Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Death of Georges Bizet 1875

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. L'Arlésienne. Suite 1 und 2, Symphonie Nr. 1 Pilz, 1988. London Festival Orchestra ; Alfred Scholz, conductor.
Carmen : Suite no. 1 [and] 2. Columbia, [1973] New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Carmen (The Carmen ballet) Melodiya/Angel [1968] Strings of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra and percussion soloists; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor.
Les pêcheurs de perles. The pearl fishers.Angel[1962] Janine Micheau, soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Ernest Blanc, baritone; Jacques Mars, bass; Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre de l'Opéra-comique, Paris; Pierre Dervaux, conductor.
Roma.Selections ballet (complete) New York : Vox, 1955. New York City Ballet Orchesta; Leon Barzin, conductor
Jeux d'enfants. Turnabout L'escarpolette (Rêverie).--La toupie (Impromptu).--La poupée (Berceuse).--Les chevaux de bois (Scherzo).--Le volant (Fantaisie).--Trompette et tambour (Marche).--Les bulles de savon (Rondino).--Les quatre coins (Esquisse).-- Colin-Maillard (Nocturne).--Saute-mouton (Caprice).--Petit mari, petite femme (Duo).--Le bal (Galop). Walter Klien and Beatriz Klien, piano.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Pentecost- the Feast of Fifty

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concerto no. 1, in D minor,
 for piano and orchestra, op.15. Epic[1958] Leon Fleisher,
 piano; Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell,conductor. 
 
Takemitsu, Teoru. Asterism for piano and orchestra.
Requiem, for string orchestra. Green (November steps II)
for orchestra. The dorian horizon, for 17 strings. 
RCA Red Seal|c[1969] Yuji Takahashi, piano; Toronto 
Symphony; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.  
Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896. Messe Nr. 3,F-moll. Deutsche 
Grammophon Gesellschaft[1963]  Maria Stader, soprano; 
Claudia Hellmann, alto; Ernst Haefliger, tenor; Kim Borg,
bass; Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio;
Eugen Jochum, conductor. 
 
Favorite dances and marches. RCA Victor [1964] 
--Sabre dance,
from Gayne ballet suite no. 1, by Khachaturian.
--Pomp and circumstance, march no. 1, by 
Elgar.--The three cornered hat:  Dances, by Falla.--
Malambo, from Estancia, by Ginastera.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Sun

Ralph Flanigan and His Orchestra, Alburquerque
Red Army Ensemble, vol. 3, The Sun Goes Down Behind the Mountain, Angel
Weird Al Yankovic, Alburquerque
Beach Boys, Catch a Wave, Greatest Surfing Songs
Kenneth Fuchs, Canticle to the Sun / United Artists Canticle to the Sun Timothy  Jones, horn
London Symphony Orchestra JoAnn  Falletta, Conductor Naxos

Marin Marais, Viol Music for the Sun King, Sonate a la Maresienne Spectre de la Rose  Naxos
Beach Boys, Girls on the Beach, Greatest Surfing Songs
Rimsky-Korsakov, Hymn to the Sun, Pierre Fournier, the Cellist's Hour  Gerald Moore, pianist, Angel
 Land of the Midnight Sun - Music and Images from Finland Sunnuntai (Sunday), Op. 25, No. 1 (arr. for baritone and orchestra) Jorma  Hynninen, baritone Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Ulf  Soderblom, Conductor Valter  Juva, lyricist  Jorma Panula, arranger Ondine
Marc Wilkerson, Soundtrack for Royal Hunt of the Sun, performed by Sinfonia of London
Sally  Beamish, The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone,  John  Harle, saxophone Swedish Chamber Orchestra,  Ola  Rudner, Conductor

Hep Stars, Sunny Girl

Judy Garland, Sunny Side of the Street
Carl Ruggles, Sun Treader, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Zoltan Rozsnyai
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The Uzbekistan Massacre

Viza – The Uzbek Brothel,  Made In Chernobyl
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello. RCA Victor [1953] Herva Nelli,
 soprano; Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano; Virginio Assandri, Leslie Chabay,
 Ramon Vinay, tenors; Arthur Newman, Giuseppe Vaidengo, baritones;
Nicola Moscona, bass; mixed chorus, directed by Peter Wilhousky;
boys' chorus, directed by Eduartdo Petri; NBC Symphony Orchestra;
Arturo Toscanini, conductor.
Various Artists – The National Anthem
Of The Uzbek SSR  National Anthems Of The USSR & Union Republics
Enver Izmailov – Uzbek Miniature, The Eastern Legend
Nisula – Uzbek Inside,  Ubek
Menahem Eliezcoff – Uzbek Flute,  Music of the Oriental Jews
From North Africa, Yemen and Bukhara - Field Recordings
Menahem Eliezcoff – Uzbek Love Song,  Music of the Oriental Jews
From North Africa, Yemen and Bukhara - Field Recordings
Michal Novenko – Two Pieces From The Suite On Uzbek Motifs: Aria,
Great European Organs No.67: Deanery Church, Litomysl, Czech Republic 
Michal Novenko – Two Pieces From The Suite On Uzbek Motifs: Toccata
Great European Organs No.67: Deanery Church, Litomysl, Czech Rep.
Uzbek Kasha Bala – Kasha Bala Soundtrack, same

This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated
near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for
35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during
 the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that
all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep
 under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern
 was filled with gas. So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas
 could come out of the hole, and since then, it’s burning,
already for 35 years without any pause. Nobody knows how
many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years
but it just seems to be infinite there. 

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Overtures. Le damnation de Faust. London, 1965.
 L Órchestre de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet, conductor.