Saturday, November 30, 2013

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.





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