Episode #77: Columbus, by Egk!

Uploaded: August 13, 2022

Werner Egk: Columbus. Bericht und Bildnis

Erster Teil:

Szenen 1 – 5

Zweiter Teil:

Dritter Teil:

Vorspiel

Szenen 1 – 3

Columbus Ernst Gutstein

Ferdinand Fritz Wunderlich

Isabella Lisa Montoya

First Councillor Hans Herbert Fiedler

Second Councillor Willy Ferenz

Third Councillor Wolfgang Anheisser

A Monk Max Pröbstl

A Herald Georg Pappas

A Singer Friedrich Lenz

First Speaker Romuald Pekny

Second Speaker Rolf Boysen

Three Emigrants Hans Stein

Karl Hanft

Eduard Linkers

Four Soldiers Wolfried Lier

Til Kiwe

Siegurd Fitzek

Walter Holton

A Herald Peter Eschberg

Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Werner Egk, conductor

ORFEO C 549 012 I

Episode #76: Herman, Tito, Raymond, and Django

Uploaded: August 6, 2022

Herman meets Puente

Alvin Gilbert Cohn & Willard Palmer Harris: It’s coolin’ time

Johnny Mandel: Sinbad the Sailor

Neil Hefti: Black orchid

Ralph Burns: Fire Island

Woody Hermann & Tito Puente: Cha-cha chick

Mambo herd

New Cha-cha

Latin flight

Alvin Gilbert Cohn: Blue Station

Woody Herman & Tito Puente: Tito meets Woody

Woody Herman: Original No. 2

Prelude a la Cha-cha

Allan Dick Small: Bamba Samba

Woody Herman, reeds

Tito Puente, vibraphone, band leader

Charlie Byrd, guitar (uncredited)

with big band

JAZZ CRG 120008

The Raymond Scott Project

Raymond Scott: Powerhouse

Girl at the typewriter

Dinner music for a pack of hungry cannibals

New Year’s Eve in a haunted house

War dance for wooden Indians

In an 18th Century drawing room

Oil Gusher

Bumpy weather over Newark

Moment whimsical

The toy trumpet

Christmas Night in Harlem

Confusion among a fleet of taxicabs upon meeting with a fare

Peter Tambourine

Raymond Scott Quintette

STASH RECORDINGS INC. ST-CD-543

Django Reinhardt 1937

William Christopher Handy: St. Louis blues*

Gus Deloof: Bouncin’ around*

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli: Minor swing+

Fletcher Allen: Viper’s dream+

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli: Swinging with Django+, **

Django Reinhardt: Bolero++

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli: Mabel++

Reginald Forsythe & Dorothy Fields: Serenade for a wealthy widow***

Michel Warlop: Taj Mahal***

Vincent Youmans: Tea for two***

Vincent Youmans: Tea for two

Gus Deloof: Easy goin’+++

Harlem swing+++

Django Reinhardt, guitar

with:

*Louis Gaste, guitar

*Eugène d’Hellemmes, bass

+Quintette du Hot Club de France

**Michel Warlop, violin

++Quintette du Hot Club de France (augmented)

***Michel Warlop et son orchestre

+++Philippe Brun et son swing band

CLASSICS 762

Episode #74: The Waltons

Uploaded: July 23, 2022

Franz von Suppé: Die schöne Galathée (Overture)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Paul Paray, conductor

MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 309-2

Sir William Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Minor

I. Allegro assai

II. Presto, con malizia

III. Andante con malinconia

IV. Maestoso – Brioso ed ardenamente – Vivacissimo – Maestoso

New Philharmonia Orchestra

Sir Malcom Sargent, conductor

Symphony No. 2

I. Allegro molto

II. Lento assai

III. Passacaglia: Theme (Risoluto), Variations, Fugato, and Coda (Scherzando – Presto)

London Symphony Orchestra

André Previn, conductor

EMI STUDIO CDM 7 63269 2

Béla Bartók: Piano Quintet, Sz. 23

I. Andante

II. Vivace. Scherzando

III. Adagio

IV. Poco a poco più vivace

Kodály Quartet:

Attila Falvay, violin

Tamás Szabó, violin

Gábor Fias, viola

János Davich, ‘cello

with Jenő Jandó, piano

NAXOS 8.550886

Episode #73: Folk into Classic into Folk

Uploaded: July 16, 2022

Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Pelimannimuotokuvia (Portraits of Country Fiddlers) for string orchestra, Op. 26

I. Näpsäyttäjä (The Plucker)

II. Tuumiskelija (The Thinker)

III. Vanhan miehen menuetti (The Old Man’s Minuet)

IV. Pelimannin elämänkappale (The Fiddler’s Favourite Tune)

Edvard Grieg: To nordiske melodier (Two Nordic Melodies), Op. 63

I. I folketonestil (In Folk Style)

II. Kulokk & Stabbelåten (Cow-call & Peasant Dance)

Witold Lutosławski: Pięć melodii na orkiestrę smyczkową (Five Melodies for string orchestra)

I. Ach, Moj Jasienko (Ah, my Jasienko)

II. Hey, Od Krakowa Jade (I’m from Kraków)

III. Gaik (The Grove)

IV. Gasior (The Gander)

V. Rektor (School Master)

Heino Eller: Viis pala Keelpillorestrile (Five pieces for string orchestra)

I. Romanss (Romance)

II. Tants (Dance)

III. Tants (Dance)

IV. Hällilaul (Lullaby)

V. Kodumaine viis (Homeland melody)

Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Six Miniatures

I. Shepherd’s Dance

II. Fly away, black swallow

III. Chonguri

IV. Khasanbegura

V. Suliko

VI. Satchido

Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesteri

Juha Kangas, conductor

ONDINE ODE 766-2

Nikos Skalkottas: Five Greek Dances

I. Epirotikos

II. Kretikos

III. Tsamkos

IV. Arkadikos

V. Kleftikos

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Simon Streatfeild, conductor

CBC RADIO

Hortobágyi Emlék (Souvenirs from Hortobágyi)

Béla Zerkovitz: Mondják meg a legkisebbik Horváth-lánynak (Tell Horváth’s youngest daughter)

Trad., arr. János Kriza & Józef Nádor: A kisleány kertjébe’ (In the girl’s garden)

Pista Dankó: Jegenyefán fészket rak a csóka (The jeackdaw nests in the poplar)

Pista Dankó & Lajos Pósa: Még azt mondják, ninc Szegeden boszorkány (They say Szeged has no witches)

Anonymous: Friss (Fast) Concert Csárdás in A Major

Gusztáv Simkó & Csaba Sassy: Sirasstok engem, orgonavirágok (Mourn for me, liliacs)

Jenő Sándor & Andor Szenes: Miért nem szabad, szeresselek (Why am I not allowed to love you)

József Dóczy: Házam ereszére (On the eaves of my house)

Anonymous: Friss (Fast) Concert Csárdás in C Minor

Lakatos György és Cigányzenekara (György Lakatos and his Gypsy Band)

HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 10226

Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo (Love, the Magician)

1. Introducción y escena ('Introduction and scene')
2. En la cueva ('In the cave')
3. Canción del amor dolido ('Song of suffering love')
4. El aparecido (El espectro) ('The apparition')
5. Danza del terror ('Dance of terror')
6. El círculo mágico (Romance del pescador) ('The magic circle')
7. A media noche: los sortilegios (Midnight)
8. Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual fire dance)
9. Escena ('Scene')
10. Canción del fuego fatuo ('Song of the will-o'-the-wisp')
11. Pantomima ('Pantomime')
12. Danza del juego de amor ('Dance of the game of love')
13. Final – las campanas del amanecer ('Finale – the bells of sunrise)

Rocio Jurado, vocalist

Orquesta Nacional de España

Jesús López-Cobos, conductor

EMI CDC 7 47586 2

Episode #72: Mab about the boy

Uploaded: July 9, 2022

Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, Op. 17

Part I:

Introduction: Combats – Tumulte – Intervention du Prince

Prologue: “D’anciennes haines endormies”

Strophes: “Premiers transports que nul n’oublie!

Récitatif: “Bientôt de Roméo la pale reverie”

Scherzo: “Mab, la meesagère fluette et légère!”

Part II:

Roméo seul – Tristesse – Bruit lointain de bal et de concert – Grande fête chez Capulet

Part III:

Nuit sereine – Le Jardin de Capulet, silencieux ed desert – Les jeunes Capulets, sortant de la fête, passent en chantant des reminiscences de la musique du bal – “Ohe! Capulets, bonsoir” – Scène d’amour

Part IV:

La reine Mab, ou la fée des songes

Part V:

Convoi funébre de Juliette – “Jetez des fleurs pour la vierge expirée!”

Part VI:

Roméo au Tombeau des Capulets: Invocation – Réveil de Juliette – Joie délirante, désespoir, dernières angoisses et mort de deux amants

Part VII:

Final: Le foule accourt au cimetière – Récitatif et Air du Pére Laurence, “Quoi! Roméo et retour! Roméo! – Recitatif: “Je vais dévoiler le mystère”

Air: “Pauvres enfants que je pleure”

Rixe des Capulets et des Montaigus, “Mais notre sang rougit leure glaive!” – “Silence! malhereux!”

Serment de reconciliation, “Jurez donc, par l’auguste symbole”

Regina Resnik, contralto

André Turp, tenor

David Ward, bass

London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Pierre Monteux

WESTMINSTER LEGACY 00289 479 2343 GB 40

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 13 in B-flat Minor, Op. 113, “Babi Yar”, after poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

I. Babi Yar. Adagio

II. Humour. Allegretto

III. In the store. Adagio

IV. Fears. Largo

V. A Career. Allegretto

Nicola Ghiuselev, bass

Men of the Choral Arts Society of Washington

National Symphony Orchestra

Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

ERATO ECD 75529

Episode #70: Telemann to Brahms and they'll stay in a Hamburg Bierkeller all night....something like that

Uploaded: June 25, 2022

Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture, Die Weihe des Hauses, Op. 124

The Hanover Band

Roy Goodman, director

NIMBUS RECORDS NI 5099

Georg Philipp Telemann: Six Recorder Sonatas

Sonata in F Major, TWV 41: F1

I. Vivace

II. Largo

III. Allegro

Sonata in C Major, TWV 41: C2

I. Cantabile

II. Allegro

III. Grave

IV. Vivace

Sonata in F Minor, TWV 41: f1

I. Triste

II. Allegro

III. Andante

IV. Vivace

Sonata in C Major, TWV 41: C5

I. Adagio – Allegro

II. Larghetto

III. Vivace

Sonata in F Minor, TWV 41: f2

I. Adagio

II. Allegro

III. Adagio

IV. Gigue

Sonata in D Minor, TWV 41: d4

I. Affettuoso

II. Presto

III. Grave

IV. Allegro

Vicki Boeckman, recorder

Finn Hansen, viola da gamba

Lars Ulrik Mortenson, harpsichord

KONTRAPUNKT 32014

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Allegro appassionato

III. Andante

IV. Allegretto giocoso

Julius Katchen, piano

London Symphony Orchestra

János Ferencsik, conductor

LONDON 440 612-2

Episode #67: The Westminster Legacy: Rodzinski conducts Tchaikovsky, Knappertsbusch conducts Bruckner

Uploaded: June 4, 2022

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

I. Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima – Moderato assai, quasi Andante – Allegro vivo

II. Andantino in modo di canzone

III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato – Allegro

IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Artur Rodzinski, conductor

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1892 version, Josef Schalk revision)

I. Allegro moderato

II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato

III. Adagio. Feierlich Langsam, doch nicht schleppend

IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

Müncher Philharmoniker

Hans Knappertsbusch, conductor

WESTMINSTER LEGACY 00289 479 2343 GB 40

Episode #66: Balkan Bachelors and Rachmaninov’s Third

Uploaded: May 28, 2022

Jules Massenet: Suite No. 4 for orchestra, "Scènes pittoresques"

I. Marche

II. Air de ballet

III. Angelus

IV. Fête bohème

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Louis Frémaux, conductor

KLAVIER KCD-11007

Village Music of Yugoslavia. Songs & Dances from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia & Macedonia

Tkanje (Weaving) (singers from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia)

Oj meni, meni, meni (Oh my, my, my) (singers and tamburica band from the villages of Prkovici and Šiškovici, Croatia)

Kad su stari svinje žirovali (When they fed the old pigs acorns) (male singers from the village of Prkovici, Croatia)

Sinoć mi je lane moje dolazio Mile (Mile came to me last night) (Anka Došen, lead singer, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia)

Hajd na levo (Let’s go to the left) singers and tamburica band from the villages of Prkovici and Šiškovici, Croatia)

Pjevati ću neću stat u muku (I will sing and not think of troubles) (Marija Djurović, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia)

Tarabana/Geganje (idiomatic title) (singers, and Ivica Kurtovič, šargija, from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia)

Bécarac (Bachelor’s song) (Ivica Došen, lead singer, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia)

Poskočica (a Kolo, or Lindjo, dance) (Vicko Lazo, caller; Franjo Klobasa, lijera; village of Bizovac, Croatia)

Gojila se gizdava mladica (I loved a lass for a short time) (Marija Marković, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia)

Otrgnem rožicu ruman Cvet – Potancu (I pick a rose, a red flower, followed by a dance) (Josip Cubranović & Ivan Dijanić, singers & sopele, from the village of Vrbnik, Croatia)

Gigetanje (a responsory song style given the name Gigetanje when one syllable of the song is repeated often (gi, ge)) (singers from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia)

Pevano kolo (a Slovenian dance) (Anka & Ivica Došen, lead singers, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia)

Lijepa ti je od jabuke voćka (The apple from the tree is beautiful) (Marija Djurović, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia)

Gaida Avasi (instrumental) (Ilija Gulev, djura; Georgi Šarlandjiev, zurla; Todor Goshev, tupan; village of Geveglia, North Macedonia)

NONESUCH EXPLORER SERIES 7559-72042-2

Charles Ives: Piano Trio (1911)

I. Andante

II. Presto TSIAJ

III. Moderato con moto

Pacific Art Trio:

Israel Baker, violin

Edgar Lustgarten, ‘cello

Alice Shapiro, piano

DELOS D/CD 1009

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Intermezzo (Allegro)

III. Finale (All breve)

Abbey Simon, piano

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

MMG VOX PRIMA MWCD 7130

Link to Talking Albums podcast featuring Rob Preuss, interviewed by John McDonald:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6a3DMBNX8v1kl4GbyeSOfv?si=1b7e5314affe4ef7