(Photo Credit: Eileen Oliver)

Episode #38: Bric o brac, Bawdy Beethoven, and Ballet

Uploaded: November 13, 2021

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200

I.  Adagio maestoso – Allegro con brio [9:01]

II.  Allegretto [2:45]

III.  Menuetto. Vivace [3:45]

IV.  Presto vivace [6:00]

Wiener Philharmoniker

Carlos Kleiber, conductor

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8826 GB/12

Ludwig van Beethoven: Gellert-Lieder, Op. 48

I.  Bitten [2:20]

II.  Die Liebe des Nächsten [1:14]

III.  Vom Tode Meine [2:34]

IV.  Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur [2:33]

V.  Gottes Macht und Vosreshung [0:44]

VI.  Busslied [4:13]

Urians Reise um Die Welt, Op. 52, #1 [3:49]

Der Kuss, Op. 128 [2:07]

Peter Schreier, tenor

Walter Olbertz, piano

TELDEC CD 42456

from a MS by Moses Kimball, c.1776, and a broadside with music: “Yankey Doodle, or (as now Christened by the SAINTS of New England) The Lexington March” [2:56]

Harvard University Choir

The Boston Camerata

Joel Cohen, director

ERATO 3984-21668-2

Leslie Sarony: Jollity Farm [2:28]

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

HUX RECORDS HUX 015

Traditional: Siúil a Rún [2:44]

Rachel Campbell, vocals, harp

[Private Release, 2018]

Ottorino Respighi: Fontane di Roma

I.  La fontana di Valle Giulia all’Alba [4:00]

II.  La fontana del Tritone al mattino [2:30]

III.  La fontana di Trevi al meriggio [3:22]

IV.  La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto [5:13]

London Symphony Orchestra

István Kertész, conductor

LONDON WEEKEND CLASSICS 425 507-2

Morton Gould: Fall River Legend – Ballet Suite

I.  Prologue and Waltzes [3:30]

II.  Elegy [2:55]

III.  Church Social [4:02]

IV.  Hymnal Variations [3:57]

V.  Cotillion [3:31]

VI.  Epilogue [2:39]

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra

Howard Hanson, conductor

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 423 016-2

Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka [34:09]

First Tableau: the Shrovetide Fair – Second Tableau: Petrushka’s Room – Third Tableau: the Moor’s Room – Fourth Tableau: the Shrovetide Fair (toward evening)

Česká filharmonie

Karel Ančerl, conductor

SUPRAPHON 11 0273-2

Episode #37: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d

Uploaded: November 6, 2021

Claudio S. Grafulla:  Freischütz Quickstep [3:07]

Port Royal Galop [2:47]

Nightingale Waltz [5:12]

Un Ballo in Maschera Quickstep [4:13]

Grafulla’s Quickstep [3:07]

Cavalry Quickstep [1:59]

Storm Galop [2:27]

Eastman Wind Ensemble

Frederick Fennell, conductor

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 432 591-2

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15

I.  Marche funèbre (Moderato un poco lento) [17:27]

II.  Oraison funèbre (Adagio non tanto – Andantino un poco lento e sostenuto) [8:15]

III.  Apothèose (Allegro non troppo e pomposo) [9:18]

Dennis Wick, trombone

John Alldis Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis, conductor

PHILIPS 416 283-2

Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d. A Requiem for Those We Love

I.  Prelude [3:59]

II.  When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d [4:36]

III.  Arioso. In the Swamp [2:21]

IV.  March. Over the breast of spring [6:12]

V.  O western orb [2:06]

VI.  Arioso. Sing on, there in the swamp [1:50]

VII.  Song. O how shall I warble [3:32]

VIII.  Introduction and Fugue. Lo! body and soul [5:19]

IX.  Sing on! you gray-brown bird [10:00]

X.  Death Carol. Come, lovely and soothing Death [7:26]

XI.  To the tally of my soul [6:26]

XII.  Finale. Passing the visions [8:20]

Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano

William Stone, baritone

Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Robert Shaw, conductor

TELARC CD-80132

Uploaded: October 30, 2021

César Franck: Variations symphoniques, M. 46 [16:08]

John Ogdon, piano

Philharmonia Orchestra

Sir John Barbirolli, C.H., conductor

EMI LASER CDZ 7 62859 2

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

I.  Allegro non troppo [20:46]

II.  Adagio [8:58]

III.  Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace [7:34]

Leonid Kogan, violin

Philharmonia Orchestra

Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

PRICE-LESS D19114

Jacques Offenbach: Les fables de la Fontaine

I.  Le corbeau et le renard [2:20]

II.  La cigale et la fourmi [4:47]

III.  La laitière et le pot au lait [4:08]

IV.  Le rat des villes et le rat des champs [2:05]

V.  Le berger et la mer [4:06]

VI.  Le saveitier et le financier [7:45]

Gabrielle Philiponet, soprano

Anaïk Morel, mezzo-soprano

Stéphane Malbec-Garcia, tenor

Marc Canturri, baritone

Nicholai Krügel, piano

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC/ROYAL OPERA CENTRE LPOFFCD00211

Manuel Rosenthal, after Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

I.  Ouverture (from La vie Parisienne) [2:18]

II.  Allegro moderato (from Mesdames de la Halle) [1:12]

III.  Polka (from Voyage dans la Lune) [1:39]

IV.  Ländler (from Lieschen et Fritzschen) [1:48]

V.  Mazurka (from La Vie Parisienne) [2:37]

VI.  Valse (from La Vie Parisienne) [2:14]

VII.  Entrée du Brésilien (from La Vie Parisienne) [1:13]

VIII.  Polka (from La belle Hélène) [1:43]

IX.  Valse (from Orphée aux enfers) [3:29]

X.  Marche (from Tromb-al-Cazar, or Les Criminels dramatiques) [1:39]

XI.  Valse (from La Vie Parisienne) [1:52]

XII.  Entrée du Brésilien (from La Vie Parisienne) [0:14]

XIII.  Valse (from Contes d’Hoffmann) [2:11]

XIV.  La Duel (original composition by Manuel Rosenthal) [2:36]

XV.  Valse (from La Périchole) [3:12]

XVI.  Prélude au Can-Can (original composition by Manuel Rosenthal) [0:28]

XVII.  Can-Can Scène 1 (from Orphée aux enfers, and Robinson Crusoe) [2:05]

XVIII.  Can-Can Scène 2: Polka (from Orphée aux enfers) [1:38]

XIX.  Can-Can Scène 3 (from La Vie Parisienne) [2:07]

XX.  Can-Can Scène 4 (themes from Orphée aux enfers, La Vie Parisienne, and Contes d’Hoffmann) [5:07]

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Manuel Rosenthal, conductor

EMI STUDIO CDM 763136 2

Episode #35: French Élégance: conductor Münch and pianist Casadesus

Uploaded: October 23, 2021

Marcel Delannoy: Sérénade concertante for violin and orchestra*

I.  Allegro [5:29]

II.  Andante [7:41]

III.  Capriccio [7:18]

Ernesto Halffter: Rapsodia portuguesa for piano and orchestra+ [16:10]

Ampio a sostenuto – Allegretto vivace – Andante – Allegretto vivace – Vivo con allegrezza – Andantino – Allegro brioso

*Henry Merckel, violin

+Marguerite Long, piano

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris

Charles Münch, conductor

Albert Roussel: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 53

I.  Lento – Allegro con brio [6:23]

II.  Lento molto [9:47]

III.  Allegro scherzando [2:48]

IV.  Allegro molto [4:01]

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Charles Münch, conductor

WARNER CLASSICS 0190295611989

Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte [5:31]

Miroirs

I.  Noctuelles [4:18]

II.  Oiseaux tristes [3:51]

III.  Une Barque sur l’océan [6:46]

IV.  Alborada del gracioso [6:06]

V.  La Vallée des cloches [5:01]

Jeux d’eau [4:33]

Menuet antique [5:20]

Le Tombeau de Couperin

I.  Prelude [2:49]

II.  Fugue [3:18]

III.  Forlane [4:53]

IV.  Rigaudon [3:10]

V.  Menuet [4:22]

VI.  Toccata [3:49]

Robert Casadesus, piano

SONY CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS HERITAGE MH2K 63316

Episode #34: Another Froggy Evening

Uploaded: October 16, 2021

Jean-Philippe Rameau:  Platée.  Ballet Bouffon en Trois Actes, Précédé d’un Prologue (1745)

Prologue [29:18]

Premier Acte [35:35]

Deuxième Acte [34:29]

Troisième Acte [35:46]

Platée  Gilles Ragon

La Folie / Thalie  Jennifer Smith

Thespis / Mercure  Guy de Mey

Jupiter / Un satyre  Vincent Le Texier

Junon  Guillemette Laurens

Cithéron / Momus (Prologue)  Bernard Deletré

L’Amour / Clarine  Véronique Gens

Momus (Actes II – III)  Michel Verschaeve

Une ménade  Caroline de Corbiac

Une ménade  Myriam Sosson

Ensemble vocal Françoise Herr

Les Musiciens du Louvre

Marc Minkowski, conductor

ERATO MUSIFRANCE 2292-45028-2

Episode #33: Music for midterms

Uploaded: October 9, 2021

Anonymous (attributed to Giovanni Paisiello): Cantata comica: Il Maestro ed’I sui due Scolari [30:49]

Canticus:  József Dene, baritone

Studenticus:      Margit László, soprano

Succantor:  Zsuzsa Barlay, contralto

A Budapesti Madrigál Kórus

Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar

Ferenc Szekeres, conductor

HUNGAROTON WHITE LABEL HRC 144

Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann (Act III, No. 13a: “Den hohen Herrscher würdig zu empfangen”) [9:36]

Van Bett:  Gottlob Frick, bass

Chor des Leipziger Rundfunks

Staatskapelle Dresden

Robert Heger, conductor

EMI STUDIO CDM 7 69508 2

Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Symphony No. 1 for organ and orchestra, Op. 42

I.  Introduction and Allegro – Largo e maestoso – Allegro – Tempo primo [8:48]

II.  Pastorale. Andante quasi allegretto [6:03]

III.  Finale. Allegro assai – Andante maestoso – Tempo primo [7:07]

Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony for Organ, Op. 42. No. 5

I.  Allegro vivace – Più lento [9:55]

II.  Allegro cantabile [7:07]

III.  Andantino quasi allegretto [6:11]

IV.  Adagio [5:01]

V.  Toccata. Allegro [6:03]

Francis Poulenc: Concerto for organ, strings, and timpani [23:04]

Ian Tracey, organ

BBC Philharmonic

Yan Pascal Tortelier. Conductor

CHANDOS CHAN 9271

Episode #32: Here will only be found happy music

Uploaded: October 2, 2021

Johann Pachelbel: Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß [5:12]

The Academy of Ancient Music

Christopher Hogwood, director

EDITIONS DE L’OISEAU-LYRE 433 523-2

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on a Theme from “Armide”, Op. 57 [13:59]

Richard Burnett, fortepiano

AMON RA CD-SAR 7

Carl Reinecke: Sonata “Undine” for flute and piano, Op. 67

I.  Allegro [6:44]

II.  Allegretto vivace [3:36]

III.  Andante tranquillo [3:14]

IV.  Allegro molto agitato [6:04]

Gary Woodward, flute

Brooks Smith, piano

STEREOPHILE STPH001-2

Claude Arrieu: Wind Quintet in C Major [10:29]

I.  Allegro

II.  Andante

III.  Allegro scherzando

IV.  Adagio

V.  Allegro vivace

Belgian Wind Quintet:

Jean Michel Tanguy, flute

Louis Op’t Eynde, oboe

Hedwig Swimberghe, clarinet

Yves Bomont, bassoon

Herman Lemahieu, horn

DISCOVER INTERNATIONAL DICD 920322

Thijs van Leer & Jan Akkerman: Hocus Pocus [6:41]

Focus:

Thijs van Leer, flute, keyboards

Jan Akkerman, guitar, vocals

POLYDOR 530 799-2

Pat Metheny: Message to my friend [6:09]

John Scofield, guitars

Path Metheny, guitars

Steve Swallow, bass

Bill Stewart, drums

BLUE NOTE B2 7243 8 27765 2 9

Charles Trenet & Marc Herrand: Mes jeunes années [3:20]

Les Compagnons de la Chanson

DISQUES XXI-21 RECORDS XXI-CD 2 1450

Frederick Delius: Lebenstanz [14:24]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Norman Del Mar, conductor

UNICORN-KANCHANA DKP(CD)9108

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony (No. 41) in C Major, KV 551, “Jupiter”

I.  Allegro vivace [12:57]

II.  Andante cantabile [10:29]

III.  Menuetto. Allegretto [5:17]

IV.  Molto allegro [11:59]

Orchestra of the 18th Century

Frans Brüggen, conductor

PHILIPS 432 052-2

Episode #31: The world’s longest viola joke

Uploaded: September 25, 2021

Hugo Wolf: Penthesilea

I.  Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja [5:40]

II.  Der Traum Penthesileas vom Rosenfest [4:42]

III.  Kämpfe, Leidenschaften, Wahnsinn, Vernichtung [15:45]

Orchestre de Paris

Daniel Barenboim, conductor

ERATO 2292-45416-2

Ferenc Liszt: Szekszárd Mass, S. 8ii

I.  Kyrie [4:07]

II.  Gloria [8:00]

III.  Credo [8:34]

IV.  Sanctus [2:35]

V.  Post elevationem (Benedictus) [2:05]

VI.  Agnus Dei [5:41]

Józef Réti, tenor

Sándor Palcsó, tenor

György Melis, baritone

József Gregor, bass

Gábor Lehotka, organ

Male Chorus of the Hungarian People’s Army

István Kis, conductor

HUNGAROTON WHITE LABEL HRC 145

André Jolivet: Suite en Concert for flute and percussion

I.  Modéré [4:36]

II.  Stabile [3:28]

III.  Hardiment [2:55]

IV.  Calme. Véloce [5:07]

Lou Harrison: First Concerto for flute and percussion

I.  Earnest, fresh and fastish [1:43]

II.  Slow and poignant [3:59]

III.  Strong, swinging and fastish [1:56]

Manuela Wiesler, flute, alto flute

Kroumata Percussion Ensemble

BIS CD-272

Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie, en quatre parties avec un alto principal, Op. 16

I:   Harold aux montagnes [15:19]

II:   Marche des pélerins [7:34]

III:   Sérénade [6:49]

IV:   Orgie de brigands [11:55]

Rivka Golani, viola

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Yoav Talmi, conductor

NAXOS 8.55034 

Episode #30: Jammin’ at Zimmermann’s

Uploaded: September 18, 2021

All selections are by Johann Sebastian Bach and arranged by Jacques Loussier

Play Bach No. 1

Prelude No. 1 [5:27]

Fugue No. 1 [5:04]

Prelude No. 2 [4:23]

Fugue No. 2 [2:51]

Toccata [8:56]

Prelude No. 8 [4:58]

Prelude No. 5 [1:56]

Fugue No. 5 [1:54]

Play Bach No. 2

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major: Allemande [6:19]

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major: Courante [2:31]

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major: Sarabande [2:59]

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major: Menuet I [2:00]

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major: Menuet II [1:59]

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major: Gigue [3:10]

Choral [4:12]

Prelude No. 6 [2:10]

Aria [3:28]

Prelude No. 16 [2:59]

Fugue No. 16 [2:48]

Prelude No. 21 [2:52]

Play Bach No. 3

Concerto Italien: Allegro [5:39]

Concerto Italien: Andante [4:43]

Concerto Italien: Finale [6:05]

Inventions À Deux Voix No. 1 [2:24]

Inventions À Deux Voix No. 2 [3:37]

Inventions À Deux Voix No. 5 [2:48]

Inventions À Deux Voix No. 8 [1:37]

Inventions À Deux Voix No. 15 [1:17]

Fantaisie Chromatique En Ut Mineur [5:11]

Jacques Loussier trio:

Jacques Loussier, piano

Pierre Michelot, ‘bass

Christian Garro, drums

NOT NOW MUSIC NOT3CD256

Episode #29: September 11; and no torment shall touch them

Uploaded: September 11, 2021

Johannes Brahms: Alt-Rhapsodie, Op. 53

Maureen Forrester, contralto

RIAS-Kammerchor

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Ferenc Fricsay, conductor

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON DOKUMENTE 445 507-2

Johannes Brahms:  Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

I.  Selig sind, die da Leid tragen [9:50]

II.  Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras [13:08]

III.  Herr, lehre doch mich [8:53]

IV.  Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen [5:25]

V.  Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit [7:04]

VI.  Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt [11:17]

VII.  Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben [9:34]

Charlotte Margiono, soprano

Rodney Gilfry, baritone

Monteverdi Choir

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

PHILIPS 432 140-2

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto

I.  Andante – Allegro [10:37]

II.  Allegro, ma sempre rubato, frei wie eine Kadenz – Adagio [14:10]

Henryk Szeryng, violin

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Rafael Kubelik, conductor

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ELOQUENCE 4696062