Monday, February 13, 2012

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. 

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