Yevgenii Yevtushenko

From high atop Irkutsk , it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Nikita Khrushchev. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by  Alexander Dolsky.   The role of the Bobbsie Twins is being played by  Natalya Fateyeva and Jan Butler. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Richard Nixon. The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by the entire population of Chechnya.   In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Jean-Paul Sartre.  Our featured great Russian writer today is Yevgenii Yevtushenko  In 1961 he wrote what would become perhaps his most famous poem, Babiyy Yar, in which he denounced the Soviet distortion of historical fact regarding the Nazi massacre of the Jewish population of Kiev in September 1941, as well as the anti-Semitism still widespread in the Soviet Union.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.   Symphonies no. 13, op. 113, B♭ minor (Babi Yar). RCA Red Seal,  [1970]   Words by Yevgeny Yevtushenko; sung in Russian.  Babi Yar.--Humor.--At the store.--Fears.--A career.  Tom Krause, baritone; Male Chorus of the Mendelssohn Club, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Аленушка: Александр Дольский, 1979 - Песни 

Philadelphia Orchestra – Adagio for Strings, Op.11 Various Artists – Classical Chillout 

Eugene Ormandy – Night on Bald Mountain The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra – Fright Night: Music That Goes Bump In The Night 

The Philadelphia Orchestra – March from The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Act I) - Instrumental Various Artists – The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album Of All Time

David Bowie – Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: Introduction David Bowie – David Bowie Narrates Peter And The Wolf 

Vladimir Horowitz – Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30 in D Minor: II. Intermezzo: Adagio Vladimir Horowitz – Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 & Piano Sonata No. 2: Classic Library Series 

Eugene Ormandy – The Blue Danube The Philadelphia Orchestra – Blue Danube Strauss Waltzes

Eugene Ormandy – Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Various Artists – Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Carnival of the Animals; Bacchanale; March militaire; Danse Macabre

Eugene Ormandy – Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound from Samson  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir – 20 Great Bach & Handel Choruses

Eugene Ormandy – The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, National Philharmonic Orchestra – Russian Orchestral Works

Eugene Ormandy – Der Rosenkavalier Suite Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis – Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite; Der Bürger als Edelmann - Suite, Op.60; Symphonic Fragment from Die Liebe der Danae  

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.  Evgeniĭ Onegin Eugene Onegin|c[by] Peter I. Tchaikovsky. Musical Heritage Society, [1980]  Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano; Tamara Sinyavskaya, alto; Vladimir Atlantov, tenor; Yuri Mazurok, baritone; other soloists; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra and Chorus; Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor.
The Art of Eugene Ormandy. Columbia [1966]  Symphony no. 8, in F major, op. 93, by Beethoven.--Prelude and love death from Tristan and Isolde, by Wagner.--Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasy, by Tchaikovsky.--Prelude to the afternoon of a faun, by Debussy.--La valse, by Ravel. 511 Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Fledermaus overture  Fledermaus suite arr. by Eugene Ormandy.   A thousand and one nights, op.  346. Columbia [1957]   Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.
Monster concert; [10 pianos, 16 pianists Columbia,  [1973]  Sousa, J. P. Stars and stripes forever.--Rossini, G. A. William Tell overture.--Strauss, J. Thunder and lightning polka.--Joplin, S. Maple leaf rag.--Strauss, J. Blue Danube Waltzes.--Rossini, G. A. Semiramide overture.-- Gottschalk, L. M. La gallina (The hen). Ojos criollos (Creole eyes)   Eugene List, and friends from the Eastman School of Music; Samuel Adler, conductor.
Seven great guitar concertos Columbia [1973]  Rodrigo, J. Fantasía para un gentilhombre.--Dodgson, S. Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra.--Giuliani, M. Concerto in A major for guitar and string orchestra, op. 30.--Vivaldi, A. Concerto in A major for guitar and string orchestra.--Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra.--Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Concerto in D for guitar and orchestra, op. 99.  John Williams, guitar; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor; English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves, conductor.

Thanksgiving

From high atop the country of Turkey, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Hans Holbein. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Sir Thomas More.   The role of the Bobbsie Twins is being played by Elsbeth Schmid and  Magdalena Offenburg . The role of Ken Moss is being played by Henry VIII . The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by  Desiderius Erasmus.   In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Thomas Cromwell. 
Turkish Folk Music Ensemble – Ata bari Traditional – Traditional Music From Turkey
Baby Genius – Turkey In The Straw Baby Genius – 123 Favorite Kids Songs
Megan Sikora – Turkey Lurkey Time The New Broadway Cast Recording – Promises, Promises
Eric Clapton – Cold Turkey Rush Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Rush
Little Eva – Let's Turkey Trot – The Very Best Of Little Eva
The Toilet Bowl Cleaners – Thanksgiving Turkey Farts – Holiday Poop Puke & Pee Songs
REO Speedwagon – Flying Turkey Trot - Live REO Speedwagon – You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish/Hi Infidelity/You Get What You Play For (3 Pak)
Smiley Storytellers – Turkey In The Straw Various Artists – Childrens Sing-a-long Party Vol. 3
bigott – Turkey Moon  – The Orinal Soundtrack
Bill Engvall – Baby Barf and the Turkey Hunt  – Here's Your Sign
The Living End – Turkey Stomp Various Artists – 100 '60s Garage Rock Hits
The Wiggles – The Turkey Jumps Right Out Of The Pie  – It's Always Christmas With You!
David Grisman – Albuquerque Turkey David Grisman – Mondo Mando
Ohio Players – Jive Turkey   – The Best Of Ohio Player
Goofy – Turkey In The Straw Various Artists – Goin' Quackers
The Hormonauts – Turkey Jive  – Hormone Hop
Julia Lane – Over the River and Through the Wood / Among Ones So Dear Various Artists – The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner Collection - Home For The Holidays
William Fowler – Turkey Talk Various Artists – The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner Collection - Home For The Holidays
Dr. Sound Effects – We Survived Thanksgiving - A Real Turkey Celebration Various Artists – The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner Collection - Home For The Holidays

Isaac Babel

From high atop Odessa, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Max Eastman. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by  Vladimir Mayakovsky.   The role of the Bobbsie Twins is being played by  Yevgeni and Yevgenia Gronfein . The role of Ken Moss is being played by Benya Krik' . The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Maxim Gorky.   In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Marshal Semyon Budyonny.  Our featured great Russian writer today is Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, July 13 1894 – January 27, 1940) was a Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer. He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry, Story of My Dovecote, and Tales of Odessa, all of which are considered masterpieces of Russian literature. Babel has also been acclaimed as "the greatest prose writer of Russian Jewry" Loyal to, but not uncritical of, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Isaak Babel fell victim to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge due to his longterm affair with the wife of NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov. Babel was arrested by the NKVD at Peredelkino on the night of 15 May 15 1939. After "confessing", under torture, to being a Trotskyist terrorist and foreign spy, Babel was shot on 27 January 1940.
Red Army Ensemble. Volume 3. Angel.   Sung principally in Russian.  : La Marseillaise -- Soviet hymn -- The Variag -- Stenka razin -- Under the oak tree -- Song of Russia -- The sun goes down behind the mountain -- The song of the prisoner -- On the banks of a river --  Boris Alexandrov, conductor.
Baez, Joan. Live at Newport Vanguard Records, 1996.   Farewell, Angelina -- Long black veil -- Wild mountain thyme -- Come all ye fair and tender maidens -- Lonesome valley (duet with Mary Travers) -- Hush little baby (duet with Peter Yarrow) -- Te ador ; Te manha -- All my trials -- It's all over now, baby blue -- The unquiet grave -- Oh, freedom -- Satisfied mind (duet with Lilly Brothers) -- Fennario -- Don't think twice, it's alright -- Johnny Cuckoo -- It ain't me babe (duet with Bob Dylan) -- With God on our side (duet with Bob Dylan).   Recorded at the 1963, 64, and 65 Newport Folk Festivals.
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Symphony no. 2. / The weeping babe. / Sonata for four horns.  Argo 1968  London Symphony Orchestra, with Colin Davis, conductor (in 1st work); April Cantelo, soprano, with John Alldis Choir (in 2d work); Barry Tuckwell Horn Quartet (in 3rd work)
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.  Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky choral music.  Columbia [1972]  Babel. John Colicos, narrrator; CBC Symphony Orchestra, The Festival Singers of Toronto, Elmer Iseler, director

Hope Nadyezhda Mandelstam

From high atop Voronezh, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Bob Hope. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Hope Sandoval.   The role of the Bobbsie Twins is being played by  Hope and Lope Davis. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Hope Solo . The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Hope Lange.  In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Hope Holiday.  Our featured great Russian writer today is Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam  née Khazina; 30 October 1899 – 29 December 1980) was a Russian writer and educator, and the wife of the poet Osip Mandelstam, who died in 1938 in a transit camp to the gulag of Siberia. She wrote two memoirs about their lives together and the repressive Stalinist regime: Hope Against Hope (1970) and Hope Abandoned (1974), both first published in the West in English, translated by Max Hayward.
Regina Spektor – On The Radio  – Begin To Hope
Red Hope? : the blacklisting of Hope Foye : (her stories, her songs)
 writer, producer, directed by Constance L. Jackson. Blacklisting of Hope Foye Her stories, her songs Rolling Hills Estates, CA : Permanent Productions, 2011. Narrated by Keith David.
Richter, Max – Richter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons - Spring 1 Max Richter – Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
London Philharmonic Orchestra and David Parry – Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39:
Land of Hope and Glory – The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music
McGraw, Walter. The outskirts of hope. [New York, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., 1965] "An examination of poverty in America," radio series written, narrated, and produced by Walter McGraw.
Anonymous 4 – Agnus dei: Gloriosa spes reorum – Secret Voices
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.  The four horn concertos.  Columbia [1965] No. 1, K. 412, D major  --No. 2, K. 417, E♭ major  --No. 3, K. 447, E♭ major  --No. 4, K. 495, E♭ major  Mason Jones, horn; Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869.  The Union  music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk Angel 1974.  The Union.--Danza.--Pasquinade.--The last hope.--Le bananier.--Bamboula.--The banjo.--Souvenir of Puerto Rico. --Creole eyes.--Midnight in Seville. Leonard Pennario, piano.

Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam

From high atop Voronezh, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Joseph Ioseb Besarionis dze Jugashvili. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Benedikt Konstantinovich Livshits today.   The role of the Bobbsie Twins is being played by  Vera  and Nadyezda Lyubov. The role of Ken Moss is being played by  Ossarion Belinsky .  In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Douglas Fairbanks.  Our featured great Russian writer today is Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam, a Russian poet and essayist who lived in Russia during and after its revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets. He was arrested by Joseph Stalin's government during the repression of the 1930s and sent into internal exile with his wife Nadezhda. Given a reprieve of sorts, they moved to Voronezh in southwestern Russia. In 1938 Mandelstam was arrested again and sentenced to a camp in Siberia. He died that year at a transit camp.
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.  Octet in F major, op. 16 Capitol, [1958].  Chamber Music Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Octet, for strings, in E-flat, op. 20. RCA Victor [1955] NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor.   "Taken from the broadcast of March 20, 1947"
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971  Igor Stravinsky conducts, 1961. Columbia [1961] Octet (James Pellerite, flute; David Oppenheim, clarinet; Loren Glickman, Arthur Weisberg, bassoons; Robert Nagel, Theodore Weis, trumpets; Keith Brown, Richard Hixon, trombones)