste', Op.19 - Stockholm Sinfonietta conducted by Jan-Olav Wedin
Dag Wiren, Fourth Movement (Marcia) From Serenade For String Orchestra, Op.11 - Stockholm Sinfonietta conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen
Oskar Lindberg, Gammal Fabodpsalm Fran Dalarna (Old Pastoral Hymn) - Hans Fagius
Hugo Alfven, Midsummer Vigil, Op.19 - Royal Stockholm Phil Orch conducted by Neeme Jarvi
Johan Svendsen, Du Gamla, Du Friska, Du Fjellhoga Nord (Swedish National Anthem) - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Five Nordic Masters: Svendsen / Stenhammer / Nielsen / Sibelius / Tubin
Johan Svendsen, Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 4 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor

Presidents' Day

John Phillip Sousa, Washington Post March. Party Time Band and car horns

Ives, Charles,  Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.  Symphony no. 2. The Fourth of July. 
Columbia[1966] New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. 

New music of Charles Ives; for solo voice, chorus, and  chamber orchestra. 
Columbia [1970] Let there be light.-- Psalms 14, 25, 54, and 135.-- Walt Whitman.

-- Duty and Vita.-- On the antipodes.-- The last reader.-- Luck and work.

-- Like a sick eagle.-- Tolerance.-- From the Incantation.-- The pond.-- At sea.

-- The children's hour.-- The rainbow. Gregg Smith Singers; Columbia Symphony 

Orchestra; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith, conductor.  

Symphony no. 3 (The camp meeting).  RCA Red Seal [1969]  Old folks gatherin'.

--Children's Day.--Communion.  Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor. 

Leonard Bernstein conducts Charles Ives. Columbia[1966]  Symphony no. 3 

(The camp meeting)--Central Park in the dark (Seiji Ozawa, Maurice Press, 

conductors, under Bernstein's supervision)--Decoration Day--

The unanswered question. New York Philharmonic. 

Calcium light night.Columbia [1970]  The see'r.  A lecture.  The new river.  Like a
sick eagle.  Calcium light night.  Incantation (Allegretto sombreoso)--

Tone roads no. 1.--Set no. 3:  At sea (Adagio sostenuto).  Luck and work. 

Premonitions.--From the steeples and the mountains.--The rainbow.--Ann Street.

--Scherzo: Over the pavements.--From set no. 2:  The Indians. 

The last reader.--Tone roads no. 3.--The pond.--All the way around and back.

--Chromatimelodtune. Chamber orchestra; Gunther Schuller conductor.

The President's favorite music. RCA Victor [1956] Bach (arr. Stokowski)  Sheep may safely graze.--Beethoven.
Coriolan overture, op. 62.--Verdi.  La traviata, act II: Di provenza il mar.--Strauss.  The bat: Overture.--
Gershwin.  Porgy and Bess (a symphonic synthesis)--He's got the whole world 

in His hands.--Tiomkin-Washington. High noon.--Mendelssohn.  Fingal's cave 

overture, op. 26.--Bach (arr. Stokowski)  We all believe in one God. 

Three places in New England. Third symphony. Mercury  Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor.   

Mr. President music and lyrics by Irving Berlin ; book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. 
New York :Columbia,[1962] Opening -- Let's go back to the waltz -- In our hide-away 
-- The first lady -- Meat and potatoes -- I've got to be around -- The secret service -- It gets lonely in the 
White House -- Is he the only man in the world -- They love me -- Pigtails and freckles -- Don't be afraid of romance -- Laugh it up -- Empty pockets filled with love -
- Glad to be home -- You need a hobby -- The Washington twist -- Song for belly dancer -- I'm gonna get him -- 
This is a great country.  "Original Broadway cast"; starring Robert Ryan and Nanette
Fabray.  

America. Columbia.  Sousa. The Washington post march.--Gottschalk. Cakewalk: 
Grand walkaround.--Gershwin.  Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now.--Copland. Fanfare for the common man.--Ives.
Variations on America; orchestration by W. Schuman.--Copland.  Rodeo: Hoedown.--Sousa. The stars and stripes 
forever.--Gould.  American salute.--Grofé. The Grand Canyon suite: On the trail.--Foster.  Camptown races; arr.
by Harris.--The star-spangled banner. The Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor. 

Love on St. Valentine's Day

Frankie, My "Valentime" Millennium Magic, 2000
Tom Waits – Red Shoes By The Drugstore, Blue Valentine
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace, Love Songs of Classical Music
Klezmer Conservatory Band, Dance me to the end of love Rounder Records, 2000.
Dance me to the end of love Klezmer Conservatory Band (Judy Bressler, Ilene Stahl, Miriam Rabson, Robin Miller, Gary Bohan, Mark Hamilton, Hankus Netsky, Javier Perez Saco, Jeff Warchauer, James Guttmann, Grant Smith ; Hankus Netsky, director).
Opera's great love duets. Angel [1973] Donizetti. Lucia di Lammermoor: Sulla tomba; Qui di sposa eterna fede.
The Art of courtly love. Seraphim, 1973. Guillaume de Machaut, G. Dufay, G. Binchois, and others. Early Music Consort of London, vocal-instrumental ensemble; David Munrow, conductor.
Ingrid Michaelson, Everybody, same
Lanza, Mario, 1921-1959. Be my love. RCA,1972. Be my love.--The loveliest night of the year.
Ingrid Michaelson, How We Love, Human Again
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. The Chopin I love. Columbia, [1971] Polonaise in A major, op. 40, no. 1 Philippe Entremont, piano.
Dream of love. Columbia, [1970] Liszt, F. (arr. V. Herbert) Dream of love.--Beethoven, L. van. (arr. W. Smith) Für Elise.--Tchaikovsky, P. I. (arr. A. Harris) None but the lonely heart.--Debussy, C. (arr. L. Caillet) Clair de lune.--Wagner, R. Love-death from Tristan und Isolde.--Offenbach, J. (arr. M. Rosenthal) Barcarolle from The tales of Hoffmann.--Rimsky-Korsakov, N. The young prince and the young princess, from Scheherazade.--Tchaikovsky, P. I. Theme from Romeo and Juliet.--Schubert, F. P. (arr. A. Harris) Serenade. Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

World War II Part Two

Gustav Holst – Mars, the Bringer of War

Tom Waits – Day After Tomorrow, Body Of War Soundtrack – Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran
Edwin Starr – War, Motown Unmixed
A history of World War II Westinghouse, Written and produced by Bud Greenspan; narrated by David Perry.
Sean Thomas, War
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, War, The Promised Land
U.S. Military Band, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Robin Thicke - Love After War