classics without walls

Playlist #784: 2007-04-23

mtheo — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:49:26 +0000

Playlist #783: 2007-04-16

mtheo — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:10:44 +0000

George Antheil: Symphony no. 5, “Joyous” (1947-48): Vienna Philharmonia / Herbert Haefner cond (Other Minds 1003-2)
Henryk Górecki: Szeroka woda / Broad waters, op. 39: “Polne róże rwała” / “She plucked wild roses” (1981): Lira Chamber Chorus / Lucy Ding cond (Elektra Nonesuch 79348, Miserere)
Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir / In white and black, L. 134 (1915): Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten pf (M&A CD 709, rec. live, 1967 Aldeburgh Festival)
David Byrne: The Catherine wheel: “What a day that was” (1981): David Byrne egtrs eb syns / John Cooksey dms / Steve Scales congas (Sire 3645-2)

Playlist #782: 2007-04-09

mtheo — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:43:48 +0000

Aulis Sallinen, arr. Kronos Quartet: Vinter var hård / Winter was hard (1989): San Francisco Girls Chorus / Elizabeth Appling dir / Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)
Samuel Barber: Quartet for strings in B minor, op. 11: II, Adagio (1936): Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)
Krzystof Penderecki: Ofiarom Hiroszimy – tren / Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima (1959-61): Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Krzystof Penderecki cond (EMI C 065-02 484)
Edgard Varèse: Amériques (1920-21): Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: “La croix du sud” / “The southern cross” (1921): Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, op. 119 no. 3 (1893): Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 79154-2)

Playlist #781: 2007-04-02

mtheo & renée — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:43:14 +0000

Henry Bishop: “Foresters, sound the cheerful horn”
Thomas Arne: “Sigh no more, ladies”
Thomas Arne: “Elegy on the death of Mr Shenstone”: The Hilliard Ensemble: David James Ct / Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Paul Elliott T / Paul Hillier, Michael George, Michael Pearce B (Harmonia Mundi 901153)
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin and violoncello, op. 7 (1914): Nils-Erik Sparf vn / Elemér Lavotha vc (BIS CD-172)
Krzystof Penderecki: Jutrznia / Utrenja, I, Złożenie Chrystusa do grobu / The entombment of Christ (1969-71): Boris Carmeli Bprof / Chór Harcerski / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Andrzej Markowski cond (Muza PNCD 018)
John McLaughlin: Wings of karma (1974): Mahavishnu Orchestra: John McLaughlin egtr / Jean-Luc Ponty vn / Gayle Moran kbd & voc / Marsha Westbrook va / Carol Shive vn & voc / Philip Hirschi vc & voc / Narada Michael Walden dms / Ralphe Armstrong eb & voc / London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond & pf (Sony CK 46111)

Playlist #780: 2007-03-26

mtheo — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:49:42 +0000

Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928): BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured night (1899, original version for string sextet): J. Parennin, M. Charpentier vn / D. Marton, S. Collot va / P. Penassou, M. Tournus vc / Pierre Boulez cond (Everest 3170, rec. 1967)
Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut” / “Two playmates were walking” ; “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928): BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)
Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter / Jacob’s ladder: Großes symphonisches Zwischenspiel / Big symphonic interlude (1907): Mady Mesplé S / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony SMK 48462)

Playlist #779: 2007-03-19

Renée — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:29:40 +0000

Max Reger: Sonata for viola and piano in B♭ major, op. 107 (1908-09): Nobuko Imai va / Ronald Brautigam pf (BIS CD-1211, Reger, music for viola)
Robert Muczynski: Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, op. 29: Alex Mitchell asx / Jeremy Limb pf (Naxos 8.559241, American saxophone music)
John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem, excerpts (2002): Angharad Gruffydd Jones S / Peter Crawford Ct / Choir of London / Choir of London Orchestra / Jeremy Summerly cond (Naxos 8.557826)

Playlist #778: 2007-03-12

mtheo — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:17:45 +0000

Henry Cowell: Elegie (ca. 1941); The banshee (1925): Cheryl Seltzer pf (MHS 7370Y)
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977): Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham vn / Erik Risberg pr pf / Göteberg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)
Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D 915 (1827-04-26): Paul Badura-Skoda pf (Astrée AS 53)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (excerpt) (1968): Singcircle / Gregory Rose dir (Hyperion CDA 66115)
Leavenworth: Untitled: trks 29 – 31 (2002): Leavenworth: Cactus egtr / Elvis dms (Red Net Records)
E. Floyd, M. Rice, R. Thomas: The breakdown (part 1) (1970): Rufus Thomas voc / Stax Studio Band (Stax 0098)

Playlist #777: 2007-03-05

mtheo & renée — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:47:29 +0000

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s 120th . . . amural -- perfection of blended anti-warhorses

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras no. 9, II: Fuga (1945): Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Française / Heitor Villa-Lobos cond (EMI CDH 7 61015 2)
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Gênesis (1954): Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava / Roberto Duarte cond (Marco Polo 8.223357)
György Ligeti: Sonata for violoncello solo (1948/1953): Matt Haimovitz vc (Oxingale Records Goulash!)
Somei Satoh: The heavenly spheres are illuminated by lights (1979): Margaret Leng Tan pf / Lise Messier S / Michael Pugliese perc (New Albion NA008)
Erik Satie: Caresse (~1897): Michel LeGrand pf (Erato 4509-92857-2)
Jimi Hendrix / Beautiful People: Stone crazy (1994): Beautiful People (Continuum 19315, If 60’s were 90’s)

Playlist #775: 2007-02-19

Renée — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:53:16 +0000

Radiohead (T. Yorke / J. Greenwood / E. O’Brien / C. Greenwood / P. Selway): Everything in its right place (2000): Christopher O’Riley pf (Odyssey SK 87321, True love waits: Christopher O’Riley plays Radiohead)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 (”Pathétique”) (1798): Enid Katahn pf / Edward Foote pf-technical (Gaspard GSCD 332, Beethoven in the temperaments)
Carl Vine: Sonata for flute and piano (1992): Immanuel Davis fl / Stephen Gosling pf (Overdressed Late Guy Productions OLGP-245CD)
Gustave Charpentier: Louise: “Depuis le jour” (1887-1900): Leontyne Price S / RCA Italiana Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli cond (RCA 6587-2-RC, Aria)
Gian-Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the night visitors: “Thank you, good friends” (1951): Chet Allen S / Andrew McKinley T / Leon Lishner Bar / NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Thomas Schippers cond (RCA 6485-2-RG)

Playlist #774: 2007-02-12

mtheo — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:42:37 +0000

Friday 2-16 is the centennial of Alec Wilder, a remarkable figure in American music. The great historian of American popular song in the first half of the 20th century, he was also a brilliant composer of songs himself, with complete disregard for walls between “art” song, jazz, and pop. Tonight’s show started with a barely-scratching-surface tour of his songwriting, with soprano Valerie Errante. amural -- perfection of blended anti-warhorses

Alec Wilder: “In the morning” (a) “Moon and sand” (b) “Margaret” (a) “The plowman” (c) “Moon and sand” (d) “The rose on the wind” (a) “Blackberry winter” / “The echoes of my life” (b): a – Valerie Errante S / Robert Wason pf; b – Valerie Errante S / Robert Wason pf / Aleck Brinkman b; c – Valerie Errante S / Ken Meyer gtr; d – David Liebman tsx / Marius Beets b / Eric Ineke dms
(a, b, c – Albany Records TROY 404, Eastman American Music Series, vol. 10: Songs of Alec Wilder; d – Daybreak DB CHR 75214)
Arvo Pärt: Fratres (1977/1992): Gil Shaham vn / Roger Carlsson perc / Göteborgs Symfoniker / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)
Aaron Copland: Nocturne: Maria Bachmann vn / Jon Klibonoff pf (Endeavour 1020, The red violin)
George Gershwin: My one and only / Rialto ripples rag: Maria Bachmann vn / Jon Klibonoff pf (Endeavour 1020, The red violin)