Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

Sullivan, Arthur,Sir,1842-1900 Gilbert & Sullivan overtures. Angel,[1959?]The Mikado.--The gondoliers.--The yeoman of the guard.--The pirates of Penzance.--H.M.S. Pinafore.-- Iolanthe. Pro Arte Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor. From high atop beautiful Gilbert, New York in beautiful Seneca county, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. Known in his own time for his serious music as well as for the comic operas that have survived until our own day, English composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan was born in Lambeth, South London; the son of a bandmaster, he was encouraged to pursue his musical talent from an early age. He learned the wind instruments of his father's band and joined the choir of the Chapel Royal. At 14, he won the Mendelssohn Scholarship at the Royal Academy, and in 1858 he went to study in Leipzig, where his teachers included Ignaz Moscheles and Julius Rietz. In 1861, Sullivan began to make an impact on the London music scene. His music to Shakespeare's The Tempest was performed at the Crystal Palace winter concerts in 1862; the following year he published six Shakespeare songs. In 1864, Sullivan became the organist at Covent Garden, where his ballet L'île enchantée had its premiere. In 1867, he collaborated with F.C. Burnand on two operettas, Cox and Box and The Contrabandista. Five years later, he worked for the first time with W.S. Gilbert when they jointly created the light opera Thespis for the Gaiety Theatre. The piece was moderately successful, but not enough for its creators to continue working together immediately. In 1875, however, the theater manager Richard D'Oyly Carte reunited the to compose an afterpiece for a production of Offenbach's La Périchole. The result was Trial By Jury, a brief satire of the judicial process, featuring Sullivan's brother, Fred, in the lead. The afterpiece proved so successful that this time the partnership continued. In 1877, their full-length opera The Sorcerer premiered under Carte's auspices at the Opera Comique, followed by H.M.S. Pinafore in 1878. Pinafore proved wildly popular, solidifying a three-way partnership of Sullivan, Gilbert, and Carte that resulted in eight more operettas before a quarrel broke up the team. After a reconciliation, Gilbert and Sullivan wrote two more operas, Utopia Ltd. (1893) and The Grand Duke (1896), but these failed to catch on and the partnership ended permanently. During the run of Patience (1881), Carte moved his company from the Opera Comique to the Savoy; from then on, Gilbert and Sullivan's operas became collectively known as Savoy Operas. In these operas, Sullivan's unerring sense of musical parody, with targets ranging from Handel to Verdi, perfectly matched Gilbert's witty social satire. While Sullivan is known today for his partnership with Gilbert, he was active in other compositional forms throughout his career. One of his best known compositions in his day was The Lost Chord (1877), a song to a text by Adelaide Proctor written at the time of Fred Sullivan's untimely death. Sullivan was acclaimed for his oratorios, including The Prodigal Son (1869), and hymns, of which "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (1871) was and remains particularly popular. An "Irish" Symphony in E minor is sometimes still performed. Sullivan also composed operettas with librettists other than Gilbert; these include Haddon Hall (1892) with Sydney Grundy and The Rose of Persia (1900) with Basil Hood. In 1883, Queen Victoria rewarded Sullivan for his contributions to English music with a knighthood. Sullivan's dearest ambition was to compose grand opera. Carte, wishing to establish an English opera tradition, built the English Opera House, and here Sullivan's opera Ivanhoe, to a libretto by Julian Sturgis, premiered in 1891. The opera failed and remained Sullivan's only attempt at grand opera. Sullivan never married, but in the 1860s or 1870s he met Mary Frances (Fanny) Ronalds, an American-born woman separated from her husband who eventually settled in London. Mrs. Ronalds, who mixed in the same aristocratic and artistic circles as Sullivan, never divorced her husband but carried on a discreet relationship with Sullivan until his death in London on November 22, 1900.
Sullivan, Arthur,Sir,1842-1900 Gilbert & Sullivan overtures. Angel,[1959?]The Mikado.--The gondoliers.--The yeoman of the guard.--The pirates of Penzance.--H.M.S. Pinafore.-- Iolanthe. Pro Arte Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor. 
Gilbert O' Sullivan, Alone Again Naturally
Mylo Hatzen buhler, A Loan Again, Naturally
The music to Shakespeare's Tempest ; Incidental music to Shakespeare's Henry VIII A. Sullivan. Unicorn Records Patricia Brinton Vienna Orchestral Society ; Charles Adler, conductor.
Trial by jury.[by] Gilbert and Sullivan. Angel 1961 Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor. Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Peter Gellhorn, Chorus master.
The pirates of Penzance[by] Gilbert & Sullivan. Angel Records[1961]
Starring Elsie Morison, soprano, and Richard Lewis, tenor,with supporting soloists; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus;Pro Arte Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor. The Mikado Gilbert-Sullivan.RCA Victor Red Seal D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor.

Stravinsky

From high atop Seranak near the beautiful Stockbridge Bowl and Tanglewood, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music.
Our featured composer is Igor Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky : his story and his music. Sine Qua Non, 1974. Meet the classics Stravinsky: his finest music. Sine Qua Non, 1974 Circus polka. Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Petrouchka. Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande- The rite of spring. Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Firebird (Suite).Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Symphony of Psalms. CBC Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky, cond. The soldier's tale (L'histoire du soldat). Fritz Weaver, reader, John Harkins, the soldier, Frederic Warriner, the devil, Emmanual Vardi Ensemble Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky choral music. Columbia 1972 The Star-Spangled Banner.--Four Russian songs.--Four Russian peasant songs (1954 version).--Renard (The Fox) (1962 version).--Zvezdoliki (Le roi des étoiles).--Babel.- -Ave Maria.--Credo (1964 version).--Pater noster.--Chorale variations on the German Christmas carol Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her. Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky. Columbia 1973 Jeu de cartes (A card game)--Tchaikovsky, P.I. Bluebird; pas de deux: arr. for small orchestra by Stravinsky.-- Scènes de ballet. Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Symphony; CBC Symphony Orchestra.

Lalo Schifrin

From high atop Shelving Rock Fall near beautiful Lake George New York, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music.
Lalo Schifrin - Carlos Saura's TANGO (1998) - Tango del Atardecer (Main Titles)
Enter the Dragon Theme
Dirty Harry Theme
Scorpio’s View from Dirty Harry
Planet of the Apes - Ape Shuffle
Lalo Schifrin – Concierto Caribeno: I. Allegro II.Andantino III. Allegro molto vivace
Gerald M. Shapiro – Schifrin / Schuller / Shapiro: Piano Trios Eaken Piano Trio – Hommage A Ravel
Lalo Schifrin – Mission: Impossible Theme – The Best of Mission: Impossible (Then and Now)
Lalo Schifrin – Sampans  – Enter The Dragon
Lalo Schifrin – Main Title - Record Version  – Bullitt
Angel Romero – Concerto de Lalo Schifrin pour guitare et orchestre: Adagio Allegretto Angel Romero plays Lalo Schifrin Live in the Festival
Angel Romero – Celedonio Romero, Suite Andalouse: Soleares,  Alegrias, Tango  Angel Romero plays Lalo Schifrin Live in the Festival
Lalo Schifrin – Tropicos: I.II III IV Schifrin, L.: Concierto Caribeno / Guitar Concerto / Tropicos

Domenico Scarlatti

Scarlatti, Domenico,1685-1757. Sonatas. Columbia [1965] Longo 424, 241, 188, 118, 349, 465 Vladimir Horowitz, piano.
Segovia and the guitar. Decca [1969]
Scarlatti, D. Sonata (Longo no. 352) Andrés Segovia, guitar.
Greatest harpsichord hits. Decca [1970] Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord.
White, Ruth S., 1925- Angel [1970] Short Circuits Sonata in G, by Scarlatti.
"Arranged and realized on the Moog synthesizer and other electronics by Ruth White."
Ralph Kirkpatrick, Cembalo. Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [1966]
Sonate Nr. 13, B-dur, Nr 14, B-dur, und Nr. 19, D-dur, (L. Nr. 35 suppl. 39,109) von D. Scarlatti Kirkpatrick, Ralph.
Masters of the Italian baroque Odyssey,1966. Three sinfonias for flute, oboe, strings and harpsichord by D. Scarlatti Saar Chamber Orchestra; Karl Ristenpart, conductor.
Tommasini, Vincenzo,1878-1950. The good-humoured ladies; Scarlatti-Tommasini.
Columbia, 1972. Cleveland Orchestra; Louis Lane, conductor.
The Frivolous Harpsichord Jukka Tiensuu Harpsichord Ondine 1999
Domenico Scarlatti Composer Fandango in D- (private collection, Ténérife MS, poss. spurious)
Stephen Arnold, Cello Carus 1991
Domenico Scarlatti Composer Salve Regina, motet for soprano, alto, and organ in A-
Alfredo Kraus Tenor Nimbus Records January 1, 2012
Other performers: José Tordesillas Piano
Toglietemi la vita ancor, for tenor and piano
Te Deum, motet for double chorus and organ in C
Morten Schuldt-Jensen Conductor Immortal Bach Ensemble Chorus/Choir Naxos 2007

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Concerto in A-minor, op.33 for cello and orchestra. ABC Records/Melodiya, 1973. Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello; Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio; Gregory Stolarov, conductor.
Allegro Appassionato Allegro appassionato in C#-, Op.70 Ian Hobson, Piano Arabesque Recordings 2008
Yoshio Unno, violin Columbia, [1970] Introduction and rondo capriccioso, op. 28, by Saint Saëns. With the CBS Symphony Orchestra ; Tadashi Mori, conductor.
Samson and Delilah Highlights Libretto by Lemaire. Angel [1964]
Rita Gorr, mezzo-soprano; Jon Vickers, tenor; Ernest Blanc, baritone; Anton Diakov, bass; Chœurs René Duclos; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra; Georges Prêtre, conductor.
Danse macabre, tone poem, Op.40 Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 2005 Luben Yordanoff Violin
Violin plus 1. Decca [1970] Fantasy, for violin and harp, op. 124Ruggiero Ricci, violin Gloria Agostini, harp, Symphony no. 3, in C minor, op. 78. Angel [1964] Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire; Maurice Duruflé, organ; Georges Prêtre, conductor.
Erick Friedman. RCA Victor [1964] Havanaise, op. 83, by Saint-Saëns. London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor.